Practical Survival Advice

They opened a small market close to me-3 mi-so I shop my sundries there and avoid WM places..
I often see a girl in there, has maybe a 4 yr old girl and a tot..nice girl, waitress nearby,I speak to her, we ‘know’(recognize)ea other, etc
She makes comments like”just getting off work, gotta get the kids fed” and similar..she ALWAYS has frozen pizza…
Near as I can figure, she is/will raise those kids to adulthood on frozen food and sugar(sodas, etc)
I judge not..she always mentions hubby is at…

Modern Families And Processed Food

"As soon as we have the finances, I want you to get a better ham radio." 😂 She's a prepper, too, and was asking yesterday about long-range comms.

I told her, I do want to upgrade, but let's get some debt knocked out first.

I want a (tr)uSDX next.

on my mind and I'm sure others here know/suspect .. the real sad part is this is just the start of the cold that is coming to all of us

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there is a second stronger vortex due to hit over the next week/10 days,, these people are in trouble and the "support" groups are pulling/pulled out

propane is the "easy" cheap heat if you are starting over/trying to hang on

my heart bleeds for these people,, I know cold and we…

NC cold and line ups for propane for some people

I want to put together all my important paperwork in one fireproof, waterproof kind of enclosure. Something for when I have to bug out or evacuate or god forbid, the house burns down…again, (happened once already). Do vital records need to be originals or will copies do? I am thinking things like birth certificates, house title, car titles, marriage license, copies of passports and drivers licenses etc. Do I want to make scans onto a thumb drive too?

Very few family photos exist from the late 1800's and early 1900's in my part of Appalachia. However, due to journalistic interest in the Hatfield-McCoy feud, a few pics remain.

This is "Bad Frank" Phillips in photo below. Pike County lawman and killer of Hatfields. "Bad Frank" was my great-grandfather's nephew. Frank's dad and my great-grandfather were brothers.

Something has happened and you are at work in the middle of a large city. For whatever reason, you are forced to walk home approx 40 miles. You've prepared and your bag is all set. There are several routes you can take. No matter which route you take, you have to cross a large swath of high crime area and at least one major water obstacle. You may, or may not have friendlies along your route who could possibly provide temporary shelter. It just depends on what has happened to them…

City Egress On Foot: Thought Excersise