August 25, 2024 • 24 mins
Are you prepared for the next unexpected weather event or natural disaster? This episode promises to equip you with essential emergency preparedness skills. Join Bill Bateman from Refuse to Be a Victim Personal Protection Training as he underscores the critical need for readiness, especially during National Emergency Preparedness Month. With only 26% of Oregonians currently prepared for emergencies, Bill shares practical steps to boost your preparedness, from emergency food storage to power outage solutions. Through relatable stories, such as a squirrel-induced power outage, this episode illustrates how even small preparations can significantly impact your safety and comfort.
But that's not all—this episode also delves into the vital topic of firearm safety, particularly for Realtors facing unique security challenges. Bill dives deep into the essentials of proper gun handling, the importance of using a holster, and how to choose the right firearm for individual needs. The conversation extends to responsible gun ownership and the need for ongoing education in life-saving skills like CPR and basic first aid. We also encourage listener participation, welcoming your tips and strategies for preparedness and self-reliance. Stay safe, stay prepared, and join us next month for more invaluable insights!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, let's see.
We've had extreme heat, we'vehad power outages, we've had a
rainstorm complete with hail twodays after we were in the high
temperatures and tree limbs outin the street.
It's been that kind of a summer.
Let's get inside and talk aboutthis stuff.
Well, hi everybody, welcomeback.
(00:31):
I'm Bill Bateman, part of theteam here at Refuse to Be a
Victim Personal ProtectionTraining, and we are located in
the Medford-White City area ofSouthern Oregon and we would
invite you to step on in andvisit with us at any time.
The address and information iswhere you logged in.
Okay, september is a NationalEmergency Preparedness Month and
(00:55):
every year we go throughdifferent focuses, different
campaigns, different ideas, andI think it's a good idea because
every year stuff keepshappening.
If you're paying any sort ofattention at all and not hiding
under the bed, you're seeingthat stuff just keeps happening.
As I mentioned, this summer wehad extreme heat here.
(01:17):
Where I live in theMedford-White City area, we had
power outages on severaloccasions due to power demand.
We also had a freak storm.
We knew it was coming, but somepeople say we actually had
tornado-like winds.
I know in our area we had treesdown, limbs in the street,
(01:39):
stuff got blown around prettygood, and hail, rain and hail
were a part of that menu.
So it pays to be ready.
So what we're going to do inEmergency Preparedness Month?
I've spent the summer looking ata lot of different things.
One, the fact that we talkabout prepping on this program
(02:03):
obviously, survival beyond thebug-out bag, okay.
But I looked at the numbers 27%to 30% nationwide.
Oregon does pretty good.
We're about 26% of us have somelevel of prepping, experience,
an awareness of the need, somesupplies, some preparation, and
(02:25):
that's excellent.
But that also turns to 70 to75% of us don't.
So I want to look again thisyear as we enter season number
eight, I think it is oh, mygoodness, I'm feeling old.
We're going to look at the 70%of us who aren't ready.
Just exactly how can we helpthem both in advance and will we
(02:52):
be able to help them whendisaster hits, when a problem
from minor to major scope?
And the other thing I noticed,in addition to having okay, 25,
27% prep, everybody's ready forquote, quote the big one, the
earthquake, the next pandemic,the great disruptions.
(03:17):
Well, that's a good thing to do, because those things do happen
and we've seen that asevidenced in our society already
.
But it's the small things.
When 100,000 people lose powerand they lose it for a week.
We've seen that in differentareas of the country.
When there is flooding.
(03:37):
We've seen that all up and downthe East Coast.
When the tornado alley movesfrom central to eastern United
States, they're seeing tornadoesin places they never had.
So being aware is part of it,being prepared is part of it,
and continuing to focus on thison a regular basis, not just
(04:01):
like National Preparedness Month, it's a great idea to get folks
thinking of it, but you gottafollow up.
So some ideas I'm going to belooking at in the next couple of
months how do you get newpeople involved?
There are some people who willnot hear it.
One can often fix ignorance,but devout stupidity requires
(04:24):
miracles.
Some folks no, it's not goingto happen here, can't happen.
Well, it happened over there,so it won't happen over here.
Tornadoes are pretty much goingto do what they want to do.
Earthquakes, same thing, poweroutages, sabotage.
We've seen some of the firesout here in the Oregon and
(04:45):
California area have beendetermined to be arson.
What's up with that?
People You're driving, you seesomething, you say something.
Those people I have absolutelyno use for I think that that is
a whole other program whichwe'll look at.
Let's see what else.
