Beginning with the birth of our human race we have been "hunter gatherers" there were no grocery stores or Walmart's. We have become a DEPENDENT SPECIES, We depend on society for everything from the milk on our tables to the food on our plates and the clothes we wear. IF and when things eventually fall apart, what have any one of us learned that can prepare us for the next chapter of our civilization. Can you sew, plant, store, build or defend? Think about it what skills do you have that give you the ability or right (YES I SAID RIGHT) to survive the "Culling" our Governments are planning. They will hide while the world (NOT GOD) destroys itself from within. but who will feed them when the gates are closed? You? Your priority now as always is to your children wives and husbands, and your neighbor has the same obligation your neighbors family and hunger (within reason) is not your responsibility. There's an old saying, " give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach him to fish and he may eat for a lifetime" but I will add "If he refuses to learn or listen he will starve by his own hand". Teach your children all you have learned no matter how relevant it may seem, turn off the T.V.'s internet, news, even the school for a weekend, no visitors no family or friends. Just you and your kids. teach them a skill that could save their lives if you were gone tomorrow - cooking, how to balance a checkbook, how to start a fire, how to build a shelter anything. We are now in a separated generational era. We and our children live in a world controlled by the phones in our hands, We live in a era of lost conversations, where children were guided by parental wisdom, many of the adults of our generation are just as dumb as the children they are raising. We have lost ourselves to tech that promised to make our lives easier - most are now slaves to it.

This is where I read, listen to and absorb knowledge. My sanctuary, my prayer room.

When you think you've done enough think again. Security is not just about cameras and fence-lines, it takes constant vigilance. Leaving crumbs in the yard are temptations that many look at as an invitation.

At 59 years of age I laugh every time I see a "NEW GEAR MUST HAVE". If I bought every piece of gear the " YOU TUBE /Internet EXPERTS" claim are necessities. I'd die from the weight of it - forget the need to bug out or in; I'd need a tractor trailer to haul it all. There is no perfect kit other than what you can reasonably carry. Mine is as simple as it gets. 1. Knife - 2, 1 for small work and one for camp work, 2. A reliable fire source ( redundancy is key here as is weight. 3. Water and or a means to purify it. 4. Some type of light first aid supplies. 5. Max weight = 2-5 pounds. 6. Everything else is weight which ultimately = pain. List you item preferences and get involved.