Utah Preppers

Connor Boyack

Author and political activist

30 articles by this author (Including both blog posts and archived content)

Turtle Tuff Shelter Demonstration
Barter Equipment

Turtle Tuff Shelter Demonstration

As a web developer who freelances in addition to my full time employment, I sometimes take advantage of bartering opportunities. Last year one such opportunity presented itself—I was on the lookout for a military surplus tent of some sort, and came across a company called <a href="http://www.turtletuffshelters.com">Turtle Tuff Shelters</a> who made yurt-like geodesic shelters. Their website at the time was very.. ahem.. lacking, so I suggested a barter. They agreed, and a few months later I became the owner of a 24' Turtle Tuff Shelter.

Connor Boyack
6 min read
#gear #Links #preps +2 more
Preparedness on People's Minds
Family Preparedness Food Storage

Preparedness on People's Minds

Today's edition of the <em>Deseret News</em> <a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700038263/Economy-puts-food-storage-in-focus.html">carries a story</a> about the subject of preparedness being on people's minds in increased fashion.

Connor Boyack
2 min read
#preparedness
72 Hour Kit Rotation
Family Preparedness Food

72 Hour Kit Rotation

Many products and services bill themselves as a "set it and forget it" way of getting things done. Adequate preparedness, however, clashes with this approach. Knowledge fades, food spoils, and medicine expires. One of the most important aspects of preparedness, then, is a refresh or rotation of your supplies or knowledge.

Connor Boyack
3 min read
#72 hour kit #Food Storage #preparedness +1 more
Group buy on high-capacity water storage
Family Preparedness Food Storage

Group buy on high-capacity water storage

During my church’s <a href="http://www.connorboyack.com/blog/a-second-snapshot-of-a-communitys-preparedness">recent emergency preparedness drill</a>, I discovered that while many people are doing well on their three month supply of food storage, very few had any type of water storage system. To help correct that, we have arranged for group buys on <strong>two</strong> different high-capacity water tanks, both of which store the equivalent to five 55 gallon drums!

Connor Boyack
4 min read
#Group Buy #Water #water storage
10 Scenarios For Which You Should Be Prepared
TEOTWAWKI Survival

10 Scenarios For Which You Should Be Prepared

Preparedness. There is perhaps no other word that conveys so much, yet so little. What does it mean? To what areas of life does it apply (or not apply)? Being adequately and generally prepared of a necessity requires that we ask ourselves all sorts of questions, plan for various scenarios, and abstract our preparations enough such that they can apply to various circumstances, if possible.

Connor Boyack
11 min read
#Education #Lists #Preppers +1 more
Volcano Stove Group Buy
Events Group Buy

Volcano Stove Group Buy

Attention, preppers! We've been given the opportunity to organize a group buy on the Volcano II Stove I <a href="http://www.utahpreppers.com/2009/01/review-volcano-stove-ii/">wrote a review about</a> a couple days ago. Now is your chance to get one for a great price.

Connor Boyack
2 min read
#gear #Group Buy #Stove
Review: Volcano Stove II
How To Personal Preparedness

Review: Volcano Stove II

Last week I had the opportunity to get in on a group buy for the <a href="http://www.volcanogrills.com">Volcano II stove</a>. (Sorry, I would have shared the details but I found out about it <em>very</em> last minute and barely made it in myself!) I had heard good things about this stove, and after a brief review of its features and online ratings, I decided to acquire one.

Connor Boyack
3 min read
#Cooking #Fire #Fuel +1 more
New Author: Connor
Site

New Author: Connor

Hi everybody, I'm <a href="http://www.connorboyack.com">Connor</a>. I've been participating in the comments here for a while, and was finally convinced to dedicate some more time to this blog during <a href="/2009/01/inauguration-day-utah-preppers-first-meetup/">last night's meetup</a>.  I'm a big fan of all things preparedness, and while I'm not the stereotypical rugged outdoor type, I try to dabble in enough things to diversify my talents and be adequately prepared for any potential TEOTWAWKI scenario.

Connor Boyack
3 min read
#Article #Preppers
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