Today’s lesson…Do you remember the Amazon Internet crash of 2025? Some of you didn’t even realize it happened on October 20, 2025. If that’s the case, you’re in a good spot. For others, entire billion dollar businesses went down for a brief time. The reason I’m mentioning this here is because it’s an area you …
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Today’s lesson…Create a Football First Aid Kit for Your Kid’s Game When the whistle blows, be the calm in the chaos. Let’s be honest. Saturday mornings on the sidelines aren’t always sunshine and orange slices. Between cleats flying, tackles that go too far, and that one kid who insists on diving for every ball, someone’s going …
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Things are getting crazy, and you need to be ready. You know what’s bad about that statement? As I write it, it’s true. But let’s be honest, these days I could say it anytime and it’d be true. So, if chaos breaks out around you, here’s what to do as a mom or dad. Picture …
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One surge fried my gear. This little box made sure it won’t happen again. Today’s lesson…Level up your home fire protection I’ll be honest with you about something that hit my home. Last month we had an electrical surge in the basement that cooked my washer, dryer, and desktop computer. That’s three big-ticket items, gone …
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Don’t Sleep Under a Widowmaker! Today’s lesson…Where You Sleep Matters: The 6 Secrets to Safer, Happier Campsites You never know when something might happen, you need to bug out, and next thing you know, you have to bed down for the night. OR You’re a dad who doesn’t camp out much but wants to look …
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Today’s lesson…Could a fungal apocalypse like The Last of Us really happen? My main goal with these newsletters is to provide info on Everyday Emergencies that you’re most likely to encounter… But a lot of you message me or DM me to ask about bigger apocalyptic events, especially those who’ve attended my zombie lecture where I …
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Today’s lesson…Should you replace your smoke detectors after a large fire or smoke event? Yes. Simple answer. Yes. I had some family members that just went through a massive wildfire event. Their house was safe, but the entire area was inundated by smoke. They were under a mandatory evacuation for awhile. As I type this, …
Today’s lesson…Ever wanted to jump from a building into a dumpster? I suppose I shouldn’t say “wanted”. I should probably say “needed”. Jumping from buildings into dumpsters isn’t just a movie thing. It’s a good skill to understand, because you never know when you might need it. There are a lot of perfectly good reasons …
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How about Christine Kersey, the author of several book series? I had the amazing opportunity to interview Christine Kersey on my Streams of Income podcast, and I wanted to give you the chance to here it, because I ask her quite a bit about where she gets the ideas for her apocalypse book series’. Her …
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Today’s lesson…How Do You Safely Store a Self-Defense Shotgun? We’ll get into various self-defense and home defense weapons on another post, because there are pros and cons to everything, but I wanted to answer the question of safe shotgun storage because it came up with one of my Family Fortress clients. They chose a shotgun as …
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