The Pickled Prepper
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Why You Should Inspect Your Guns Regularly

If you are trapped indoors due to ice or snow, take some time to inspect, clean and oil your firearms.
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How and Why to Avoid Becoming a Refugee

Being a refugee is like jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire. Here are some alternatives and tips on how to avoid becoming a refugee.
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Should Preppers Carry a Multi-Tool?

Lots of people carry multi-tools, but are preppers better off with something else, or should they not leave home without it?
Nothing in life is easy, including prepping. But anything worth doing, is worth doing well.

Treat Prepping Like a Job

Prepping takes work. It also takes planning and goal setting. View some sample goals as Pete discusses how to achieve them.
Destruction in Gaza

More Thoughts on the Israeli War, Two Weeks In

Is it possible that the war in Gaza that threatens to embroil much of the Middle East was started by a miscalculation?
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Are you Prepared for People to Bug Out to your Place?

Do you expect others to show up at your place when the SHTF, either invited or uninvited? If so, do your preps include them?
A hidden forest cabin

The Forgotten Prep; Beyond Food and Water

Preppers concentrate on food and water so much they sometimes neglect their prepper shelter. Are you ready to survive live without utilities?
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Water Woes Continue as we are Frozen Out

Five days later, we are still living without running water. It's a learning experience and we share some lessons and tools with you as well as our next steps.
2023

Happy New Year; Things are Going to Get Worse

While so many look at the new year as a chance to start afresh, to wipe the slate clean, that may not be the case in 2023.
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Bitcoin or Gold and Silver – Which is Better for Preppers?

Bitcoin has been called "the new gold," but is it truly a store of wealth suitable for preppers? What happens to it in a grid-down scenario?
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