So let's look at how we get thenew people involved, and it's
(05:09):
usually baby steps.
I will use a family member whohas steadfastly said no, no, we
aren't going to need it, andgradually this person is now
taking concealed carry classes.
This person is learning aboutemergency batteries.
This person is learning aboutemergency batteries.
This person is learning aboutemergency food storage and how
(05:30):
to cook when the power is out.
If you have and I read this inthe magazines quite a bit if you
have a spouse, he or shedoesn't want to be a part of
this.
They think it's stupid.
They think you're going to lookstrange to the neighbors, and
heavens knows we don't want tolook strange to our neighbors.
The tinfoil hats always giveaway, but you know you do what
(05:52):
you got to do.
How do you reach people thesame way you reach them on any
controversial topic or somethingthat may be unfamiliar to them.
There's a lot of bad press outthere.
They think a prepper is asurvivalist.
I've said this before.
I have no problem withsurvivalists.
They probably know something wedon't.
(06:13):
But I'm not suggesting youbuild a concrete bunker in the
backyard and a fallout shelter,that type of thing.
It may be something you got todo, but let's work on getting
through a three-day power outage, because when you have the
little things prepared for, it'sgoing to be easier to look for
(06:35):
the big stuff.
Let's look at some examples Ihad right here in my house.
Okay, we talked about two powerfailures and both of those
things were significant.
Everything went out.
It wasn't just our block, itwas like boom.
We had one.
A terminal line went down inthe area and took from Medford
(06:57):
to Ashland certain areas for agood long time.
Well, that initially wasthought to be an automobile
crash turned out to be asquirrel.
Yeah, a squirrel got in there,fried itself and shorted stuff
out, and we were out for someareas out for a couple of days.
We made it through in about anine or 10 hour out.
(07:22):
Power goes out.
What are you going to do?
Well, we had our emergencylights, we have our emergency
batteries, we have the food, wehave the things we needed, but
there's things that you got tobe aware of.
For example, I had moved somestuff around in preparation for
a class.
I had the cables that I use tohook up the emergency batteries
(07:45):
and the solar panels.
In a different spot.
We have an emergencyrefrigerator.
Believe it or not, it runs offsolar energy Best investment
ever.
When do we start moving stuffinto there?
Is it going to be a shortoutage?
Is it going to be a long outage?
We had some emergency candlesthat run on batteries.
They're really nice.
(08:06):
The batteries had gone out.
We hadn't thought to changethem.
Little things like this.
These are the little thingsthat in an emergency, if we'd
had to grab and go, not knowingwhere my cables are, I get the
bozo nose on that.
That's a bad idea.
We had our refrigeration plan inplace and I've talked about
(08:30):
that previously.
If you want to go back andlisten to some of the earlier
podcasts, please do.
The idea of having big blocksof coolant available and then
using the frozen foods to keepthe regular foods in good
condition, make sure they're notgoing to spoil, and limiting
the amount of refrigerationopening you use, using the
(08:53):
standby refrigeration to freezethe cooling blocks.
So instead of throwing all themeat in the emergency
refrigerator, you throw all thebackup ice and ice blocks and
use that to continue to cool theitems.
One thing I was really proud ofis my first brisket.
I got a smoker and we cookedour first brisket for family.
(09:15):
It was great.
I'm very proud of my firsteffort and I'm going to be doing
a lot more of that.
I did use up quite a few of thepellets for this smoker.
Now the smoker runs onelectricity.
I've got a battery perfect forthat.
It's out there on the patio,the panel fits out there, the
battery fits out there, but it'snot much good if you don't have
(09:38):
any pellets.
Keeping an eye on youremergency stock is good.
With the rain and the tree limbsI got to give mad props to my
people here.
We looked out our front windowand this is lightning and
thunder and the dog under thebed.
I mean it was like good grief,it was like a full-on storm.
(09:59):
And when things stopped welooked out in the front of our
home and there was a tree limb,a substantial tree limb.
It was the top half of one ofthe neighbor's trees that had
blown into the streetfortunately not into our living
room and a couple folks came outwith a saw.
We're kind of looking at thatgoing, hmm, we're going to need
(10:20):
a bigger saw.
And then somebody said well,how about this?
And about three of the guysgrabbed hold of that thing and
drug it to one side of the roadso cars could continue to get up
and down.
It wasn't blocking anything.
People could still get in andout of their homes.
And they all banded togetherfirst to clear the roads.
Then I looked around the park.
(10:42):
People are running aroundclearing the drains Heavy rain.
If those drains aren't clear,it's not going to do any good to
be wading through puddles.
