I can’t count the number of times I’ve been told that you don’t need electronics to survive. Initially, after a major event such as a nuclear strike, that may very well be the case, but that could change moments later. Electronics, while
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Lately, I’ve posted quite a bit about vehicles. Many of you may be wondering why bother, because a nuclear strike would create an EMP that will disable your vehicle and have you bugging out by foot. That is no longer the case.
There are man reasons why one would prefer to stay bugged in. Most disasters you could encounter are easily survivable once preparations are in place. That being said, there are certain times when an evacuation is in order. For some reason, railway
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Just in looking at the state of the world over the past year or so, and you can’t help but notice the instability. Reasons for being prepared are numerous and growing more so by the day. War in Europe threatening to reach
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Inflation, concerns of war, and drought are all reasons to be concerned about food security. All of these issues can lead to shortages in food, while the threat of war brings back memories of the ration systems we saw in WWII. It’s
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At some point or another, we will all face a power outage of some duration. A local storm may cut the current for a few hours, severe events could cause widespread outages for days or even weeks. More substantial events such as
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It’s been almost a year since I wrote about the Chinese built HF amateur radios. These radios are showing some signs of having issues, and there’s a pretty good reason for that.
I woke up this morning to a bunch of emails from the SWPC alert service! G3 level storms are pretty rare. It’s been a few years since I’ve seen that and the last time was during the last solar cycle, but here
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