Story by Dave Merrill, Photos by Dave Merrill and Patrick McCarthy “What the hell is that?”  The exclamation first caught my attention, but it was clear the gun was causing all the fuss. It was a black-and-FDE lever-action, but wasn’t a normal lever-action. It had a skeletonized buttstock, gold trigger and accents, but the fat barrel making it resemble a blunderbuss was the real draw. “Oh this? It’s a .45-70.” There are some things in life that you have to experience to fully understand, that you have to feel to comprehend. It could be as simple as the taste of…

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Four countries. Four different threats. One message: don’t count on help arriving right away.Yesterday, we asked what the Pentagon and Britain know after the U.S. military began preparing bases to run for 90 days without outside support and Britain told families to stock food, water and cash.Less than 24 hours later, two more governments joined the list.Japan’s disaster management minister says he will formally ask every household in the country to keep at least three days of food, water and toilet supplies on hand, and ideally a full week. On the same day, Finland’s National Emergency Supply Agency published a…

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It’s quite shocking how many people are completely unable to cook something from scratch. These days the average American home eats a majority of its meals using prepackaged, highly processed foods that require very little skill to cook. If it doesn’t come out of a box, a can, or a plastic pouch most people are clueless when it comes to cooking.If you’re serious about preparedness, and you’re in the process of getting started with food storage, learning how to cook from scratch is something you cannot afford to ignore. In order to successfully build a stockpile of emergency food, you’re…

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John looked like a character on Hee Haw, if a character on Hee Haw was not terribly silly. He carried himself like a grandfather. He was thin and always wore the same basic uniform — a pressed collared shirt buttoned at the neck and wrists, spotlessly clean bib overalls, and a ball cap. He had some chronic medical problems, so I saw him fairly frequently in my medical clinic. He also lived right down the road from me. American troops wade toward Omaha Beach on the morning of June 6, 1944. John hit this same stretch of sand in the…

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