preparedness Archive
Preparedness
Augason Farms Creamy Chicken Flavored Rice I consider myself a prepper in training. I can remember back in the early 2000’s wanting to be prepared for winter time in …
Preparedness
Mountain House is the most popular long term food storage provider for a reason: Great taste and 25+ year shelf life. Mountain House is so popular now their products …
Recipe
What foods to store in a food storage program is a popular topic – but what about making meals from that food? Not so much. With this recipe, I …
Preparedness
A longtime reader of my old website as well as 1776 just recently started his own YouTube channel and he has a wealth of knowledge to share. The following …
Preparedness
With the insanity that 2020 has brought and the uncertainty of the future, there are many people just now thinking about preparing for the future. With that in mind …
Preparedness
Off grid cooking is one of my favorite outdoor activities. It is also a valuable skill to have should the grid go down. There are several commercially made rocket stoves …
Current Events
It is telling that so many people – mostly non-preppers – are stocking up before Tuesday. There are news reports of militia and “patriot groups” that are standing by …
Preparedness
The Dollar Tree offers up quite a few deals on medical supplies. From antibiotic ointment to cough drops there is an aisle packed with stuff to be put away …
Preparedness
I’m going to throw this right out there: I call this a “No BS” guide because most articles like this are loaded with fluff explaining things like how oxygen …
Preparedness
I have read American Exit Strategy by Mark Goodwin three times and I foresee a fourth time soon. Obviously, I’ve enjoyed this book. American Exit Strategy is a fictional …
Guns & Stuff
With the popularity of the AR platform and the .223/5.56 round I thought it would be a good idea to review the trajectory of the round and common sighting …
Preparedness
What foods to store in a food storage program is a popular topic – but what about making meals from that food? Not so much. For this week’s …
Preparedness
We are always talking about food and food storage. When I stop and look at everything we have I often find myself wondering, “what I am going to make …
Current Events
I’m beginning to see a mere glimmer of change. In areas across the country, there are people that are standing up for their rights and will not bow down …
Preparedness
NOTE: I had a request to republish the following article. It was originally published back in March of this year when the COVID pandemic was just getting underway so …
Preparedness
Note: This article was written some time ago and I am republishing it with some updates. As hot as many of us are right now with summer still well …
Preparedness
YouTube favorite SouthernPrepper1 has a really good video series on firefighting. I rarely see preppers discuss firefighting. You can imagine that fending off potential marauders who may use fire …
Guns & Stuff
“So, what’s your SHTF gun?” This might be a question you hear from a fellow prepper sorta like – “What do you do for work?” at a neighborhood cookout. Like …
Preparedness
For those that have hung out here with the “1776 Nation”(that’s you!) for a while or over at my previous site where I would spew my musings, you know …
Preparedness
See Part #1 here – – > Current Events and the Decline of America Part #1 In Part #1 of this series, I did my best to provide some …
Preparedness
The threat of a solar flare or EMP has never been higher than today. History shows we are well overdue for a solar flare and with tensions flaring …
Life Philosophy
Rourke: I published the following letter a few years ago and upon revisiting it felt it was very valid today. Enjoy! We have lived in Alaska for coming on …
Guns & Stuff
The Ruger 10/22 is the most popular .22 long gun sold in the United States and for some very good reasons. The Ruger is inexpensive, accurate, extremely reliable, and …
Preparedness
Something I have been slack in is my EDC. I have a few things in my Jeep but as far as an organized EDC kit that has been absent. …
Preparedness
The popular website, BestPreparednessDeals.com, is back online. For those unfamiliar, this website offers up daily deals on survival & preparedness products. It is a great way to save money …
Current Events
Coronavirus Update: I’m in Georgia which is under a shelter in place order. So far it appears to me that people are limiting their travel but not eliminating it. …
Preparedness
I’ve shared this list of commonly available heirloom seeds in the past as so frequently companies repackage common seeds as “heirloom” and double the price. Heirloom seeds are attractive …
Current Events
As of Monday, March 30th the numbers surrounding the COVID-19 virus look like this: 163,932 total cases in the United States with 3,138 deaths. The numbers are skyrocketing with …