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Prepper or Consumer Poser? That is the Question.

Oct 3, 2011 | Personal, Prepping

It’s been a rough couple of weeks with work. In fact, work has become increasingly busy. It was the end of the quarter and a race to get customer contracts closed up, signatures, etc. For those that don’t know, I work for a software company in sales. It can be very…

Carbines, Shotguns, Rifles, and The New Prepper, Part Two, Contributed by Cameron Green of GAPPNJ.COM

Sep 29, 2011 | Guns & Weapons, Preparedness

This is the second installment in a series of papers to educate the new prepper about what weapons they should have on hand. I’m approaching this from a SHTF scenario, and while I’m not advocating using any firearm in an offensive manner, I stress that being able to…

Solar Oven Fail

Sep 28, 2011 | Cooking, Personal, Preparedness

This weekend I had an “epic fail” (as the kids say) with my new solar cooker. I tried to make a simple dish, Arroz con Pollo (chicken with rice), but did not get past 100F. Why? The sun! As it turns out, Saturday morning and afternoon was the time mother nature chose…

Promises To Keep : Your New Post-SHFT Credit Card

Sep 27, 2011 | Barter, Guest Posts, Money, Survivalism

There is no honor among thieves. But, thankfully, most people aren’t thieves. Even in a SHTF scenario, with some exception (e.g. Katrina), most people do behave well. For the most part. Living in or near a big city it can be hard to understand that a persons’ word…

Saturday Videos

Sep 24, 2011 | General

Metal shipping containers used for a survival retreat. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53gBoINp2TE SHTF LONG TERM FOOD STORAGE IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H4EO5110PE Preview of Gardening without Watering…

A Quick Update…

Sep 21, 2011 | General, Personal

Hey guys, sorry there hasn’t been a ton of new content lately. I have been swamped at work and have not had the time northe mind-share to put forth new blog posts lately. Once the month is over things should slow a little and I should be avle to resume a regular…

Rural Land for Bug Out Location: A Response to Suburban

Sep 20, 2011 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Guest Posts, Homesteading, Preparedness, Self Reliance, Shelter, Survivalism

This article is a response to Suburban’s May 31st article “Thinking About Buying Rural Land for Your Bug Out Location”. A good article certainly. I too have been looking into the possibility of buying some undeveloped (“raw” as Suburban puts it) land, both as a BOL…

September is National Preparedness Month

Sep 14, 2011 | Cooking, Energy, Fire, first aid, Food, Gardening, Guns & Weapons, Health, Light, Personal, Water

Our government has designated September as “National Preparedness Month”. This contrasts with the FBI’s profiling preppers as potential terrorists. I imagine the message is “be prepared”, but don’t be too prepared. We still want you dependent upon the government, so…

The $5.00 Tipping Point?

Sep 13, 2011 | Bug Out, Civil Unrest, General, Guest Posts, Money, suburban survival, Urban Survival

As of writing this crude oil is still flowing in the Middle East and through the Suez Canal (as well as other products) in spite of the chaos in Egypt. Will that last is the question. And yet even with the continuation of oil world prices for crude are rising as is…