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

This is What We Are Up Against!

by ST | Jun 7, 2011 | Personal

We, as prep­pers, by def­i­n­i­tion think ahead about “what if” sce­nar­ios. I grant that some peo­ple take prepar­ing to unrealistic/unlikely extremes (I high­ly doubt an alien inva­sion or a zom­bie apoc­a­lypse for exam­ple). And as prep­pers we gen­er­al­ly do... 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 2: Hunting In A Post-SHTF World

by ST | May 17, 2011 | Personal

Hunt­ing in the for­est or field for meat is a com­mon theme in survival/prepping. Many prep­pers are already active sport hunters. Either as a sup­ple­ment to lim­it­ed com­mer­cial meat sup­plies or as the main or sole source of meat, the expec­ta­tion to be able to... Read more

All Prepping, All the Time

by Prepperjim | May 4, 2011 | Gear, General, Guns & Weapons, Health, Money, Personal, Psychology

“All Prep­ping and No Play, Makes Jim a Dull Boy” One down­side to being a prep­per is there is always some­thing that needs doing to pre­pare for pos­si­ble emer­gen­cies. Peo­ple in your life may not share the same sense of urgency, to the point of being annoyed at... Read more