The Prepper Journal

Welcome back to our series on the 5 things you need to go off-grid now, where we began with the premise that going “off-grid” might not be something that, as Preppers, you elect to do for the sake of your family in hopes of greater harmony with Mother Nature. The “Grid” might simply take the kids and leave you like Katie Holmes did to Tom in the middle of the night. You wake up and something is wrong, but it takes you a few minutes to realize your world has changed – in a big way. Today on the Prepper Journal podcast, we are going to finish discussing the last three of the 5 things you need to go off grid. Read more about prepping on the Prepper Journal Blog --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/support

What if you don't get to choose when you go "off-grid"? What if the grid up and leaves you without so much as a dear John letter? Will you have the supplies you need to live off the grid, even in your own suburban home? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/support

Do you have loved ones, family, or friends that you'd like to get interested in prepping but have hit a wall with objections or distrust so far? Does your family view your prepping efforts as crazy or fringe? Do you get labeled as a tin foil hat-wearing nut job at your family get-togethers? Today on the Prepper Journal podcast we will discuss some simple strategies you can use to convince someone about the importance of prepping. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/support

If you are concerned about defending your home or neighborhood in the event of a disaster that leaves your local area without the rule of law, there are some steps you can take now to be more prepared. In today's podcast, we will discuss logical weapons and supply considerations that would give you an upper hand if you were faced with a situation where you were trying to defend your neighborhood. Top 5 Firearms you need to get your hands on now. Ammo Inventory Spreadsheet – Free Download --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/support

Part two in our series on protecting your home in the event of a disastrous event that renders everyone in a without rule of law (WROL) scenario. For more information - www.theprepperjournal.com Base Station for vehicleBAOFENG GM-15 Pro GMRS RadioCyalume Surface Tip Flare --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/support

If the grid goes down and you are concerned about safety, your home is one of the best and last lines of defense you must consider. Instead of planning to leave, you may choose to stay and fight, and your community or neighborhood offers many advantages. Today on the Prepper Journal podcast, we will discuss how you can look at and prepare your neighborhood resources to defend your home and protect your loved ones. To read more, visit www.theprepperjournal.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/support

Imagine a situation where an EMP has wiped out power nationwide, and you are hundreds of miles away from your family on a business trip. How will you make it home? How will you survive in the wilderness or navigate cities where you know chaos will reign? What will you need to consider now to give you a better shot at success? Today on the Prepper Journal, we will discuss how to make it home after an EMP. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/support

Everyday carry items are up close and personal prepping items that each of you should have access to anytime you leave the house. They are tools that can be useful in a myriad of situations, but most importantly, they all share one or more lifesaving properties when used in the proper context. Today on the Prepper Journal podcast, we are going to discuss how three little letters can save your life in a survival situation. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/support

Everyday carry items are up close and personal prepping items that each of you should have access to anytime you leave the house. They are tools that can be useful in a myriad of situations, but most importantly, they all share one or more lifesaving properties when used in the right context. Today on the Prepper Journal podcast we are going to talk about how these three letters can save your life in a survival situation. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/support

On today’s episode of the Prepper Journal, we're diving deep into the critical aspects of survival communication. I’ll share information and tips you can use when disaster strikes to coordinate with family members, keep tabs on your neighborhood, or stay informed about the world around you. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/support

The last few years have left many of us on edge and I don’t think it’s hyperbole to state that things just don’t seem to be getting better. To be fair, the current unrest in its many forms has been brewing for a while. Many point to the Pandemic as an event that appeared to kick things into high gear – it certainly was a time of heightened unrest. While things calmed down a little – depending on where you are looking - it seems like we have not been able to completely settle down from that chaos and return to a more – for lack of a better term- civil existence with our neighbors. From the riots of the pandemic period to divisive elections - to protests for any number of triggering events and - to seemingly continual political tension, many on the left and the right keep prophesizing an impending break and that has been called various things but the most prominent and concerning of these in my mind is the prospect of a second civil war. On today’s episode of the Prepper Journal Podcast, we're going to be discussing the prospect of a second civil war. I’ll share some thoughts on why I believe this is or isn’t a possibility and why regardless of what I think, this is something you as preppers should be considering for your family. Read the Prepper Journal Blog --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/support

