December 2011

The SHTF Is Here – Hurray (NOT!!)

December 27, 2011
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That title caught your attention for sure! But believe it or not, there are people out there who actually want and hope for a massive, national SHTF event! You can see it in the way many people on a large number of prepper sites write or the videos they produce. They are outright gitty at [...]

Tagged as: Economy, General, Guest Post, Politics

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Of Leadership, Reliability, Responsibility – and Preparedness

December 20, 2011
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Reality check: Some people are just more prepared for events of life than others. “Events” can be anything from a personal emergency to an unexpected home expense to a family emergency to a natural disaster to something good like a great job or investment or trip opportunity when it presents itself. “Prepared” can be anything [...]

Tagged as: General, Guest Post, Preparedness, Self Reliance

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2011 Urban Farming in Review

December 13, 2011
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2011 was a pretty good year farming wise at home. For an urban (I do consider myself urban) backyard container farm we did pretty good. And more importantly, we learned a lot to apply for next year. Starting out we added several new containers to our farm. I was surprised my wife went along with [...]

Tagged as: Gardening, Guest Post, Preparedness, prepping, Self Reliance, Urban Survival

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Thoughts on Budget Guns for Survival, Part One

December 7, 2011
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Recently, I have been making it a point to frequent gun shows in my home state.  I’m looking fora new carbine, and thought it might be a good way to get a broader view of what is out there, and what I might want.   I have a very good idea of what I want, [...]

Tagged as: Budget Guns, Firearms, Gun Shows, Guns, Guns / Weapons

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Endless Fall – Part 6: Trouble Comes For Dinner (Alternate Ending)

December 6, 2011
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Note: The following is the sixth installment of a series that represents a first-hand chronicle of a fictional economic collapse in the United States. This series is to be viewed as only one possible scenario. Contains explicit language.   May 2 – 195 days after Black Swan Day My Dearest Children – April showers might [...]

Tagged as: civil unrest, Economy, Food, Guest Post, Guns / Weapons, Levels of Awareness, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

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Taser vs. Pepper Spray, by ShaneTheNurse

December 5, 2011
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Over the course of my career as an ER nurse I have had many occasions to treat people who have been on the receiving end of one of these. I can tell you honestly that if I was to be on the receiving end I would rather be tasered than pepper sprayed. In fact I [...]

Tagged as: Medical Emergency, Pepper Spray, Personal Security, Taser

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Book Review: The Frugal Survivalist, Disaster Preparedness Under $500.00, by James Dakin

December 1, 2011
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For those of you that do not know him, James Dakin, authors, Bison Survival Blog, is rather outspoken Prepper Survivalist that has STRONG opinions about preppers in urban and suburban areas.  In fact, he calls us “Yuppie Preppers.”  I find his blog full of entertainment, interesting paranoia, frugal prepper and survivalist information, and touches of [...]

Tagged as: Bison Survival Blog, Book Review, Books, James Dakin

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