It’s been years since I last wrote anything here. There’s been a global pandemic raging for past two years and just a while ago Russia started a war with Ukraine. It is quite possible the start of world war 3 even though we are not quite there yet.

I moved from Los Angeles back to my home country Finland quite a few years ago which pretty much is why I stopped writing here and focused more on my finance blog. Finland is one of the safest countries in the world or so I thought. We live next to Russia and we are not a NATO member because of our neutrality.

So I find myself seriously prepping again. We’ve had pretty good setup already from the days in Los Angeles with also all the camping gear. Now I’m preparing for a more bleak situation if Putin decides to invade Finland. If that were to happen I would be most likely be called to serve my country as I like most of my fellow country men have served in military. So I need to make sure my wife and children have everything they need if I’m not here to take care of them.

I also live close to Helsinki, the capital of Finland, which would be very likely target of bombing. We live in a house so we don’t have a fallout shelter but there’s several close by including an apartment building I own one apartment. Those have all the equipment to keep you sheltered but doesn’t have any food or water.

So I still have several things to prepare even though we are much better prepared than most. I will update you with some of those things like when I put together our our go bag. Hope you follow along.

I recently read about Operation Chokepoint from Mike Maloney’s Hidden Secrets of money and it’s really disturbing. Basically the government has created a way to shutdown businesses they don’t like without any due process. I’m so glad I’m not living in the US anymore. I recommend everyone to read the blog post and watch these videos and share this with everyone you know.

I started this blog two years ago but never actually wrote all that much. I’m trying to revive this and lot of things have happened since I first started the blog. First we moved to a more suburban location just outside Los Angeles County for a year and 8 months ago we we made the move back to our home country right next door to Russia which might not be that smart but we beat them before and I believe we can do it again if need be.

As we moved overseas I couldn’t take my guns with me so I had to sell all of them. Also the gun laws are quite a bit stricter here in Finland but I’ve gotten myself a hunting license and recently applied a permit to buy a shotgun and a rifle for hunting purposes. That is acceptable reason for owning those guns and since I have the hunting license I’m pretty sure my application will be  accepted.

I’ve also continued my financial preps and I no longer have any consumer debt, the only debt I have is mortgage on my apartment and mortgage on my investment properties. I’ve also bought quite a bit more silver now totalling 160 troy oz. In addition to silver I keep 5000 EUR as cash in case there is any financial instability and banks aren’t open.

Since it’s not expected that the average assailant here would have a gun I’ve also bought some knifes and I’ve started practicing Krav Maga. It’s really great for self-defence as we learn how to defend against knifes, kicks, punches and how to get free if someone is strangling you. I think this is the self-defence that everyone should learn it doesn’t matter if you are a prepper or not.

Hey fellow doomsday prepper’s! My name is Mika and I am preparing for the zombie apocalypse. Not really, I’m just kidding. That’s what we joke about with my colleagues. I’m really just preparing for any event that could turn the little city of Los Angels, California into total chaos. It could be anything from an earthquake to tsunami to economic collapse to a terrorist attach. I don’t really go into extremes with my preps but I still want to be somewhat prepared to have an edge over those who are not prepared.

I like camping, hiking, shooting guns and of course prepping. I’ve only really started getting into the whole prepping mentality after I moved to USA from northern Europe. Especially living in the city of Los Angeles has made me much more aware that I need to prep for both my wife and me. I’m going to be posting reviews of gear I buy and also write about online resources I discover.

My wife doesn’t know that I prep but she’s totally on board with being prepered for an earthquake and she also likes camping and being more self sufficient. Well as much as you can be while living in the city in a small apartment.

I hope you find this blog useful.