A get-home bag isn't a bug-out bag. It's how you get home when roads or the grid go weird after work. Here's what's actually in mine.

A get-home bag isn't a bug-out bag. It's how you get home when roads or the grid go weird after work. Here's what's actually in mine.

After real multi-day outages, here's the kit that got used-and the prepper essentials that never left the tote. Practical list with Amazon picks.

After real multi-day outages, here's the kit that got used-and the prepper essentials that never left the tote. Practical list with Amazon picks.

Battery stations are quiet. Generators make real watts. How I size both for a house-and when buying both beats picking a side. From a lineman who works storms.

Battery stations are quiet. Generators make real watts. How I size both for a house-and when buying both beats picking a side. From a lineman who works storms.

Most hurricane checklists assume you live on the beach. This inland/East Coast family version covers water, power, meds, and what fails first-from a lineman who's worked storms.

Most hurricane checklists assume you live on the beach. This inland/East Coast family version covers water, power, meds, and what fails first-from a lineman who's worked storms.

Ten years ago, if you told someone at a barbecue that you kept three months of food stored at home and had a backup generator, there was a specific look you would get. A slight pause. A subtle recalibration. The person would mentally file you under a category and the conversation would either end or […]

Ten years ago, if you told someone at a barbecue that you kept three months of food stored at home and had a backup generator, there was a specific look you would get. A slight pause. A subtle recalibration. The person would mentally file you under a category and the conversation would either end or […]

I have seen the bags people build after a few months of prepper YouTube. They are enormous. Sixty-five, seventy, eighty pounds. Built by people who have never humped a loaded pack more than a quarter mile at a time. The guy who built that bag is not bugging out on foot. He is getting two […]

I have seen the bags people build after a few months of prepper YouTube. They are enormous. Sixty-five, seventy, eighty pounds. Built by people who have never humped a loaded pack more than a quarter mile at a time. The guy who built that bag is not bugging out on foot. He is getting two […]

My job takes me into neighborhoods days after major disasters. Not as a first responder and not as a volunteer — as an electrical lineman doing mutual aid power restoration. I drive in when the emergency phase is winding down and the recovery phase is just beginning. It is a specific window that most people […]

My job takes me into neighborhoods days after major disasters. Not as a first responder and not as a volunteer — as an electrical lineman doing mutual aid power restoration. I drive in when the emergency phase is winding down and the recovery phase is just beginning. It is a specific window that most people […]