what did you do this week to prepare

[Rick]

Well, let's see. I have redone two vehicles bags. Almost have them finished. I finished a project my wife gave me orders to finish. (Trust me, that's working on survival skils). And I'm going through and printing off some additional survival documents. The Special Forces Medical Handbook is printing at the moment.

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

i started building a one man boat for portageing bogs and swamps and i used a spring pole to as a drill to start a fire.

[jessielavon]

worked on our land,painted to bring in money for more supply's,tough some classes on companion planting and our local groceries is going out of business so I stocked up on stuff at really great prices.

[Schleprok]

Checked my compass, seems to be off a bit.
Perhaps it broke
Perhaps the pole shift has begun
or, I could've been half asleep, might better check it again...

Been to Wally World 5 times this week, 3 different locations, still out of common ammo!

[Rick]

Does the compass constantly point in the direction of Wally World? Is that the problem? Did you buy it there?

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

i worked on a coricle and used a spring pole to start a fire.

[Rick]

I finished wiring in the transfer switch for the generator and tested it today. The house is still standing, all the neighbors still have electricity and no one died so I must have done okay. Also ordered 4 Blitz metal gas cans and picked up some sta-bil for the gas.

EDIT: Ordered a carbon monoxide detector so we don't succumb to the generator.

[chiangmaimav]

i attended a course in wilderness rescue medicine which is part of training program for mountain rescue team. Program was provided by organization which works primarily in Amazon.

[Sourdough]

I just ordered 25 more "Buzzards". Now I need chick feed........

[Stairman]

Took many pictures of edible plants. Purslane, chickweed, peppergrass, sheep sorel, bull thistle, pokeweed, arrowhead, cattail, pickeralweed, wild lettuce, Smilax and even the dreaded poisonous water hemmlock. I cant seem to load them on this site though. Wish I could share them with you all.

[crashdive123]

Here ya go Stairman. http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...ead.php?t=1318

[mountain mama]

I went to my first mycology club meeting and will be going on the morel foray in a couple of weeks.

[Rick]

Received two new books for my survival reading.

Pocket Reference (not many pictures, dang it)
Camping and Wilderness Survival by Paul Tawrell. (lot's of pictures)

[Rick]

The Blitz cans arrived today. Added Sta Bil and filled up the cans. With a full tank and the spare cans I have about 60 hours run time on the generator. The CO alarm arrived and is installed and I stuck a 10lb. CO2 extinguisher with the generator. Watch me get flooded out.

[Ken]

.........and I stuck a 10lb. CO2 extinguisher with the generator.

Not RIGHT NEXT TO the generator, but a distance away right?

[Rick]

It's actually blocking the generator so you HAVE to move it to get to the generator. Then you place it a convenient and safe distance away...per the instructions that I typed up and are hanging on the Transfer Switch. The generator is actually stored away and has to be moved out to use it.

[Ken]

Way to go!

[Rick]

It might be a good lead in for everyone to remember the acronym PASS for fire extinguishers.

P - Pull the pin
A - Aim at the base of the fire.
S - Squeeze the handle slowly. The flames may flair when the agent makes contact so expect it.
S - Sweep back and forth at the base of the flame.

[oldsoldier]

Found a deal on .223 ammo pmc ammo fmj brass not steel $ 34.95 per 100. bought all 500 rounds he had left.

[gryffynklm]

Well I put it off as long as I could. I had four old maple trees taken down by Asplundh Tree Experts. This removes the hazard the trees present to fouling the power lines. The trees were 2.5 ft in diameter and very hollow. The bark and sap wood at 3 to 4 inches was all that remained holding the trees upright. The good part is that I am putting up the wood for the stove. The bad and uncertain part is that the reason the trees were hollow is that they have effectively stopped cars from landing in my yard and hitting my house in the past. There is still a line of arborvitae that will continue the protection.