They got the drains cleared.
Groups of us walked around thepark checking in other places
because we're a prettygood-sized area here looking in
to check in on each other.
(11:02):
Nobody organized this.
Nobody had a plan.
Nobody's out there with aclipboard and a vest yelling at
people.
This happened automatically.
Now, that's an example of yearsof working together.
This is an example of knowingyour neighbors.
This is an example of having acommon idea of what needs to
(11:25):
happen.
Only one person was worriedabout getting the Wi-Fi restored
.
The big thing was making surewe get the power back on.
Emergency vehicles could get inif we needed them, and checking
on everybody in the parkPrioritization, getting things
in order.
So that was a good lesson.
For me personally, it was agood lesson for the park.
(11:47):
It was a good lesson inpreparedness because, had that
power failure gone on, there'sgoing to be things that need to
be cooked.
Those can be cooked and shared.
If you're going to do that typeof activity, how are you going
to cook it?
We have two methods.
We have the, the pellet grill,and we have a propane grill, and
so we are and, of course, ourpropane camping stoves.
(12:11):
We have three methods.
We can cook and we can besufficient.
I'm pleased to see that we havea good prepping attitude here
in the community and what I'mhoping for the next couple of
months.
In the new broadcast we talkabout how to share that idea,
how to share that preparationand reach that other 70 percent,
(12:34):
because in a big emergency, 70percent unprepared is a
significant number.
We need, as preppers, to almosttry and spread the word, if you
want to put it that way, toshare the idea of building your
own resources so you're not leftwithout, because most people
(12:55):
are going to be.
You know we'll just have acommunity cookout, yeah, maybe
the first times, but you can'tgive away all your supplies
because then you are without.
So let's help others get readyto deal with whatever, whether
it's a power outage from apsychotic squirrel or whether
(13:16):
it's a power outage to anothergroup of psychotic squirrels, it
doesn't matter, the power's out, you can fix blame later.
Another thing that's interesting, and this is a numbers game
also I took a look and I seethat gun sales are up
significantly.
A lot of firearms are beingsold Now, for whatever reason.
(13:41):
Okay, buying a gun is only thefirst step.
Folks, learning how to use itresponsibly and effectively is
the second part.
You have to know how to carefor it.
You know how to deal with it incase it jams or there's an
emergency.
What happens if a shell goesoff and only goes halfway?
(14:04):
The bullet only goes halfwaydown the barrel.
Would you know what to look for?
Would you know what to do?
Knowing how to clean it?
I've said this a thousand timesand I'll say it a thousand more
the loudest sound you're evergoing to hear is when you're
going to need that firearm.
You pull the trigger and itgoes.
Click, because you didn't cleanit properly and it's fouled.
(14:27):
That is a soul-sinking sound.
So, with that idea in mind, I'dlike to again mention that we
have classes available and theaddress is of our homepage, at
Refuse to be a Victim PersonalProtection Training.
We have classes for everyone,from your first gun even if you
(14:49):
haven't bought one yet, and ifyou're thinking of buying one
how to buy the gun properly andI'm going to go off on that rant
in a minute All the way up totactical training.
We have shotguns, pistols,rifles.
We have non-ballisticself-defense if you're worried
about getting involved with afirearm.
(15:09):
If you want to just be able todefend yourself against an
initial attack, we have thoseclasses.
We have always had certaindates available, but that
doesn't mean it's the only dateyou can come in for a class.
You have a number ofopportunities.
If you want to get a grouptogether from your church or
(15:30):
your community and come in, weare more than happy to do a
specific training at a specifictime, just for you.
We're doing something for theRealtors in our area.
The problems that Realtors facein their business going out to
meet people in homes and remotelocations it's been documented
(15:54):
on the news.
So they're taking some positivesteps to make it safer for
their agents and for the peoplewho come out and look at homes.
This is what's important Ifyou're going to get a gun.
I just met with an individual.
They have purchased a firearmand they brought it over to show
it to me and it was unloadedand the slide was drawn back.
(16:17):
Always know where you'repointing your gun.
The always, always, alwayspoints where you're pointing
your gun.
The always, always, alwayspoints which we'll cover in
class it hadn't been lubricated.
Many new guns coming from thefactory could use a good
lubrication.
That's why learning how toclean and lubricate your firearm
properly without it havinglooked like it's been dropped in
(16:39):
a box, a vat rather of oil, ormaking noises like one of those
old windmills you'll hear in theWestern movies that creak,
creak, creak.
It's a machine.
It needs to run properlylubricated.
So that's part of our traininglearning how to use that firearm
(17:00):
effectively and ethically.
