Survival Preparedness

I'm not jumping off the deep end. Just want to think ahead because you never know. I am looking for a comprehensive site that cover everything from food to shelter.

try this site I find it quite useful
http://www.survivalunlimited.com/
or this one
http://www.survival-homestead.com/
planing,is the key to survival, be sure and get some first aid training the red cross offers for free or take a class in first responders
I have spent a lot of my life in the mountains and deserts and learn something new every time I go out

2009-05-13 16:33:38 by DV

Are you prepared for an emergency, such as a disruption in utilities or quarantine? How would you cook and wash yourself, what would you drink ...

We all know humanity is doomed for disaster at some point in our existence. Terrorists breeding like a wild forest fire. Hate and ideological beliefs being taught to minors around the world. Suicide bombings taking place in crowded marketplaces and sanctuaries. How long before this happens in the US. How long before we are infiltrated by extreme hate mongers. How long before you and your family are in danger of a major catastrophic event? Do you wanna be prepared for this or do you wanna lay down and die. Do you want to fight a biological attack and try and survive it or do you wanna not be prepared and lay down without a fight. I don't believe any of this will happen soon but it is a reality in our world in this day in age. I could supply you with one package that will increase you and your family's chances of beating a major attack. Its like owning a fire extinguisher. You know you will probably never have to use it but you want to have one on hand just in case. Its like having a gun in your closet. You hope and pray you will never have to use it but if the time comes you are prepared. Im talkin the same thing here. Tell me there is a market so I can make some bucks while Im still here and kicking.

Speaking for myself personally, I'd have to say I'd be interested in a product like that. Unfortunately, society seems very unstable today and getting worse all the time - things will likely get very bad when hyper-inflation kicks in, which it must at some point with all the money our government is currently printing.

2009-10-23 22:22:07 by mckindle26

Price: $19.95

I have bought over 5 years worth of M.R.E.'s and stored them in the underground fallout shelter i made, plus i have tons of survival gear hidden in secret caches in different secure area's just in case i need emergency back ups for whatever situation should befall me, i put two underground concrete water tanks in with my fallout shelter, one is a water storage tank and the other is for gray water, i based my shelter on Utah shelter systems(tm) but i have done a few things differnt so as not to incur there wrath, people that know me say i'm going overboard this survival phase they call it, but i would rather be overprepared than underprepared.
I'm at over 1000 feet above sea level, and i do have an air lock in the decon room.
I don't have guns in my shelter either but that doesn't mean i can protect myself, i like big game hunting with a good bow and arrow rather than a loud rifle, cross bows and bow and arrows are good enough for me and i'm a very good shot to boot.

I don't need all that stuff. I have an M4 with a crate of ammo.

My liberal tree hugging neighbor has all the food. He doesn't think guns are a good idea.

Who do you think is going to end up with the food when it's all said and done?




I'm just kidding.

2007-01-08 02:01:36 by dark_hellbent_king

Price: $16.81 $9.40

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I have my trusty old and severely worn Boy Scout manual, but it's woefully behind the times. I am headed to hike around the base of Mt. Hood in September and I want to be able to prepare for the journey by acquiring all the right camping gear I possibly can. I need a resource guide for that, however, and I don't know that one really exists. Example: If I wanted to learn all about boating, I'd buy "Chapman's Guide to Piloting." Is there something like that out there that covers camping equipment, gear, technology, physical preparedness, wilderness survival techniques, etc. Thanks!

How about going to a bookstore or your local BSA and getting a current issue of the Boy Scout's Manual?

You might also want to try something like:

"How to Survive Anywhere:
A Guide for Urban, Suburban, Rural, And Wilderness Environments"
By: Christopher Nyerges
ISBN-10: 0811733041
ISBN-13: 978-0811733045

OR

Camping & Wilderness Survival:
The Ultimate Outdoors Book
By: Paul Tawrell
ISBN-10: 0974082023
ISBN-13: 978-0974082028

They sell both on Amazon.

You might want to check out some of the other books written by Christopher Nyerges too!

If you really want to get rustic, there's:

PETERSON FIELD GUIDES
Edible Wild Plants.
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2007-03-20 10:42:29 by BlueGuitar68

I saw a great question lastnight regarding what to do if TSHTF, and it was posted in Hunting. I noticed one of the answerers stated such a question did not belong in the Hunting forum, so I searched Yahoo! Answers this morning for questions using the terms "survivalism" and "preparedness", hoping to find a category in which such a topic was suitably classified. Yet I found questions in:

Home and Garden - Other
Hunting
Politics
Philosophy
Geology
Hunting

I worked for 5 years at Barnes and Noble, running the newsstand. In all my time there, most every magazine I came across regarding survivalism was filed under hunting. The books ranged from cooking (Apocalypse Chow) to sports under H for hunting (these would be the gun books, including priced guides which have nothing to do with Hunting, technically) to Weapons of War or sports under C for camping (also not really a camping thing, especially if one is preparedness minded for survival At Home). So... if there's not a classification for this type of topic, and it doesn't belong in Hunting, where Does it go? o.O

Since preparedness is both a lifestyle and a mindset, I am a bit lost on where to even begin to classify this according to Yahoo's provided categories. Thoughts?

That would be a very interesting category and a well needed category. There are a lot of different situations that could come into play and having a place for people to ask even the simplest questions on preparedness would be very beneficial. People feed off of other people's ideas. Things like how to get water from leaves or fire from ice would be very interesting survival skills. There are a lot of people that were in hurricane Katrina that had no survival skills except for learning to loot. In times of trial we don't need looters, rapists, and such people running ramped. We need people who can lead with the basic survival skills. A section would help give us those type people. For example... there is another way to produce energy from water and electricity and it's called HHO. That is a simple skill that could be used to make electricity, heat, and a cutting tool from spare parts. That could cover a very wide range of subjects.

2009-01-09 09:17:03 by rustedbutterfly