“The rules are simple. At least that’s how my brother sees it. One, avoid the infected at all costs. Their breath is highly contagious. Two, disinfect anything they’ve touched in the last 24 hours. Three, the sick are already dead, they can’t be saved. You break the rules, you die. You follow them, you live. […]
December 4, 2012
A sharp crack rang through the woods; it was the distinctive sound of a .22 long rifle being fired. A few minutes later my oldest son walked up carrying a squirrel by the tail. That was number three for the morning, enough for a good meal. Half an hour later, we had all three dressed […]
December 3, 2012
“You’ve got a classic case of purtussis, commonly known as Whooping Cough.”, my doctor said in a rather matter of fact way. The expression on my face betrayed my surprise. I’d known that the airborne disease had made a resurgence in other parts of the world, including industrialized countries such as Ireland, but I was […]
December 1, 2012
Failure is not fatal but failure to change might be. ~ John Wooden
November 30, 2012
Here’s what we’re reading, in this, the last week of November 2012: How to make great beef jerky, the U.S. approaches yet another debt ceiling, the Dept of Homeland Security invests in underwater drones, Iran taunts the world and openly increases nuclear production, and Science journalist wonders if 2012 may be the year of the […]
November 29, 2012
Laura and I have been hoping for the best and preparing for the worst for quite a while now, but it wasn’t until April of 2011 that we started sharing our experiences and what we’ve learned along the way with others in the form of PreppingToSurvive. Our goals at the time were pretty simple: Explain […]
November 27, 2012
“Umm, do you have some spare batteries? I need 4 AA for my water purifier.” We had just reached our first campsite. My friend had unpacked his gear, and was about to go replenish his water bottle at a nearby stream. He had opened the packaging of his brand-new UV water purifier. Reading the directions, […]
November 26, 2012
Our oldest son grabbed his fixed blade knife along with a few other necessities for the task at hand and joined me at our processing station. We had a couple of drakes (male ducks) and a rooster that were destined for soup jars and our oldest was ready to help. It wasn’t always that way, […]
November 24, 2012
Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway. ~ John Wayne
November 23, 2012
Here’s what we’re reading this Thanksgiving week for the Friday Five from PreppingToSurvive: a girl in San Antonio was expelled from a Science and Engineering Academy for refusing to wear a tracking device, family farmers brace for a “death tax” that may drive them out of business, the cost of a state’s secession, and prescription […]
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December 6, 2012
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