The big thing is people forgetthat after the emergency happens
, the laws are still here and ifyou just start lighting off,
like you see on television, andtake out the neighbor's cat or,
even worse, one of the neighbors, you are liable.
Or, even worse, one of theneighbors you are liable.
(17:23):
Yes, it was an emergency andyes, there were exigent
circumstances, but you do haveto be careful and know what
you're shooting and also how tostore, how to lock it up
properly and if you're going tocarry it it should be in a
holster.
I've seen people they thinkit's.
I've had quite the disagreementwith somebody.
They said, yeah, I just carryit in my belt, stick it in my
belt like you see on TV and Isuppose you can.
(17:46):
It makes it easier ifsomebody's going to gun grab it
from you and it makes it easierif you get a handful of trigger
when you're not quite ready forit and shoot out your own
kidneys.
I don't believe in anunholstered firearm except in an
absolute emergency.
What type of holster is bestfor you?
What's going to work for yourlifestyle?
(18:07):
A police officer has adifferent type than an
undercover officer, thansomebody going to the store
worried about the neighborhoodthey're in than sitting at home.
So learn the proper if you'regetting a new firearm.
We salute your enthusiasm andyour efforts and we invite you
(18:28):
to come and talk to us.
First, gun to tactical training.
It's all important.
Third thing I got a bone topick.
I was talking with Phil and hewas telling me about an
individual who came in to atraining class with a gun they
had just purchased at a localstore and the gun was so big for
(18:51):
this person's hand they had toactually let go of the stock to
reach around and get the trigger.
People, wtf, what are you doing?
This is a case of selling forprofit instead of selling for
people.
I don't know the vendor.
If I did, I would announce themand denounce them right here on
(19:14):
the program.
That is ridiculous.
Get a gun that fits.
That's the first thing you haveto do.
Some people will come in andsay I need a big gun.
I'm scared, I need a big gun.
Well, if it doesn't physicallyfit you or if after five shots
your wrist hurts, uh, you're,you got too much gun for the
squirrel.
It's not working.
(19:35):
So having your firearm fit youeffectively is so important.
I will say it I've gotten, I'mblacklisted at one store because
I called out a clerk, not asalesperson, a clerk for doing
exactly that.
They tried to sell this verypetite woman, elderly, a large
(19:59):
frame I'd call it like a .357.
They couldn't even reach thetrigger.
I said no, no, no, I walk in.
They all just walk away fromthe counter now.
And you know what?
I don't walk in there anymore.
Shame onyou.
So let's look at the months tocome.
Let's look at reaching newpeople in the survival training,
(20:23):
survival modes.
Let's look at if you're a newfirearms owner, getting training
, making sure if you're going touse it, you will use it
effectively.
Different firearms havedifferent uses.
If you have a large caliberfirearm, like you're going to go
after a bear with, that mightbe not appropriate for use in
(20:45):
the mobile home park.
What are you going to use whenover penetration is an issue?
And if you do not know whatover penetration is, you should
find out before you become avictim of that.
So know what you're shooting at.
Know your field.
There's just so much to learn.
Be a responsible gun owner.
Don't be that person on thenews looking upset and being a
(21:09):
statistic and that people aresaying see, this is why nobody
should have a gun.
Look at this as a seriouscommitment, just as is prepping.
Look at it as a seriouscommitment, just as is prepping.
Look at it as a seriouscommitment.
Okay, that's what's coming upin national prepping
month.
I'm going to go deeper intoeach of these areas.
(21:29):
I'm going to look at some ofthe old programs and update them
.
The time limits and how muchyou need has changed because of
the seriousness of the events.
So, as these things happen,we're going to be updating,
we're going to be giving youtips on reaching new people and,
yes, I'm still going to belooking at new equipment and
(21:50):
looking at different ideas forusing that
equipment.
And the final thing I justupdated my basic life saving and
CPR certificate.
It just happened to expireright around this time, so my
wife and I both went out and gotour BLS basic life saving.
This is the thing a nurse hasto have, so it's a little beyond
(22:13):
just your basic first aid.
And then I took the CPR classand these are things that I have
.
I cannot imagine not having Imade sure that our tourniquets
were all of a good brand.
Occasionally, people will tryand give me things and they're
the things made in Taiwan orChina and they collapse.
(22:33):
That'll really cause somedamage to the extremity.
So keeping up on your first aidcertification and your
information to see what's new isvery important, especially in
National Preparedness Month, butespecially when the grandkids
come to visit.
Okay, we look forward to seeingyou out at the range or back
(22:55):
nextweek.
