Teamwork for Suburban and Urban Survival – Part Three
Yesterday, I finished up the post by illustrating the old west. Wouldn’t it be great to roll up on a small town that is isolated from the rest of society, is self sufficient, has a great agricultural community, steel mill, power plant, honest people with good skills, etc. Good luck. No such place that I […]
Bartering, Your Urban and Suburban Currency Post SHTF
I cannot deny it. I have not bartered or traded anything in about 20 years. The last thing I bartered was wen I was in business for myself, and my customer was an outdoor outfittter type of retail establishment and I bartered a Solstace Jacket, Eureka four man tent, and a new sleeping bag for […]
Basic Mindset of the Urban and Suburban Survivalist
Mindset. Why do you do what you do? Why do you prep? What brought you to this point? Once you got there, how did it change you? How did it shift your thought patterns? The answers to these questions and more are what may be the basis for how you are thinking today. I was […]
Apartment Prepping, the Real Deal In My Opinion
I hesitated writing this because I wanted it to be comprehensive, but I don’t want it to be a book. However, I am going to let it be as long as it needs to be at this point. Yesterday, I was out at my NJ Preparedness Meetup and one of the people asked me how […]
Financial Readiness for Survival (A Personal Note)
I’ve come to terms this week and come to a couple of conclusions. That as a survivalist, prepper, or whatever you want to call me, I am not financially prepared for a large or even mid-size emergency. I used to be prepared for the midsize emergency, had no debt other than a car payment, and […]
Reader Question About Civil Unrest and Gun Confiscation
This question was published with permission from the author. The question email poses the question of gun confiscation during time(s) of civil unrest and during a disaster where any government is capable of reaching out and confiscating guns “for the good of the people.” I’ve read your blog for several weeks now and found it […]
I Ordered My ARRL Ham Radio License Manual
I ordered my ARRL Ham Radio License Manual this week. It was predicated on the Northern NJ Meetup I attended a couple weeks ago, and another gentleman I met at the meetup some time ago that has his Ham license. There is a lot of chatter in the survivalist world about being able to […]
DIY – Making Makeshift Shoes Out of Tires Post SHTF
NOTE: I found this post here, and thought it interesting enough as a DIY project you can file in the back of your head or put on your USB drive to carry around with you: This seems sort of odd…but in a post disaster world that may not get back to producing things like shoes […]
The iPad as a Modern Survival Device
Huh? The iPad as a Modern Survival Device? Really? Yup. Let me explain a little. First, I’m in the Internet business. Not going to get into a lot of that now, but I want to give you some perspective on why I say that. Second, I am a gadget guy. I suppose that is typical. […]
20 Great Uses for Tea Tree Oil in Your Kit
In 2006, the world consumed more than 3.5 billion gallons of oil per day. A lot of that oil has caused environmental damage and conflicts between nations. But there is one type of oil that’s green, sustainable, healthy, and–as far as I know–has never been the rationale behind a major military intervention: tea tree oil. Tea tree […]