Be Prepared

Yeah, it's the Boy Scout Motto.

And Liberal whinging notwithstanding, the Boy Scouts is a pretty classy organization, and teach some pretty useful things.

This ain't about the Scouts though.

Rivrdog writes about preparedness quite a bit, both on his main blog, and on Paratus.

There are many different kinds of ways to be prepared - Rivrdog focuses on one area, and does a pretty fine job of it, in my opinion. I've posted (albeit briefly) on pistols and rifles that work well together in emergency situations. Kim has posted regularly about SHTF preparations of many kinds, and Doc Russia has a couple of good posts about first aid preparedness.

One other way to be prepared, is to be able to take advantage of a good deal when it comes across your path. In other words, having some money set aside, not earmarked for anything, and not part of your emergency fund, will sometimes let you become more prepared in a more specific way.

Lisa and I did that last one tonight... I'll post more about it tomorrow, because accomplishing it tonight kinda wiped me out. But here's a hint... our bug-out bags now have wheels!