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This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Urban Nomad These days, “survivalism” has come to mean preparing for great events like nuclear holocaust or total government collapse. But disaster may come on a much more personal level. Individuals can suffer catastrophe as surely as nations can. When they do, it [...]

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Ron G While Solar Flares and Electro Magnetic Pulse are real and while it is theoretically possible that we could lose all advanced electronics we need to ask, “Is it probable”? Myself, I don’t think so. I started to write about why I think [...]

Staying safe and anonymous while working online with free software. While not technically a survival topic, I feel that knowing how to better protect yourself while on-line to be essential in today’s would of ID theft, hackers and government spies. The first thing you should understand is that there is no way to make your computer [...]

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by FemaleUrbanPrepper I am fairly new to the prepping community (and to this blog) and have found much useful information from long-term food storage for bugging in to BOBs for getting out. There is something I have thought of a lot but have never come across [...]

First off I would like to thank everyone for their help in making The Survivalist Blog one of the most popular and widely read survival type blogs online today. We are now up to an average of just over 10,000 direct hits per day plus 7,860 readers by RSS and Email. Folks that’s a total [...]

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Michele In December 2008, I got 2 feet of snow. OK, so some of you are laughing – 2’ – so what? But this area usually only gets 6-8 inches a couple of times a year, which is mostly gone the next day, [...]

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Edward R One of the common sayings in my household is, “The more technology advances the less intelligent people become.” This is not meant to be an insult to anyone in particular, but is rather an observation of fact about our society as a [...]

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Lindsey J. from Pa Will you be ready in a moments notice? I have asked myself this question on a daily basis. I just wanted to send along some things that I do, to make sure that if I would have to leave [...]

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Elaine in TX I have been gathering things that I have and started using them in preparation. I inherited a lot of cast iron cookware from my dad. He used to go camping with the boy scouts – and started seasoning them and storing them [...]