Survivalism

Review of “Without Rule of Law, Advanced Skills to Help You Survive: Hide, Evade, Scavenge, and Infiltrate”

February 20, 2013
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This review is probably months overdue. I’ve had “Without Rule of Law: Advanced Skills to Help You Survive” for months. It also took me a couple months to get through because I picked it up just every now and then to read it when I had a spare moment. To be sure I did not [...]

Tagged as: civil unrest, Gear, Preparedness, prepping, SHTF, skills, suburban survival, Survivalism, Urban Survival, WROL

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Survival is a Fools Game; I Want to Live by Jesse Mathewson

November 20, 2012
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Jesse Mathewson is a contributing author to the Suburban Survival blog.  He is an individual who believes in Liberty, Non-Aggression, Self-Defense, Self-Ownership and a Free Market without state interference it is Jesse’s firm belief that we should all be better students in life. His autodactic education in American History, World Religious History, Government and accredited education [...]

Tagged as: Jesse Mathewson, Survivalism

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The Modular Survival Kit, Cache Valley Prepper

August 1, 2012
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The Modular Survival Kit is a fairly simple concept.  And one that I know that the military is familiar with, but not one that I’ve heard get much attention in the prepping community.  Once I had built up my kit, as any aspiring survivalist would do, I did a few practice bug-outs in the form [...]

Tagged as: Bug Out, Bug Out Vehicle, Bugging In, Bugging Out, EDC, Gear, Guest Post, Modular, Modular Gear, Modular Kit, Modular Survival Kit, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, survival, survival kit, Survivalism, Weather

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100 Items a Prepper Must Have for Survival and Barter

October 7, 2011
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I was cleaning off the hard drive of my notebook computer, and found a list that I copied and pasted to Microsoft Word a few years ago.  I don’t know where I picked it up, but thought I would share it with everyone… 1. Generators (Good ones cost dearly. Gas storage, risky. Noisy…target of thieves; [...]

Tagged as: Barter, Preparedness, prepping, Survivalism

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Who Will Help me Eat My Bread?

October 4, 2011
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There is an old children’s story about someone who asks “Who will help me make my bread?” No one helps. No one helps plant the wheat, harvest the wheat, mill the wheat, make the dough, or bake it. But at the end when it is asked who will help eat the bread everyone comes running [...]

Tagged as: Barter, Bartering, Food, Money, Preparedness, Self Reliance, Survivalism

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Promises To Keep : Your New Post-SHFT Credit Card

September 27, 2011
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There is no honor among thieves. But, thankfully, most people aren’t thieves. Even in a SHTF scenario, with some exception (e.g. Katrina), most people do behave well. For the most part. Living in or near a big city it can be hard to understand that a persons’ word still holds value for a large number [...]

Tagged as: Barter, Batering, Money, Survivalism

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Rant About the Main Stream Media, Post Hurricane Irene. Following a Post from Modern Survival Blog

September 2, 2011
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This post is probably more of a rant, and you will want to read the post over at Modern Survival Blog about Hurricane Irene: Main-Stream Slams Hurricane IRENE Preppers. Honestly, I am fired up.  How is it possible the main stream media say something like this?  Please read the Main-Stream Slams Hurricane IRENE Preppers post before reading my rant.  You will [...]

Tagged as: Hurricane Irene, Hurricane Katia, Rant, Survivalism

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Benefits of CERT Training

August 5, 2011
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I live in a community of less than 10,000 people in rural Cache Valley on the ID/UT border with volunteer fire and ambulance service.  It’s been 8 months now since I joined my local Community Emergency Response Team.  Since then: I have completed CERT level I training (Taught by my city’s FD battalion commander) and [...]

Tagged as: CERT, Personal, prepping, suburban survival, Survivalism

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Black Swans, Why We Prepare

April 20, 2011
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A few years ago I read a book called The Black Swan, by Nassim Taleb.  While the book is primarily applicable to the financial crisis (it came out before the credit crisis hit and accurately predicted the issues), it also applies to low probability, high impact events that shape our lives and our world. Taleb [...]

Tagged as: Books, Survivalism, Water

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Obscure Book and Movie Recommendations

March 11, 2011
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Obscure Book and Movie Recommendations, as provided to me by an anonymous reader and contributor Survival blogs and websites are full of reviews about this or that book for preparation and/or outdoor survival skills. Or how a popular movie or TV show exemplifies this or that aspect of preparation and survival. That is not the [...]

Tagged as: Book Review, Books, Movies, Preparedness, Survivalism

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