Author: Wild Bill

Racy title! But it isn’t what you think, it is because, as a prepper now I have always been adventurous, always had a curiosity as to how things work and was always building things from ideas that popped into my head or that I learned from my friends or observed when my parents though I wasn’t paying attention. Some of these panned out well and some got me introduced to corporal punishment, and reintroduced, and reintroduced. All taught me things, but not enough to get me out of the corporal punishment loop. My first experience of note was finding a…

As Preppers we must keep up with the events that will affect our lives and one in England is the icing on the cake. The spreading of the gooey, sickeningly sweet sugar coating over a real problem has once again been applied with the strokes of a government so clueless as to punish with a broad stroke its law abiding subjects as opposed to fix the fundamental problem which they themselves cooked up. Okay, the puns stop NOW, but such is the blind ambition of people smarter that the rest of us who are callous in their application of solutions that do…

Preppers are planners and the basis for our planning is information. We collect it through the methods we have learned through the normal processes of education, life experience, observation, analysis, and my favorite, trial and error. And as soon as man discovered how to record information, in crude cave drawings, etched into stone, or clay there, I believe mis-information was invented as well. There is an old joke about two cavemen talking, the first says “Ugh!” and the second says “Ugh! and then the first responds “Ugh, Ugh!” and the second replies “Don’t change the subject!” I know somewhere during…

As Preppers we plan for the worst while hoping for the best, like all rational human beings. And as such I am a big fan of having redundant safety systems, something driven home during the many years I spent working on space systems like the Titan II and IV heavy lift systems, as well as the Atlas and Delta space lift vehicles, and all aspects of their launch control systems.  So I always have a backup and I know, the choices for a back-up gun are endless as there are so many short barreled autos available in impressive calibers, but…

A gentleman named Owen A. King from our subscriber list sent me the following two quotes recently, the first, from one of my favorite authors, one I have heard repeatedly “dismissed” by intellectual progressives (currently working college professors teaching at UCLA), as “some obscure writer from the 1950’s”….grrr:  “(W)hen you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing; when you see that money is flowing to those who deal not in goods, but in favors; when you see that men get rich more easily by graft than by work, and your laws…

As mentioned last week in our Newsletter, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect today. The Prepper Journal uses MailChimp to manage its subscriber list and here is their Press Release on the subject: MailChimp has updated its Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, effective May 23, 2018. These changes were made primarily in preparation for the EU’s new data privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). With these updates, MailChimp reaffirms its commitment to safeguarding the personal data of our members, contacts, and anyone who visits our websites. MailChimp has three core privacy principles: accountability…

As the traveling season in the northern hemisphere starts to peak I though it of value that we preppers prepare should we be traveling with family and friends who might have had heart issues. Travelling around the world is not forbidden for heart patients. Most people with heart-illnesses travel to different places, provided that their heart condition is stable and in control. If you are also a heart patient, or any of your family members have cardiovascular diseases, and you wish to go on a family vacation, just remember to consult your or their  doctor. More importantly, if you are feeling…

As you know we are all fans of a good knife, one of the most versatile tools anyone can carry and for true knife aficionados, Damascus Steel is a Force to Reckon With! Who would not love a piece of history, in the form of a humble knife? Humble as it may seem, Damascus steel is far from that! From being a champagne saber to the perfect partner for your wilderness adventures, Damascus steel is the perfect metal for all to invest in. When you have a real Damascus steel knife, you will have nothing short of a razor-sharp deal.…

As most of you who follow the news already know there was a vehicle attack in Toronto this past Monday. Reported a ten people killed and 15 injured in the initial report, updated on Thursday to nine killed. This is just the latest in what has become a convenient weapon of choice for the lone wolf, or so the media would have you believe, that has been employed world-wide in the past few years. No politician and no public official is ever going to state that these are anything other than random acts of madmen, and perhaps, by some miracle,…

Subtitled “The Skyrocketing Attacks by Predators on Humans” the book is Bruce Buckshot Hemming’ latest and is already available on Amazon. I was lucky enough to get an advanced copy, verified by the sprinkling of typos, and have just finished reading it. I want to make a statement here that I am an impossible reader. I love to read and love books but it has been so long since one has even captured my attention, let alone been read before being donated to some charity. But as soon as I heard about this one I was interested. I have been to many…

