Day: January 13, 2012

Notes from JWR:

A reminder that Sunday, January 15th is the last day that Safecastle is offering the maximum allowed 25% off on in the their two week sale on all Mountain House can varieties. Order soon! — Today we present another two entries for Round 39 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A.) A gift certificate worth $1,000, courtesy of Spec Ops Brand, B.) 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 …


Getting Home When TSHTF, by Flasher

I’d like to start off by expressing my appreciation for this blog – I’ve learned a lot from everyone here. I’m fairly new to prepping and I am by no means an expert. In this article, I will be putting together some of the things that my group and I are doing to raise the odds that we will get home when the Schumer Hits the Fan (TSHTF) and referencing other articles that I found helpful. Like most people, I commute a long distance to work. I do this because there are few to no jobs in my field that …


Intelligence Preparation for the Intelligent Prepper, by L.R.

Preppers consciously devote a great deal of time and resources toward their families or groups, preparing to defend themselves, building better stocks of supplies, creating communications links, and planning for contingencies. It’s not a coincidence that these all mirror elements of a military staff; they’re the essential elements of surviving and operating, whether under the best of circumstances or the worst. In normal life, they can be fulfilled without much conscious thought. Your personnel (J1) are your family, coworkers, neighbors, and friends. Your daily operations (J3) are your work or other activities that you build your day and life around. …


Letter Re: A Safe Way to Carry Extra Gasoline in a Vehicle

I’ve been struggling with an age-old problem trying to find a safe way to carry gasoline in my vehicle. I found a way I would like to pass along. Typical five gallon plastic or metal cans don’t cut it. I’m a former EMT, so I’ve seen what a collision does to a vehicle carrying a five gallon can in the trunk, and it’s not pretty. I want a metal shell around a plastic bladder filed with aviation foam.  Paranoid?  Yes.  Possible? Absolutely! It turns out you can get fairly low cost racing fuel cells from several sources that meet the …


Economics and Investing:

Reader RBS mentioned this great piece in Coin World: Strangeness in the 1960s–1964, 1965 like day and night SurvivalBlog’s own Pat Cascio sent this: Hungary Folds, Ready To Change Its Laws To Get European Bailout Money A reader sent this: Food inflation done quietly: Same store, same shelf, same price. Smaller package. 1.2 Billion Indians signing life away for biometric ID cards   Items from The Economatrix: Fed Officials Signal More Action May Be Needed. (Warm up that helicopter and monetize, Ben!) Crude Nears $103 $9 Gallon Gasoline Will Crash World Economies if WWIII Starts


Odds ‘n Sods:

K.A.F. suggested this: How to Plan a Vegetable Garden    o o o A reminder that Safecastle’s Freedom Awards Finalists are now posted on Safecastle’s blog site for public viewing and voting. One of the finalists is K.M., for his article “What is a Well-Stocked First Aid Kit?” (that appeared in SurvivalBlog.) Please post your vote on your favorite article or video before January 20th.    o o o Folks in Northern California will find this of interest: Nevada County’s 2nd Annual Sustainable Food and Farm Conference will be held the weekend of January 21st and 22nd.  The conference will …