Housekeeping:

* There has recently been a board added to Top Survival Forum where you can discuss Prepper Podcast Episodes.  Check out the Prepping Forum.

* If you don’t know where to start in prepping, check out my resource page at theprepperpodcast.com/gettingstarted

* Don’t forget to give me a review at theprepperpodcast.com/itunes and you could win a consulting call with me. (You must email me with subject: Podcast Review so I can contact you… This includes any past or new reviews if you want to be able to win.)

* Two weeks ago, the winner was twinkletwinkletoes, and by the time I am recording this, I have not heard back from them, but I have heard from MLWriggle.

News in Two Minutes with J.Bradbury of PreparePDX.com

* Army Plans to Start Replacing M9 Pistol in 2018

* http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/06/17/army-plans-to-start-replacing-m9-pistol-in-2018.html

* Prepping Survival Decision Could Make the Difference: Pay Off Your Credit Card or Stock up on Critical Supplies?

* http://www.jbbardot.com/prepping-survival-decision-could-make-the-difference-pay-off-your-credit-care-or-stock-up-on-critical-supplies/

* Wheeler County ranch worker rescued after two days pinned under ATV

* http://www.eastoregonian.com/eo/local-news/20150615/wheeler-county-ranch-hand-rescued-after-two-days-pinned-under-atv

 

Join a Community and Get Insane Benefits in Preparedness

Last week was Part One in Getting Started in Prepping.  It was an introduction to preparing.  Today is Part 2.  I coven in depth, the First Step in Preparedness, which is joining a community.

Last weeks winner was twinkletwinkletoes, and by the time I am recording this, I have not heard back from them, but I have heard from MLWriggle

If you join a community you can get tons of benefits

Join at least one community before you start

* You will have great ideas

* They will be out of order

* They will have bad timing

* Maybe you aren’t sure how to prioritize

* Use other people as sound boards for your ideas

* You will invite knowledge and wisdom from others

* Many other people have been prepping for quite some time

You can learn from others

* You can learn Technical skills from others

* Electrical

* Mechanical

* Gardening

* Building fires

* Storing foods

* Pasturizing Water

* Building Shelters

* You can learn some “soft skills” from others

* You can learn critical thinking

* They can teach you a new way of thinking about something

* What you consider a weed, I may consider a medicinal plant

* Instead of waste disposal systems, it may be better to put in regenerative waste reuse systems.

* By learning new things, you will learn to question your own knowledge for the better.

* You get new ideas

* As you hear the stories of others, you will pick up valuable information.