When it comes to being prepared, a lot of us always have two competing voices in our heads: one that's constantly warning us about impending danger, and another that's constantly dismissing those dangers as the products of our own paranoia. This threat-assessment schizophrenia is … [Read more...]
Longtime readers at the Loadout Room will recognize Clint Emerson as the author of the 100 Deadly Skills series of books, which are an invaluable tool for anyone that prizes self reliance and being prepared. For those who may not have run across Emerson's work in the past, he is … [Read more...]
It's easy to be prepared for an emergency you see coming, but that's the thing about emergencies: you rarely do. That's why we try to maintain a simple mindset in our approach to gear reviews--it's not just about the quality of a product or how much it costs, it's also about how … [Read more...]
Depending on the circles you run in, the word “prepper” has different connotations. Its use in the media on shows with exaggerated premises about crackpots building camouflaged tree houses has made the idea of “being prepared” for disaster somewhat laughable, but among people … [Read more...]
Of course, we all know there's no such thing as an "all in one" survival kit, especially when we're talking about something compact enough to stash in the glove box of your car, but the folks over at the Crate Club know their gear, and they managed to jam this small survival kit … [Read more...]
The advantage of a small kit like this is that I can throw it into any bag really and turn that said bag into a go-bag if you want to call it that. Due to the compact size of the Panthera Eyewear Hardcase, this makes an ideal sized kit to keep in the glovebox of my truck too. Get … [Read more...]
On October 31, 2017, an Islamist terrorist drove a rented pickup truck into cyclists and runners for about one mile of the Hudson River Park’s bike path in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The vehicle ramming attack killed eight people and injured eleven others. After crashing the … [Read more...]
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