Programs are going to resume ona regular schedule the best I
can keep up with them and Ialways, always, always, am
welcome for your input.
If you have an idea that's beeneffective to you to share a tip
, if you've got a specificstrategy, if you've got
something that you think isworth sharing, please write to
(23:18):
me.
My address is right there onthe front of the program.
I'd love to hear from you.
We had somebody last season.
It was a really useful comment,folks.
I believe the gentleman wasfrom Ohio and had some real good
stuff to look at and rememberOhio, medford, oregon, stuttgart
, germany.
Folks, you've got to be able tosurvive, to survive and you got
(23:42):
to be able to be the one incharge.
That's it for this week.
We'll see you again next month.
Take care, be safe.
The preceding program was apresentation of Retired Guy
Productions.
Well, let's see.
We've had extreme heat, we'vehad power outages, we've had a
rainstorm complete with hail twodays after we were in the high
temperatures and tree limbs outin the street.
It's been that kind of a summer.
Let's get inside and talk aboutthis stuff.
Well, hi everybody, welcomeback.
(00:31):
I'm Bill Bateman, part of theteam here at Refuse to Be a
Victim Personal ProtectionTraining, and we are located in
the Medford-White City area ofSouthern Oregon and we would
invite you to step on in andvisit with us at any time.
The address and information iswhere you logged in.
Okay, september is a NationalEmergency Preparedness Month and
(00:55):
every year we go throughdifferent focuses, different
campaigns, different ideas, andI think it's a good idea because
every year stuff keepshappening.
If you're paying any sort ofattention at all and not hiding
under the bed, you're seeingthat stuff just keeps happening.
As I mentioned, this summer wehad extreme heat here.
(01:17):
Where I live in theMedford-White City area, we had
power outages on severaloccasions due to power demand.
We also had a freak storm.
We knew it was coming, but somepeople say we actually had
tornado-like winds.
I know in our area we had treesdown, limbs in the street,
(01:39):
stuff got blown around prettygood, and hail, rain and hail
were a part of that menu.
So it pays to be ready.
So what we're going to do inEmergency Preparedness Month?
I've spent the summer looking ata lot of different things.
One, the fact that we talkabout prepping on this program
(02:03):
obviously, survival beyond thebug-out bag, okay.
But I looked at the numbers 27%to 30% nationwide.
Oregon does pretty good.
We're about 26% of us have somelevel of prepping, experience,
an awareness of the need, somesupplies, some preparation, and
(02:25):
that's excellent.
But that also turns to 70 to75% of us don't.
So I want to look again thisyear as we enter season number
eight, I think it is oh, mygoodness, I'm feeling old.
We're going to look at the 70%of us who aren't ready.
Just exactly how can we helpthem both in advance and will we
(02:52):
be able to help them whendisaster hits, when a problem
from minor to major scope?
And the other thing I noticed,in addition to having okay, 25,
27% prep, everybody's ready forquote, quote the big one, the
earthquake, the next pandemic,the great disruptions.
(03:17):
Well, that's a good thing to do, because those things do happen
and we've seen that asevidenced in our society already
.
But it's the small things.
When 100,000 people lose powerand they lose it for a week.
We've seen that in differentareas of the country.
When there is flooding.
(03:37):
We've seen that all up and downthe East Coast.
When the tornado alley movesfrom central to eastern United
States, they're seeing tornadoesin places they never had.
So being aware is part of it,being prepared is part of it,
and continuing to focus on thison a regular basis, not just
(04:01):
like National Preparedness Month, it's a great idea to get folks
thinking of it, but you gottafollow up.
So some ideas I'm going to belooking at in the next couple of
months how do you get newpeople involved?
There are some people who willnot hear it.
One can often fix ignorance,but devout stupidity requires
(04:24):
miracles.
Some folks no, it's not goingto happen here, can't happen.
Well, it happened over there,so it won't happen over here.
Tornadoes are pretty much goingto do what they want to do.
Earthquakes, same thing, poweroutages, sabotage.
We've seen some of the firesout here in the Oregon and
(04:45):
California area have beendetermined to be arson.
What's up with that?
People You're driving, you seesomething, you say something.
Those people I have absolutelyno use for I think that that is
a whole other program whichwe'll look at.
Let's see what else.
So let's look at how we get thenew people involved, and it's
(05:09):
usually baby steps.
I will use a family member whohas steadfastly said no, no, we
aren't going to need it, andgradually this person is now
taking concealed carry classes.
This person is learning aboutemergency batteries.
This person is learning aboutemergency batteries.
