Tag: Shortages

When things start to disappear from the shelves, when it becomes hard to find your medication or the gas pumps run dry, this advice could help.

Some say its never too late to start prepping, and that's generally true. But start now; there are some advantages to beating the rush.

A slowdown in the production of new cars due to a lack of microchips may be just a taste of what the future holds. Chips are a huge potential weakpoint in the global supply chain.

I head down the mountain to revisit society and the news isn't good. Gas is more expensive, food is costly, and the word "hyperinflation" is no longer just used to describe other countries,

funny how a tactic developed more than a thousand years ago still works today. It must be human nature to be easily distracted at the expense of long-term problems.

Inflation is going to be bad, but the broader economic and social disruption it can kick off are even worse. Are you prepared?

After a clandestine meeting in which I slipped a woman a wad of $20s and she handed me a small, carefully built wooden box, I was the proud owner of some bees.

Empty grocery store shelves are so last year... or are they? As food service at restaurants and hotels restarts, expect more food supply disruptions.

We get a good look at the Southern states, mask compliance, gasoline shortages, the economy, and eat plenty of biscuits.

Last year it was COVID-19. In February it was cold weather. Today it's a ransomware attack. Why have large companies been blind to the fragility of their supply chain and the havoc problems can wreak in the marketplace