Everyday Urban Citizen also known as Prepper
Guest post by Grey Viking.
Even though the high capacity semi automatic pistol reigns supreme in popularity today, I would like to present a case for the .357 Magnum Revolver, being the most versatile handgun you can own.
Continue reading “The Versatile .357 Magnum Revolver.”2004 hurricane Frances, not a killer storm but hit our area and caught everyone by surprise.
Why every Prepper should have a .22 Rifle:
During a bug in situation, your pool could be a life saver. I was visiting a friend the other day. They have an above ground pool. I asked what shade of green he was attempting to reach. He advised he will take care of it when summer arrives.
We all know our local surroundings to a certain extent, but if we had to travel beyond our everyday lives or worse, if we need to take more rural routes then you’ll be grateful for old fashioned paper maps. GPS is great for the most part if your in your car. If your on foot, things will change drastically.
Continue reading “Don’t leave home without them – paper maps”Don’t underestimate the usefulness of a well rounded hand tool collection. In times of power outages or more extreme disasters, your collection of hand tools could mean the difference in your survival. Start putting together your hand tool collection now. There are a lot of great bargains for older carpentry tools. Many of these old tools were built so rugged that the surface rust that the seller thinks is the end of the tool, is just the thing that allows us to get a great deal.
When putting together your collection, think about the main tasks, drilling, cutting, planning, hammering. Then fill in with the other tools like screwdrivers, squares, chisels.
Continue reading “Hand Tools – no batteries required”Here’s a quick update on the volunteer tomatoes post and the dollar store container testing lettuce and radish grown in shallow pans.
The planted volunteer tomatoes are thriving. In fact the compost that I dug in is now sprouting more volunteers. I recognize more tomato starts. And a few unique sprouts I’m not certain of.
Continue reading “Update: Volunteer Tomato’s and Dollar Store Container Garden Trial”In an urban life, gifts come and go. I found this cool knife still in a box, for many years I presume. My recent fascination with carving spoons and utensils, I met some resistance from my prepper compadre in using wood utensils, so I thought I’d share this new found hardware. The Swiss army utensil knife? Not sure what I should call this, but once I opened the box, I was pleasantly surprised of its usefulness.
So I’m walking around the urban homestead the other day and said, “jeez look at all the flashlights I have”. Time to collect and organize. All of the lights still work to some extent. The small white with blue band was the only one that didn’t light up. It looks like it runs off of those small coin batteries. I recommend shying away from these lights as I think coin type batteries will be near hard to find during and after an incident of major proportions. Here is a quick rundown of my favorites. LED is the way to go nowadays.