This person is learning aboutemergency food storage and how
(05:30):
to cook when the power is out.
If you have and I read this inthe magazines quite a bit if you
have a spouse, he or shedoesn't want to be a part of
this.
They think it's stupid.
They think you're going to lookstrange to the neighbors, and
heavens knows we don't want tolook strange to our neighbors.
The tinfoil hats always giveaway, but you know you do what
(05:52):
you got to do.
How do you reach people thesame way you reach them on any
controversial topic or somethingthat may be unfamiliar to them.
There's a lot of bad press outthere.
They think a prepper is asurvivalist.
I've said this before.
I have no problem withsurvivalists.
They probably know something wedon't.
(06:13):
But I'm not suggesting youbuild a concrete bunker in the
backyard and a fallout shelter,that type of thing.
It may be something you got todo, but let's work on getting
through a three-day power outage, because when you have the
little things prepared for, it'sgoing to be easier to look for
(06:35):
the big stuff.
Let's look at some examples Ihad right here in my house.
Okay, we talked about two powerfailures and both of those
things were significant.
Everything went out.
It wasn't just our block, itwas like boom.
We had one.
A terminal line went down inthe area and took from Medford
(06:57):
to Ashland certain areas for agood long time.
Well, that initially wasthought to be an automobile
crash turned out to be asquirrel.
Yeah, a squirrel got in there,fried itself and shorted stuff
out, and we were out for someareas out for a couple of days.
We made it through in about anine or 10 hour out.
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Power goes out.
What are you going to do?
Well, we had our emergencylights, we have our emergency
batteries, we have the food, wehave the things we needed, but
there's things that you got tobe aware of.
For example, I had moved somestuff around in preparation for
a class.
I had the cables that I use tohook up the emergency batteries
(07:45):
and the solar panels.
In a different spot.
We have an emergencyrefrigerator.
Believe it or not, it runs offsolar energy Best investment
ever.
When do we start moving stuffinto there?
Is it going to be a shortoutage?
Is it going to be a long outage?
We had some emergency candlesthat run on batteries.
They're really nice.
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The batteries had gone out.
We hadn't thought to changethem.
Little things like this.
These are the little thingsthat in an emergency, if we'd
had to grab and go, not knowingwhere my cables are, I get the
bozo nose on that.
That's a bad idea.
We had our refrigeration plan inplace and I've talked about
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that previously.
If you want to go back andlisten to some of the earlier
podcasts, please do.
The idea of having big blocksof coolant available and then
using the frozen foods to keepthe regular foods in good
condition, make sure they're notgoing to spoil, and limiting
the amount of refrigerationopening you use, using the
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standby refrigeration to freezethe cooling blocks.
So instead of throwing all themeat in the emergency
refrigerator, you throw all thebackup ice and ice blocks and
use that to continue to cool theitems.
One thing I was really proud ofis my first brisket.
I got a smoker and we cookedour first brisket for family.
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It was great.
I'm very proud of my firsteffort and I'm going to be doing
a lot more of that.
I did use up quite a few of thepellets for this smoker.
Now the smoker runs onelectricity.
I've got a battery perfect forthat.
It's out there on the patio,the panel fits out there, the
battery fits out there, but it'snot much good if you don't have
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any pellets.
Keeping an eye on youremergency stock is good.
With the rain and the tree limbsI got to give mad props to my
people here.
We looked out our front windowand this is lightning and
thunder and the dog under thebed.
I mean it was like good grief,it was like a full-on storm.
(09:59):
And when things stopped welooked out in the front of our
home and there was a tree limb,a substantial tree limb.
It was the top half of one ofthe neighbor's trees that had
blown into the streetfortunately not into our living
room and a couple folks came outwith a saw.
We're kind of looking at thatgoing, hmm, we're going to need
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a bigger saw.
And then somebody said well,how about this?
And about three of the guysgrabbed hold of that thing and
drug it to one side of the roadso cars could continue to get up
and down.
It wasn't blocking anything.
People could still get in andout of their homes.
And they all banded togetherfirst to clear the roads.
Then I looked around the park.
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People are running aroundclearing the drains Heavy rain.
If those drains aren't clear,it's not going to do any good to
be wading through puddles.
They got the drains cleared.
Groups of us walked around thepark checking in other places
because we're a prettygood-sized area here looking in
to check in on each other.
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Nobody organized this.
Nobody had a plan.
Nobody's out there with aclipboard and a vest yelling at
people.
This happened automatically.
Now, that's an example of yearsof working together.
This is an example of knowingyour neighbors.
