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The other night at dinner, my phone chimed. It was a message saying grid power had been restored. After confirming this was the case,...

Gold hits another record, causing the Krugerrand Pete bought prior to Y2K to be worth ten times what he paid for it.

Donations pour into the areas hit hard by Hurricane Helene, but some of us have a hard time accepting help.

To get an idea of what things look like in the valley between mountains after Helene, take a look at the video in this post.

18 days after Hurricane Helene, some forward progress is being made here on the homestead and in our broader area.

Hello friends and readers.  Apologies for the absence. I have been told that NASA released a nighttime image of the Eastern U.S. before Hurricane Helene...

Pete was unconvinced that the effects of Hurricane Helene would reach us as anything worse than a normal heavy storm. He was wrong.

Exploding pagers, two-way radios, kamikaze drones, home-made missiles and rockets, and even missiles have been all over the news in the past week. What does it all mean?

The weeks between Election Day and the inauguration are likely are likely to be fraught with danger, but there are dangers afterwards as well.

LARP stands for live action role playing. Some consider it a joke, but its a good way to practices some skills you might need after the SHTF.

Gold hit record highs last week, driven largely by demand for the metal considered a safe haven. Demand is high because of fears of a global war and fears of a financial crisis.

A sunny month of August shows us how much power we can produce and the resulting utility bill blows us away.

The chickens are coming home to roost as the Biden/Harris administration's weak boarder policies are resulting in an influx of criminal gangs from South of the border.

In what are signs of a possible recession, Dollar General, Lululemon, and Ulta Beauty all failed to meet expectations and saw their shares decline.

Any time your body temperature rises or falls more than two degrees from normal, you are entering dangerous territory. Plan accordingly.

It's a good time of year for homesteading, but the calendar also makes it an important time to do some prepping.

Practicing with a .22LR is better than dry firing and gives you most of the benefits of practicing with a large-caliber pistol or rifle.

After more than 17,000 cases of mpox, or monkeypox, in Africa, the first cases have appeared outside of the continent. Put mpox on your prepping radar.

Both concealed carry and open carry of firearms have a place in your self-defense plan. Check out these considerations.

As markets tumble, a recession grows more likely, so use the time we have to prepare for it and to position yourself to survive.

The numbers are in! See how much our solar power system produced, how much electricity we saved, and how much lower our bill was.

Inflation hits hardest in the grocery store, but you can offset that with a garden and livestock. It can also add some spending money to your pocket.

If we get side effects from Hurricane Debby as it heads North, don't be surprised if there isn't a a post on Friday.

We spend a lot of time preparing for the end of the world. Don’t neglect to prepare for the world as we know it aftthe downhill slide accelerates

Headlines make it sound like the the end is nigh, with war and recession right around the corner. What should preppers do?

Prepping is a journey, and sometimes it is important to stop, take a break, and appreciate how much progress you have made.

Will you be among the very few who are still alive one year after a national grid-down event? We look at what to expect and how to increase your odds.