Reading Disaster Signs from the Animals

by suburban | Jan 17, 2014 | Guest Posts, Natural Disaster, Preparedness

There is no short­age of peo­ple that are hap­py to tell you their pre­dic­tions about major dis­as­ters, or even the end of the world. Just check the head­lines on any num­ber of small blogs or the tabloids, and you will find at least a hand­ful of peo­ple at any... Read more

You’re NOT Welcome Here!

by suburban | Dec 31, 2013 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Guest Posts, Preparedness

This is what hun­dreds, per­haps thou­sands, of peo­ple who own prop­er­ty in the New York Catskill moun­tain area were told in 2011. Local res­i­dents as well as state police turned legal prop­er­ty own­ers away from access to their land in the fall of that year. But... 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

The Final Preparation – Part 3: Trust Worthy

by ST | Jan 24, 2012 | General, Guest Posts, Money, Preparedness

 In the first two parts of this series I dis­cussed many of the mis­con­cep­tions and bla­tant head-in-the-sand rea­sons peo­ple offer for not doing any estate plan­ning and we dis­cussed an overview use of a Will (Last Will & Tes­ta­ment). In the final part... Read more

The Final Preparation – Part 2: Where There Is A Will…

by ST | Jan 17, 2012 | General, Guest Posts, Money, Preparedness

In the first part of this series it was point­ed out many of the ridicu­lous and frankly lame excus­es peo­ple often give for not prepar­ing (“get­ting their affairs in order” as the old say­ing goes) for their ulti­mate demise. Regard­less of a dis­as­ter, we are all... Read more

The Final Preparation – Part 1: Dare to Consider

by ST | Jan 10, 2012 | General, Guest Posts, Money, Preparedness

Death and tax­es. The two things the old joke says can’t be avoid­ed (and these days I often think the order of those two should be reversed!). No mat­ter how fit we are, how healthy a life style we live, no mat­ter how great our health­care is, it doesn’t mat­ter.... Read more