Survival DIY: Build An Emergency Water Filtration System Events of the past month dictate we prioritize some skill-set’s and basic projects NOW. Water is LIFE. Always start with WATER.
Category: Prepping
Local, Local, Local! – Aerial Recovery & Hurricane Helene
The POS Gangsters in D.C. are NOT Coming to Save You. When Local and Regional Communities and State Resources Coordinate there is Nothing We Cannot Do. WE ARE IT.
Big Country’s After Action Report on Milton
The After Action Report and Maaan I Need a Vacation. Greetings and Salutations! Well, we made it. Now as a Quick FYI: This is primarily to discuss my mistakes or holes in my preps, as opposed to the nuts and bolts of other things… how I laid out my gear, where I laid it…
Fundamental Prepper Reads
(Via: Active Response Training) Building a Bug Out or Get Home Bag CASH STASH: Squirreling Away Money for Tough Times A Checklist For the Prepared Citizen Supply Chain Disruptions Natural Disaster Preparedness Lessons Learned – Swift | Silent | Deadly Working Through a Major Disaster: Helene Is It Too Late To Start…
America Left Behind
The Aftermath of Hurricane Helene: Americans Left Behind In the wake of Hurricane Helene, many communities across the United States faced flooding, loss of power, a lack of food and water, and of course limited monetary and logistical support in order to see that Americans received the aid they so desperately need. To make it…
The FEMA Cycle
FEMA: Wash, Rinse, Spin, Repeat The Brunswick Landing apartments in Maine sparked controversy earlier this year when it was discovered that homeless migrants in the area were getting the opportunity to live in the units rent-free for up to two years. Migrants living in the apartments shared that not only is the rent-free, the utilities…
Thank God for the Redneck Air Force!
Special ops vets form ‘Redneck Air Force’ to ferry aid into NC mountains after feds come up short: ‘Who’s FEMA?’ SWANNANOA, North Carolina — Hundreds of special operations personnel in North Carolina have formed their own homegrown rescue and supply operation in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene after they grew tired of waiting for…
Prepatude
Prepatude “It was a different world back then and Gen X kids, who were pretty free-range.” Prepping is a subject that has been near and dear to my heart since I was a kid. The Wilder family would frequently go on long hikes and snowmobile trips into the backcountry. Likewise, we’d go hunting…
FUSA Bulletin: In NC Residents are the First Responders
In mountainous North Carolina, Residents are the First Responders after Hurricane Helene During 12 years as a National Guard member in New York, Tom Ford worked on relief missions to hurricane-hit communities, including when Sandy pummeled the New York area in 2012. But he’s never seen anything as bad as the impact of Hurricane…
Commo 101: Garmin Messenger
Garmin inReach® Messenger Handheld Satellite Communicator, Global Two-Way Messaging If you have been keeping up with the Apocalyptic disaster caused by Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee then you understand the need for a rock solid PACE Comm plan that does not involve cell phones. *This does require a Garmin in-Reach Subscription…