This is going to be a short series of threads about possible things to think about.The hope being a few will read them and decide they need a few preps.
Scenario #1 No power for 5 days.
Sounds easy does it not?But what service will you lose for those 5 days?
1.Running water. Those on a well...
I bought some chicks from the local Tractor Supply a while back (I choose what they eat + they taste so much better when you raise/butcher them yourself) and everything seemed to be going ok. We had a nice enclosed chicken coop so that the dogs, hawks etc couldn't get at 'em...or so we thought...
Assuming TSHTF in our lifetime I would like to get others opinions on somethings. Please feel free to add your knowledge.
Most people today have never even planted a flowerbed let alone a self-sustaining garden. Being a former Chitcongo resident now an implant "hillbilly" I can say that is...
Do MRE's really have 1200 calories per meal?
Also, is there any way to find preserved meats, canned or otherwise, that don't have sodium through the roof?
Those of you who are interested in learning primitive survival for yourselves, I strongly recommend Tom Brown's Tracking, Nature, & Wilderness Survival school. I've been to the school myself and each experience was just epic. I would also suggest reading some of Tom Brown's books. He...
does anyone have any suggestions good portable radios? will the GMRS style radios work if power is out on the whole grid? What's with the FCC licenses?
There is more to the radio stuff than i imagined. any advise on what radio to get for "survival mode", requirements being 2-way...
Shirley Allen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Declared mentally incompetent...
committed to metal institution...
The police were accused by some of using "military-style tactics" against Allen ...
Then sent a bill for the police siege ($649,000) as well as the medical "treatment" that...
After the ice storm yesterday and last night we are without power. Last we listened to trees breaking and falling in the woods all night. They would crack and crash about every 30 seconds. This morning I got up to no power and about 6" of snow on top of the 2+" of ice yesterday. So out comes the...
i was messing around on itunes last night updating my podcasts and found a survival podcast on there (just search "survival podcast" at itunes)
i also found the associated web site that has a lot of very good shtf stuff on it (again, google "the survival podcast")
anyway, just wanted to let...
Hey everyone.
Just wanted to point out that I had started a Survival based board a couple of years ago, but due to some hard times and financial troubles, I wasn't able to moderate it as well as I should have. Due to the times ahead, I decided it might be a prudent idea to revive the boards. I...
Lawmaker worried about summer food fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - He's not predicting the weather, but House Minority Leader John Boehner on Thursday voiced worry about the potential for a food fight should drought disrupt the U.S. supply of corn this summer.
"If we get into a drought...
Here are some links that may provide you some insight and interesting reading:
EQUIPPED TO SURVIVE - Outdoors Gear, Survival Equipment Review & Survival Information
SurvivalBlog.com
Alpha Disaster Contingencies
All of them have articles/forums that have good information.