Survival Gear: Eyesight!

By Tim Gamble

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The ability to see is something most of us take for granted most of the time. But during an emergency your eyesight is crucial. Even in everyday, normal life you want your eyesight to be as sharp as possible. Start protecting your eyes now. Get an eye exam as soon as possible, and get them regularly. Limit screen time to a reasonable amount. Eat healthy, be active, and control your blood pressure and blood sugar (two things that can badly damage your eyes). 

You also want to make sure you can see well during and after a any emergency, as well as in everyday life. If you have prescription glasses or reading glasses, make sure you have backup pairs, just in case. These are as much Survival Gear, as are guns, knives, and multitools. Also, make sure you have, and use, protective eyewear. 

• Spare Prescription Glasses - If you have prescription glasses, you may want to go ahead and get a second pair as a back-up. Or even a third pair. Your backup pair doesn't have to have the super expensive designer frames. Just plain black frames for most prescriptions can be found for under $20 if you are willing to look for them.
• Reading Glasses (amazon link) - I use reading glasses, and typically lose or break several pair every year. Right now, they are super cheap and readily available, so it makes sense to stock up many extra. Consider getting a few in higher power, in case your eyesight gets worse later on.
• Sunglasses (amazon link) - Same as with reading glasses, basic sunglasses are are super cheap and readily available at the moment, but may not always be. 
• Safety Glasses (Amazon link) and Safety Goggles (Amazon link) - Protecting your eyes from debris and smoke during and after an emergency, as well as in everyday life, is vitally important.
• Flashlights (Amazon link), binoculars (Amazon link), magnifying glasses (Amazon link), and night vision (Amazon link) are all force multipliers. By that, I mean that they extend your vision beyond its normal capabilities.  

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Survival Gear: Shoes! (but not just any shoes)

By Tim Gamble

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An often overlooked piece of survival gear are Practical, Useful Shoes. Not just any shoes, but practical, useful shoes. Shoes you can walk in for distance, run in as fast as you can, climb in over debris, and that will protect your feet. 

So, not high heels, sandals, clogs, or flip flops. Not even wingtips. Sure, you may need these type shoes for work or fun, but you should always have a pair of more practical shoes with you for when you need them. Perhaps keep them in your car? Or a spare pair at work? 

I'm lucky enough to not have to dress up for work, so my everyday shoes are hiking shoes, which are a great compromise between athletic shoes and boots. Of course, I also have work boots at home for when I need them.

With most shoes being made overseas these days, shoes and boots are especially vulnerable to supply chain issues and continued inflation. Make sure you have plenty for you and your family!

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Health and Fitness Tips

By Tim Gamble

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If you are interested in improving your health, fitness, or even appearance, these tips would make an excellent starting point. Found this image on social media, not sure of its original origin. 

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Survival Gear: Local Knowledge.

By Tim Gamble

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Okay, Local Knowledge isn't really a piece of gear, but you do need to really know the area in which you live. This is true for both surviving a disaster and in everyday life. It is about more than just knowing the roads. 

You need to know where the bad neighborhoods and high crime areas are, and how to avoid them. What about areas that may be dangerous because of industrial pollutants in the air or water?  Even small towns and rural areas have neighborhoods and places you want to avoid if at all possible. 

Is there a nearby farmers' market? Or maybe nearby farmers who are willing to sell there produce, eggs, honey, milk, and even meat directly to the general public? 

Are there salvage stores, thrift stores, or flea markets in your area? Locally owned hardware stores? Do you know where the locally owned gun stores in your area are? 

You also need to know people. Do you know an honest mechanic? A good and dependable plumber? An electrician? A general handyman? A babysitter you can trust with your kids?

Do you really know your neighbors? Your co-workers? Your fellow church members? 

Do you know your local elected officials? Do you know what their plans are for your city? Do you follow the local news, or maybe listen to a local talk radio show? 

Get to really know you area and its people. And most importantly, build a network of people you trust, and who have reason to trust you.

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Survival Gear: Maps. Especially Local Maps.

By Tim Gamble

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In a crisis, as well as in everyday life, you need to know your way around, and out of, your city or area. Please realize that GPS and Google Maps might not be available in a disaster. In fact, the more serious and dangerous the disaster, the less likely that electronic maps will be working. You need physical copies. A good road atlas is a must, along with fold-out maps of your state, county, and city. Not just where you are currently living, but also for your bug-out areas.

Not just road maps, but also maps showing rail lines, greenways, and hiking trails in your area of operation. If you ever have to bug-out on foot, abandoned train tracks is likely your best option, instead of trying to hike along congested and dangerous roadways. 

