Author Interview with Mic Roland – From Hunting to Power Outages: The Adventures of a Prepper Fiction Writer – Video

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  • Post last modified:May 20, 2023
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In this author interview with Mic Roland, a prepper fiction writer who shares his unique experiences and perspective on writing — from hunting with something other than a gun to dealing with power outages. Mic’s experiences have enriched his writing and authenticity.

Last Saturday afternoon, I sat down in a Zoom meeting for an author interview with Mic Roland, and we talked about the books he has written as a prepper. We talked about his writing process and many of the key methods he uses in creating and recording on Audible that inspire and motivate his readers and listeners.

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Michigan’s February Ice Storm – Extensive After-Action Report

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  • Post last modified:February 26, 2023
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A couple of days ago, we got to test our emergency preps firsthand (again) during Michigan’s February ice storm. In this short article, I want to cover a few things we did right and what we need to improve.

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The Prepper’s Dream Kit – A Portable Bugout Power Setup

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The Prepper’s Bugout Power Dream Kit is just a prepper dream session of sorts. It’s the ultimate $10,000 portable bugout power kit that would be adored in any prepper’s bugout ride. Sometimes it’s cool to just sit back and dream a little.

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Yes, You CAN Survive Nuclear War

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  • Post last modified:April 24, 2022
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Can you survive nuclear war? In this article, I’m going to tell a story about how my views of nuclear survivability were formed and how that has changed in less than a month. Then I’m going to do something a little different and publish an article from another site, and embed a video on the overall article presentation.

I believe the video and article may bring a little perspective to the overall survivability, or at least the potential survivability of a nuclear exchange.

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Heating Our Home In A Power Outage

Heating Our Home In A Power Outage is part two of my After Action Report from last week after our power went out for a day. I was able to put some of our preps to use and work on an after-action report. I wanted to make ‘heating our home in a power outage‘ a separate article.

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Our Power Was Out. Here’s What We Learned – After Action Report (AAR)

We were blessed with another one-day power outage last Saturday. Not wanting a perfectly good power outage to go to waste, I have my After Action Report.

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AquaDrum Water Purification System Review & Demo – Video

This is my complete and honest review of the AquaDrum Water Purification System. The AquaDrum™ Water Purification System is a 55-gallon drum water filter with a Micro-USB rechargeable 5-volt manual hand-pump and a backup hand pump.

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