Review of “Urban Survival Guide: Learn The Secrets Of Urban Survival To Keep You Alive After Man-Made Disasters, Natural Disasters, and Breakdowns In Civil Order”
There aren’t too many books I buy where you get the opportunity to sit down to read them, and they are exactly what I was looking for. However, in David Morris’s book “Urban Survival Guide: Learn The Secrets Of Urban Survival To Keep You Alive After Man-Made Disasters, Natural Disasters, and Breakdowns In Civil Order,” that is […]
The Importance of Being Prepared
There is more snow coming this weekend. According to how the weather looks there might be quite a bit of snow over the next couple of weeks. Snow does not make me happy. Especially now because the towns around me have NOT cleaned up the snow on the side of the road limiting the amount […]
Review of Ron Hood’s Urban Master Volume 1, The Home
After it sitting on my shelf of a couple of months, I slipped Ron Hood’s DVD on Urban Survival in the DVD player this weekend. In the first volume Ron discusses Urban Survival tactics for the following categories: Home Away from Home Threats to Your Person Urban Skills Recovery
Lone Wolf or Survivalist Group?
As many of the readers know, I have joined a meetup.com group for preparedness. I joined for a couple of reasons. First, as a “lone wolf” I was looking to connect with like minded people to hopefully teach and learn from them. The second reason I joined, admittedly, was to possibly become part of a […]
A Safe Room For Your Home
I am not really sure this is going to apply to those of us who live in apartments. However, I may touch on that in this post. Much of what we discuss, or I write, rather, revolves around bugging out. As mentioned in a previous post, I was going to consider situations in the suburbs […]
Do You Have Bug In Plans For The Workplace?
Have any of you thought about having to bug in at your workplace. Most of the time I think about bugging out with my Get Home Bag and don’t really think too much about what might happen if I have to stay in an office for a few days, or longer. A few days ago, […]
Bugging In and Bugging Out Podcasts at Chip Monk
Last week the Chip Monk Family Survival Podcast had two podcasts on bugging in and bugging out. Thought I would share them here: Bugging Out: http://chipmonk.podbean.com/2010/09/20/episode-62-buggin-out/ Some interesting concepts in his thoughts on this podcast… Bugging In: http://chipmonk.podbean.com/2010/09/21/episode-63-and-buggin-in/
How Do You Classify a SHTF Event?
I tend to think a lot when I have a little down time. I was on the plane for work this week and it hit me, that I am not sure h0w I would classify what type of an event and how severe it was before I were going to bug out or bug in. […]
Looking Into Solar Backup
So, I have been looking into solar backup systems for several low voltage pieces of equipment. I’ve been looking into this now for probably about a year. Of course, I’ve done nothing about it partly due to cost, and partly due to the fact that I have to retrofit some items with lower voltage bulbs, […]
Favorite New Additions to My Bug Out Bag
I have been eying up no rinse shampoo and no rinse body bath for some time on Amazon.com. This week I bought them and they came in… I have to tell you, I think they are going to be outstanding additions to my Bug Out Bag and for Camping. If you follow this blog, then […]