Pop-up live. Honest talk, not a panic brief. A lot of people are saying the same thing this week: it just seems to be getting worse. Fuel is still expensive. The Saudi East–West bypass is still a problem. Hormuz and the Red Sea are still tight. That does not mean the world ended on a Thursday. It means the delay we talked about in April is landing in the price of diesel, groceries, and freight. What I keep coming back to: • Two doors — Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb / Suez. Pressure on either one shows up here weeks later, not the day the headline drops. • You cannot reopen a strait from Texas. You can stop treating $4 diesel like a surprise. • Budget the next 30 days. Combine trips. Buy the staple you already eat if it’s on sale. Charge the radio and the light on a set day. • Do the work, then go live your life. Sitting in the news all afternoon is not preparedness. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/live/xJX7tTPO59k My Books (Amazon & Kindle): • Defensive Preparedness: https://amzn.to/4a3M5jS • Breach of the Citadel (Book 1): https://amzn.to/4aq6pOe • Fall of the Citadel (Book 2): https://amzn.to/3NTDlHQ • Shadows of the Citadel (Book 3): https://amzn.to/4fii0mz • Roads of the Citadel (Book 4): https://amzn.to/46dqKEN Affiliate Links: • Readywise: https://www.dpbolvw.net/click-101244060-15859964 • Blackout Coffee (ROAMING20): https://www.blackoutcoffee.com?p=TA5t_sXhE • MIRA Safety (Roaming10): https://alnk.to/9xkeE80 • Wallaby Mylar (ROAMING5): https://wallabygoods.com/?rfsn=7151050.c9fe38e #TheRoamingPrepper #LiveUpdate #Oil #SupplyChain #DefensivePreparedness #Texas

Just a short travel video…a cool little spot where you can see Texas, New Mexico and Mexico from one hotel… #travel #mexico #newmexico #trxas #elpaso

Get-home scenario with Kiki Yamaguchi from the Shadows of the Citadel series — written as a normal workday, not a movie fight. The point is simple: most problems don’t start at home. They start on the way there. Traffic, a closed road, a phone that dies, a city that suddenly feels off. Kiki’s day is the stand-in for anyone who leaves the house for a job and still has to get back. What to take from it: Know two ways home before you need them Keep the car / bag basics you actually use (water, light, charger, a printed number list) Tell someone where you are Don’t improvise from zero at 5 p.m. Fiction first. Practical second. No panic, no gear-flex. Watch: https://youtu.be/a634P7m9y4M My Books (Amazon & Kindle): • Defensive Preparedness: https://amzn.to/4a3M5jS • Breach of the Citadel (Book 1): https://amzn.to/4aq6pOe • Fall of the Citadel (Book 2): https://amzn.to/3NTDlHQ • Shadows of the Citadel (Book 3): https://amzn.to/4fii0mz • Roads of the Citadel (Book 4): https://amzn.to/46dqKEN Affiliate Links: • Readywise: https://www.dpbolvw.net/click-101244060-15859964 • Blackout Coffee (ROAMING20): https://www.blackoutcoffee.com?p=TA5t_sXhE • MIRA Safety (Roaming10): https://alnk.to/9xkeE80 • Wallaby Mylar (ROAMING5): https://wallabygoods.com/?rfsn=7151050.c9fe38e #TheRoamingPrepper #CitadelSeries #GetHomeScenario #KikiYamaguchi #CitadelSeries #fiction #workdayprep #TheRoamingPrepper DISCLAIMER: The information may contain copyrighted material and is distributed under the "FAIR USE NOTICE" without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. All research, news articles and opinions are passed on for informational purposes only. The founders of the channel and their guests do not accept any responsibility for any incorrect or misinformation stated in any articles, videos or chats. The information is provided for entertainment and awareness. Viewers are highly encouraged to to their own research regarding any information including but not limited to medical or survival skills with experts or other professionals in those areas. We also do not take responsibility for actions of viewers.