Regular followers will know that I still sail on a regular basis off the California Coast, and pretty much everywhere I go where this is an option. While the Crazy Empire of California, my native state, is now one state west of me, I make the trip often to see old friends and spend time on the amazing ocean, truly one of nature’s eternal “wild places” even within sight of a shoreline. After all, it is still legal to have a cocktail in ones hand while you are at the helm of a “personal pleasure craft”, adding that human error…

The Polls at The Prepper Journal have closed! The results have been tabulated and yet AGAIN no Russian interference has been charged! The three (3) prize winning articles of Amazon gift cards are (in order): Never Be Situation Unaware Lessons From History – Starving Spring Introduction to Nuclear Survival All the candidates are worthy of a review-read as 2018 unfolds before us. And now is the time to get your contributions in for a chance to win one of three Amazon Gift Cards worth a total of $500 in the Round 14. Congratulations are in order to: Valknut79 R. Ann Parris…

In my planning I am confident that I not only know where everything is but also how everything works in my home, the place I am most likely to encounter a disaster. Useful knowledge when I have to be responsible for myself and anything that might have crawled in when I wasn’t paying attention. I had a friend who’s neighbors dog had figured out where their dog door was and where their dogs food dish was and would, on a regular basis “drop by” for a free meal since their small dog was always overfed and there was food always…

As Preppers we strive to be ready for the expected and possible while preparing for the unexpected. In the latter we do what we think is best, we go from our experience, our trusted sources of knowledge and information and from our life experiences. Most of the time this at least gives us a fighting chance, an edge to get through the event and its aftermath. But to be frank, there are somethings that one simply can’t prepare for because we underestimated the gravity of the event, its monumental impact to the very core of our being. I am talking…

I went back through the TPJ archives and found a number of articles on bullet-proof body armor. Bullet PROOF armor is in the same category as bullet proof glass. It DOES NOT EXIST. I am of the opinion that every legal citizen should investigate the ownership of personal body armor for a numbers of uses, from home defense to SHTF. Additionally they should consider the protections it in its many variants affords family members in today’s world. In the world of ballistics many principals of physics come into play and I could go on for ever about them, really. Maybe…

Editors Note: This post might be better titled “ramblings from a mind turned to mush by our “information highway”. I had the luck to be on ARPANet before it was opened to the public in the great “explosion” of information (the “dis” being optional but applicable in the too many cases.) As people, and especially as Preppers we make decisions based on the facts we are presented and our interpretation of their accuracy, so this hits us at home every minute of every day. I still tell a story I heard from a Civics Teacher in High School that goes like this -…

Have you ever been to Cherry Creek Mall in Denver? Great shopping, great restaurants all around, lovely even in a blizzard. I know because I almost got trapped there for 3 days, alone except maybe for that someone who was probably going to lock me in or throw me out in the blizzard, in dress shoes, thin slacks and a leather jacket (which quickly assumes the ambient air temperature.) This crossed my mind as I scurried, slipped and slid out of there to catch a taxi driven by one of the greatest cab drivers to ever make a fair fare.…

In a past life I was involved in the Avalanche Survival Classes The Sierra Club taught. This was back when their ranks were filled with outdoor enthusiasts focused on survival and conservation as opposed to politics. Then the organization understood that hunters and fishermen and mountaineers were among the most aware and responsible of people in the wilderness and left the smallest of carbon footprints. As preppers we may end up in the mountains and snow and the physics of snow are another thing to understand to give ourselves the best chance at survival. While this was all on-piste skiing, the…

Actually a third and fourth and fifth as basic sign language and Morse Code are just assumed to be in your basic preparedness skill set. There is an old joke about a new Iranian spy who meets up with his controller in a Midwest restaurant and immediately launches into Farsi and the controller reaches across the table and slaps him across the face and yells “You are in America now! Blend in, speak Spanish!” Americans have always had a well-earned reputation of being less than excellent at any language, even the British still claim we don’t even speak English. But…

The Polls at The Prepper Journal have closed! The results have been tabulated and yet again no Russian interference has been charged! The three (3) prize winning articles of Amazon gift cards are (in order): The Fourth B How to Store Fuel Protect Your Neighborhood with a Powerful Base Defense All the candidates are worthy of a review-read as 2018 unfolds before us. And now is the time to get your contributions in for a chance to win one of three Amazon Gift Cards worth a total of $500 in the upcoming Round 13. Congratulations are in order to: The Texan…

So you decided to stick it out for another year, congratulations! 2018, according to the Chinese and their 12-year zodiac cycle, is the year of the Dog, sometimes called The Earth Dog. What does the New Year mean to us? Well, individual income taxes are due soon, yet again…and they will be different which is a welcome change for most… Auto licenses will need renewal, yet again…. We really gotta make an effort at meeting our resolutions, for a change, starting tomorrow, yep, after the football games today, yep….kale and okra smoothie for breakfast… We have to really rethink what we…

