Bug Out Trigger Criteria

by Mr-Jones | Jul 29, 2011 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Bug Out Vehicle, But Out Bag, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This is a guest post by a new con­tribut­ing Author Mr-Jones.  Mr-Jones and I know each oth­er pri­mar­i­ly from Face­book, and some of the same forums, and have become fast friends, online.  I have asked him to con­tribute when he can, and I great­ly... Read more

Cover vs. Concealment: Know The Difference!

by ST | Jul 19, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Crime, Guest Posts, Guns & Weapons, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

“Take cov­er!” A com­mon and clichéd line from every­thing from old west­erns to sci-fi tele­vi­sion shows and movies to even some car­toons. But while enter­tain­ing, it is a tac­ti­cal issue to be under­stood in the event of an SHTF event that leads to WROL. Even... 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

Different Story, Different Result

by Prepperjim | May 15, 2011 | Self Reliance, Shelter, Water, Weather

I not­ed pre­vi­ous­ly that a lady sur­vived 49 days in the wilder­ness of Neva­da. Today, I read a sto­ry of a man who was trapped in Ore­gon and died after approx­i­mate­ly 60 days. McDon­ald, 68, liked to camp. While he did­n’t have a lot of food, he had gal­lon... Read more

Reality check — Part 1: Farming/Growing Your Own Food

by ST | May 10, 2011 | Food, Gardening, Guest Posts, Self Reliance, Urban Survival

Every survival/prepping web­site and book has some sec­tion on grow­ing your own food dur­ing a SHTF event.  There are ads for seed com­pa­nies show­ing a per­son push­ing a shop­ping cart down isles of emp­ty super­mar­ket shelves and the cap­tion reads... Read more

Bartertown, U.S.A.

by ST | May 3, 2011 | Barter, Economy, Food, Guest Posts, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Barter – To trade by exchange of com­modi­ties rather than by the use of mon­ey. (Source: Dictionary.com. Source loca­tion: Ran­dom House, inc.) Much has been writ­ten about the use of barter in a post SHTF/TEOTWAWKI. event. Even in “mere­ly” a post-finan­cial... Read more