Author Archives: Butch C.

Shifting Trends In Food Storage

Posted on Sunday, September 20, 2015
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Over the last five or ten years that I’ve been prepping I’ve noticed a few different trends in how people have looked at food storage. Food storage for emergency situations is always a popular topic in the prepping community and … Continue reading →

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The Benefits Of Playing Paintball

Posted on Saturday, August 29, 2015
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Recently I’ve gotten interested in paintball and have found it to be one of my favorite new hobbies. In this post I will try to explain the basics of paintball, the benefits that I see from it and hopefully garner … Continue reading →

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Teaching Kids To Shoot

Posted on Friday, August 14, 2015
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Over the last few months I’ve been bringing my kids to the range with me more often and have been teaching them to shoot. In this post I’d like to discuss what I think are some of the most important … Continue reading →

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Bug Out Chic — Or The Opposite?

Posted on Sunday, July 26, 2015
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On the way to work the other day I started taking a closer look at the terrain I was driving through in an attempt to figure out how long it would take me to bike home should the need arise. … Continue reading →

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Getting Back Into Prepping

Posted on Saturday, July 18, 2015
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After a couple of very hectic years trying to keep up with work and dealing with a crazy travel schedule Butch is finally home and getting back into prepping. That is not to say that I ever stopped prepping but … Continue reading →

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Earthquake Strikes Bay Area — A Live Report

Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2014
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Butch here reporting from the Bay Area of California where we were awakened last night at 3:22am by a strong earthquake. I live about 40 miles away from the epicenter but was still jolted out of bed by pretty violent … Continue reading →

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Fish Antibiotics For Human Use?

Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2014
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Lately I’ve been hearing a lot about fish antibiotics and how folks are using them (or planning to use them) to treat humans. I’ve read several articles that say that the antibiotics sold for treating common bacterial infections in fish … Continue reading →

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A Crash Course On Prepping

Posted on Saturday, May 17, 2014
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Me and a Prepper friend of mine were talking prepping last night while we were out having a couple of beers. My friend Ned is a pretty serious prepper and very savvy too. He basically lives by the book The … Continue reading →

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Catching Up On Prepping

Posted on Thursday, May 8, 2014
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After six or eight solid months of a crazy hectic schedule at work I’m finally back to concentrate on prepping and writing more about prepping. There are times in everyone’s lives when they get wrapped up in one issue or … Continue reading →

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How Old Should A Child Be To Start Prepping?

Posted on Sunday, September 15, 2013
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How old should a child be before they start prepping? I’m asked this question occasionally and I don’t have a specific age per se but I do have some thoughts on the matter. Generally I think parents should teach their … Continue reading →

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Paintball Guns For Varmint Control?

Posted on Sunday, September 1, 2013
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I’ve recently moved into a new home that’s in a more rural area than I was in before and have been getting to know some of the new neighbors. Namely, a family of six raccoons that live somewhere nearby and … Continue reading →

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A Quiet Summer, A False Sense Of Security?

Posted on Sunday, August 25, 2013
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Thankfully this has been a pretty quiet summer as far as disaster scenarios go. Thankfully. We haven’t had a major earthquake in a long time, hurricane season (while not over) has been generously calm, last year’s protesters seem to have … Continue reading →

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