Communicationshub
Emergency communications without a licence, and when you need one
FRS, GMRS, ham and LoRa mesh compared honestly: what each one legally lets you do, what range you actually get, and which one to start with.
· 6 min read · 5 sources
Preparedness for United States
Preparedness without the panic.
Guides that cite their sources, list the free option first, and admit what nobody knows. No countdowns, no bunkers, no fear tax.
The ten pillars
Pick the thing you are least ready for
Every pillar is a hub, a cluster of guides and a section of the resource library. Communications and offline knowledge are where we go deepest.
Pillars
Communications
Radios, licences, mesh networks and how to reach people when the towers are busy.
Offline Knowledge
Keeping reference material, maps and documents usable with no internet.
Water
How much to store, how to store it, and how to make questionable water safe.
Power and Energy
Batteries, solar, generators, fuel safety and honest load budgeting.
Food Storage
Shelf life, rotation, calorie maths and preservation you can actually trust.
Bags and Kits
72-hour bags, vehicle kits, everyday carry and kits for kids and pets.
Hazard Playbooks
What to do before, during and after specific United States hazards.
Medical and First Aid
Supplies, documentation, training routes. No dosing, no diagnosis.
Shelter and Home
Staying warm, staying cool, carbon monoxide and hardening what you already own.
Skills and Drills
Runnable drills with pass criteria, plus what went wrong when we ran them.
Latest
Recently published
Recently published
Waterhub
How much water to store, and how to actually store it
The gallon-a-day rule, why two weeks beats three days, what containers survive a garage, and the maths most storage guides skip.
· 6 min read · 4 sources
Offline Knowledgehub
Building an offline knowledge library that survives a week without internet
How to keep Wikipedia, maps, manuals and your own documents readable with no network, what it costs in storage, and the order to do it in.
· 5 min read · 5 sources
How this is written
Drafts are AI-assisted, researched against primary sources, then edited and approved by a named human before publication. Every article lists its sources and the date it was last reviewed.
The free option first
Recommendations come in three tiers: free or nearly free, sensible, and overkill. The free tier is always listed first, even when it earns us nothing.
Links out, on purpose
62 annotated links to agencies, nonprofits, forums and tools. Most of them go somewhere we do not own and do not earn from.