Survival & Emergency Preparedness

Tonight I ordered 100 gallon sized mylar bags, along with 100 O2 absorbers, as mentioned in my last post. We'll put some of the rice I ...

From the Wall Street Journal: Load Up the Pantry April 21, 2008 6:47 p.m. I don't want to alarm anybody, but maybe it's time for...

Americans hear about food shortaged in the Third World frequently, and to our credit, we're the most generous people in the world when ...

Now that I've had my Yaesu FT-7800R in the truck for a little while I have a better idea of how it works.  In a word: Great! As I expect...

Part of every toolkit should be at least one sharp knife. Knives of course wear with use and require sharpening. Up until now, I've re...

Yesterday I went up to Skirmish USA in the Poconos to play paintball for a friend's birthday. Aside from a chance to run around in the...

Arfcom's ShaneS has started a new blog to share lessons he learned during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. I highly recommend it.

I finally got my Yaesu FT-7800R 2M/70cm mobile installed in my 1997 Ford Expedition today. This is my second FT-7800R. I use another one as ...

This morning I made an appointment for Thursday morning to drop off my truck at a local auto sound and alarm place to install my second Yaes...

Awhile ago I'd purchased Yaesu's programming kit for their FT-7800R radio. The kit consisted of ADMS programming software and a cab...

Yesterday I received in the mail from Amazon a Victorinox Explorer Swiss Army Knife. It's a four-layer SAK with the following tools: L...

Last week I picked up an Ontario RAT-3 knife from Knifecenter.com. I've posted a brief review with a couple of pictures over on The Ral...

In the past I've posted about the Marlin 336 as a good addition to your toolkit. It's rugged, reliable, and is chambered for round...

Tonight I tried out one of the freeze dried meals I bought last weekend at REI.  I picked the Mountain House Chicken and Rice.  This comes i...

REI dividends are out and this year I managed to rack up $47 worth. I also had a 20% off one item coupon. Today I went over to the local st...

Like many people nowadays, my life involves dealing with a lot of data. Especially important items include the many usernames, logins, and ...

Yesterday I took a one-day overview of winter survival course.  A class review is HERE .

We got a light rain last night which allowed me to see how good of a shelter I made yesterday.  Pretty good as it turns out.  I went out bac...

Last month, one of the arborviate trees in my yard blew down during a wind storm. Today I went out back to cut it up for disposal, when it ...

Now this is what I call innovative thinking.  A hexayurt is a shelter that you can build out of 4'x8' insulation boards and some h...