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On the Beach by Nevil Shute

Spoiler Warning: This post contains material about the book “On the Beach” by Nevil Shute, if you haven’t read it, and hate being told the contents or endings of things you haven’t read, stop reading now.

On the Beach by Nevil Shute one of those EOTW books I have been getting recently from Robert and Peter at Booktown in New Westminister. I had put the book on my must read list as a result of…

Last Light by Alex Scarrow

  Last Light has to one of the more recent books I’ve read to make it to my mental list of must reads. The reason I would include this has more to do with setting of this novel then anything else, the plot wasn’t that good.

The story opens up with the main character being a civilian engineer working in Iraq when all hell breaks loose, the end result is the end of oil. This story is really about…

Primitive Cooking Methods You need To Know For When SHTF

Preppers or even people in general have at least once considered the possibility of not being able to cook like we usually do, on stoves or other such modern cooking methods. Well, if ever the odds go out of your favor all of these considerable possibilities may have to be used. You don’t always need a kitchen and a stove to cook your food;…

5 Water Storage Tips Everyone Should Know

Please note this article is about water storage tips.  Purification of water is a different topic, although I do touch the topic here a bit.

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A mini interview with the author of gpredict

Alexandru Csete, also known as OZ9AEC is a physicist from the University of Aarhus, and works as in the European space industry, and a holder of a CEPT Cat. 1 amateur radio certificate since 1991. He is also the author of gpredict which I have mention in my Beginner’s Guide to HAM Radio (Debian Program List) on this blog. His primary interests today are satellite comms, building and modifying…

The Survival Template by John Heatherly

One of the first survival books I ever read when I was an early teen stated that survival in the wilderness was 80% attitude and 20% skill and knowledge. It went on in detail about how to build a shelter in the woods, track game for setting snares etc. I always held onto that key note about the 80% during all the times I went on walkabouts in the Canadian woods, and I can state clearly and…

What you are about to watch is a nightmare

“What you are about to watch is a nightmare. It is not meant to be prophetic, it need not happen, it’s the fervent and urgent prayer of all men of good will that it shall never happen. But in this place, in this moment, it does happen. This is the Twilight Zone.” – Intro to the Twilight Zone episode “The Shelter” .

  How many people know that you are a survivalist? How many of them know where you…

Thanks to Kymber of the Ontario Preppers Network for this post on CPN, I would like to give due notice to all those who have shown interest in moving onto our farm after we move to Ontario. I would like to give due notice about a few things you should be made aware of, in addition, I have posted this on my blog so that there is no excuse for not knowing them in advance.

My wife and I have changed…

This one is a round up, over the last week I have come to the conclusion that there are several things that I should have done differently right at the beginning. If I was to make these lessons into rules for my own life I would make the following into stone. The end result would be to end up being prepared. Call them if you will the ten rules of prepping.

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Last Light by Alex Scarrow

Last Light by Alex Scarrow

ISBN: 978-0752886145

  Last Light has to one of the more recent books I’ve read to make it to my mental list of must reads. The reason I would include this has more to do with setting of this novel then anything else, the plot wasn’t that good. (more…)

On The Beach by Nevil Shute

Spoiler Warning: This post contains material about the book “On the Beach” by Nevil Shute, if you haven’t read it, and hate being told the contents or endings of things you haven’t read, stop reading now.

On the Beach by Nevil Shute one of those EOTW books I have been getting recently from Robert and Peter at Booktown in New Westminister. I had put the book on my must read list as a result of…

An Introduction To Prepping For Kids

There is very little in the way of helping parents explain to young kids about prepping. Yet alone, children’s books to help get them to read without some left wing PC garbage tossed in. Enter in to our little corn of the web a series written by Kermit Jones Jr and illustrated by Christy Brill. (more…)

Letter Ultimate Food Shortage Survival by Jason Richards

Dan …

I got a question for you. For the past five months, I’ve been seriously researching and putting together my own bug-out plan. I’m coming along nicely with my backpacks, and was gonna buy the Jason Richards books from the site for $27 (Ultimate Food Shortage Survival) to pack even lighter, but wanted to get your opinion on it first. I’ve checked reviews online, blogs… seems legit… I can also…

The Outdoorsman’s Workshop by Monte Burch

Survival Book Review:

Title: The Outdoorsman’s Workshop

Author: Monte Burch

ISBN: 0-87691-239-0

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EcoZoom for Your BOL

Updated: March 2013 I have several camping style stoves in my home. I love the classic kerosine burning Coleman that is at least 30 years old that I found via www.freecycle.org. It is perfect for those family camping trips, and brings back pleasant memories of bygone years. When I go on my walkabouts I tend to bring along a little butane powered stove to boil water with, those Mountain House…

Book Wish List Misc

Book Wish List Oct 2008

OK, here it is, my book wish list. It is not by any means complete, although very long, but I will try to update it as time goes on. I am mainly interested in “How To” books, anything published by Foxfire Fund, Inc. Basically, DIY guides related to getting back to the land, gardening, homesteading, survival. My collection is mostly Non-Fiction, including history, crafts, self-efficiency, early…