Guns
The 5-gun challenge
A theme that is seeing increased activity on many of our friends blogs is that of the 5-gun challenge. What does that mean? Well it's a way of answering the common question of "What gun should I buy?"
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Equipment How To
Starting a Fire with Steel Wool
<a href="/images/uploads/2011/02/fire.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3453" title="fire" src="/images/uploads/2011/02/fire-202x300.jpg" alt="" width="202" height="300" /></a>Continuing my<em><strong> Heat and Light Series</strong></em>, today we're going to look at an alternative way to start a fire - with Steel Wool and Batteries. Like I've said in previous posts in this series, this is probably something that every old Boy Scout and every long time Prepper already knows. The point of this series is to get back to basics and cover things that new Preppers will need to get up to speed on - and to remind some of you about the skills and knowledge you have that you may have forgotten. :)<!--more-->
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Links
Utah Preppers Quoted in Mormon Times Article
A nice piece over at the <a title="Food storage includes more than just food" href="http://www.mormontimes.com/article/17917/Food-storage-includes-more-than-just-food" target="_blank">Mormon Times</a> titled "<a href="http://www.mormontimes.com/article/17917/Food-storage-includes-more-than-just-food?" target="_blank">Food storage includes more than just food</a>" includes a quote by me. While the news source is targeting members of the LDS faith, the article itself is applicable to anybody. Many people get caught up in simply having a certain number of calories, and not thinking about the other aspects of preparedness.
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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.
6 min read
HAM Radio
HAM discussion
Interested in learning a little more about HAM radio, specifically understanding the "geekier" side of things? Then check out this session at the Utah Open Source Conference : <a href="http://utosc.com/presentation/164/" target="_blank">Exploring the Radio Frequency Spectrum</a>
2 min read
Family Preparedness Lessons Learned
What we are doing this Spring
What we are doing this Spring
9 min read
Announcement Food Storage
LDS Home Storage Center prices changing in January
LDS Home Storage Center prices changing in January
1 min read
Group Buy TEOTWAWKI Survival
Preparedness Christmas: 25% off on Sanitation Preps
<img class="alignright" title="TioletBag 500x500" src="http://emergencyportabletoilets.com/images/uploads/2009/12/TioletBag-500x500-250x300.jpg" alt="TioletBag 500x500" width="250" height="300" />
2 min read
Family Preparedness Seasonal Preparedness
Wrapping Up, With Blankets
As snowflakes begin to frequently drift down, my wife began her odd seasonal transformation from warm, to cold-blooded being. I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with this process, but it is the true mark of seasonal change around my home. Appendages seem to have ice permanently on them, and thus have an odd habit of always finding their way to me, which is cause to no small amount of distress.
12 min read
Personal Preparedness Tools
Prepping for Work Disasters
We had an emergency at work today, involving a critical server that was not properly cared for by its department. Due to the severity of the situation, I was called in to help recover the server. I had to go pick up the server from the data center and bring it back to to office to work on it. It was important enough that my boss offered to let me take his car, a 2006 Cadillac CTS. I think he was a little surprised when I declined, in favor of driving my 1998 Corolla instead.<br /> <!--more--><br /> By any benchmark, his car is superior to mine in every way. It's faster, has a better sound system and is likely far more fun to drive. So why did I decline? I had two reasons. First, we were in what we all considered to be an emergency. This was no time to take a joyride in the boss's car. But more importantly, his car did not have my emergency tech kit. I didn't think I'd need it, because I was only planning to drive 15 minutes away, pick up a server, and drive 15 minutes back. Nothing was expected to go wrong, at least in the journey itself. But I didn't know what kinds of circumstances I would encounter in that journey. It was not the fear of the unknown that held me back; it was the expectation of the unknown.
6 min read
Equipment Guns
Product First Look - PolyFarm MonoVault
Product First Look - PolyFarm MonoVault
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