Daily brief — Sept 15, 2026. Same rule as always: delay first, panic never. Energy routes The Saudi East–West pipeline — the land bypass when Hormuz is ugly — is still shut after drone damage. Hormuz traffic is running thin. Brent is hanging around $107–$109. That is not a one-day spike. That is a week of expensive diesel before it shows up in groceries and fertilizer. Houthis / Red Sea Mocha and the nearby islands put Houthi positions on the Bab el-Mandeb lane — the front door to Suez. Hormuz is the other door. Two tight doors at once is how a tanker delay becomes a Costco problem three to four weeks later. What else moved NATO jets downed a drone over Lithuania. A Russian ship fired flares near a Danish helicopter in the Baltic. That is eastern-flank noise, not your Tuesday errand — but it is why insurance and reroutes stay expensive. Household list (do these, then go live your day) • Treat fuel and food as a budget line, not a surprise • Combine trips • Charge radio / power bank / lights on a set day • If you need a grab-and-go layer, Costco has ReadyWise kits marked down this week — confirm the price at the door • Two ways home. Numbers on paper. Watch: [paste your Sept 15 video link] My Books (Amazon & Kindle): • Defensive Preparedness: https://amzn.to/4a3M5jS • Breach of the Citadel (Book 1): https://amzn.to/4aq6pOe • Fall of the Citadel (Book 2): https://amzn.to/3NTDlHQ • Shadows of the Citadel (Book 3): https://amzn.to/4fii0mz • Roads of the Citadel (Book 4): https://amzn.to/46dqKEN Affiliate Links: • Readywise: https://www.dpbolvw.net/click-101244060-15859964 • Blackout Coffee (ROAMING20): https://www.blackoutcoffee.com?p=TA5t_sXhE • MIRA Safety (Roaming10): https://alnk.to/9xkeE80 • Wallaby Mylar (ROAMING5): https://wallabygoods.com/?rfsn=7151050.c9fe38e #TheRoamingPrepper r #DailyUpdate #Hormuz #RedSea #Houthis #Oil #DefensivePreparedness

What the heck is going on with prices? This bag in the store was six dollars for three cookies a total of 2.2 ounces of product. That’s roughly only a couple of tablespoons of product for six dollars. You’d be better off putting honey on a slice of bread as a snack. #inflation #SupplyChain #foodprices #groceryhaul #groceryshopping

Weekend global-security brief from the latest OSAC-style headlines. The item that hits trade first: after taking Mocha, Houthis are reported to control Yemen’s entire Red Sea coastline, tightening the approach to Bab al-Mandeb. That is a second chokepoint story on top of Hormuz. Freight and energy already priced that risk in — this is how it can stay expensive. Energy and infrastructure: a drone incident near the CPC terminal outside Novorossiysk briefly halted Kazakhstan oil loadings, and Astana is hunting export alternatives. Guatemala saw transport workers and Indigenous groups protest rising fuel prices. Honduras’ grid operator flagged significant risks to power continuity. Health and travel: the eastern DRC Ebola outbreak is now in a seventh province — still a regional public-health emergency, not a U.S. domestic panic item. Check CDC/WHO if you or family are moving through Central/East Africa. Also on the board: Russian strike on a shopping center in Pavlohrad (Ukraine reports 5 killed, 67 injured); EU asylum requests at a five-year low; Sweden’s election; Hong Kong vigil organizers sentenced; Anthropic says it disrupted an AI-driven election-targeting operation in Malaysia; Brazil’s court crisis; U.S. FTO list for Latin American groups now at 21; Peru joined the U.S.-led Shield of the Americas. OSAC also posted an Ecuador Country Security Report — useful if you travel that corridor. Practical takeaway: watch shipping and diesel, keep travel plans flexible, and don’t treat every overseas headline as a reason to empty a store. Prepare for the bill, not the movie. My Books (Amazon & Kindle): • Defensive Preparedness: https://amzn.to/4a3M5jS • Breach of the Citadel (Book 1): https://amzn.to/4aq6pOe • Fall of the Citadel (Book 2): https://amzn.to/3NTDlHQ • Shadows of the Citadel (Book 3): https://amzn.to/4fii0mz • Roads of the Citadel (Book 4): https://amzn.to/46dqKEN Affiliate Links: • Readywise: https://www.dpbolvw.net/click-101244060-15859964 • Blackout Coffee (ROAMING20): https://www.blackoutcoffee.com?p=TA5t_sXhE • MIRA Safety (Roaming10): https://alnk.to/9xkeE80 • Wallaby Mylar (ROAMING5): https://wallabygoods.com/?rfsn=7151050.c9fe38e #TheRoamingPrepper #DefensivePreparedness #OSAC #RedSea #BabAlMandeb #SupplyChain #TravelSafety #PrepperWatch

