Poor Richard's and Mama Donna's Prepping for Plain Folks

  WE WELCOME ALL OUR NEW READERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVEN’T PREPPED YET OR MAY HAVE JUST STARTED THINKING ABOUT IT. If you are reading this page for the first time please read our ABOUT section to avoid any confusion. Here’s the short version. If you are looking for babes with guns, camo commandos or zombie hunters:        LOOK ELSEWARE!         We put together plain, simple information on how to prep for storms, disasters and other possible threats so the average Ann and Andy can prepare with the least cost in time, space, effort and money We are going to post two simple points in hopes they will be clearly understood.   AT NO TIME DO WE ADVOCATE  ILLEGAL VIOLENCE AGAINST ANY INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP, BUT WE CLEARLY SUPPORT THE USE OF FORCE TO DEFEND HOME, FAMILY  AND COMMUNITY. IF YOU CAN’T UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE IN THAT, THEN YOU ARE IN THE WRONG PLACE!   WITHIN THE REASONABLE LIM...

POOR RICHARDS CORNER: MEET SYD THE CYNIC             With all the new folks discovering us, I thought it would be a good time to introduce Syd the Cynic. I chose Syd because this is the type of time and situation, both locally for us and nationwide, that he may bring out his comments.             Syd sneers an anything that even sounds like prepping. To him, no storm or situation would even knock you off the grid long enough to be a problem and that individuals shouldn’t try to take care of themselves. They should trust their government to rush to their aid.             Syd is why we stress two ideas, especially to new preppers. First, don’t talk about your prepping to others, and second, stick to normal looking supplies and gear. Save the camo backpacks and combat vests for the zombie hunters.    ...

OUR SPECIAL PREPPING AND TRUTH EDITION You have begun to think seriously about prepping on some level or another. Maybe like some in my area you were left without power for several days after the last storm. Maybe the last series of floods or tornadoes hit close to you and you got hit with some secondary affects. Or maybe you are a little concerned about all the talk over North Korea and nuclear war. So you go on line and find a ton of prepper and survival sites. You quickly dismiss the “got my cammies and big, bad rifle” types as you are not out to start a revolution or fight a war. Quickly, however you find that the sites are telling you that your survival depends on spending lots of money by buying this, that or the other from their sponsors. And that their survival plans all call for you to have a lot of land, money and time. You are welcome to believe all that. I’m not here to say I’m right and they are wrong. I only know what many years and experiences have taught me. I w...