Assessing the Credibility of a Societal Collapse in the U.S.

by suburban | Dec 18, 2023 | Banking, Civil Unrest, Cyber Security, Cyberattack, Economy, Government, Politics, Preparedness, Prepping, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival, WROL

Immi­nent Threat Series: Assess­ing the Cred­i­bil­i­ty of a Soci­etal Col­lapse in the U.S. Intro­duc­tion In recent years, the dis­course around the sta­bil­i­ty and longevi­ty of soci­eties, par­tic­u­lar­ly in the con­text of the Unit­ed States, has gained... Read more

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

by suburban | Feb 20, 2013 | Civil Unrest, Preparedness, Prepping, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Survivalism, Urban Survival

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... Read more

Look Who’s Coming to Dinner

by ST | Jan 31, 2012 | Civil Unrest, Guest Posts, Levels of Awareness, Preparedness, Psychology, Self Reliance

(Note: This arti­cle is both a stand-alone piece as well as a response to the arti­cle “Who would you bug out with?” that appeared recent­ly on this site.) ”If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if not now, when?” – Rab­bi Hil­lel (Jew­ish schol­ar &... Read more

National Traffic System – A Good Resource to Know!

by ST | Jan 3, 2012 | Civil Unrest, Economy, General, Guest Posts, Preparedness

No, this isn’t about dri­ving or get­ting from A to B. The Nation­al Traf­fic Sys­tem (NTS) is a net­work of ama­teur radio oper­a­tors around the coun­try (there is sim­i­lar oper­a­tions inter­na­tion­al­ly but with dif­fer­ent rules) that in times of emer­gen­cies... Read more

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

by ST | Dec 6, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Economy, Food, Guest Posts, Guns & Weapons, Levels of Awareness, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

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... Read more

Endless Fall – Part 6: Trouble Comes For Dinner

by ST | Nov 29, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Crime, Economy, Food, Guest Posts, Levels of Awareness, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

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... Read more