Winter Will Affect Preppers, Regardless of Where You Live
Winter is here and so far, it has been a dry year, but I see that chain control has already been in effect at least once. If you are familiar with the Sierra Nevada Mountains, you will know that they...
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Vehicle Emergency Kits are a necessity
One thing we can all do is learn from the mistakes of others. Well this morning my son was enroute towing a small two-wheeled cargo trailer to a second home in another state. The trailer was...
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Survival Resources Found in Your Car or Truck
If you are lost in the back country or looking for resources after TEOTWAWKI, an automobile can be a gold mine of survival items. Every year I see stories of people who get lost and die after leaving...
View ArticleWhat Type of Diesel Fuels Can You Run in Your Diesel Engines?
There are three types of fuel that we will discuss for the purposes of this article. They are on road diesel, off road diesel and home heating oil. First, I will define what I am including in each...
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Get Home Bags Should be a Work in Progress
Yesterday I spent part of the day helping a young man build some get home bags for his family. Now get home bags are designed for one purpose, to help you home during an emergency. The content of...
View ArticleIf You Have to Bug Out, What do You take?
In yesterdays post I talked about bugging in and how that would probably be the first choice for many of us. As I said yesterday, the point at which I bug out from my home will be the point …The...
View ArticleTire Repair for preppers
When there is no electricity and one of your truck tires has a puncher and is flat, what do you do? Years ago, when the tires contained inner tubes and everybody had a old hand operated tire pump in...
View ArticleA Gray Man Vehicle, Why you Need One
The other day I saw a prepper driving what he calls his bug out vehicle. It is a nice older four-wheel pickup. But it is painted in camouflage and stands out like a sour thumb. It has extra lights,...
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The Problems of Bugging Out and Freeways
This morning I have been thinking about traffic jams and the problems of bugging out, because of an incident that happened yesterday. There was another large wildfire about 15 miles from where I live....
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Winterize your Home and Preps
It is November and we haven’t had much snow in the Sierra’s, all least for now the drought seems to be continuing. However, the weather has been quite cold the last few days. Some things indicate...
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Vehicle lights and Avoiding Surveillance
Turn off your dome lights and don’t forget the dash lights During my years as an arson investigator, I had the chance to do a fair amount of surveillance and sneaking around. Most people were fairly...
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You Need a Gray Man Bug Out Vehicle
Nice, but attracts way too much attention. It seems like when some preppers start to think about a bug out vehicle, the first thing they want is a large four wheel drive, armored and camouflaged tank....
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A Serious Safety Issue with Many Newer Cars
The other day I received this information from a friend. It involves the manner in which the door locks work on many of the newer cars. I feel that this is a serious safety issue that could put...
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Your Car is Caught in a Flash Mob, What Do You Do?
Todays post is written by my friend, Ed, on what to do if you are caught in a flash mob or surprise protest while driving. Howard You are driving with your family in a rented car in a foreign country...
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Get Home Bags Should be a Work in Progress
Yesterday I spent part of the day helping a young man build some get home bags for his family. Now get home bags are designed for one purpose, to help you home during an emergency. The content of...
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If You Have to Bug Out, What do You take?
Don’t over load you vehcile In yesterdays post I talked about bugging in and how that would probably be the first choice for many of us. As I said yesterday, the point at which I bug out from my...
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Tire Repair for preppers
This is a tire repair kit for plugging holes without dismounting the tire. When there is no electricity and one of your truck tires has a puncher and is flat, what do you do? Years ago, when the tires...
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A Gray Man Vehicle, Why you Need One
A nice truck, but people remember it. The other day I saw a prepper driving what he calls his bug out vehicle. It is a nice older four-wheel pickup. But it is painted in camouflage and stands out...
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The Problems of Bugging Out and Freeways
This morning I have been thinking about traffic jams and the problems of bugging out, because of an incident that happened yesterday. There was another large wildfire about 15 miles from where I live....
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Winterize your Home and Preps
It is November and we haven’t had much snow in the Sierra’s, all least for now the drought seems to be continuing. However, the weather has been quite cold the last few days. Some things indicate...
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