Practical Survival Advice

In neighboring Letcher County, the sheriff walked into the judge's chambers asked everyone present to step out so he could speak privately with the judge. Gunshots rang out. The sheriff immediately surrendered to arrest. Read more at www.wymt.com

There's a thread on how prepping is changing. It's more than just the people changing though. Self sufficency and bugging out is becoming unattainable for the average American. Are preppers being priced out?

I found this (article below) the other day. Montana, Idaho, and Oregon, along with CA and Hawaii are now the least affordable states to live. With WA and WY not far behind. I also saw a youtube recently about the HOMELESS in Boseman.

Wait, what? Homeless in Montana? And it's…

Is the Dream Over? Is it Too Late to get a Bug Out Home in the American Redoubt?

I've been reading messages on the Facebook "Airplanes and Coffee" group and ran across these items today. If you want a taste of what a SHTF event can look like, look at the desperation in these posts.

The first one shows them running out of food and with a 4-year-old. The second one shows a cancer patient with 24 hours left before possible life-threatening event.

The third shows efforts to provide an airstrip from which people might help out.

The last shows just how isolated Asheville…

What the SH the F may look like.

Looking like this one is going to follow the story of Michael…

Don't worry it's just going to be a small tropical storm

Last week my local news said don't worry this is hurricane "Hype", don't listen to those foreign models.

Once this hits the gulf, it's going to turn into a monster, the only good thing is it will be moving really fast.

Still looking like it's heading towards my area, however the lack of predictive models and the speed this will move at puts a lot of people at risk…

Hurricane Helene – all threads merged here

So, I have a lot of shotshells factory loaded with lead birdshot that i cant use for hunting.

Is there a way to open them, leaving the powder and wad intact, and replace the birdshot with buckshot, without much investment in reloading gear?

Thanks for any help!

i am anti-vax and believe that none of the vaccines are safe.

neither of us got the covid vaccine.

my wife wants to vaccinate only the important ones like MMR, polio, or Diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, Meningitis.

are those vaccines safe??? or should we not vaccinate at all?

thanks for your help