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The BOB. The GHB. The EDC. There are so many acronyms for emergency kits. It’s like Scrabble for preppers. Do you ever get confused? What do they mean? Why do I need them? When do I need them? Do I need them all? All good questions. The answer to them all really comes down to purpose, though. Before I get into discussing my advice for picking the emergency kit that best fits your needs, it will be helpful to go …

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This past spring while America was busy shopping for toilet paper and hand sanitizer, and panicking at their shortages, TEOTWAWKI happened. The End Of The World As We Know It arrived. It slipped right past us while we were all distracted, but make no mistake. We are unlikely as a country and a world to ever go back to “normal”. We aren’t going to turn a corner at some point and magically, it will be as though the pandemic never …

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The past 3 or 4 weeks have been so trying here at the blog. In mid-September, I noticed that the blog was loading sooooo slowly, and many of you emailed me and told me exactly how slowly!  (Thanks!) We switched from GoDaddy to another server and host and I expected all problems to be solved, but no. Just a few days with the new server and I began to hear from you that the blog would either not load at …

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Bob from Kansas asked, “A question for you: what is your thought on buying X-Brand 25 year food storage? Is this the way to go to have extra food on hand?” My answer to Bob’s email was so lengthy that I decided to make a blog post out of it! Here is what I told him: Really, no honest company can claim that their food will be good for 25 years. Here’s an example. Honeyville has a retail store about …

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