Just in case you missed it: Here is a link to an article from the Newsmax.com web site about the likelihood of a biological or nuclear attack on the US. It’s an interesting read, if scary, and a great reminder to us all not to get too complacent.
On a side note, I’ve been sick this [...]

Yesterday my family had some car issues. My husband was driving on the expressway and the lights in our second car (it’s older) started flickering and the car eventually just stopped running. Luckily, he was able to direct it off the highway and into a residential area close by. Still more fortunately, he was only [...]

One of the nice things about the town where we live is that there are some really great army surplus stores. And they should probably take my woman card away for it, but, heaven help me, I love these places. The other day, my husband and I were browsing one nearby and I found a [...]

While we “preppers” are great at thinking about disaster in terms of big picture events like TEOTWAWKI, sometimes we overlook the smaller, more local events that are far more common and can also strike at any time. If there was a chemical spill near your home, how would you find out about it, aside from [...]

One of the things I love about having food stored is that my family never has to run out of milk. And if you have children, you know that sometimes, when they want milk, they really want milk. Luckily, since I started storing food, I don’t have to deal with this anymore. Whenever we use [...]

No pun intended, I guess (lol)…don’t blame me, it’s from Wired. Here’s the link: http://tinyurl.com/ybrbcbt

Wow, where do I begin. OK – First, overall, I really liked this book, which is basically one man’s slow, seven-year awakening from just another frightened citizen without any skills to one of the most prepared, trained people you’ll ever meet. Plus, it’s a pretty entertaining read.The author, Neil Strauss, has a self-deprecating, humorous style [...]

Here’s the link. I’m no doomsdayer, but I can’t help but think we’re going to be paying for all of this for some time to come.

I recently bought a couple of new books to read, one to add to my preparedness library: Emergency by Neil Strauss, and a book on Square Foot Gardening, to help me with the gardening I’m planning for spring. Also, I recently caught up with the book blog (blook? blovel? whatever…) The Day the Dollar Died [...]

I read an interesting article today at SurvivalBlog, written by one of their many (millions) of contributors, about how there’s no substitute for hands-on training. (Sorry, I tried to link to the article, but only the main blog page would come up.) The subject of the article was about emergency medical training, and he gave [...]