This is an example of having acommon idea of what needs to
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happen.
Only one person was worriedabout getting the Wi-Fi restored
.
The big thing was making surewe get the power back on.
Emergency vehicles could get inif we needed them, and checking
on everybody in the parkPrioritization, getting things
in order.
So that was a good lesson.
For me personally, it was agood lesson for the park.
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It was a good lesson inpreparedness because, had that
power failure gone on, there'sgoing to be things that need to
be cooked.
Those can be cooked and shared.
If you're going to do that typeof activity, how are you going
to cook it?
We have two methods.
We have the, the pellet grill,and we have a propane grill, and
so we are and, of course, ourpropane camping stoves.
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We have three methods.
We can cook and we can besufficient.
I'm pleased to see that we havea good prepping attitude here
in the community and what I'mhoping for the next couple of
months.
In the new broadcast we talkabout how to share that idea,
how to share that preparationand reach that other 70 percent,
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because in a big emergency, 70percent unprepared is a
significant number.
We need, as preppers, to almosttry and spread the word, if you
want to put it that way, toshare the idea of building your
own resources so you're not leftwithout, because most people
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are going to be.
You know we'll just have acommunity cookout, yeah, maybe
the first times, but you can'tgive away all your supplies
because then you are without.
So let's help others get readyto deal with whatever, whether
it's a power outage from apsychotic squirrel or whether
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it's a power outage to anothergroup of psychotic squirrels, it
doesn't matter, the power's out, you can fix blame later.
Another thing that's interesting, and this is a numbers game
also I took a look and I seethat gun sales are up
significantly.
A lot of firearms are beingsold Now, for whatever reason.
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Okay, buying a gun is only thefirst step.
Folks, learning how to use itresponsibly and effectively is
the second part.
You have to know how to carefor it.
You know how to deal with it incase it jams or there's an
emergency.
What happens if a shell goesoff and only goes halfway?
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The bullet only goes halfwaydown the barrel.
Would you know what to look for?
Would you know what to do?
Knowing how to clean it?
I've said this a thousand timesand I'll say it a thousand more
the loudest sound you're evergoing to hear is when you're
going to need that firearm.
You pull the trigger and itgoes.
Click, because you didn't cleanit properly and it's fouled.
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That is a soul-sinking sound.
So, with that idea in mind, I'dlike to again mention that we
have classes available and theaddress is of our homepage, at
Refuse to be a Victim PersonalProtection Training.
We have classes for everyone,from your first gun even if you
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haven't bought one yet, and ifyou're thinking of buying one
how to buy the gun properly andI'm going to go off on that rant
in a minute All the way up totactical training.
We have shotguns, pistols,rifles.
We have non-ballisticself-defense if you're worried
about getting involved with afirearm.
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If you want to just be able todefend yourself against an
initial attack, we have thoseclasses.
We have always had certaindates available, but that
doesn't mean it's the only dateyou can come in for a class.
You have a number ofopportunities.
If you want to get a grouptogether from your church or
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your community and come in, weare more than happy to do a
specific training at a specifictime, just for you.
We're doing something for theRealtors in our area.
The problems that Realtors facein their business going out to
meet people in homes and remotelocations it's been documented
(15:54):
on the news.
So they're taking some positivesteps to make it safer for
their agents and for the peoplewho come out and look at homes.
This is what's important Ifyou're going to get a gun.
I just met with an individual.
They have purchased a firearmand they brought it over to show
it to me and it was unloadedand the slide was drawn back.
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Always know where you'repointing your gun.
The always, always, alwayspoints where you're pointing
your gun.
The always, always, alwayspoints which we'll cover in
class it hadn't been lubricated.
Many new guns coming from thefactory could use a good
lubrication.
That's why learning how toclean and lubricate your firearm
properly without it havinglooked like it's been dropped in
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a box, a vat rather of oil, ormaking noises like one of those
old windmills you'll hear in theWestern movies that creak,
creak, creak.
It's a machine.
It needs to run properlylubricated.
So that's part of our traininglearning how to use that firearm
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effectively and ethically.
The big thing is people forgetthat after the emergency happens
, the laws are still here and ifyou just start lighting off,
like you see on television, andtake out the neighbor's cat or,
even worse, one of the neighbors, you are liable.
Or, even worse, one of theneighbors you are liable.
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Yes, it was an emergency andyes, there were exigent
circumstances, but you do haveto be careful and know what
you're shooting and also how tostore, how to lock it up
properly and if you're going tocarry it it should be in a
holster.
I've seen people they thinkit's.
I've had quite the disagreementwith somebody.
