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Reply to: Season 9 of the Alone premieres this Thursday May 26, 2022. Get caught up on the items used by the winners of previous seasons. Posted July 8, 2023

Reply to: SCOTTeVEST: opinions? Posted May 1, 2023

Thanks both for your detailed responses!

Reply to: I am new, advice? Posted April 12, 2023

Welcome Corrina! Would like to echo what Carlotta has said: it took a long time for me to absorb the beginner’s information. Would also highly recommend attending a prepper chat night (they run every two weeks) – it helped me get a realistic idea of what prepping is like.

SCOTTeVEST: opinions?

Gear 3

2

Posted April 12, 2023

Reply to: News for week of 2022-12-19 (all current event convos go here) Posted December 21, 2022

The UK government published their first “Resilience Framework” document; a huge win for elevating the profile of preparedness. In a speech to the House of Commons, MP Oliver Dowden announced the publication as follows: “The UK Government’s resilience framework articulates our ongoing plan to strengthen the systems and capabilities that underpin the UK’s resilience to all civil contingencies risks, from extreme weather to supply chain challenges or public health emergencies. It is ensuring that as well as managing immediate crises, we maintain a greater collective focus on preparation and preventing crises from happening in the first place.”(Full speech here.) The document is packed with ideas and plans to increase national preparedness: confirming the introduction of a new system of emergency alerts to mobile phones, promising mechanisms for local communities to hold local leaders to account for delivering resilience, and announcing annual surveys of the public’s perceived threats. I was especially impressed with one of the key pillars of the framework: “Resilience is a ‘whole of society’ endeavour, so we must be more transparent and empower everyone to make a contribution.” The document itself is a testament to that, with the proposed measures spanning the government itself, the private and public sectors and the wider public. Read the UK Government’s Resilience Framework here.

Reply to: News roundup for Fri, Dec 09, 2022 Posted December 9, 2022

Thanks so much for the huge effort you put in. Deciding to give something up is a surprisingly hard, but really brave decision.

Reply to: Phones for prepping Posted September 19, 2022

Reply to: Tons of great bushcrafting and survival books on HumbleBundle this month Posted September 13, 2022

Oh my goodness thank you so much!

Reply to: Phones for prepping Posted September 13, 2022

Glad you got through that OK, and glad your phone helped!

Reply to: Phones for prepping Posted September 13, 2022

You know, I’d never considered this at all! Setting up a phone for as little connectivity as possible is a radical idea to me, but it makes perfect sense. Thanks for sharing 😀

Phones for prepping

Gear 24

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Posted September 13, 2022

Reply to: If we prep skills, we should also prep to trade them Posted September 1, 2022

I love this idea! Definitely something that should help take the anxiety out of prepping.

Study: scientists should research possibility of human extinction from climate change

News 13

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Posted August 6, 2022

Reply to: What are your softcore preps? Posted August 3, 2022

It’s the small things, really. Like taking a raincoat with me to work in case it rains. Since becoming a prepper my mindset has shifted from “it’ll be fiiiine!” to “let’s not catch cold”. It’s a huuuge shift in mental attitude.

Reply to: News roundup for Fri, Jul 08, 2022 Posted July 10, 2022

My bad! I’d skimmed it. I’ve edited the comment to remove any suggestion that the “California’s Central Valley is sinking” link was incorrect.

Reply to: News roundup for Fri, Jul 08, 2022 Posted July 10, 2022

Thanks for the report!

Reply to: Can we as a forum bust a survival TV show myth? – Cooking an egg in toilet paper Posted May 27, 2022

Well, exactly. While I’m not interested in trying it out myself, I’d certainly take an interest in anyone else’s results. The onus of proof should be on the person claiming it is possible in the first place, and not everyone else’s to disprove it.

Reply to: Can we as a forum bust a survival TV show myth? – Cooking an egg in toilet paper Posted May 27, 2022

If you’re interested in disproving this scientifically, I would try and calculate the energy given off by the toilet paper when on fire and compare that to the amount of energy needed to hard-boil an egg. If you can believe it, the University of Exeter’s Physics and Astronomy department have published this resource on The Science of Boiling an Egg. It contains mathematical formulas and if mathematically inclined you might be able to adapt them to find the heat energy required. To measure heat energy produced by the toilet paper, you’d probably take the egg out of the equation and start a fire with just the toilet paper. You can measure how much thermal energy the toilet paper releases using a DIY calorimeter like in this wikihow article.

Reply to: Season 9 of the Alone premieres this Thursday May 26, 2022. Get caught up on the items used by the winners of previous seasons. Posted May 26, 2022

Good luck Jessie!!

Reply to: Prepping for self-managed abortion post-Roe v. Wade Posted May 3, 2022

From the news: U.S. Supreme Court set to overturn Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision, Politico reports

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SCOTTeVEST: opinions?

Gear 3

2

Posted April 12, 2023

Phones for prepping

Gear 24

10

Posted September 13, 2022

Study: scientists should research possibility of human extinction from climate change

News 13

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Posted August 6, 2022

Philosophies for good mental health

Advice 33

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Posted March 30, 2022

Reply to: Season 9 of the Alone premieres this Thursday May 26, 2022. Get caught up on the items used by the winners of previous seasons. Posted July 8, 2023

Reply to: SCOTTeVEST: opinions? Posted May 1, 2023

Thanks both for your detailed responses!

