Famine

by ST | Jul 12, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Economy, Food, Gardening, Politics

Famine — a severe short­age of food, as through crop fail­ure or over­pop­u­la­tion. (“famine.” Collins Eng­lish Dic­tio­nary — Com­plete & Unabridged 10th Edi­tion. Harper­Collins Pub­lish­ers.) More than mere­ly a short­age or high­er prices, “famine” is the... Read more

First Look at a Potential Bug Out Location Property

by suburban | Jul 11, 2011 | Bug Out Location, Personal

Over the past year, I have writ­ten sev­er­al posts on Bug Out Loca­tions.  They dis­cuss sim­ple things such as my thoughts, shel­ters, how stocked they should be, pur­chas­ing them, etc. If you have not read them, here they are: My Thoughts on a Bug Out... Read more

Saturday Videos

by suburban | Jul 9, 2011 | Personal

Build a Home­made Berkey Water Fil­ter Build­ing Wind Tur­bines to Cre­ate Elec­tric­i­ty SHTF EMP Sce­nario A Les­son Learned Part 1 (Sce­nario) “Mosin-Nagant: The $100 .30–06” by Nut­n­fan­cy The Role of Den­tal Health in Sur­vival... Read more

Whey Protein As An Essential Prep?

by suburban | Jul 7, 2011 | Food, Health, Physical Fitness, Preparedness

While on and off my fit­ness kick this year, I have sup­ple­ment­ed my dai­ly diet with a morn­ing pro­tein shake mixed with fat free milk, water, ice, and var­i­ous fruits that would mix with pro­tein pow­ders well.  I have been on the quest for the per­fect... Read more

CERT Training Completed

by Prepperjim | Jul 6, 2011 | first aid, Health, Jobs, Politics, Self Reliance, suburban survival

I recent­ly com­plet­ed my Com­mu­ni­ty Emer­gency Response Team (CERT) train­ing. First some back­ground and then an eval­u­a­tion from a prep­per per­spec­tive. CERT’s were formed in the wake of the Sep­tem­ber 11th attacks via exec­u­tive order. The train­ing... Read more