This is the second part of my discussion about Survival Gear. These are the vital items you should ensure you have at your location to give you an advantage in austere times. The original article with tons of links is at 75 Item Survival Gear List – Protect Your Family With This Vital Checklist - The Prepper Journal Read more about Prepping and Survival at The Prepper Journal Blog. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/support

The dictionary defines survival as “the state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of an accident, ordeal, or difficult circumstances.” As Preppers, this is our primary goal even though each person has a unique vision of what that looks like for their life. The Prepper Journal’s survival gear list is designed to help you “continue to live” in spite of “difficult circumstances”. But this equipment for survival is going to be general survival gear in a lot of respects. If you have most or all the items on this gear list, or some reasonable facsimile, you should be fine in a lot of emergency situations or “difficult circumstances”. Read the original article with links to other content here - 75 Item Survival Gear List – Protect Your Family With This Vital Checklist --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/support

Bartering is the key. This will be the solution to all our problems when the grid goes down and society devolves back to somewhere around the early 1900s, or at least that is what everyone in the prepping community would have you believe. Everyone that is except for the 10% who are anxiously awaiting the collapse so they can finally live out their lawless fantasies to their fullest. Bartering, in theory, makes perfect sense. It is at its core, trading services or goods for other services or goods. An agreement between two people to exchange one thing for another. The assumption is that two people would have an honest contract implicit in nothing more than a firm handshake or “you have my word” statement. This will work for most people as I believe that most people are good and honest. However, some people are not honest and forthright and those are who you will need to be aware of when the subject of bartering comes up. Bartering has its good points and it's bad so today we will discuss the pros and cons of bartering as it relates to preppers. Read more Prepping articles at www.theprepperjournal.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/support

To the individual who is either interested in Prepping or already knee-deep into preparing for any number of potential emergencies or disasters, security has to be one of your primary concerns. This is not any truer if you have a family than if you are all alone. The simple fact of life is that when people are scared, hurting, or in some other way seriously under duress, the niceness of society disappears quickly. Someone who used to be your best friend will kill you if you are standing between food and their baby is starving. It should be clear from any number of recent disasters where looting happened within hours that you and your family need to plan for security wherever you are. Firearms are most commonly (and for good reason) associated with security. Are there other options? Sure, but I would rather have my trusty shotgun as opposed to a baseball bat and harsh language if there were a bunch of people trying to knock down my door any day. For more Prepper Articles - www.theprepperjournal.com Original Article - Top 5 Firearms You Need To Get Your Hands On NOW! - The Prepper Journal --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/support

From the fanatical doomsday prepper to people who are just trying to be more self-sufficient and everyone in between, each type of prepper has its strengths and weaknesses. Increasingly often though I keep hearing from self-described “Sensible preppers.” On the surface, the phrase is understandable, but I am starting to think that those who describe themselves as a sensible prepper could be leaving themselves open to problems at best. At worst, it could be minimizing the importance of prepping overall. When I refer to “sensible preppers” I specifically mean, self-identified preppers who view anything more than very cursory preparations as symptoms of lunacy and panic. I’ll give you an example. I was reading a social media thread a few days ago and a topic was brought up by a Sensible Prepper who quickly pointed out that they just have some food and water stored up for local power outages – I believe they even said protestors in their town asked people to honk. For a ton of Prepper Information – www.theprepperjournal.com Original Article on The Fallacy of the Sensible Prepper Mindset - https://theprepperjournal.com/2021/02/08/the-sensible-prepper/ Article on Bunker Basics - https://bunkerbasics.com/the-prepper-journal-pat-henry/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/support