Reply to: I am new, advice? Posted April 12, 2023

Welcome Corrina! Would like to echo what Carlotta has said: it took a long time for me to absorb the beginner’s information. Would also highly recommend attending a prepper chat night (they run every two weeks) – it helped me get a realistic idea of what prepping is like.

Reply to: News for week of 2022-12-19 (all current event convos go here) Posted December 21, 2022

The UK government published their first “Resilience Framework” document; a huge win for elevating the profile of preparedness. In a speech to the House of Commons, MP Oliver Dowden announced the publication as follows: “The UK Government’s resilience framework articulates our ongoing plan to strengthen the systems and capabilities that underpin the UK’s resilience to all civil contingencies risks, from extreme weather to supply chain challenges or public health emergencies. It is ensuring that as well as managing immediate crises, we maintain a greater collective focus on preparation and preventing crises from happening in the first place.”(Full speech here.) The document is packed with ideas and plans to increase national preparedness: confirming the introduction of a new system of emergency alerts to mobile phones, promising mechanisms for local communities to hold local leaders to account for delivering resilience, and announcing annual surveys of the public’s perceived threats. I was especially impressed with one of the key pillars of the framework: “Resilience is a ‘whole of society’ endeavour, so we must be more transparent and empower everyone to make a contribution.” The document itself is a testament to that, with the proposed measures spanning the government itself, the private and public sectors and the wider public. Read the UK Government’s Resilience Framework here.

Reply to: News roundup for Fri, Dec 09, 2022 Posted December 9, 2022

Thanks so much for the huge effort you put in. Deciding to give something up is a surprisingly hard, but really brave decision.

Reply to: Phones for prepping Posted September 19, 2022

Reply to: Tons of great bushcrafting and survival books on HumbleBundle this month Posted September 13, 2022

Oh my goodness thank you so much!

Reply to: Phones for prepping Posted September 13, 2022

Glad you got through that OK, and glad your phone helped!

Reply to: Phones for prepping Posted September 13, 2022

You know, I’d never considered this at all! Setting up a phone for as little connectivity as possible is a radical idea to me, but it makes perfect sense. Thanks for sharing 😀

Reply to: If we prep skills, we should also prep to trade them Posted September 1, 2022

I love this idea! Definitely something that should help take the anxiety out of prepping.

Reply to: What are your softcore preps? Posted August 3, 2022

It’s the small things, really. Like taking a raincoat with me to work in case it rains. Since becoming a prepper my mindset has shifted from “it’ll be fiiiine!” to “let’s not catch cold”. It’s a huuuge shift in mental attitude.

Reply to: News roundup for Fri, Jul 08, 2022 Posted July 10, 2022

My bad! I’d skimmed it. I’ve edited the comment to remove any suggestion that the “California’s Central Valley is sinking” link was incorrect.

Reply to: News roundup for Fri, Jul 08, 2022 Posted July 10, 2022

Thanks for the report!

Reply to: Can we as a forum bust a survival TV show myth? – Cooking an egg in toilet paper Posted May 27, 2022

Well, exactly. While I’m not interested in trying it out myself, I’d certainly take an interest in anyone else’s results. The onus of proof should be on the person claiming it is possible in the first place, and not everyone else’s to disprove it.

Reply to: Can we as a forum bust a survival TV show myth? – Cooking an egg in toilet paper Posted May 27, 2022

If you’re interested in disproving this scientifically, I would try and calculate the energy given off by the toilet paper when on fire and compare that to the amount of energy needed to hard-boil an egg. If you can believe it, the University of Exeter’s Physics and Astronomy department have published this resource on The Science of Boiling an Egg. It contains mathematical formulas and if mathematically inclined you might be able to adapt them to find the heat energy required. To measure heat energy produced by the toilet paper, you’d probably take the egg out of the equation and start a fire with just the toilet paper. You can measure how much thermal energy the toilet paper releases using a DIY calorimeter like in this wikihow article.

Reply to: Season 9 of the Alone premieres this Thursday May 26, 2022. Get caught up on the items used by the winners of previous seasons. Posted May 26, 2022

Good luck Jessie!!

Reply to: Prepping for self-managed abortion post-Roe v. Wade Posted May 3, 2022

From the news: U.S. Supreme Court set to overturn Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision, Politico reports

Reply to: Philosophies for good mental health Posted April 23, 2022

That’s a shame! But I think philosophies can be a deeply personal thing, so it makes sense if most or all of these don’t work for you. Are there things you think or do that help you personally? Or do you not consider these things important? Would love to hear your thoughts.

Reply to: UK only. Martin Lewis warns of likely Civil Unrest Posted April 23, 2022

I think your post was and is valuable, and I appreciated seeing it too. Please don’t be discouraged!

Reply to: UK only. Martin Lewis warns of likely Civil Unrest Posted April 13, 2022

This breaks Rule 4 🙁

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