Happy July 1st

This may not apply to all Canadians, but for those in Ontario and anywhere east, please pay attention.Hurricane season is now in high gear.  The first major storm, Irene, is expected to reach cat.4 in the next 24 hours and seems to be poised to skim up the eastern coast of the US towards Boston. …

I subscribe to a preparedness newsletter and one of the articles this past fall was about looting.  As I started reading the article I was prepared to be offended because looting is bad – right?  However, the article questioned the difference between looting, which I perceive to be bad, and foraging, which I perceive to…

So you’ve found yourself in a tense scenario – your spouse is not interested in preparedness. Or worse, completely against it and you having anything to do with it. I see this often and it’s really hard, you believe you are doing whats right, storing away some food and gear for whatever may come, and…

Do you use Twitter? Have you heard of the new Preppertalk hashtag?Simply add #preppertalk to your tweets and join the prepper conversation…officially from 6 – 9 pm but it can go on 24/7. Ask questions, offer advice, or simply chew the prepper fat. It’s worth a look.

Moving is really on my mind because I’m moving in 10 days. What am I forgetting?  Oh yeah, I still have to PACK!!! Packing aside, a recent concern of mine is OPSEC.  As economic issues in the world seem to be coming to a head, I wonder if the time is near when my preps…