https://rethinksurvival.com Learning to Live a Better Life With My Family and be Better Prepared too! Sat, 23 May 2026 12:29:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://rethinksurvival.com/youre-not-prepping-for-long-enough/ https://rethinksurvival.com/youre-not-prepping-for-long-enough/#respond Wed, 27 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://rethinksurvival.com/?p=44563 A while back, someone posted a poll on Survivalist Boards asking members how long they were prepping for. The options ranged from 72 hours all the way up to “indeterminate.” What struck me wasn’t the poll itself, but how fast the so-called serious preppers dismissed the shorter timeframes entirely. Nobody with “real preps” was checking […]]]> https://rethinksurvival.com/youre-not-prepping-for-long-enough/feed/ 0 https://rethinksurvival.com/ai-is-coming-for-my-blog/ https://rethinksurvival.com/ai-is-coming-for-my-blog/#respond Mon, 25 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://rethinksurvival.com/?p=44566 I try to keep the “behind the scenes stuff” of managing my blog away from you because, let’s face it, you probably don’t care. Honestly, most of the time I DON’T CARE because it’s either tedious or frustrating … and now the recent update of WordPress (the platform that I, and millions like me, use […]]]> https://rethinksurvival.com/ai-is-coming-for-my-blog/feed/ 0 https://rethinksurvival.com/diy-walk-in-refrigerator-build/ https://rethinksurvival.com/diy-walk-in-refrigerator-build/#respond Fri, 22 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://rethinksurvival.com/?p=44515 I once built a DIY root cellar in my basement where I kept vegetables and some other items that benefitted from being kept cooler, but didn’t need refrigeration. It was one of the first true “prepper” DIY builds I ever attempted, and I was proud of it. (I wonder if the new owners kept and […]]]> https://rethinksurvival.com/diy-walk-in-refrigerator-build/feed/ 0 https://rethinksurvival.com/thermos-recalls-13-years-too-late/ https://rethinksurvival.com/thermos-recalls-13-years-too-late/#comments Wed, 20 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://rethinksurvival.com/?p=44534 If people weren’t getting hurt, I’d say this was laughable. But, apparently, they’ve recently issued recalls for three types of Thermos food jars/bottles, one of which I’ve owned for over 13 years and have used several times, though it’s been a years. Worse? I know I’ve recommended them to people like you! I say this […]]]> https://rethinksurvival.com/thermos-recalls-13-years-too-late/feed/ 1 https://rethinksurvival.com/how-to-build-a-neighborhood-mutual-aid-network-before-the-next-disaster/ https://rethinksurvival.com/how-to-build-a-neighborhood-mutual-aid-network-before-the-next-disaster/#respond Mon, 18 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://rethinksurvival.com/?p=44501 When Hurricane Helene tore through western North Carolina in late September 2024, it knocked out roads, power, and cell service across a wide swath of Appalachia. FEMA and the National Guard eventually showed up — but for the first 48 to 72 hours, most people were completely on their own. What separated the neighborhoods that […]]]> https://rethinksurvival.com/how-to-build-a-neighborhood-mutual-aid-network-before-the-next-disaster/feed/ 0 https://rethinksurvival.com/5-critical-medical-supplies-to-stockpile-due-to-coming-oil-shock/ https://rethinksurvival.com/5-critical-medical-supplies-to-stockpile-due-to-coming-oil-shock/#comments Fri, 15 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://rethinksurvival.com/?p=44518 If there’s one area of preparedness that I, admittedly, am woefully under-prepared for, it’s medical. Granted, my wife is a nurse, so I lean on her a lot for such things, but she’s busy and doesn’t stop to think about these things unless I ask her. And as much as I tend to focus on […]]]> https://rethinksurvival.com/5-critical-medical-supplies-to-stockpile-due-to-coming-oil-shock/feed/ 1 https://rethinksurvival.com/ancient-bread/ https://rethinksurvival.com/ancient-bread/#comments Wed, 13 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://rethinksurvival.com/?p=44510 I couldn’t sleep the other day and ended up watching this video about “why medieval bread was a superfood while your modern bread made you sick” and it really got me to thinking about bread again. I used to make my own bread when I was a more ambitious person, but it’s so much work […]]]> https://rethinksurvival.com/ancient-bread/feed/ 1 https://rethinksurvival.com/make-off-grid-engineering-easy-with-these-5-strategies-for-digging-an-underground-shelter/ https://rethinksurvival.com/make-off-grid-engineering-easy-with-these-5-strategies-for-digging-an-underground-shelter/#comments Mon, 11 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://rethinksurvival.com/?p=44480 Building an underground shelter is about more than just digging a hole and covering it up. It’s a full-scale engineering project that needs to hold under pressure, stay dry and remain safe to use over time. For preppers living off-grid, that reliability matters. The outcome depends on how well you read the land, plan the […]]]> https://rethinksurvival.com/make-off-grid-engineering-easy-with-these-5-strategies-for-digging-an-underground-shelter/feed/ 1 https://rethinksurvival.com/tornado-alley-is-moving/ https://rethinksurvival.com/tornado-alley-is-moving/#respond Fri, 08 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://rethinksurvival.com/?p=44484 I live in Kansas City, so I’m familiar with the tornado risks involved of living in the Midwest. Although we’ve had some times where we needed to take shelter, we’ve thankfully never had a twister touch down around our home. I could only imagine how scary and devastating that would truly be. Interestingly, it seems […]]]> https://rethinksurvival.com/tornado-alley-is-moving/feed/ 0 https://rethinksurvival.com/culligan-gravity-water-filter-a-berkey-alternative/ https://rethinksurvival.com/culligan-gravity-water-filter-a-berkey-alternative/#comments Wed, 06 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://rethinksurvival.com/?p=44482 I’ve touted the black Berkey gravity water filters for years. I’ve owned a filter system for over a decade. And they’re mostly good filter systems, but their replacement filters are getting horribly expensive. As of this writing, a pair of black Berkey filters are still $280, which is just too much to recommend … even […]]]> https://rethinksurvival.com/culligan-gravity-water-filter-a-berkey-alternative/feed/ 1