Today’s addition to the Prepper Precepts is that “Skills beat stuff”. While I love gadgets and new toys as well as anyone. This is tempered with the knowledge that stuff can be stolen, lost, or broken. What you carry in your mind and heart are things that cannot be lost. It is this precept […]
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How to Make a Family Disaster Communications Plan
As an emergency manager I rely on the planning process to ensure that nothing “falls through the cracks”. One of my main worries is that my wife and I work in different counties. I travel a lot for work, and neither of us have family near our homes or our jobs. What If a […]
Prepper Precepts #11 Violence is Not ALWAYS the Answer
I hear from many sheep that violence is not an answer, and I partially agree. My prepper precept for today is that violence is not ALWAYS the answer. I won’t kill over “stuff” because I believe that material items like a TV is not worth a human life. However, if a person tries to […]
Prepper Precepts #10 Violence Can Be the Answer
Violence can be the answer to a problem, not always, but sometimes it is appropriate. You don’t need my prepper precept to tell you that if someone is raping your wife, asking them to please stop is not as effective as a .45 caliber bullet traveling at his face at 1041 feet per second. […]
Prepper Precepts #9 Nobody Knows or Can Do Everything
I don’t know everything, and I cannot do everything. Our world is complex and integrated. To be prepared is to have a network of people who can fill in the gaps – not only physical but also spiritual. Having trusted friends multiplies your joys and divides you pain. While publishing a list of prepper […]