Prepping

We add surge and lighting protection to our solar power system and home to protect our appliances and other electronic equipment.

Don't get carried away in the post-Trump election glow. It's not all unicorns and rainbows in D.C. Use this time to regroup and re-evaluate.

My prepper friend Karl visits from the city and brings a truck full of goodies, both the kind that hum and the kind that go bang.

Now that we have resolved the big problems that affected us post-Helene, we are able to tackle some of the smaller ones.

While rural areas are safer than most urban areas, there are criminals who prey on empty or isolated country homes. A good security system can help deter them.

Iran appears to be planning a larger attack on Israel, one it says "will surpass all expectations." Will this be much ado about nothing or lead to a worst-case scenario?

Thanks to friends and helpful volunteers, we made huge strides cleaning up the homestead and getting a little closer to "normal" post Helene,

It's been five weeks since Hurricane Helene roared ashore and dumped somewhere up to 30 inches of rain on the Appalachians. We still aren't over it, but we're moving on.

If you had 12 to 48 hours advanced warning for a disaster struck, what steps would you take to finalize your preps and get ready to survive?

A view from ground zero a month after Helene hit the Appalachians. There's still lots of damage, physical as well as emotional.