USDA HARDINESS · ZONE 7A
What zone 7A reads.
Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, Arkansas, Oklahoma. Ice storms, flash flooding, tornado outbreaks.
2 FIELD NOTES · FILED FROM ZONE 7
№ 01404.24.2026
7A · CUMBERLANDBug-out bag for a buck: prepping on a dollar store budget
We took $40 to a Dollar Tree and built a real go-bag. Here's what made the cut, what didn't, and what we'd swap if you have $80.
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7A · CUMBERLANDWhen the Caney Fork comes up: a flood timeline from 2024
Hour-by-hour, what one DIRT household did when the river rose 14 feet in 30 hours. The decisions that worked and the ones we'd take back.
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