If You Couldn’t Leave Your House, How Long Would Your Family Last? ***Disclaimer- I tried to make this email as spoiler free as I could.*** I watched a movie last night on Netflix called The Last House, and about five minutes into it my preparedness brain kicked in. Here’s the setup: A family of four …
Today’s lesson comes from Sam Jenkins. If you’ve read my books, you already know him. If you haven’t, here’s what you need to know. Sam was military. He had training. He had experience. He understood weapons, danger, discipline, and what it meant to function when circumstances became uncomfortable. That gave him an advantage when his …
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People often assume I wrote The Midwife and the Medic because I wanted to tell a disaster story.I didn’t. I wrote it because I wanted to tell a story about ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things when the world around them is falling apart. For more than thirty years, I’ve worked in professions where preparation wasn’t …
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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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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This is my current list of fave apocalypse movies and shows. It’s very likely to change in a year or even tomorrow as I see new and cool things. These aren’t in any particular order, because I like them all for different reasons. I’ll put my main reason for listing it with each item. Some …
My review of One Second After by William Forstchen. I just finished binge-reading the entire series. Get your copy on Amazon quick before the grid goes down. Books you need to get ready for the fall: Handwritten Family Recipes- Canning, Preserving, and Pickling Be Smart, Be Safe, Stay Alive- A Beginner’s Guide to Family Prepping …
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Now, before I get started, let me state up front…I don’t think the Pennsylvania-Ohio train derailment is a government conspiracy. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t trust the government. I mean, you can’t even trust them to do paperwork right, but I think the entire train derailment and subsequent chemical catastrophe is a bungled response …
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In case you haven’t seen it yet, Netflix just released a new apocalyptic film set in Australia called Cargo. It stars Martin Freeman, who in the past has played Dr. Watson, a Hobbit, and a recurring CIA agent in the Avengers movies. He’s a great actor and brings that to this film as well. One …