330 Million People in the U.S. Are On Life Support That life support is the electric grid. If somebody (or Mother Nature) unplugs us, we will not survive. I had been meaning to do a review of my Sol-Ark 12K EMP hardened solar generator and Missouri Wind and Solar 2000-Watt Raptor G5 Freedom Wind Turbine…
Emergency Preparedness for Disasters, Power Outages or the Zombie Apocalypse. Presented by the Souhegan and Derry Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT). Power Outages, Pandemics – What Do You Need To Know? Is your family prepared for a power outage lasting for weeks, months or longer? It is not a matter of “if” – it is…
The cavalry is not coming On November 6, 2019 Secure The Grid Coalition’s Michael Mabee presented “The cavalry is not coming” to IAEM-USA Region 1 (International Association of Emergency Managers) in a webinar on long-term power outages and how emergency managers can promote individual preparedness. On August 15, 2019 Michael Mabee presented “The cavalry is…
Tour of my basement aquaponics system A basement aquaponics system can provide your family with year-round food security. This video describes what an aquaponics system is and gives you a tour of the two systems I built in my basement. Because I live in a northern state, having an indoor garden enables me to grow…
No Cost pallet compost bins For no money at all I built these huge pallet compost bins. I used pallets that I got for free on Craig’s List and a bunch of odds and ends from the basement.
Skills vs Stuff — what is more important? Also, books we got at the library sale and other thoughts I had while weeding my garden. Skills vs Stuff A lot of new preppers make the mistake on spending a lot of money on a lot of “airborne-death-machine” tactical gear that may be nice…
Raised Garden Project Prepping on a budget – raised gardens. We bought a house with 18 raised gardens. In this DIY video series, we will restore them to their former glory. Be sure to watch both of our videos below! Video Part 1 Video Part 2 After a one year hiatus, I am…
Congress thinks we need a community preparedness “civil defense” plan for a long term electric grid outage. So why doesn’t your town have one? “Seven U.S. government departments and agencies have now concluded that if our national electric grid is not upgraded to ensure its continuity in the event of a massive solar event —…
Here my review of the HALO 3000 mAh portable charger. We got two of them for $54.96 from QVC. You can also get them from the company, Halo2Cloud LLC. I ran several tests and talk about the results. One point I didn’t mention in the video. When I first received them, one was not working. I…
In a WROL (Without Rule of Law) situation, are you better off as a lone wolf prepper, a member of a prepper group or is there another option? This is a video response to HealthyPrepper’s YouTube video: “Preppers Survivalists: Lone Wolf vs Group Survival Approach after SHTF WROL – Pro’s and Con’s.” This is a much…