A road atlas is easy to find (Amazon link), as are state road maps (Amazon link) but fold-out maps of your local area can be difficult to find, especially if you live in a out-of-the-way or low population area. You can try your luck on Amazon, or you can try local book stores, service stations, and your local chamber of commerce, tourism board or government offices. 

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Survival Gear: Electrical Key

By Tim Gamble

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Continuing on with my Survival Gear series, today's article regards the Electrical Key (aka control panel key). Electrical keys look similar to water keys, except they open up most electrical cabinets and control panels, gas and water meters and shut-off systems, train, bus, and subway windows and doors, elevator control panels, and so forth. Any of these could be very useful to access in certain types of disaster situations, especially in urban settings. 

There are many different ones available (some with more "key" types than others), but the Knipex Tools LP - 1101 is the most versatile that I have found. A good item for your survival kit, bug-out bag and get home bag.

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Survival Gear: Personal Water Filter.

By Tim Gamble

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As I stated in yesterday's survival gear article, water is key in any survival situation, including day-to-day survival during "normal" times. But it needs to be clean water. A personal water filter is something you should have in you bug-out bag and in your get-home bag or car kit. There are many different ones available to choose from, so pick one that suits your needs and lifestyle.

Over the years, I have used many different personal water filters. So far, they all seem to work just fine. I've never had one fail. Among those I've tried and liked are the LifeStraw Personal Water Filter, the Membrane Solutions Straw Water Filter, and the Emergency Survival Water Straws. 

Personal water filters aren't just a must for survival and emergency preparedness, but are also useful for travel, hiking, camping, biking, and everyday use. Get several for each member of your family, tribe, or group.

A larger capacity water filter for the home is also a must, of course, but I will discuss those in a future Survival Gear article. 

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Survival Gear: Water Key (aka Sillcock Key).

By Tim Gamble

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Water is key (pun intended) in any survival situation, wilderness or urban, Get yourself one or two 4-Way Sillcock Keys, also called water keys (they are only about $6-$8 each depending on the brand). Put one in your bug-out or survival bag, and toss the other into the glove box of your vehicle. These  could prove invaluable in an emergency situation.

Most preppers and survivalists may already know about sillcock keys, but many of those new to preparedness may not. Sillcock keys are used to open those recessed handleless water spigots often found on the outside of commercial buildings, at parks and golf courses, and on some farms. These outside faucets don't have handles in order to prevent vandals from causing mischief by turning on the spigot and wasting the water. Having a sillcock key will give you access to these water sources in an emergency.

Please note that the design of these spigots prevents using adjustable wrenches or needle-nose pliers to open them. You MUST have a sillcock key to access the water. Here is the Amazon link to the ones I own (good quality): https://amzn.to/3WyiKds

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Survival Gear: Window Breaker / Seat Belt Cutter

By Tim Gamble

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A  vehicle accident is one disaster many of us will face at some point, and we may need to extricate ourselves or someone else. An important part of your survival gear should be a window breaker and seat belt cutter. Keep this within easy reach in each of your vehicles (door side pocket maybe?). 

I personally have a Smith & Wesson Extreme Ops knife in the driver's door pocket of both of my vehicles. It has both a window breaker and seat belt cutter on it. Other folks may prefer a vehicle escape tool, which is another option. Either way, be sure to protect your hand when busting open the window. Wear a glove or wrap your hand in a jacket or shirt so minimize getting cuts. 

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Do You EDC A USB Key? Maybe You Should.

By Tim Gamble

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A USB key, also called a memory stick or flash drive, can be an important part of your everyday carry. I consider this almost a must have in today's digital world, especially if you, like me, don't fully trust online cloud storage. It allows you to carry files between home, work, and school, as well as back-up copies of important documents and information you don't want to lose. You can even keep a photo log of expensive household items for insurance purposes in case of fire or theft.

I have a Gorilla Drive (they are apparently back in stock on Amazon) on my keychain, and a back-up in my bug-out bag that I regularly update every couple of weeks or so. I keep a copies of my important personal papers and pictures on it (encrypted with this free and easy encryption method), lists of family and  friends, along with their contact and other information, maps and driving directions to assorted destinations I may need, music files (you got to have some fun), and various videos and .pdf files relating to survival and prepping.

I've used Gorilla Drives for many years (at least since 2014). They been through a lot, being dropped countless times, left outside overnight in freezing temperatures, left in my hot car during the summer, and used very heavily. Only once have I had a Gorilla Drive fail. They are rugged.  

