http://www.survivalboards.com Survival Forum SHTF Survivalist Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:08:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.survivalboards.com/2011-09-27/survivalist-opsec/ Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:27:33 +0000 Kevin http://www.survivalboards.com/?p=10053 As a survivalist, live part of your life by one simple saying - "loose lips sink ships". There is an episode of the Twilight Zone where some satellites are picked up as incoming nuclear missiles. One man and his family has taken the time to build a bomb shelter under his house, but none of the other neighbors have taken the time to prepare. As the news of the "missiles" is broadcast over the radio, people started to panic. The family that had the shelter started moving supplies into the shelter, filling jars with water, grabbing flashlights and batteries, moving canned goods from the kitchen to the shelter,,,,. After the family closed the door to their shelter, the neighbors start beating on the steel door demanding the family let everyone else in. As the missiles are getting closer, the neighbors start tearing down the steel door of the shelter. As the door is just about to be removed, the news reports that the missiles are really satellites, and the whole alarm was a mistake.

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Full Story>>>]]> http://www.survivalboards.com/2011-06-20/ideas-for-a-get-home-bag/ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 01:38:57 +0000 Kevin http://www.survivalboards.com/?p=7872 Get Home Bag Ideas If I had to walk home, here are some items that I would like to have in my get home bag. 32 ounce water bottle Rain poncho - even a light duty one LED light, something like a Surefire G2X Pro Mainstay rations Road map Phone number / contact list Rope - 550 cord Multi-tool Small first aid kit Paper, pen and sharpie / felt tip magic marker Money - at least $20 One of the first packs that comes to mind is the Maxpedition Noatak

Full Story>>>]]> http://www.survivalboards.com/2011-04-21/well-rounded-survival-plans/ Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:04:37 +0000 Kevin http://www.survivalboards.com/?p=7510 I think there is a tendency to focus more on preps, and less on being self-sufficient. Who "really" wants to check on the rabbits, goats, chickens and pigs after working 8 - 10 hours? In todays urban sprawl, finding land to have a small farm is rather difficult as well. For a survivalist to be self-sufficient, their not only going to need fruits and vegetables, their also going to need meats, protein, eggs and fat. The problem is, for most people living in the city, having farm animals is not an option. So its a win-lose situation - people move to the city to get a job, but have to leave their farm life behind. Here in Texas, its estimated that the average people has been removed from farm life for at least 2 - 3 generations. If some kind of long term SHTF situation happens, people will have a lot of learning to do. Those already living on a farm might adjust well, but those used to urban life and instant satisfaction might be a little disappointed. In the rural areas where I live, its not uncommon to see rows of pecan trees from the first settlers. But now, we are more worried about planting pine trees to sell for timber, then planting fruit trees. Its not enough to just buy preps, without developing a well rounded long term survival plan. Stockpiling rice, beans, pasta, powered milk and pancake mix in mylar bags is not a long term survival plan, its a temporary survival plan. Buying superpails, making homemade superpails, stockpiling MREs, storing food in mylar bags just prolongs the inevitable, and that is running out of food.

Full Story>>>]]> http://www.survivalboards.com/2010-08-13/complicated-survivalist-plans/ Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:59:49 +0000 Kevin http://www.survivalboards.com/?p=3951 When talking to survivalist, it becomes clear that some of them have no idea as to what they would do if a long term disaster set in. For the sake of argument, lets say that some kind of new virus came out of the Amazon. Loggers are cutting in areas that mankind has not seen in 10,000 years. While moving the logs, a worker is exposed to some kind of virus. He goes about his daily routine for a few days, walking around town, going to the local stores, spreads the virus. And just like with the swine flu, in a matter or days its spread all over the world.

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