
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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