11/07/2012

Is Kevin O'Brien on Doomsday Preppers Right?

By Terrance Franklin


Again with the polar drift. I do not know whether these preppers have not completed their homework or whether Doomday Preppers is hoping to acquire more mileage on their magnetic field animation. In any case, Kevin O'Brien brings a few interesting ideas to investigate with with his part specially with homesteading and prepping like a family.

1. Escaping the city

No matter if it is for a polar shift or not, Kevin has made the wise decision to relocate to a non-urban place, specifically the highlands of Tennessee. Relocating to a rural location is a good idea for any type of catastrophe to defend one's loved ones from the unpredictable effects of a catastrophe on the population. Specially, Florida is a very bad place to reside when considering natural calamities of all types.

With regards to surviving over time, homesteading is undoubtedly a much healthier method to give yourself. Preserving vegetation and also livestock can provide your body with the important nutrients it needs. Shelf-stable food items and grain staples can lack in this. You do not need to end up with deficiency diseases like the Japanese sailors who had been dwelling off of rice.

2. Relocating with children

The kids in the O'Brien family are really not excited by the concept of prepping. It's a stark contrast to Tim Ralston's kids that are into prepping and survival along with all of the drills which go together with it, or perhaps the Evers family that go at it with each other. The evidence to the contrary indicates that it isn't prepping that is unappealing to youngsters, it's just how it's brought into the conversation.

It seems like the children aren't finding pleasure in the complete experience. Of course, few kids are happy when a move is coming up, but to go from zero to sixty on actually traveling to the hills could have been made simpler. There are many techniques for getting kids enthusiastic about prepping from camping trips to helping cook to planning fishing. It was obvious from the amount of food that the O'Briens had stored that prepping had been part of life for some time. Getting investment from the kids early on may have made the transition simpler.

At the end of the day, it?s all about perspective. The O'Briens stated that they were crazy and were fine with it. Tim Ralston's kids thought their dad was going through additional plans to defend them. They were accomplishing exactly the same thing. It's a matter of perception with how you would speak about survival with best friends and family which can make a big difference.

3. Sustainable methods

Kevin had some really interesting techniques when it came to power for the house. I appreciated the concept of using pickle barrels as a solar battery for a green house. This has been observed to increase the growing period within the green house by several months. If you don't have access to pickle barrels, it's simple to use basically any empty vessel in the same manner, many people have also used beer cans! If you needed a reason to drink some brews, it can be done for survival.




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