Utah Preppers - Latest Comments

Re: Electricity During an Emergency: Solar Power Generation

Dave — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:28:25 -0000

Very, very helpful.
I'm new at this, but I think it should be'50 amp-hours of juice'
and
'yields 600 watt-hours'

Re: FREE HAM Radio Class at BYU!

Mart2251 — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:45:00 -0000

When is your next test for tech. It's now May 2012?

Re: Variety in Your Food Storage is a Good Thing

Tclark_1962 — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:57:00 -0000

Don't forget you can always donate to a homeless shelter or food kitchen if you find you have more then you can consume before it expires.

Re: Powerless Cooking Event

Papah1 — Sun, 13 May 2012 14:14:20 -0000

I would have gone if I had a little more notice. Not enough advanced notice

Re: Canning (bottling) Chicken

Patricia Ball — Sun, 13 May 2012 02:44:12 -0000

My name Is Patricia Ball and saw you on the show. I am a prepper to. I also wanted to do the chicken canning. My question have you done the hamburger yet and if you have can you send the directions to me my address is buggaboo316@aol.com.... Thanks very much and keep up the good work.

Re: Creating your own Bug Out Location

Sara — Sun, 06 May 2012 16:09:31 -0000

We started prepping a couple of years ago. Then we realized we would never be able to defend our home on the outskirts of our city. After that realization, we bought land 1 1/2 hours away and happened to run across online Deep Earth Bunkers/Severe Weather Pods. After talking with them we realized we could afford a food storage bunker, and two 10 X 40 bunkers all connected and underground. It is nice and has a full kitchen, two bedrooms, 1 bathroom with washer/dryer and two blast-proof doors that we did not have in the house. We had to rent a very large truck to move our food out there but we got it done. We are within a locked gate off a country road and one mile back in the woods. We feel safe and I have it decorated now and also have Dish Network and surround sound to watch TV while there. The septic was put in by the company. We had electric put back there, but will be off the grid eventually. We now have our bug out location and feel safe. I do not feel that a person like us would be able to defend a home like ours where we live here in the suburbs with a regular roof and windows everywhere. It is too easy to burn someone out, or be overcome by roving gangs wanting your food. That is why I feel safe and secure with our country bunkers. We are going to build a house over the top of these bunkers eventually. It will not be easy to walk or to ride bicycles there if an EMP hits, but we will make it with God's help.

Re: Microwaves, Faraday Cages, and EMP Protection

Ian Kable — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:02:56 -0000

A grounded copper screen with 3mm holes will block any frequency lower than 100GHz.

Re: Microwaves, Faraday Cages, and EMP Protection

Ian Kable — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:59:53 -0000

300 / MHz = wavelength in meters.

Any opening in the cage larger than the wavelength of the pulse will pass through it as if the cage weren't even there.

Re: Emergency home heat

Shellback — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:07:03 -0000

Mike: We have used our Big Buddy many times indoors. We open opposing windows (opposite sides of the room) a little bit - maybe 2 inches each. We also make sure we have two (2) functional CO detectors placed nearby and lower than the heater (CO is heavier than air). We usually run the heater connected to a 7 lb tank by hose and keep the tank a few feet away. So far we are still alive....

Re: Emergency home heat

Mike — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:33:44 -0000

This is a great article - very well organized. One question I have is about ventilation. What's your feeling about running a Big Buddy indoors (not in the garage)? Is it enough to crack open a window? How can you protect yourself against propane leakage?

Re: Great Powdered Milk Taste Test and Review

Angi — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:34:22 -0000

I tried the Provident Pantry milk years ago and was amazed by its fresh taste. Also, if you mix it a little thicker, you can get a taste range from lowfat milk to heavy cream - without actually adding fat. I would mix it in gallon or half gallon milk containers and, when my nieces and nephew would visit, they'd drink it with no problem - in fact, they loved it! It is worth the extra money and now that I have a family of my own, I always keep some on hand in case we run out of milk (we live 30 miles from the nearest big "supercenter" grocery store and our local grocer charges convenience store prices. Also, with the cost of gas now, I try to only shop for groceries once a month - we buy meats in bulk and then vacuum pack the individual serviings and freeze them. However, without my Provident Pantry milk, I'd never get milk to last longer than a week or maybe two.

