January Welcome: Back To School, Prepped For Life

January Welcome: Back To School, Prepped For Life

From Survival: Beyond the Bug-Out Bag by Bill Bateman

January 5, 2026 · 9 min · Season 8 · Episode 4

About this episode

The episode discusses how to prepare for crises by focusing on water and power management.

Send a text A short outage can be annoying; a long one can upend your life. We open the door to a calmer, more capable approach to preparedness by focusing on the two weak links that fail first after a crisis: water and power. With our upcoming OLLI course as the backdrop, we map a practical path from “I should get ready” to “I can handle thirty days.” We start with water because scarcity and contamination now collide more often. You’ll hear a clear breakdown of collection and storage fundam...

People in this episode

Host: Bill Bateman

Topics covered

  • preparedness
  • water
  • power
  • crisis management
  • OLLI course

Keywords

  • preparedness
  • water scarcity
  • power outage
  • crisis
  • storage

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