They said, yeah, I just carryit in my belt, stick it in my
belt like you see on TV and Isuppose you can.
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It makes it easier ifsomebody's going to gun grab it
from you and it makes it easierif you get a handful of trigger
when you're not quite ready forit and shoot out your own
kidneys.
I don't believe in anunholstered firearm except in an
absolute emergency.
What type of holster is bestfor you?
What's going to work for yourlifestyle?
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A police officer has adifferent type than an
undercover officer, thansomebody going to the store
worried about the neighborhoodthey're in than sitting at home.
So learn the proper if you'regetting a new firearm.
We salute your enthusiasm andyour efforts and we invite you
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to come and talk to us.
First, gun to tactical training.
It's all important.
Third thing I got a bone topick.
I was talking with Phil and hewas telling me about an
individual who came in to atraining class with a gun they
had just purchased at a localstore and the gun was so big for
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this person's hand they had toactually let go of the stock to
reach around and get the trigger.
People, wtf, what are you doing?
This is a case of selling forprofit instead of selling for
people.
I don't know the vendor.
If I did, I would announce themand denounce them right here on
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the program.
That is ridiculous.
Get a gun that fits.
That's the first thing you haveto do.
Some people will come in andsay I need a big gun.
I'm scared, I need a big gun.
Well, if it doesn't physicallyfit you or if after five shots
your wrist hurts, uh, you're,you got too much gun for the
squirrel.
It's not working.
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So having your firearm fit youeffectively is so important.
I will say it I've gotten, I'mblacklisted at one store because
I called out a clerk, not asalesperson, a clerk for doing
exactly that.
They tried to sell this verypetite woman, elderly, a large
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frame I'd call it like a .357.
They couldn't even reach thetrigger.
I said no, no, no, I walk in.
They all just walk away fromthe counter now.
And you know what?
I don't walk in there anymore.
Shame onyou.
So let's look at the months tocome.
Let's look at reaching newpeople in the survival training,
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survival modes.
Let's look at if you're a newfirearms owner, getting training
, making sure if you're going touse it, you will use it
effectively.
Different firearms havedifferent uses.
If you have a large caliberfirearm, like you're going to go
after a bear with, that mightbe not appropriate for use in
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the mobile home park.
What are you going to use whenover penetration is an issue?
And if you do not know whatover penetration is, you should
find out before you become avictim of that.
So know what you're shooting at.
Know your field.
There's just so much to learn.
Be a responsible gun owner.
Don't be that person on thenews looking upset and being a
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statistic and that people aresaying see, this is why nobody
should have a gun.
Look at this as a seriouscommitment, just as is prepping.
Look at it as a seriouscommitment, just as is prepping.
Look at it as a seriouscommitment.
Okay, that's what's coming upin national prepping
month.
I'm going to go deeper intoeach of these areas.
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I'm going to look at some ofthe old programs and update them
.
The time limits and how muchyou need has changed because of
the seriousness of the events.
So, as these things happen,we're going to be updating,
we're going to be giving youtips on reaching new people and,
yes, I'm still going to belooking at new equipment and
(21:50):
looking at different ideas forusing that
equipment.
And the final thing I justupdated my basic life saving and
CPR certificate.
It just happened to expireright around this time, so my
wife and I both went out and gotour BLS basic life saving.
This is the thing a nurse hasto have, so it's a little beyond
(22:13):
just your basic first aid.
And then I took the CPR classand these are things that I have
.
I cannot imagine not having Imade sure that our tourniquets
were all of a good brand.
Occasionally, people will tryand give me things and they're
the things made in Taiwan orChina and they collapse.
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That'll really cause somedamage to the extremity.
So keeping up on your first aidcertification and your
information to see what's new isvery important, especially in
National Preparedness Month, butespecially when the grandkids
come to visit.
Okay, we look forward to seeingyou out at the range or back
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nextweek.
Programs are going to resume ona regular schedule the best I
can keep up with them and Ialways, always, always, am
welcome for your input.
If you have an idea that's beeneffective to you to share a tip
, if you've got a specificstrategy, if you've got
something that you think isworth sharing, please write to
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me.
My address is right there onthe front of the program.
I'd love to hear from you.
We had somebody last season.
It was a really useful comment,folks.
I believe the gentleman wasfrom Ohio and had some real good
stuff to look at and rememberOhio, medford, oregon, stuttgart
, germany.
Folks, you've got to be able tosurvive, to survive and you got
(23:42):
to be able to be the one incharge.
That's it for this week.
We'll see you again next month.
Take care, be safe.
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