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Tag Archives: planning
Readiness: We need to be thinking about how to GTFH too
I’ve been thinking about readiness a lot more recently. It’s easy to get complacent, especially when you “feel” ready, but the fact is even the best prepared among us are never as ready as we think we are. One of the themes that play out in the readiness world is an obsessive focus on “getting […] Continue reading
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Tagged Be ready now, clothing, Getting Home, GTFH, GTFO, Immediate Readiness, planning, readiness, SHTF
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Readiness: Run to where? Taking an honest look at getting out of Dodge.
One of the central themes of a lot of readiness thinking and training is the notion of bugging out when a disaster strikes. There are a lot of reasons for that fact, mostly driven by people living in urban and suburban areas that are critically unsustainable in a crisis situation. That said, one of my […] Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Preparedness
Tagged Be ready now, Bugging out, Intermediate readiness, Long-term Readiness, planning, readiness, run to where
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Readiness: Get ready now
I’ll be the first to admit I’ve gotten comfortable recently and slacked of my own readiness plans, but we had multiple tornadoes touch down in our area last night, and it reminded me that disaster can strike anyone at any time. Being ready is a must. This isn’t a statement of paranoia. It’s an acknowledgement […] Continue reading
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Tagged disasters, Immediate Readiness, Kits, planning, readiness
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Readiness: Being ready no matter what happens
When I sat down to write this post, I intended to write about what I see as the disconnect I see between the demands for firearms control and readiness and how so many people who demand such regulation are also the least prepared for when that regulation fails. Then, I realized to doesn’t matter. The […] Continue reading
Readiness: East coast snow hurricane
Are you ready yet? If not, why not? Be ready now. Immediate Readiness DLH Continue reading
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Tagged Be ready now, Immediate Readiness, planning, readiness, snow storm
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