I installed the free PortableApps Platform which allows me to carry mobile versions of various applications such as Firefox, Open Office, VLC media player,  and a .pdf reader, among others. Since it is on my keychain, it goes wherever I go.

But it won't work after an EMP event! I know that is what some of you are thinking, and you are right. However, it will work until such an event happens, if it ever happens. Until then, having a USB as part of your EDC is extremely useful.

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Building Community With Your Neighbors

By Tim Gamble

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Want community? Many preppers do. And you probably already live in one. Your neighborhood. Doesn't matter if that neighborhood is an apartment building in the Big City, a group of townhouses in a small city, a bunch of homes with white picket fences in a small town, or a cluster of homesteads in a rural county. You already have neighbors that you can form into a community. Here are some tips to find and build community right where you live:

You have to play the hand your dealt. It is not a perfect world, and no neighborhood is perfect - mine included. But your neighborhood is where you live, for better or worse, so you might as well make the best of it. Sitting around wishing for things to be different is counterproductive.

You don't need everyone. Not every neighbor is going to be like-minded, or even friendly towards your efforts. That's okay. You don't need to get every single person in your neighborhood on-board with your plans. Its not all or nothing. There will always be a few malcontents you will never be able to reach. Ignore them and build community with those you can. Some community with some folks is better than no community at all. 

Knock on doors. Or at least wave at mailboxes. In other words, you have to take the first step. Waiting around for your neighbors to come to you won't work. Go. Introduce yourself to them. You don't have to tell them your a prepper when you first meet. Just meet them. The preparedness conversation is something you'll want to slowly work into the relationship.

Avoid religion and politics, especially in the early stages. Basic preparedness doesn't depend on religion or politics. You don't need to be of a certain religion to store food and water. You don't need to have a certain political viewpoint to learn first aid. You don't need to have the exact same religious or political views to encourage and help your neighbors. 

Don't talk prepping, at least at first.  The preparedness talk can come later, for now simply get to know your neighbors. Find out what you might have in common. As things progress, you can start dropping prepper lines and see how they respond.  

Form a Neighborhood Watch. It can official (working with your local police, posting signs, etc.) or informal (exchanging phone numbers and agreeing to keep an eye out for strangers or anything else suspicious in the neighborhood). The point is for you and your neighbors to get to know one another and to start watching out for each other. You can build from there.

Have a community yard sale. We have been doing this in our neighborhood for a few years now. About twice a year we'll get together and advertise a community yard sale. Not every household participates, but many do. Even many of those that don't participate in the selling walk around looking at what others are selling. Curiosity gets them out of their house. I've actually met several neighbors this way that I otherwise never would have met.

One by one. Two by two. Everyone doesn't have to get together at the same time. A neighborhood-wide barbecue may be too much to put together, but you can host a barbecue maybe once a month and invite one or two neighborhood families over. Barbecuing not your thing? Try a Game Night instead. Or a Movie Night.

Advance slowly but surely.  Turning your neighborhood into a community is a one-step-at-a-time activity. Get to know each other. Then work on building friendships with those who seem willing. Then start talking preparedness with those that seem receptive. It is a gradual process.

Building community is about more than just preparedness. Preparedness for some future crisis might be your ultimate goal, but it cannot be your only goal, otherwise you'll scare people off. Community is about building friendships and relationships of trust. Community is about watching out for each other, encouraging each other, and helping each other. The cold fact is that you are extremely unlikely to get your neighborhood converted into a 100% prepared for doomsday survivalist community. But the more of a community that you're neighborhood is, the better off you'll all be if and when the SHTF. 

(This is a repost of a 2018 article I wrote, with a few minor changes.)

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On Finding and Building Community

By Tim Gamble

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Finding and building community is something that most preppers and survivalists agree is a good idea, but find it very difficult to do in reality. I certainly struggle with this issue, and I've heard from lots of others who struggle with it, too. Why is finding or building community so hard?

A large part of the reason it that we are looking at the issue in the wrong way, or at least in an incomplete way. We seem to focus on the external - who should be in the group, who should be excluded, where to find group members, how to talk to them about preparedness, how can they be best integrated into a group...

We largely ignore the other half of the equation, the internal. We ignore ourselves, and our own attitudes and problems. It is these internal issues that may be blocking our efforts to find or build community. It comes down to our inability or unwillingness to trust others.

Let's face it: many of us are very independent-minded: I want to do things my way and only my way. We cling to our own individuality. "Compromise" is seen as a dirty word. Delegation of duties and responsibilities is difficult (what if they don't do it "my way'). 

