Survival and Emergency Preparedness

Finally go around to putting a deer blind together from wood crates I picked up free last fall. I also picked up some 4'x5' pallets I'm going to use as a stand to set the blind on. This is what I started with... http://i.imgur.com/P9gXIj7.jpg The crates are something like 26" deep and 45" ...

Now looking for ballistic plates and ran across a bunch of youtube videos about making your own plates. Interesting at least from a standpoint that if the SHTF and you couldn't order plates, you could at least make ballistic protection with stuff found around the house or from a hardware store. Some...

If you've been in shape before it tends to come back sooner. I've been and athlete my whole life so I have the muscle memory. The key is not to push it at the beginning. Short times, light weights. Even so you have to expect it's going to hurt. I could barely walk the next day after those first coup...

My son asked me about 6 weeks ago if I wanted to run a 5k adventure race called the Wolverine 5K. It involves orienteering, canoeing, shooting and rucking cross country. I looked at it and called some Appleseed Instructors who I knew did is a couple years ago. They said it was really physically drai...

Congrats on getting back into shape. Many benefits to doing that besides just being better prepared for whatever this crazy world may throw at us. I actually started last year before I had my knee replaced. It took a long time to recover from that while preparing the woods house for my daughter's w...

Been watching some videos on youtube by Grunt Proof. Ex military operator who has gotten into the prepper thing and is applying his military experience. He's interesting but watching him just confirms my feeling that gearing up, i.e, getting all kinds of tactical stuff is a fantasy for us old guys t...

" My Amazon Fire tablet seems to be bright enough to read in daylight " I thought that too, till I tried someone else's kindle white. It works in FULL sun , wife takes it on cruises for that reason. Pluses; read in full sun, small and mostly water proof ( quick submersion ), USB C charge ...

My wife bought me a cheap $49 Amazon 7" screen tablet computer last year for Christmas which makes it pretty easy to carry around and read books on. You can also download and watch Netflix, Prime, MAX, Hulu, Disney etc shows and movies on as well. you can also buy Kindle books but why buy when...

Our city library includes an online lending service that is tied in with 12 other libraries across the state. You can download e-copies or audio books to listen to. Usually if one library doesn't have a particular book another does. Also magazines including some Survival mags. My wife bought me a ch...

2034 A Novel of the Next World War by Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis In the year 2034 the Chinese make a move against Taiwan. The US intervenes and gets blown out of the water because China uses it's advanced AI technical ability to knock out all of the US (Chinese made) electronic coun...