Category: My Prepper Precepts

  Have a backup. Things break. They normally break when you really need them and the store is closed. The more redundant the system the better insulated you are. This happens all the time.  My homestead is over a hour from my house, and my house is an hour away from the city – so […]

  Store what you can use, and use what you store. I don’t buy books I won’t read, clothes I won’t wear, food I won’t eat, or Hip Hop music. I also don’t buy things I don’t know how to use. This is hard sometimes, as deals can be made and you can sometimes get […]

  My plans are generic as possible. In the Emergency Management world that is called “all-Hazards” planning. I prep and plan for all hazards, and not specific events. How many people bought into the Y2K, and then let their food rot because they felt silly. My food storage is for when I cannot buy groceries.  […]

  Charity is important, but charity is not enabling others to be lazy or rewarding bad behaviors. If you work hard, someone that refuses to work has no moral demand on your labor. However, I would have a hard time swallowing a meal if I refused to help a hungry child, widow, or a disabled […]

  Be balanced in your plan. All food no gun, makes you vulnerable to those with all gun and no food. It’s better to have a lower level of prep that is more versatile.  You must cover water, food, shelter, defense, communications, and medical.  You should not have an extremely high level of preparedness that […]