Most of us are not very trusting by nature, which is part of why we are preppers in the first place. After all, if we really were that trusting, we would trust the government and other authorities to take care of us in an emergency. Most of us are suspicious of others by our very nature.

A successful community requires we trust each other, but most of us are not wired to be trusting of others. Therefore, we end up looking for "perfect" group members; folks we can absolutely trust and feel extremely safe bringing into the community. Yet there are no perfect people, so we are doomed to look continuously without success.  

 

Perfect is the Enemy of Good Enough

Understand that I am not advocating blindly trusting everyone and anyone. We do need to consider the character, trustworthiness, and compatibility of folks we let into our lives and community. But, if we are to be successful, at some point we have to be willing to say "This person isn't perfect, but they are good enough." Hopefully, they will be willing to say the same about us. After all, we are not perfect either. 

Just something to think about.    

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Secure These Important Documents Now

By Tim Gamble

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Show me your papers.

Whether in normal times, dystopian times, or post-disaster, there will be the need for documentation and paperwork. It is the bane of modern society, but it is a reality we face. Two questions we must answer now are: What important documents do we need? How do we securely store and protect them?

Important documents may include:

• Birth Certificates
• Marriage Certificates
• Death Certificates 
• Wills, Powers-of-Attorney
• Military discharge papers
• Copies of credit cards, bank numbers, and other financial info
• Contact information and account numbers for insurance, investment accounts, utilities, etc. 
• Tax, insurance, and other financial records
• Copies of driver's licenses and social security cards
• Title & Registration information for your vehicles
• Passports
• Medical and immunization records
• Insurance information (health, property, auto, other)
• Pet Records (registration, vaccinations, etc.) 
• Copies of your high school diploma and collage degrees
• High School and College Transcripts
• Contact information for family, friends, co-workers, etc.
• Home and Property deeds
• Mortgage information  

This is only a partial list of possible documents you may need to keep. There may be other documents you'll need depending on your own particular circumstances. Spend a few minutes thinking of what you and your family may need.  

You probably already have paper copies of many of these documents at home in desk drawers or a file cabinet. Your first action step is to collect everything together, look through what you have, and see if you are missing anything. If so, start collecting copies of the missing documents. 

Next, organize and store your important documents together in a secure place, probably in your home. A lockable, fire-proof safe, file cabinet, or document bag will work nicely. 

Why not just use a bank safe deposit box?

I don't like using bank safety deposit boxes for important paperwork for several reasons:

• No 24/7 access to the documents, as banks are generally closed at night, and on weekends and holidays.
• Banks may not always be open during normal business hours because of inclement weather, natural disasters, civil unrest, or "bank holidays" during financial disasters. If the bank isn't open, no access to anything in my safe deposit box. 
• If I have to suddenly bug-out, it is doubtful I'll have time to go by the bank to collect my documents, even if the bank is open.

Make copies of important documents.

Copies of important documents should be included in your bug-out bag. These can be digitized and loaded on an encrypted USB memory stick (for a free and easy encryption method, see my article) which will take up little space in your bag. I carry a USB memory stick on my key chain and a back-up in my bug-out bag. You could also put an encrypted copy of your documents on your smart phone.

However, in a disaster, you may not have ready access to a computer, so it is wise to have physical copies of some documents. I have two 9x6 clasp envelopes containing copies of documents that fit easily in my bug-out bag without adding a lot of weight or taking up much room. Insert the envelopes in a plastic zip bag for waterproofing.  

In your bug-out bag, you don't have to have everything as paper copies. That would just take up too much room. For example, when I refinanced my home, the mortgage paperwork was over 160 pages long. No problem on a USB stick (the mortgage company emailed me the entire package as a .pdf), but I'm not lugging a hard copy of all that around with me in my bug-out bag. Instead, I just put the two-page summary (which has all the important numbers and information) in the 9x6 envelope I previously mentioned.

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Best Analysis of the Trump Assassination Attempt

By Tim Gamble

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You have all seen the footage, and you have heard various media reports. I personally am not going to comment on it (at least not yet). Instead, I want to direct everyone attention to what I think is by far the best analysis on the situation that I've seen. It is a 20-minute video by Pastor Joe Fox (aka Viking Preparedness), published this morning on his Patreon Channel. Yes, you have to pay to see it (I think membership is $10/month). Join it for ten bucks and watch the video. That one video alone is worth it, but you can watch previous videos while you are there. If you don't like his channel, just quit. If you like his channel, stay. 

