Preparedness & Survival Blog

Nashville Bombing Reveals Flaws in Communications Systems

At 6:30 on Christmas morning, some of our 4Patriots employees woke up to a huge explosion. It occurred in downtown Nashville, Tennessee.  A suicide bomber detonated a recreational vehicle on Second Avenue. Between Church and Commerce streets.  No one else...

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Do You Know What FEMA Stands For?

Have you ever heard an acronym used so many times that you forgot what the letters stood for? Such as ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile). Or NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Or NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations)....

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Debunking Myths Surrounding Freeze-Dried Food

Whenever I hear someone say something negative about freeze-dried food, I wonder what their preparedness alternative is. I can just picture someone opening a can of soup 20 years from now and realizing it has gone bad. In fact, it...

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Russian Cyber Hackers Infiltrate U.S. Government Agencies

You’ve probably heard of solar wind. It’s a stream of charged particles such as electrons and protons. They are periodically released from our sun’s corona. And can travel hundreds of millions of miles. With no atmosphere, our moon gets clobbered...

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What Lessons Did You Learn From 2020?

They say if we don’t learn from history, we will repeat its mistakes. That’s probably very true. Winston Churchill stated it this way. “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”  Today we’re wrapping up 4Patriots’...

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Which Hobbies Have You Enjoyed During the Pandemic?

Attempting to find a silver lining in the coronavirus pandemic has been like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Good news has been very difficult to come by. The daily counts of new cases, hospitalizations and deaths are...

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Pandemic Brought on Food Supply Chain Disruptions

By now, pretty much everyone knows the food supply chain took a big hit during 2020. There were several reasons for this. Including a number of extreme weather events. But the No. 1 problem was the coronavirus pandemic. The most...

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Cade's 2021 Self-Reliance Resolutions

I hope it's not too late to share this... But did you happen to see this inspiring video from former Navy SEAL, Cade Courtley? As we go into a new year, we cannot control what is thrown our way like...

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Why You Need a Reliable Water Supply During a Pandemic

Well before the coronavirus reached America’s shores, we frequently discussed why it’s important to have an emergency supply of water on hand. If a disaster cut off your tap water and stores were stripped bare of bottled water, what would...

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