James L 
I want to talk about a situation I found myself in a few months ago, and decided it might be interesting for some of you. Here a while back, I took a 2 hour drive down to my son’s apartment. He was deployed (Air Force) in “the Sandbox” at the time, but his duty station … Read more
I was a full time, single father for many years. My son is currently serving our great nation in the Air Force. I could not be prouder of him. When he was growing up, one of the things I encouraged him to do was take preparedness seriously. Fortunately, he did. I remember coming home from … Read more
Several years ago, I was helping my daughter and her fiancé move into their new home. By the time we pulled up into the yard with the last load of the day, it was dark. Of course Murphy’s Law was in effect, and I dropped my truck keys somewhere in her yard while moving in … Read more
Several weeks ago, Vont Lighting reached out to me to do a review. I said I’d love to, as I’m always excited to review new prepper/survival gear and equipment. For those of you who are not familiar with Vont, Vont was started several years ago as a bike headlight company. Their bike lights were popular … Read more
A delusion is a mistaken belief held despite rational arguments to the contrary; a belief not centered in reality. Over the years, I have encountered many preppers, both in real life and online, who seemingly have some delusions when it comes to being prepared. I have talked about a few of these before in previous … Read more
Should the day arrive that we experience a major, prolonged grid-down event, you may find yourself having to take extreme measures to ensure your safety. Be it executing your bug in plans, getting yourself out of danger by bugging out, or implementing your security plans, you may have to go to extreme measures to protect … Read more