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The Most Likely Scenario

May 17, 2011

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Preppers often go to great lengths preparing for most every scenario imaginable. From the classic woodland sole survival situation to the urban chaos resulting from a natural disaster, preppers take comfort in knowing that they are prepared to meet the survival challenge head on. A Personal Disaster But not all disasters are so grandiose. In fact […]

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A Change In Thinking

April 22, 2011

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Preparedness is a mindset as much as anything else.  Sure, it involves acquiring physical items to protect yourself from hunger or crime, but it is also a shift in thinking too. It is marked by considerations of the long term versus just the present, permanency and durability versus cheap and convenient.  It is the constant […]

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It Won’t Happen To Me

April 21, 2011

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I’ve heard an amusing assessment of the difference between boys and girls. Girls are said to look at a dangerous situation and think, “I might get hurt,” and back away. Boys, by contrast, think, “I might not,” and plow ahead. I’ve seen some of that among my own children, but then again there are no […]

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