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The Survivalist Blog

Live better, Live cheaper, and Survive when things get Tough.

What Are Your Preparedness Goals for February?

Readers of The Survivalist Blog are goal oriented. We look at our situation, we plan, set and complete our goals until finished, then we do it all over again. It's a never ending circle, setting goals and following through allows us to be better prepared for disaster.

What I want...
Bug Out Airplane

Did anyone read the post on that other SurvivalBlog "The Cessna 172 Bug Out Plan" essentially the author goes into detail about how you can use a private airplane as a bug-out vehicle to get out of dodge after the balloon goes up.

How many of you...
Review: Rawles Gets You Ready Preparedness Course

Before we start, I would like to thank Paul for donating his copy of the "Rawles Gets You Ready Preparedness Course" - now if I could get more readers to donate books and other related preparedness products for review I'd be set.
Family Preparedness Guide

It looks like James Talmage Stevens author of the popular preparedness book Making The Best of Basics, has started blogging over at the Family Preparedness Guide go on over and take a look at what they have to offer.
"This may not be the latest...
Letter Reply: Communications For The Bug-Out Bag

Hey, just want to tell you that was a nice, well written article on bug-out radios (which also applies to retreat radios). It wasn't so far in depth as to lose people and wasn't too high level to be useless. Honestly, it was just right.

At my...
Your Tax Dollars at Work
This was sent by a reader, I found it amusing - may be you will too.

New AR-15 assault rifles for the department $1,500.00 each.

Training time $100.00 per officer.

Picture on front page of the local paper with the female officer standing in...
What Did You Do To Prep This Week?

Many of you suggested we bring back the weekly "What Did You Do To Prep This Week" segment of the blog. I think this is a good idea. Seeing what others are doing to further their preparedness can give ideas and encouragement to those still procrastinating. Or set the...
Two-Way Radio Communications For The Bug-Out Bag

I know what you're thinking - great another article dedicated to the bug-out bag. And I agree, over last couple of weeks I've been preoccupied with this bugging out business. First we talked about children during a bug-out, then guns for the bug-out bag and here we...

Survival Blog

The Daily Web Log for Prepared Individuals Living in Uncertain Times.

Note from JWR:
Today we present two entries for Round 27 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. First Prize: A.) A course certificate from onPoint Tactical. This certificate will be for the prize winner's choice of three-day civilian courses. (Excluding those restricted for military or government teams.) Three day onPoint courses normally cost...
Forges, Foundries, and Factories, by JIR
While you are deciding what to store away, don't forget about the needs of your grandchildren. They will need reference books. After TEOTWAWKI, any survivors in the USA will be living on capital. I am talking about capital in the form of basic commodities, like grain, legumes, clothes, fuels, and...
The Cessna 172 Bug Out Plan, by Captain Zoobie
My Situation I currently live at the outskirts of a larger metropolitan area. In the event of TEOTWAWKI, I want a way to quickly get out of Dodge. I have a retreat a few hundred miles away from where I live which I know my family can, and almost...
Economics and Investing:
CMBS Loan Liquidations Hit Record $585M in December. (A hat tip to Flavio for the linkio.) Jeff P. suggested this Business Insider piece by Michael Snyder: 20 Reasons Why The U.S. Economy Is Dying And Is Simply Not Going To Recover And from Jeff B., news of further debasement of...
Odds 'n Sods:
More than a dozen SurvivalBlog readers sent us a television news piece about King, North Carolina (in the Winston-Salem region) banning the purchase of guns, or carrying guns outside one's home, during the recent heavy snowstorm. Here is a quote: "'Other restrictions included a ban on the sale or purchase...
Jim's Quote of the Day:
"The best strategy is always to be very strong." - Carl von Clausewitz, "On War"...
Notes from JWR:
The 25% off sale at SafeCastle on all Mountain House foods in #10 cans is in progress. They are offering free shipping to the 48 continental states! The sale ends on February 13th, so order soon! --- Today we present another entry for Round 27 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing...
Some Real World Battery Life Data, by Cactus Jim
Battery technology has come a long way in the last 10 years since Y2K. Back in the late 1990s, I stocked various types and brands of batteries for long term storage or use. Batteries ranged from store purchased alkaline, rechargeable alkalines, NiCd, generic deep cycle marine batteries, gel-cell sealed...

Survival Podcast

Helping You Live the Life You Want, If Times Get Tough, Or Even If They Don't

Episode-374- Time to Plan the Spring Garden
We have looked at some dark subjects lately, we will look at more soon but let’s put a positive subject in today that focuses more on what we can do rather than why we need to do it. It is early Feburary, much of the nation is frozen solid, this...
Episode-373- News Events from Listeners
Rather than a typical listener question show today I decided to bring together 5 news events that were sent in by various listeners. The first one is not that obvious as to why it applies to the other four but I bring them all together at the end. We also...
Episode-372- CSAs and Modern Survival Philosophy
Today we talk about CSAs, (community supported agriculture) and how they apply to modern survival living. We will look at both aspects of the CSA today, meaning purchasing from local CSA growers or actually becoming a CSA grower as a business model. Join me today as we discuss… What exactly is a...
Episode-371- 10 Under Rated Post TEOTWAWKI Skills
Today we are going to discuss 10 skills for TEOTWAWKI (the end of the world as we know it). While we generally discuss more likely scenarios on the Survival Podcast then a complete total break down it is useful to consider the potential of “the big one” on occasion. Additionally...
Episode-370- Situational Awareness vs Normalcy Bias
Today we are going to discuss two mental states. Situational awareness is a highly desirable state that leads to fast and effective decision making. In spite of that many people pay little mind to being situationally aware. Conversely normalcy bias is almost the complete opposite of situational awareness and...
Episode-369- The Cancer and Slavery of Debt
Today we back up and take a deeper look at the topic of debt and how it both destroys lives in good times and bad. Debt is a cancer that is destroying America. We have been sold a false dream, a false dream that robs the true dream of America’s...
Episode- 368- Listener Feedback for 2-1-10
Today on the first day of a new month and a new week we do our regular listener feedback show. I have a huge back log of questions and comments so I may have to do a few of these this and next week just to catch up. That said...
Episode-367 An Interview with Tammy Gangloff of Dehydrate2Store
Today Tammy Gangloff of Dehydrate2Store joins us on The Survival Podcast to discuss dehydrating foods for long term storage needs. Join us today to learn how to easily and inexpensively build out your pantry by combining dehydrating with selective commercial long term storables. Join Us Today As We Discuss… The advantages of...

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