Tag: prepping

The Sane Prepper Mantra: Common Sense Rules for Prepping

~ cafebedouin

"Prepping should be:* Responsible. It is smart and normal to get ready for emergencies.* Valuable. The whole point is to actually benefit from prepping if you should ever need it.* Easy. Don’t waste hundreds of hours digging through incorrect and confusing content.* Affordable. Almost any budget can cover the basics of prepping.* Comforting. Have the … Continue reading The Sane Prepper Mantra: Common Sense Rules for Prepping

Preparing a Go Bag

~ cafebedouin

1 simple, well-used backpack1 durable, full water bottle1 roll of Gorilla tape1 multi-tool1 knife1 flashlightspare batteriesUSGS paper maps of the areaPhone & accessoriesSpare shoes & wool socksMoneyFirst-aid kitFire-starting itemsFood 1 hatbase layers1 rain coat "Once you’ve got all this together, consider actually trying out at least your top 2 routes out of town as a … Continue reading Preparing a Go Bag

The P Word: Pandemic

~ cafebedouin

"We want – and need – to hear advice like this: * Try to get a few extra months’ worth of prescription meds, if possible. * Think through now how we will take care of sick family members while trying not to get infected. * Cross-train key staff at work so one person’s absence won’t derail our organization’s ability to function.* Practice touching our faces less. So how … Continue reading The P Word: Pandemic

Imagined Possibilities & One Bad Storm

~ cafebedouin

"Docility no longer emanates from priestly magic, it results from a mass of minor hypnoses: news, culture, town-planning, publicity, mechanisms of conditioning and suggestion in the service of any order, established or to come."—Raoul Vaneigem, "The Revolution of Everyday Life." Oakland, California: PM Press, 2012. I was reading an article in The Guardian on the problem … Continue reading Imagined Possibilities & One Bad Storm