Author: denob

Here is the second of three reviews I am doing for this author.  I suspect this one, Living On The Edge, A Family’s Journey to Self Sufficiency, will be my favorite.  I must admit that I hardly ever read book introductions.  I find that they are usually just a blurb spewed out by the author…

F.J. Bohan has sent me copies of all three of his books in order for me to do a book review on each.  Well, not knowing which title to start with, I went with a random draw.  The first one to be reviewed is Barbed Wire, Barricades, and Bunkers, subtitled The Free Citizen’s Guide to…

This is a busy time of the year – when isn’t it busy! -but last weekend my husband and I took off and traveled quite a distance to meet with some like-minded-soon-to-be-friends.  You might wonder why that would deserve a blog post all it’s own but it was such a great event and I want…

10 Must-Have Items for a Bug Out Bag Having a bug out bag, or a 72 hour kit, is a necessity for every person in your family. We never know when an emergency might hit, and three days could be the difference between life and death, in some cases. If something ever happened, a bug…

Flooding in the Calgary and other areas has caused the evacuation of between 75,000 and 100,000 residents, depending on the source of the reports.  A state of emergency has been declared.Check out http://emergencyalert.alberta.ca/ for more information. Here is the Twitter Feed for hashtag abflood. Tweets about “#abflood” This is from Calgary City News Blog… A…

Anyone with an Aqua Pail water filter with a manufacturing date between Nov.16, 2012 and May 15, 2013should contact their point of purchase without delay.A recall related to the filter medium has been issued by the manufacturer.In order to be able to receive a replacement, you must have your request in by August 31st, 2013.If…

F.J. Bohan is the author of three books: Living on the Edge: A Family’s Journey to Self-Sufficiency, Barbed Wire, Barricades, and Bunkers: The Free Citizen’s Guide to Fortifying the Home Retreat, and his latest work: Emergency Air for Shelter-In-Place Preppers and Home Built Bunkers which is due out shortly from Paladin Press.With over thirty years’…

In Canada, as well as most other parts of the world, a great percentage of disaster situations are caused by weather.  Although most of us like to joke about the accuracy of the forecasters, Environment  Canada has made weather forecasting a reliable science. Weatheradio is a network of radio transmitters stretching from the Gulf of…