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‘Suburban’s” Take on Sharing Your Gear, Supplies, and Food With Others

Feb 7, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Food, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Over the past couple of weeks a reader and someone I correspond with via email wrote a couple of posts for the blog that have had some good comments associated with them regarding ethics and gear. You can find them here if you have not read them: The Case for…

Egypt and Their Civil Unrest

Feb 5, 2011 | General

Unfortunately, I am afraid it will get worse their for their citizens before it gets better… httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThvBJMzmSZI httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuS6YdUgjHI httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBNXYu1xOqk

Saturday Videos

Feb 4, 2011 | General

WROL-Storm & Possible Terrorist Attack httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7tnvcC-yQ0 Underground Survival Bunker httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLqGtc0eN60 Cold Weather Survival Evaluation httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6AW7iAdWFE How to Store Water for Long Term…

Understanding Everyone In the City Will Be a Refugee Post SHTF

Feb 3, 2011 | Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Not often spoken of, I think in the survivalist or prepper circle, is how to avoid becoming a refugee post SHTF. We talk a lot about prepping, we talk a lot about bugging out or bugging in, but we never really talk about the situation where we do find ourselves shut…

Les Stroud, “Will To Live, Dispatches From The Edge Of Survival”

Feb 2, 2011 | Books, Les Stroud, Psychology

Well, this review comes one day after his new book was released. I actually had an advance copy of it from the publisher, and struggled to get through it; but not why you might think. I have been super busy with work and at the end of the day it has just been hard…

Share and Share Alike? or The Case For Non-Lethal Defense “Part 2”

Feb 1, 2011 | Preparedness, Survivalism

This is a second article by the same reader who asked not to be identified. During my last article I discussed various scenarios for using non-lethal defenses. While the responses were great, they did focus on an ancillary aspect of the article I didn’t intend to be…

Can The Egypt Communications Censorship Happen Here Too?

Jan 31, 2011 | Personal

Could what happened to communications in Egypt this past week happen here in the USA? Last week, in an attempt to censor communications in their country, Egypt’s government shut down the use of Facebook and Twitter. Eventually they shut down the Internet altogether…

Saturday Videos

Jan 29, 2011 | Personal

Scenario-Deadly Force is used to protect our food. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOKrNwn-do8 Canning Butter httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmmyS7z1UNI Nutnfancy — Mini 14 Against The World, part 1 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fk84KLiaa4 Nutnfancy — Mini 14…

I’m Failing My 2011 Fitness Goals Already

Jan 27, 2011 | Health, Physical Fitness, Preparedness, Psychology

Yes, it’s true. I am already failing to accomplish my 2011 fitness goals. I blame part of it on my new job. I am out of the house before 7:00 a.m. each morning. Big deal, right? A lot of you reading this could be out the door at 5:00 a.m., I am sure. I also get…