Re: Survival Seeds in a Can-9 Years Later

Lamarskii — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:22:06 -0000

Thank you, good info.

Re: Spring garden

Urbivalist Dan — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:32:30 -0000

great looking rows man! I'm itching to get my summer stuff in the ground!

Re: Meet The Preppers: Encore Presentation

Urbivalist Dan — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:28:14 -0000

Wow Vicq....sounds like watching this show was one of the worst experiences of your life....

I would hate to have been there when you found out Santa wasn't real....

Yikes.

p.s. great play by play!

Re: An attempt to build a rotating compost bin

Jay — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:37:47 -0000

The composter I built was great and rolled on the casters while empty. As soon as I filled it with materials for composting, it no longer rolled well. My solution: I just roll the thing back and forth on my patio. Works great and rolls very easily.

Re: An attempt to build a rotating compost bin

Jim — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:16:10 -0000

what if you use some sort of banding around the barrel to keep it from deforming. also wider wheels could help. This is a great project thanks,

Re: Utah Prepare Conference and Expo – Ticket Giveaway

Urbivalist Dan — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:05:26 -0000

Unfortunately didn't see this guy until it was past and too late...

Too bad looks really good. Probably would've been more interesting and beneficial than the Crossroads of the West gun show haha :-)

Thanks for passing along...I'll have to keep a closer eye next time

Re: Giveaway: Threat Journal Radiation Safety Kit

Urbivalist Dan — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:58:07 -0000

Cool giveaways guys. I feel like I have a lot of other preps to square away before worrying too much about NBC stuff, but a giveaway is always cool--and I could at least stand to learn something about it.

Signed up--Thanks for passing this along.

Re: The Great Utah ShakeOut

Urbivalist Dan — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:53:12 -0000

The shakeout was a good time! My wife and I participated by ducking and taking cover during the middle of a brunch at Kneaders! haha

took a funny vid of it... http://thedailyprep.com/utah-s...

Re: The Great Utah Emergency Preparedness Expo: April 6-7, 2012

Jayce — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:21:36 -0000

We've done a couple, but they are usually driven when an author or reader wants to run the buy, or else a manufacturer or reseller is willing to promote a deal. I haven't seen anybody offering a deal recently, but maybe one of the stores that reads this would be interested again?

Re: The Great Utah Emergency Preparedness Expo: April 6-7, 2012

Erin — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:47:41 -0000

I saw in 2009 that you did a group buy for vertical water tanks. Do you still do those? If not where is the best place to buy something like that? I'm looking for at least 250 gallon tank. Thanks Erin C.

Re: The Great Utah Emergency Preparedness Expo: April 6-7, 2012

Christa Maloy — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:55:28 -0000

Man, I wish we had one of those out here in WI!

Re: Great Powdered Milk Taste Test and Review

Preppy Pink Crocodile — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:50:55 -0000

Very interesting! Did you happen to note which ones had the lowest price per gallon of milk once mixed?

Re: PLC Podcast – Show 15 – Gas Masks, HazMat and Quarantine

Jdemetrion2 — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:35:07 -0000

You can buy gas masks at most military surplus stores. Working filters are usually sold at military surplus stores as well. Try there.

Re: Utah Prepare Conference and Expo – Ticket Giveaway

Debra McCalib — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:21:50 -0000

I have been planning to attend the Logan Preparedness Conference on April 14th
for weeks. I also meet Barb Salsbury who explained all the many workshops and
interesting venders that would be available. I am hoping to meet other
enthuiasts to learn more. I recently had a "Apt Complex FHE" to encourage my
neighbors and friends to attend and get prepared...Bell (D.M.)