While the Holiday is Monday, January 1, 2018, tomorrow, December 31, 2017, the day we don’t post because it is a Sunday, is the day mom wants us to remind you about. She wants you to remember her good advice of doing all things in moderation. She wants to remind you that Uber and Lyft and even Taxi’s – the vehicles, not the 70’s sitcom – are ALWAYS available if you are still living on the grid. She wants us to drop the snide remark that the average cost of a first DUI can run up to $16,700 when you factor…

I know, but we can dream can’t we? This just might work if you want to be your own grid-square. A place with almost unlimited and unobstructed views, enough acreage to sight in your own 105 Howitzer and within driving distance of Lake Tahoe, south east of Reno Nevada, but far enough from the Golden Horde. You have unobstructed views is all directions, a great house, even a lawn to mow, one that can be converted into a vegetable garden. Good curb appeal, though there is no curb in the area. On city power but plenty of space for a…

In a race to start the New Year “anew” Preppers please cast your votes for the “best articles” published between October 1st and December 22nd of this year.  Money, money, money! But more importantly GREAT information! I have chosen five (5) worthy candidates for Round Twelve of the Preppers Writing Contest. Again, it was a hard thing to do, so many honorable mentions, so much coverage of wide-ranging subjects. Impressive. Paring the list down to five (5) remains the challenge. As always, I want to thank everyone who entered and, as always, previous winners can still win again! I will leave the voting open through the…

A Prepper’s version of “Twas the Night Before Christmas” (with apologies to Clement Clarke Moore) and to the Survival Blog….. ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the fort Not a creature was stirring, the sentries report; The rifles were hung by the gun ports with care, in hopes that this evening there’d be no warfare. The mid-watch was nestled all snug in their sacks, dreaming the Government would get off their backs. And Mom in her balaclava, and me in my vest, Had just settled down for a long winter’s rest. When out by the moat there arose…

Editors Note: Another guest post from Valknut79 to The Prepper Journal. As always, if you have information for Preppers that you would like to share and possibly receive a $25 cash award as well as be entered into the Prepper Writing Contest with a chance to win one of three Amazon Gift Cards  with the top prize being a $300 card to purchase your own prepping supplies, enter today! Having read hundreds if not thousands of articles on preparedness, one of the common themes that I see consistently among all authors on all platforms is the focus on skills. Certainly, the advantages are…

There are many valuable lessons to be learned from December 7, 1941, still. In a world currently awash with “revisionist” history, scholarly “reviews” passing judgments from armchairs safe and well into the future, and a Forth Estate with no conscience, just an agenda, lessons not only have not been learned, history has been hijacked to fit the current narrative, and may be repeating before our very eyes. In World War I, Japan entered on the side of the Allied Powers specifically to pick off Germany’s colonial empire in the Pacific Ocean.  Twenty years before WWII Japan was planning while America was not sleeping,…

The Prepper Journal is out among them! Fighting tooth and nail, claw by claw, inch, by inch, closer and closer…..to beat someone out of that last KnockOff 96″ 4K, HD LED flat screen with built-in Dolby 5.2 Channel Ultra HD AV Surround Sound! And for the one-day price of $49.99!   Armed with our bug-out bag, our range bag, our SHTF bag and our ammo stash we were initially stymied at the entrance trying to lash 5 carts together with Paracord to carry in all we brought with us and then to carry out our “gotta haves” from the battle! But…

On this holiday, where we as a people gave our first real thanks, shared our hard obtained bounty with others who shared with us, and saw a future that allowed us to freely prosper and honor our God, The Prepper Journal hopes you are with family and friends, in the warmth of their company, breaking bread in love and friendship as people have since the beginnings of recorded history, be it a feast or a simple meal.    We hope that the true and traditional meaning of this original American holiday, now shared by other countries, will remain your foundation…

So, on a bright clear winter day a couple who considered themselves young and athletic, decided to go nordic (cross-country) skiing, just the two of them, a spur of the moment thing. After all, they were there on vacation to ski. They did take a trail map obtained from a local source and decided on a trail that was more advanced than intermediate. The trail was clearly marked with the “blue-square”, still not an expert trail. Their first mistake – ski trails (nordic) and ski runs (alpine) are rated in comparison to the other trails and runs within the specific ski…