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Myths – Common misconceptions or incorrect beliefs that affect decision-making, risk assessment, or understanding of real-world preparedness.

  • My “Go Bag” and myth buster!

    note: first appeared in July 2015 I am a big believer in layers, redundancy, and modular “prepping.”  I don’t get locked into the conventional way of thinking as most prepper “experts” do. I try to think in terms of, and focus on, “mission.” And the same applies to my “Go Bag” and how it integrates…

  • Prepper Myth #10: “My Bug Out Plan”

    This is one of a series of posts on some commonly held prepping beliefs, and reasons why they may be wrong and possibly dangerous to you and your loved ones. Note: Myths 5 – 10 were taken from a post by a so-called prepper expert providing advice while dispelling “myths” about prepping and bugging out.…

  • Prepper Myth #9: Your BOB Needs to be as Light as Possible

    This is one of a series of posts on some commonly held prepping beliefs, and reasons why they may be wrong and possibly dangerous to you and your loved ones. Note: Myths 5 – 10 were taken from a post by a so-called prepper expert providing advice while dispelling “myths” about prepping and bugging out. I thought the…

  • Prepper Myth #8: You Need a Bug Out Location (BOL)

    This is one of a series of posts on some commonly held prepping beliefs, and reasons why they may be wrong and possibly dangerous to you and your loved ones. Note:Myths 5 – 10 were taken from a post by a so-called prepper expert providing advice while dispelling “myths” about prepping and bugging out. I…

  • Prepper Myth #7: You Don’t Need an Actual Bug Out Plan

    This is one of a series of posts on some commonly held prepping beliefs, and reasons why they may be wrong and possibly dangerous to you and your loved ones. Note: Myths 5 – 10 were taken from a post by a so-called prepper expert providing advice while dispelling “myths” about prepping and bugging out.…

  • Prepper Myth #6: BOB’s Need to Last 72 Hours

    This is one of a series of posts on some commonly held prepping beliefs, and reasons why they may be wrong and possibly dangerous to you and your loved ones. Note: Myths 5 – 10 were taken from a post by a so-called prepper expert providing advice while dispelling “myths” about prepping and bugging out. I…

  • Prepper Myth #5: You Have to Bug Out

    This is one of a series of posts on some commonly held prepping beliefs, and reasons why they may be wrong and possibly dangerous to you and your loved ones. Note: Myths 5 – 10 were taken from a post by a so-called prepper expert providing advice while dispelling “myths” about prepping and bugging out.…

  • Prepper Myth #4: TEOTWAWKI will be fun!

    This is one of a series of posts on some commonly held prepping beliefs, and reasons why they may be wrong and possibly dangerous to you and your loved ones. Their Myth Reasoning (not me talking/writing) – A rarely-discussed but obvious undercurrent in survival circles is the general idea that somehow a serious survival situation will be…

  • Prepper Myth #3: I only need X number of days of food.

    This is one of a series of posts on some commonly held prepping beliefs, and reasons why they may be wrong and possibly dangerous to you and your loved ones. Their Myth Reasoning (not me talking/writing) – I was motivated to write this article by a thread I saw on a message board where people were…

  • Prepper Myth #2: Stock up on the ammo you’ll need to defend yourself with.

    This is one of a series of posts on some commonly held prepping beliefs, and reasons why they may be wrong and possibly dangerous to you and your loved ones. Their Myth Reasoning (not me talking/writing) – Once again, the math just doesn’t add up on storing a lot of ammo. There is only one scenario…

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