Essential abilities for elderly individuals to thrive in challenging circumstances.
Noise draws attention. Light gives away location. Anything that makes you visible or audible can attract people you’re trying to avoid. Most preppers understand this concept on paper. This is the third section associated with Key Items Many Survival Preppers Forget. They know that if society breaks down, crowds will become dangerous, and being loud or…
This is the first section for Key Items Many Survival Preppers Forget. When people think about prepping, they usually go big—stockpiles of food, weapons, water barrels, solar panels, maybe even underground bunkers. But the further they go into the world of survival planning, the more they tend to forget the smaller, quieter essentials—the things you…
When the power goes out, panic sets in faster than most people expect. The first few minutes feel surreal. You flip a switch and nothing happens. The fridge hum dies. The familiar glow from screens, lights, and appliances disappears. This is the second section associated with Key Items Many Survival Preppers Forget. At night, darkness…
Exploring alternative protein sources becomes more interesting as we look for sustainable and nutritious options. Insect protein has emerged as one way to fill this need. In this article, I share a senior’s perspective on cultivating insects for protein. This idea is unique to me, but I am open to trying it. I like crustaceans,…
Insect cultivation can be a surprisingly engaging and rewarding hobby, especially for seniors passionate about nature and learning new things. Caring for insects not only sparks curiosity but can also bring a sense of accomplishment, all while being a gentle and practical activity. This guide is here to help you start insect cultivation at a…
Adapting survival tools for aging hands can make a big difference when outdoors or handling everyday emergencies. Our hand strength, flexibility, and grip naturally change as we age. I know I don’t have the hand strength I used to have. Are you having issues using tools and gear as you age? This guide offers practical,…
Sinkholes are earth’s trapdoors—ground yawns open, swallowing homes or roads with no mercy. Water or mines carve them slow, then drop fast. A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. Sinkholes abound in Florida. We have so much limestone and dolomite here. There are more…
EMP/CME disasters are silent tech-killers—electromagnetic pulses from bombs or coronal mass ejections from the sun fry circuits, grids, and gadgets in a flash. Power’s gone, cars stall, and comms die, hurling you back to the stone age. An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), also referred to as a transient electromagnetic disturbance (TED), is a brief burst of…
Shark attacks are the ocean’s gut-punch—jaws clamp, blood flows, and panic drowns you faster than teeth. Rare but raw. The first shark image above is of the great white shark. It is involved in the most fatal unprovoked attacks. I’m a fish. I love to swim, and I was a competitive swimmer in high school….
Power outages are modern cripplers—lights die, heat fades, and tech goes black, whether from storms or sabotage. Days stretch to weeks with no juice. We have all experienced power outages. It’s inevitable. We have storms. We have generators, flashlights, and candles. The worst outages have been during and after hurricanes, lasting only a few days….
Heatwaves are slow broilers—temps soar past 90°F for days, frying you without relief. Power strains, bodies wilt, and dehydration ambushes fast. Every Summer, we have what feels like a heatwave in Florida. August can get to the high 90s and more. We have enough ocean winds to keep it from getting hotter, so it’s not…
Droughts are silent stranglers—water dries up, crops wither, and dust chokes the air, stretching months into years. Fires flare, wells fail, and survival turns lean. I have been in a drought, but not that totally dried everything up. Florida has had a couple of months in a row without rain, but we haven’t been as…
