I'll conclude my peek at government comics with two on Civil Defense . The FCDA tapped cartoonist Al Capp to draw Mr. Civil Defe...

I shared one of Kevin Estela's helpful PowerPoints back in 2009 ; his name also came up in " On 'false gods' " a week ...

"Son, act like you've been there before." (Paul Brown, legendary football coach, to a player who had danced in the end zone a...

One crisp morning many years ago, I was clambering about the scree above Glacier National Park's Lunch Creek Basin. Scanning the steep s...

Without question, the most important tool in any survival situation is the brain -- and fortunately for most of us, it comes permanently at...

Whether it's family preparedness, personal defense or other tasks, I'm a big fan of "modeling" -- looking for good ideas a...

August has been a chunky month. As it comes to a close, a few thoughts. Gustav gusting My wife once lived on Louisiana's Gulf Coast. It...

As SoCal earthquakes go, yesterday's magnitude 5.4 temblor was something of a yawner. Swimming pools churned for a few seconds. Some sto...

Bugging, Part II included a list of natural and man-made hazards that could affect our home. I characterized flooding to be of "modera...

In an earlier series of posts , I wrote about my family's approach to "bugging" -- by no means gospel, not even a primer, simp...

Should I stay or should I go now? Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be trouble And if I stay it will be double So come on...

A few weeks ago, my older spawn presented me with my very own tinfoil hat. Okay, I do spend a fair amount of time preparing myself and my f...