Daily update — Sept 14, 2026. Three stories, one household effect: fuel, freight, and time. CPC pipeline and Saudi Pipeline / Kazakh export route Saudi Arabia has had to close a 7 million barrel per day oil pipeline that runs east west across the country because of drone and missile attack coming from Iraq, likely from proxies being supported by Iran. Kazakhstan still moves most of its crude through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium to the Black Sea. That line has been interrupted again this year by attacks and loading stops near Novorossiysk. Even a short halt shows up later as tighter barrels and a diesel number you feel at the pump — not the day it happens, two to four weeks after the last tanker clears. BRICS in Delhi The bloc met while two chokepoints were under pressure. They can issue a “maximum restraint” line and still not agree on the Red Sea. That matters because China, India, Russia, and the Gulf don’t share one interest when ships can’t move. Collaboration on paper is not the same as oil moving on water. Houthis on the march Mocha and the Red Sea islands put Houthi positions in visual range of the Bab al-Mandeb lane. That is the front door to Suez. Hormuz is the other door. Pressure on either one lengthens routes, raises insurance, and delays fertilizer and fuel components after the ships already at sea drop their last cargo. What to do this week (same list as Sunday): • Budget diesel and groceries as if the next month stays expensive • Combine trips; don’t burn a tank to save four dollars • Charge lights / radio / power bank on a set day • Buy the staple you already eat if it’s on sale — not mystery food • Two ways home. Numbers on paper. Watch: https://youtu.be/1u2GgDanHBc My Books (Amazon & Kindle): • Defensive Preparedness: https://amzn.to/4a3M5jS • Breach of the Citadel (Book 1): https://amzn.to/4aq6pOe • Fall of the Citadel (Book 2): https://amzn.to/3NTDlHQ • Shadows of the Citadel (Book 3): https://amzn.to/4fii0mz • Roads of the Citadel (Book 4): https://amzn.to/46dqKEN Affiliate Links: • Readywise: https://www.dpbolvw.net/click-101244060-15859964 • Blackout Coffee (ROAMING20): https://www.blackoutcoffee.com?p=TA5t_sXhE • MIRA Safety (Roaming10): https://alnk.to/9xkeE80 • Wallaby Mylar (ROAMING5): https://wallabygoods.com/?rfsn=7151050.c9fe38e #TheRoamingPrepper #DailyUpdate #CPC #BRICS #Houthis #RedSea #SupplyChain

Sunday live. Not a panic brief — a shipping and force-posture talk. Houthi control on the ground matters because choke points are not abstract. If the Strait of Hormuz gets squeezed at the waterline, tankers and bulk cargo don’t just “go around.” That delay stacks onto the Red Sea / Suez problem: fewer ships, longer routes, higher insurance, higher diesel, and later empty shelves — fertilizer and food inputs included. What I walked through: • Ground-level control is different from a one-off strike. It changes who can move, when, and at what price. • Hormuz and Suez are two doors on the same house. Pressure on one shows up as cost and delay at the other. • Talk of American ground troops is a planning question, not a prediction. If that door opens, it is a long commitment with a fuel and logistics bill that hits households here, not just maps over there. • You cannot control the strait. You can control trip planning, fuel spend, bulk staples you already eat, and not putting the next three months on a card. Do this week: • Treat diesel and grocery prices as a budget item, not a surprise • Combine trips; don’t burn a tank to save $4 • Keep a written route home and a charged light / power bank • Watch shipping news, not rumor threads Watch: https://www.youtube.com/live/oeEJx5wxY-I My Books (Amazon & Kindle): • Defensive Preparedness: https://amzn.to/4a3M5jS • Breach of the Citadel (Book 1): https://amzn.to/4aq6pOe • Fall of the Citadel (Book 2): https://amzn.to/3NTDlHQ • Shadows of the Citadel (Book 3): https://amzn.to/4fii0mz • Roads of the Citadel (Book 4): https://amzn.to/46dqKEN Affiliate Links: • Readywise: https://www.dpbolvw.net/click-101244060-15859964 • Blackout Coffee (ROAMING20): https://www.blackoutcoffee.com?p=TA5t_sXhE • MIRA Safety (Roaming10): https://alnk.to/9xkeE80 • Wallaby Mylar (ROAMING5): https://wallabygoods.com/?rfsn=7151050.c9fe38e #TheRoamingPreppe #Hormuz #Suez #Houthis #SupplyChain #SundayLive #DefensivePreparedness

Cat Vs Corgi. These two have actually become besties and are constantly playing and chasing each other around the house. No corgis or cats were harmed in the making of this film. Although at least one small lamp has suffered a tragic incident as a result of the Chase. #CorgiPuppy #Cats #CatsOfTikTok #CorgisOfTikTok #Humor #corgisofyoutube