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Fifth National Climate Assessment and Being Prepared

Carolyn - November 20, 2023
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Framework for Prepping

Carolyn - September 25, 2023
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How to donate to The Prepared? and Happy New Year!!!

Sharon - January 8, 2023
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What was the catalyst that compelled you to begin prepping?

Steve Martin - November 19, 2022
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Preview of whole new TP website launching soon

John AdamaStaff - November 9, 2022
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Prepper demographics updated with 2020 FEMA survey data: over 20M people in the US alone!

Dr. Chris Ellis - November 6, 2022
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60 Minutes segment this Sunday Nov 6 about TP and how sane prepping has gone mainstream!

John AdamaStaff - November 2, 2022
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Prepper Chat Night – Friday March 17

Gideon ParkerStaff - October 6, 2022
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September is National Preparedness Month, join us for good conversations and community challenges

Gideon ParkerStaff - September 2, 2022
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Free FEMA webinar with TP and myself

John AdamaStaff - July 6, 2022
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My main worries to end the week (Prices/CPI and other stuff)

Karl Winterling - June 10, 2022
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A list of places where you can find TP other than the forum

Gideon ParkerStaff - April 19, 2022
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An observation on prepping in 2022

Bill Masen - March 13, 2022
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Fiction book review: Blue Fire by John Gilstrap

C P.Contributor - March 10, 2022
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Book Review: “Deep Survival” – Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why

brownfox-ffContributor - March 6, 2022
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What can we learn from the war in Ukraine?

Conrad B - February 25, 2022
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Quantifying safety

Frozen22 - February 14, 2022
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It’s time for our annual environmental charity donation. Where should we donate?

John AdamaStaff - January 19, 2022
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What are your 2022 prepping goals and plans?

Carlotta SusannaStaff - January 11, 2022
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Have you ever heard a quote that stops you and makes you think about how you live?

Bill Masen - December 13, 2021
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Going Off-Road, money does not equate to common sense

Bill Masen - November 16, 2021
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Diet of meat needed for hunter-gather societies

Bob - November 9, 2021
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Book giveaway: “Move” by Parag Khanna

John AdamaStaff - October 30, 2021
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Do you practice what you prep?

pint of beer - October 9, 2021
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“Listening to Katrina” website: Bugging out is a tool to escape danger and then find home

RS - September 24, 2021
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Do you fish?

Josh CentersContributor - August 19, 2021
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CNN airing short film that’s partly about TP and this community

John AdamaStaff - August 2, 2021
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Clarkson’s Farm, a TV show about a man learning how to start a farm

Josh CentersContributor - July 15, 2021
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Community Discord/Slack

Arlinn - July 13, 2021
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Report from the front lines of the heatwave apocalypse

matthew.Contributor - July 1, 2021
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A question for Californians with electric stoves/ranges

Jonnie PekelnyContributor - June 10, 2021
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TP team on break the rest of June

John AdamaStaff - June 8, 2021
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How to synthesize/prioritize preparing for scenarios based on likelihood, severity, and other factors?

Lowell - April 13, 2021
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Time to break out the prepping crystal ball. What’s next?

Conrad B - April 6, 2021
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Is the blog being retired?

Stephen Besch - January 12, 2021
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Prepping organization (diary / journals / to-do / lists / etc)

10 Canadian Winters - December 31, 2020
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Preps for people with physical disabilities and limitations or who aren’t in great physical shape

Jonnie PekelnyContributor - December 21, 2020
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Feedback and feature updates for this forum

John AdamaStaff - December 3, 2020
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The point I wanted to make (but was cut) on this recent BBC podcast about prepping going mainstream

John AdamaStaff - November 30, 2020
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Situational awareness (digital, near real time?)

Rich DCContributor - November 22, 2020
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Forum discount code for our new video course on blade/knife sharpening

John AdamaStaff - October 11, 2020
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Submissions from The Firearm Blog’s “Build of the Week” contest using TP’s kit builder

Tom RaderStaff - October 2, 2020
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Changelog/recent updates section

Mar Tam - August 24, 2020
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Where is the hurricane/fire coverage?

hbic - August 6, 2020
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Pop culture prepping (not the crazy kind)

North Coast - July 22, 2020
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Do you think the media should be showing more visual imagery of the medical consequences of COVID?

John AdamaStaff - July 5, 2020
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An introduction to threat modeling

Matt Black - June 23, 2020
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Services to help you prep?

David Krueger - June 16, 2020
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What do you think about “news” roundups on the TP blog?

Jon StokesStaff - June 15, 2020
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  • 1. Be nice to each other.
  • 2. Stay focused on prepping.
  • 3. Avoid politics, religion, and other arguments.
  • 4. No unfounded conspiracies, fake news, etc.
  • 5. Debate ideas, not people.