The other day, I mentioned how probability is important in making and prioritizing preparation activities. Today, I’m going to discuss one event that has about a 3% probability of happening to you if you live in the United States. Its something you need to be prepared for because it can happen right in front of you, or to you, anytime you get behind the wheel.
A couple of recent experiences prompted me to write about probability and how it should affect one’s preparations. Prepping for Doomsday, SHTF, TEOTWAWKI, or other calamities might get a lot of attention but these events are all unlikely. It makes a lot more sense to prepare for likely events like the common cold instead.
In November 2011, I decided to make a change and cut the cord. The result has been more money, more time, and less noise in my household. It wasn’t easy, but it is something that I would recommend to others. getting rid cable TV
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I decided to upgrade my safe room door a while back and was finally able to do so. After all, I have several items in that rooms that I want to protect and adding a stronger door would help accomplish this goal. So here is what I did to make my safe room more secure.
The vast majority of break-in occur through the front door. This is because most front doors in American homes are fairly easy for a criminal to break into. However, one can make a front door more resilient to would-be burglars by installing better entry doors. I recently did this and wanted to share my experience with hardening my home in this manner.
Home security is not achieved by installing one item that will magically protect your domicile against criminals. Instead, it is achieved by adding multiple protective layers that your home a less attractive target to a criminal. One way to harden your home is to install better entry gates, which is what I did a few weeks ago.
There is an under-reported story that the mainstream media has largely ignored. In a nutshell, the computers in the White House were attacked by the Russians which caused a shutdown for over a week. This is big news but Official Washington isn’t saying much about it because it would cast the Obama Administration in a bad light. However, this event has bigger implications than any damage sustained by an increasingly marginalized, lame-duck President.
Since the 2014 midterms happened just a few days ago, I had some thoughts regarding the politics of prepping. In a sense, this will represent the denouement of both the political season and the recent Prepper Fest AZ expo in Scottsdale.
One recurring theme at Smart Suburban Survival is the importance of personal responsibility and taking greater ownership of your life. There will be times when you will be your own first responder or otherwise be caught up in an unpredictable situation. Relying on others during an emergency, especially on incompetent and corrupt governments, is outsourcing your safety and placing your life at risk.
In real life I work in the Information Technologies field. Most of my recent experience has been in the finance and defense sectors, meaning that security and information integrity are VERY important. Recently, my current employer shared some cyber security tips that I thought were worth repeating.
