Two Letters Re: Staying Mobile in a Collapse Situation

Hugh, This was absolutely fantastic. As of today I am in the market for an old diesel, so I can apply this knowledge. – D.D. o o o Hugh, Felt the need to respond to this. The author mentions his emergency fuel, and it should be noted that it is just that– emergency fuel. However, it sounds like he is using this full time in his Cummins 12v and OM 617. (I have a Cummins and 616– a naturally aspirated 4 cyl little brother to the 617.) It is nice that he has tested the usability of his blend, but …


Letter Re: Preparing For Friends and Family

Thor1964. You have a good heart. To come as far as you have in 24 months is a real achievement. Keep up the good work. I do want to point out that by doing your “Christian best” you are only delaying the pain of these people that will seek you for help. So, why not take the “help” up a notch. Instead of just giving them some food and a few items that will just bring them back to your door when they are desperate again, open that door and bring them in! Don’t send these folks back out into …


Economics and Investing:

Rash of finance-pro suicides baffles experts – D.S. Items from The Economatrix: Gold’s Protection Against Counterparty Risk Is Coming Alive Putin Has Nuclear Economic Bomb-Jim Sinclair The big economies cannot avoid a soft default as they face their debt reckoning: U.S. and other central banks battle it out for artificially low interest rates on unsupportable levels of debt.


Odds ‘n Sods:

I keep thinking, at some point, surely someone will stand up and refuse: Massive Car To Car Warrantless Search In DC Region – J.M. o o o Worthy of a face-palm: Republicans to Officially Present Alternative to Obamacare – B.R. o o o The Police Can Take Your Cash Without Charging You with a Crime. – D.S. Warning: This website has offensive material in the sidebar. o o o How Sanctions Against Russia Could Signal the Beginning of ‘World War III’ – JBG o o o 29-Year-Old Welfare Parasite Would Not Accept An $80,000 A Year Job Driving A Truck. …



Notes from HJL:

SurvivalBlog has received a number of concerned queries from readers who may end up on the customer lists confiscated by the ATF in the raids on EP Armory and Ares Armor. We are still gathering information on what exactly happened, but the picture that is beginning to emerge is that an individual across the state lines used EP Armory lowers, purchased through Ares Armor, to build rifles without serial numbers and then sold them to others. If that is indeed the case, that individual broke the law (in regards to the Gun Control Act of 1968). Bear in mind that …


Prepping and the Mind, by D.R.

When people talk about “The End Of The World As We Know It” (TEOTWAWKI), it is almost always in ways of how we might prepare for the end, what equipment to have, how much food to store, and what skills we must learn. These are all valid points. Most people can agree on common standards in these areas, but what if the act of preparing for the end can cause danger to yourself and your family? I’m not mocking prepping; I’m a prepper myself. I’m simply stating that a prepper must be in the correct mindset to make choices they …


Two Letters Re: Where There is Smoke

Dear Sir, I have been a daily reader of this site from the very beginning and have found it to be a very valuable resource for my information and awareness needs. Mr. Rawles has always been a straight forward, no nonsense fount to which the prepper/survivalist community relies upon, a mecca as it where. Mr. HJL specifically, (I don’t know how to formally address a pseudonym, my apologies), you have started off in your editing of Mr. Rawles’ sight with great enthusiasm, and I respect that. This site has large shoes to fill. I think you are off to a …


News From The American Redoubt:

Crews to begin removing trees on I-5 to put in new traffic cameras – RBS o o o The Idaho is now struggling with how far should police be allowed to go to get your DNA in legislation. o o o Idaho bill effectively nullifies new federal gun control measures. – C.J. The bill has passed both the house and the senate at this point. o o o Last week, we ran a link to an article about “How Wolves Change Rivers”. D.H. sent this in as a response: Rethinking predators: Legend of the wolf o o o The Nampa …


Economics and Investing:

Gold Versus Bitcoin: An Unnecessary Argument – B.R. Items from The Economatrix: Ron Paul & Jim Rogers Discuss Truth About Global Economic Collapse & The Elite Agenda Eric Sprott – Gold To See Powerful ‘Golden Cross’ Within Days Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Fire-Sale Of US Treasuries Is A Warning Of Acute Stress Across The World Homebuilder Confidence Misses Expectations Again As Outlook Plunges To 10-Month Lows Breaking: Russia is OUT of the Swift System Starting TODAY


Odds ‘n Sods:

. The rhetoric is ratcheting up as the U.S. considers sanctions against Russia: Russia can turn U.S. to radioactive ash: Kremlin-backed journalist. – T.J. o o o Oak Harbor, Washington Council member left a meeting after council refuses to kick out legally armed armed veteran. – N.G. o o o Upstate New Yorkers Burn 1,000 Gun Registration Forms– G.P. o o o A parent is appalled over essay, asking 8th Graders If They’d Rather Be Slaves Or Factory Workers. – Mike Williamson, SurvivalBlog’s Editor At Large. While the parent spent time educating their child what slavery was and that was …



Notes from HJL:

From californiarighttocarry.org: “On March 14th Federal Judge Janis L. Sammartino ‘modified’ her TRO to allow the BATFE to conduct the raid pursuant to a warrant at the request of the ATF effectively nullifying her earlier TRO against the ATF in the case of Lycurgan Inc. v. Jones aka Ares Armor v. BATFE. The jack booted NAZIs of the ATF raided Ares Armor.” o o o Today, we have two guest articles. The first, from our resident medical editor, deals with a subject that worries many of us&emdash; “Stretching your medicines when they are unobtainable”. The second is critically important if …


Guest Article: Seven Ways to Stretch Your Medicine Safely, by Doc Cindy

When the availability of medications becomes severely limited, what’s a person to do if they suffer from diabetes, or pneumonia, or chronic pain, hypertension, asthma, or any serious condition? Underlying this simple question are several more. Without sufficient medication: Will a diabetic’s blood sugar soar out of control? Does a hypertensive patient run a serious risk of stroke? Will a person on antidepressant or anxiety medications suffer withdrawal? Will infection recur, possibly worse than ever, without a full course of antibiotics? Now is the time to consider a future when medications are worth their weight in gold. The following are …


Surviving Through Winter and Into Spring With Free Wild Food, by Linda Runyon

The intensity and length of this winter’s coldness reminds me of a survival disaster that happened to me during one particularly frigid and frightening winter in the Adirondacks at our wilderness homestead. Back in the 1970s, I had moved my family away from hectic, urban living to the peaceful and beautiful Adirondack area of upstate New York. One summer I happily foraged and harvested many wild edibles I found all around me. I gathered enough nutritious bounty that summer to prepare and can 420 mason and atlas jars of food in the form of pickles, wild berry jams and jellies, …