(Make sure you read that subject line with the appropriate breathlessness ( Read more... )

State of Georgia is warning residents to be prepared to stay in for three days stsrting some time between Friday night and Saturday morning ( Read more... )

Not just election nonsense, but the world as we know it (or so say a number of preppers.)

While this post doesn't reference the election outcome specifically and in fact was more likely to have been addressing an oncoming hurricane, a different site referred us to it very recently ( Read more... )

Male preppers are all "bullets, beans bandaids, now pass the cool gear over here ( Read more... )

First cyber encounter:
Suggestion from internet: get some survival training! how to escape terrorists, etc.!
Me: (looks up SERE training for civilians)
All SERE training sites: THE MOST HARD CORE CIVILIAN COURSE EVAR
Me: How about some nice, lightweight training? Cane accessible preferred?

Second cyber encounter:
Site: best coffee makers for SHTF ( Read more... )

Whenever I see a post title like "Bike Inner Tube Fire Starter" I always think "drunk prepper who said 'hold my beer while I try this' and then, when they woke up alive the next day, decided to post it."

That was my authorized lunch break today.

First, everyone who had last week off is having a much longer day than I today ( Read more... )

So as part of survivalist knitting, I'm attempting to crochet a beanie out of paracord.

My thumb hurts.

Crochet: because I learned to do that before I learned to sniff haughtily at "girly," so it doesn't count as girly SHUT UP. Also, I forgot to buy knitting needles.

Beanie: it's just needling in circles, right? RIGHT? My thumb still hurts.

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Pros and cons of learning to use survival gear:

Pros:
0F after windchill (-17.8C) is the perfect time to test whether I can keep myself warm in a hammock with a closed cell thermal pad.

Cons:
0F after windchill (-17.8C)

I am a delicate effin flower, after all.

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