The top 5 essentials for an all around survival kit… This is pretty easy. Any good survival kit will have two or three dozen items, most of which will work for a core kit, while the other items for a particular kit may be seasonal, specialized for specific outings, or adjustable for any of a […]
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Notes from the Bunker….Winter 2019… Missing in Action
Hello Again, my old friends…”still alive!…” Time to do a little catching up, with this old guy. The last thing we were discussing was the recent dealings with my orthopedist, with more x-rays, physical therapy, MRIs, and kicking my care up a notch to a neurologist. These guys work on spines, vertebrae, and actual nerves. […]
Remembrance…this Patriots Day…
On this day of days, with the entire world remembering what happened, exactly 18 years ago, in New York, DC, and Pennsylvania, I’m sure most of you recall your feelings and sadness of that day. I didn’t lose anyone personally, but I did have many friends who were responders and helped in the recovery process, […]
UPDATE: Hurricane MICHAEL in Florida Panhandle/Alabama…News, Maps, Links…
Here’s the latest information and expectations of what the National Weather Service is forecasting for this early fall storm… Below each of the maps you’ll find a link to get the latest information on that particular threat, as it’s updated over the next few days.. Interactive Map (Link below) https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/212416.shtml?gm_track#contents (opens in new window) Tropical-Storm-Force Wind […]
10 Ways SurvivalRing is changing direction this fall.
Site History of SurvivalRing SurvivalRing, as a web entity, has been online since November 1st, 1997. It started as a webring, and in the run-up to Y2k, it made the top 100 of 80,000+ rings existing at the time. During this era, I was running my original Blast Shelter website which started on AOL homepages, […]
Rich begins his story, about his recent travels around America…and why.
…Finally Back Home… It’s been exactly a year since I began the job that took me across America, into the backest back roads, up mountains, down valleys, and across rivers, up the west coast from Mexico to Canada, down across the entire western tier of states, all around the parts of Texas I grew up […]
JOBS: Preparing for Job Loss…steps to move onward & upward [Updated]
Yes, I am living it right now. I made a decision and quit a job with the state of Wyoming, moved to Nashville with everything I owned (that I hadn’t sold or gotten rid of) and started from scratch again. Had a job building corporate Dell PCs for two weeks, but after knee surgery 6 months […]