Higher Standards

by ST | Jul 5, 2011 | General, Guest Posts, Personal, Psychology

Survivalists/preppers have nev­er been por­trayed well in the mod­ern media and enter­tain­ment fields.  At best, they are por­trayed in as a com­i­cal cliché like in the 1983 movie “The Sur­vivors” (Wal­ter Matthau, Robin Williams, Jer­ry Reed – very fun­ny... Read more

A Look Back At a Katrina Experience… An Expereinced Prepper Tells All

by suburban | Jun 17, 2011 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

It should be not­ed, that this was sent to me by a friend yes­ter­day.  I did not write this, and nei­ther did he, rather it comes from a prep­per who evac­u­at­ed LA and post­ed this sto­ry in a forum (www.zombiehunters.org).  It is... Read more

Criminals After the SHTF, or I’m Trying to Get Money for Food, the SHTF for Many Already

by suburban | Jun 9, 2011 | Personal

Not every­one is a hard­ened crim­i­nal.  Not every­one will turn to crime when the SHTF.  When peo­ple are des­per­ate, they do des­per­ate things when their back is against the wall.  Being a for­mer crim­i­nol­o­gy major (a LONG time ago) one of the... Read more

Rice and Beans? Beans and Rice?

by ST | May 31, 2011 | Cooking, Food, Guest Posts, Personal

Rice and beans – unques­tion­ably the top two items most often cit­ed as “must-haves” in any prep­pers pantry. Even for non-prep­pers, when dis­cus­sion of hav­ing a few extra food sup­plies on hand comes up (and this comes up a lot more these days in a great many... 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