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

The 3rd Wave, Evacuation From A Disaster Location

by ST | Nov 22, 2011 | Bug Out, Bug Out Vehicle, Guest Posts, Levels of Awareness, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Let me pref­ace this arti­cle by acknowl­edg­ing the source for the idea of this arti­cle comes from anoth­er pep­pers’ video. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, it’s been a long time I’ve mulled over this top­ic and I don’t recall who exact­ly it was. With that out of the way, let’s... Read more

Endless Fall – Part 5: Hell Comes To Frog Town

by ST | Nov 15, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Crime, Economy, Food, Government, Guest Posts, Levels of Awareness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Note: The fol­low­ing is the fifth 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.   April 2 – 165 days after Black Swan... Read more

Hydration for Children, by ShaneTheNurse

by suburban | Nov 14, 2011 | first aid, Health, Hydraton, Medical, suburban survival, Urban Survival, Water

One of the com­mon mis­takes that peo­ple make is to treat a dehy­drat­ed child in the same man­ner as a dehy­drat­ed adult. For a child that is severe­ly dehy­drat­ed this will most like­ly mean death. I have been an ER nurse since the 1990’s and I can­not tell you... Read more

Hydration for Adults, by ShaneTheNurse

by suburban | Nov 10, 2011 | first aid, Health, Hydraton, suburban survival, Urban Survival, Water

We have all heard the phrase “hydrate or die.” unfor­tu­nate­ly most Amer­i­cans fail to heed this advice.  When I was work­ing the Ari­zona desert I noticed an increase in the inci­dence of pul­monary embolisms. So I did a small study and found that every... 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