In thinking about preparing your family for survival after a disaster or emergency situation you can’t forget to consider their health. Your family’s health is affected by so much more than having adequate stores of food. Having the best gun for self-defense is great and important, but what if someone in your group comes down with an illness that could have been easily prevented with a proper survival sanitation plan? What if the killer that attacks you is a sinister little microorganism you never saw coming? The Prepper Journal Blog – https://theprepperjournal.com/ The original article - https://theprepperjournal.com/2013/03/17/importance-of-survival-sanitation-after-shtf/ Luggable Loo – https://amzn.to/3v1nRlG Camping Toilet - https://amzn.to/3gnDLTD Camp Shower Enclosure for privacy - https://amzn.to/3vajMM3 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/support

In the world of Prepping, we group our topics that people want to learn about into just a few major categories when you think of it. The overarching goal of prepping or survival is to stay alive, but the disciplines that feed into Survival could be broken simply into food, water, shelter, self-defense, and first aid. There are many other branches but is a simplistic way of looking at priorities. Self Defense is one that has more urgency, and our home fortification plans are some of the most important parts of initial survival we can discuss. As a parent of small children when I first got into prepping, it was hard to say which item I cared about more, but I know home defense was near the top. The thought of someone breaking into my home and harming one of my loved ones was scarier than just about any hypothetical armed combat against mutant zombie biker gangs in a post-apocalyptic world. Break-ins happen every day so my goal as a father along with providing for the general welfare of my family was keeping them safe. Home fortification is a complex subject though for a couple of reasons. There are no one-size-fits-all solutions. We can make certain assumptions though and understanding that the Prepper Journal’s audience is primarily located in the US, our collective home situations share similarities. For a ton of Prepper Information – www.theprepperjournal.com Original Article on Home Fortification - https://theprepperjournal.com/2021/01/09/home-fortification-tips Wyze Cam Outdoor - https://amzn.to/2XqzO5G Door Armor - https://amzn.to/3nml4iY Door Barricade Brackets - https://amzn.to/3nrPa4C Security Window Film - https://amzn.to/35quL9M Tripwire Alarms - https://amzn.to/3nrPUqt --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/support

Some situations in life do not give you time to think a lot. Sometimes you just must act in the interests of protecting your family. If you are ever faced with having to evacuate your home quickly, a packed go bag is your best bet of getting out of the house fast with the supplies you need to survive, potentially without anything else. There are few things that provide preppers with a sense of security like a well-thought-out go-bag. Go bags are the same thing as a Bug Out Bag. It is a bag personalized to you and your situation expressly designed to grab on your way out the door. Your go bag should be packed and ready to go when you need it. Today, we are going to break down what is needed for a go bag list and give you the information you need to set your own go bag up. Hopefully, you will never need a go-bag, but if you do let’s make sure you know the important items to consider when you build your go-bag. Read the original article on The Prepper Journal Download the Bug Out Bag Checklist --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/support

Our homes are supposed to be a safe place where we can find refuge and rest from the world outside. It’s where we are our most vulnerable, where we lay down and sleep. Our homes are where memories are made, family treasures are stored, and our children grow up. It’s sacred in a lot of ways. Our home should be secure, it should be a place where we have no fears or worries, and most of the time that is true. We watch TV in our pajamas. We play with our children or pets without looking out the window for strangers lurking outside. We let our guard down. One of the topics we inevitably discuss in preparedness circles is home defense. There are methods we can take to reinforce our doors and windows, we can add alarms and security cameras to alert us to someone outside, but what if those fail? What if someone gets into your home… If that sacred space is violated by someone intent on doing you harm? Do you have a plan for what you would do in that instance? For a lot of preppers, that last line of home defense is a firearm, but what is the best gun for home defense? The Prepper Journal Blog - www.theprepperjournal.com Shotgun Review - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqkeKwRmWFY --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pat-henry/support