Your Survival Guy lost power last week and the worst part about it was I wasn’t at home. Why was that so bad? Because my significant other was home. Making matters worse, our generator didn’t kick in. Imagine the horror going through my mind when I’m told it’s pitch black in the house and she’s […]

When you’re a child, you learn not to leave the water running. You learn to conserve. That might be a good lesson for the government. Look what’s happening in California with their water storage or lack thereof. The editors of The Wall Street Journal explain: More reservoirs are desperately needed in the North to capture […]

You have read the disturbing reports about terrorists who targeted power stations in North Carolina, Washington, and Oregon recently. The alarming part of this story, according to Mayor Carol Haney of South Pines, NC, is that it could happen to anyone. Frank Morris reports for NPR: “This beautiful part of the world gets sabotaged,” said […]

With Your Survival Guy’s kids home for the weekend, it was the perfect opportunity to stack another cord of wood. Living in New England, you never know when the next natural gas outage will come. I don’t like the chances it will be smooth sailing, and the thought of being without a source of heat […]

The proliferation of digital technology and cheap electronics has led to the widespread usage of drones, both sophisticated and simple, in war, surveillance, and spycraft around the world. The use of drones for artillery spotting and kamikaze missions in the war between Russia and Ukraine has given war planners much to discuss and consider. Outside […]

Your Survival Guy returned home from work yesterday (yes, going to the office is still a thing) to: “The heat isn’t working upstairs.” I’ll let you guess who said it, considering we’re now empty nesters. If our dog could talk, his eyes were saying, “You might want to go back to work.” On the coldest […]