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Welcome! There are many new people following the Facebook page (Practical Prepping) and visiting the website. We welcome you and appreciate you dropping by. There are free articles, links to friends and affiliates we trust (and spend our personal dollars with) as well as podcasts. We are responsive to e-mails, answering usually within a few hours. Feel free to drop us a note or a question. You can also comment on the blog posts. To hear a podcast, click on "Podcast" above and pick one. There are around 350 episodes.   No bunkers. No zombies. No alien invasions, Just Practical Prepping.   Stuff happens. Stay prepared.

  Here is the link we mentioned on the podcast to check the dates on your state's preparedness tax free weekend (if you have one): https://taxadmin.org/sales-tax-holidays/   Dates and items vary by state. Not all states, counties, or cities participate

by   Mark and Krista Lawley The terms “bug-out-bag” and get-home-bag” are used interchangeably by some, but we differentiate between the two. In this article, we describe each bag and their purposes.  Lists of items are provided for each bag.   Read More  

  "A Beginner's Guide To Prepping"   by Mark and Krista Lawley Covid-19, inflation, and food shortages have brought a lot of new people to preparedness. They saw empty shelves, supply chain disruptions, and rising  prices in the grocery store. They are seeing rising prices of energy, particularly high costs of heating oil and gasoline. They have seen the need to become prepared. Some are just storing food & nothing else. Some are buying gear & nothing else. They know they need to do something, but aren't sure what to do. Continue Reading