The Case For Non-Lethal Defense
Guest Post by a reader who wishes to remain anonymous. You can’t get away from it. Prepping/survival blogs, websites, books, videos etc. all inevitable (and sometimes initially too) discuss the need for a defense strategy in the face of a SHTF event leading to living (at least temporarily) in a WROL environment. That form of […]
Teamwork for Suburban and Urban Survival – Part Three
Yesterday, I finished up the post by illustrating the old west. Wouldn’t it be great to roll up on a small town that is isolated from the rest of society, is self sufficient, has a great agricultural community, steel mill, power plant, honest people with good skills, etc. Good luck. No such place that I […]
Teamwork for Suburban and Urban Survival – Part Two
Did you give some thought yesterday to who your friends are and what skills they have? Are they doctors, lawyers, blacksmith, veterinarian, pharmacist, construction workers, etc? How about yourself? What skills do you have? What skills can you teach, barter, or sell if had to? Let’s look at several more primitive skills. Do you have […]
Teamwork for Suburban and Urban Survival – Part One
Is it inevitable; A disaster of catastrophic proportion that changes everyone’s living situation going forward for good? Is living post disaster just an unforeseen reality that many of us have not experienced yet? Look at Haiti just over a year ago. Look at Australia with flooding that has destroyed homes and lives. One thing is […]
Saturday Videos
Three SHTF Nutritional Powerhouse’s httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGG2nZ3XOxY Who Will Die First in a SHTF: A WARNING (Thanks to one of my readers for bringing my attention to this video. It is direct, to the point, and I think everyone should watch this and listen. I think she is spot on). httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J42CLa5iATM
Wow, What a Week. A few Updates, a Passed Up Savage, and More…
Well, what a week it has been. The crazy news, the weather here in the northeast, work is crazy, and the weekend is going to be about catching up and be just as nuts. Currently, I am in the process of reading a book by Scott B. Williams called “Astray of the Herd: Observations, Commentaries, […]
New Contest – Win a Copy of Les Stroud’s New Book
I have been communicating with Harper Collins publishers, and they want to give away a copy of Les Stroud’s new book. Please see the contest page I put together called: Win a Copy of Les Stroud’s new Book “Will to Live” for the contest details. For those of you that find this “first” contest a bit […]
A Tragedy in AZ
Well, I had plans on writing several posts and refining and publishing them throughout the week. Instead, I spent the past two days flipping the news channels watching the tragic story of those injured and killed in Tucson, AZ, just 45 minutes from where one of my oldest and closest friends lives in Sierra Vista, […]
Notable Blog Posts In the Past Week
SurvivalBlog.com – Establishing Private Radio Communications Using Consumer Grade Equipment, by R.E.G. TheSurvivalistBlog.net – Would Your Children Survive On Their Own? The Economic Collapse Blog – In The Future You May Not Be Able To Provide The Basics For Your Family Even If Everyone In Your Family Has A Job Minyanville.com – Moscow on the Hudson: When […]
Saturday Videos
Born to be Wild: ‘Lone wolf’ escapes city to live free in forest, keeps blog httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gETuAbQAbEI Engineer775 on Gun & Gear Reviewer httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghFbV-ddSKk Checking out Southern Prepper 1 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ea8Lc3wRJo How to organize a survival group httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ea8Lc3wRJo Get Home Bag, Part 1 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_iey7AK4Iw Get Home Bag, Part 2 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwJ-pFc0MH8 Get Home Bag, Part 3 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4OaY0mEozk Get […]