Rant About the Main Stream Media, Post Hurricane Irene. Following a Post from Modern Survival Blog
This post is probably more of a rant, and you will want to read the post over at Modern Survival Blog about Hurricane Irene: Main-Stream Slams Hurricane IRENE Preppers. Honestly, I am fired up. How is it possible the main stream media say something like this? Please read the Main-Stream Slams Hurricane IRENE Preppers post before reading my rant. You will […]
Benefits of CERT Training
I live in a community of less than 10,000 people in rural Cache Valley on the ID/UT border with volunteer fire and ambulance service. It’s been 8 months now since I joined my local Community Emergency Response Team. Since then: I have completed CERT level I training (Taught by my city’s FD battalion commander) and […]
Black Swans, Why We Prepare
A few years ago I read a book called The Black Swan, by Nassim Taleb. While the book is primarily applicable to the financial crisis (it came out before the credit crisis hit and accurately predicted the issues), it also applies to low probability, high impact events that shape our lives and our world. Taleb […]
Obscure Book and Movie Recommendations
Obscure Book and Movie Recommendations, as provided to me by an anonymous reader and contributor Survival blogs and websites are full of reviews about this or that book for preparation and/or outdoor survival skills. Or how a popular movie or TV show exemplifies this or that aspect of preparation and survival. That is not the […]
Les Stroud, “Will To Live, Dispatches From The Edge Of Survival”
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 to […]
Share and Share Alike? or The Case For Non-Lethal Defense “Part 2”
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 the focus of discussion. In that article I […]
The Case For Non-Lethal Defense
Guest Post by a reader who wishes to remain anonymous. You can’t get away from it. Prepping/survival blogs, websites, books, videos etc. all inevitable (and sometimes initially too) discuss the need for a defense strategy in the face of a SHTF event leading to living (at least temporarily) in a WROL environment. That form of […]
Christmas Presents for My Family (Worth Reading!) By My Friend Kurt
Note: This was republished with permission from my good friend Kurt S. He currently is living in Croatia, and I thought this relates a bit to survivalism, and asked him if I could re-post this. Of course he said yes. Alternate Title: Fuck You TSA These are the Christmas presents (photos) that I found and […]
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 […]
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 […]