What you should know about Pastor Fox is that he served in the military for 20 years, most as a Green Beret. He then spent a few years in national security as a civilian, then went into the private sector as a consultant and trainer for a time. In other words he has a lifetime experience doing exactly these type things and he knows what he is talking about. Unlike most of the commentators I've heard in the last 24 hours. (By the way, he and his wife have been off-grid homesteading for over a decade now.)

PJF's Patreon Channel = https://www.patreon.com/vikingpreparedness

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Contemplating the Unthinkable: Nuclear War Preparations

By Tim Gamble

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Note: This is an updated and expanded version of an older article of mine. Also, a tip of the hat to Pastor Joe Fox (Viking Preparedness) for the phrase Contemplating the Unthinkable.

I went to elementary school in the 1970s, during the Cold War with the old Soviet Union. The public school I attended held "atomic bomb" drills every so often, much as public schools today hold fire drills. An alarm would sound (different from the fire alarm), and we all had to get up from our desks and move into the hallway, where we would line up along the walls. Then the teachers would have us sit down on the floor with our backs against the wall, our knees pulled up in front of us, arms around our legs, and our heads placed between our knees. These "duck and cover" drills were commonplace throughout America during the Cold War. 

As horrible as it is to contemplate, the possibility of a nuclear war, either all-out or limited in scope, is at least as real today as it was back then, probably even greater. Unless you die instantly from a direct hit from a nuclear warhead, you will survive the initial nuclear attack and have to deal with its aftermath. How do we do so? How do we prepare for nuclear war and its aftermath? Here are some ideas and resources to get you started:

1)  David Kobler (aka SouthernPrepper1) has a book, entitled Nuclear War Survival: A One Hour Crash Course - Learn the basics fast, just in case. It is a short book that is exactly what it says it is - a crash course covering the basics for nuclear war survival. Only $8.99 for the paperback at Amazon. 

2) The 1987 edition of Cresson H. Kearny's Nuclear War Survival Skills is available for free download at http://www.oism.org/nwss/. This is the highly-recommended classic nuclear war survival guide commissioned by the US government. It is also a good idea to have a hard copy of this book instead of relying solely on a digital copy. The paperback of the 2022 edition is available on Amazon. 

3) Potassium Iodine (KI) tablets are used for radiation poisoning. They are not expensive, and are available without prescription, but learn how and when to use them first*. Click here to find them on Amazon or click here to find them at Refuge Medical.

* According to the CDC "People should take KI (potassium iodide) only on the advice of public health or emergency management officials. There are health risks associated with taking KI." Learn more on the CDC website by clicking here.

4) SouthernPrepper1 has done many videos over the years on preparing for nuclear, radiological, and EMP events. I highly recommend you look up those videos on his YouTube channel. 

5) Nuclear fallout is survivable. Dust kicked up by nuclear explosions can travel great distances, but the good news is that the fallout dust is contaminated by gamma radiation, which degrades very rapidly. You will need to protect your homes/shelters, and especially your skin, eyes, and lungs, for the first 48 to 72 hours after a nuclear event. I recently bought some extra plastic sheeting, tarps, and gorilla tape to build dust barriers (covering windows, doors, attic access points, etc.) from potential nuclear fallout. 

6)  N95 masks and even those ear loop facemasks we all have now are actually pretty good for protecting against fallout dust (the dust being considerably larger than viruses). Long pants, long sleeves, shoes, safety glasses, ski masks, and gloves also can protect your skin and eyes. Reduce the amount of exposed skin as much as possible. You don't have to have really expensive gear. If you do want to go the extra step, check out protective suits and N 95 masks on Amazon. 

7) You do NOT need a gas mask to protect yourself from nuclear fallout. Again, the irradiated dust particles are quite large compared to viruses or gas molecules, and N95 and even earloop masks will suffice. 

8)  Keep Preppping. Any nuclear war, even limited in scale, will be disastrous for the economy and for supply chains. All other forms of prepping - from stockpiling food, water, and medical supplies, to establishing a family communications plan - will come in very handy in surviving a nuclear war, so keep up and even intensify all your current preparations. 

9) Distance + Mass = Safety. This is the important formula to remember in preparing for a nuclear war. The more distance, and the more mass, between you and a nuclear event, the safer you will be. If you live in or very near potential targets (large population centers, important cities, military bases, etc.), you may want to consider moving further away. There likely won't be much advance warning of a nuclear attack. 

10) Don't be far from home or your survival retreat when the event happens. Travel back home may be impossible for weeks to months to years, depending on where you are at, the extent of the event, and the scope of the world war that will certainly surround it. Watch world events closely. If you feel that the world is getting closer to a possible nuclear war, I suggest cancelling travel plans.

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