Wound Repair, by Shanethenurse

by suburban | Nov 4, 2011 | first aid, Preparedness

NOTE: Shanethenurse is a gen­tle­man I con­sid­er a friend, is a prep­per, and some­one I met on Face­book of all places well over a year ago.  We con­tin­ue to be in touch, chat from time to time, and he offered a few posts around first aid, med­i­cine, etc.... Read more

A Prepper Ammunition Discussion

by suburban | Nov 3, 2011 | Guns & Weapons

The oth­er night at din­ner we got talk­ing about ammu­ni­tion caches… We dis­cussed at a high leve what we thought every­one should have (per­son­al­ly speak­ing, of course).  One of the guys brought up JWR’s guide to ammo stor­age.  As you may or may not... Read more

It’s All About the Jobs

by Prepperjim | Nov 2, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Crime, Economy, Gold and Silver, Money, Personal, Prepping

I read this arti­cle and became real­ly con­cerned, fright­ened even. The fig­ures from pay­roll tax­es report­ed to the Social Secu­ri­ty Admin­is­tra­tion on jobs and pay are, in a word, awful. Even more alarm­ing is this graph with the title “Few­er Jobs,... Read more

Endless Fall – Part 3: A New Year, A New World

by ST | Nov 1, 2011 | Economy, Entertainment, Guest Posts

Note: The fol­low­ing is the third 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.   Jan­u­ary 9 – 81 days after Black... Read more

And Then There Was a Dinner Meeting

by suburban | Oct 31, 2011 | Bug In, Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Cooking, Guns & Weapons, Personal, Preparedness, Prepping, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Last week, I had din­ner with three oth­er prep­pers.  One was new, and the two oth­ers I have been in touch with for some time.  We all live in North­ern NJ, and are con­cerned with the econ­o­my, job growth, Bug­ging In, Bug­ging Out, etc.  The... Read more