Monday miscellany

by M.D. Creekmore — April 22, 2013 — 53 comments

1. And How Many Bullets Do You Need? : “Think  about that for just a moment.  It took a dozen or more cops, who are  trained professionals, who practice on at least a weekly basis with their  firearms, to fire 200 rounds before he finally died.” 2. FBI Investigated Boston Terror Suspect Two Years :

Continue Reading…

Help me choose a winner…

by M.D. Creekmore — April 21, 2013 — 30 comments

Today, marks the end of our latest non-fiction writing contest and as usual with so many great articles posted over the past 60 days, it’s difficult to pick the top three (3), so please help me out by listing your top three choices in the comments below. Points to consider Which three articles that were

Continue Reading…

What did you do to prep this week?

by M.D. Creekmore — April 20, 2013 — 621 comments

Well folks it looks like we’ve made it another week… When I posted last weeks ”What did you do to prep this week” segment it was nice and sunny, with the temperature in the low 70′s, well as they say around here; if you don’t like the weather stick around for a few hours and it will change…

Continue Reading…

Prepping for Pandemic Flu: Part II

by Guest Blogger — April 19, 2013 — 131 comments

This guest post by Bam Bam  and entry in our non-fiction writing contest. This is the second part of a two-part series on H7N9 (you can read part one here). The first part provided background information on the new bird flu. Most significantly, H7N9 is mutating rapidly. Authorities in China are watching carefully to see if the virus mutates into

Continue Reading…

Friday poll: Is it OK to use facebook / myspace / twitter / google+?

by M.D. Creekmore — April 19, 2013 — 111 comments

Let us know what you think in the comments below…

Continue Reading…

A homemade mosquito trap that really works!

by Guest Blogger — April 19, 2013 — 39 comments

A homemade mosquito trap that really works! By hze1955 Items needed: 1 cup of water 1/4 cup of brown sugar 1 gram of yeast 1 2-liter bottle HOW: 1. Cut the plastic bottle in half. 2. Mix brown sugar with hot water. Let cool. When cold, pour in the bottom half of the bottle. 3.

Continue Reading…

The Top 50 Things to Disappear from Store Shelves during an Emergency

by M.D. Creekmore — April 19, 2013 — 12 comments

By Tom Sciacca Have you ever noticed how, whenever a big storm is predicted, people start rushing to stores to clean them out of ever food item and supply they have on the shelves? In one sense, it’s probably good that they are trying to anticipate the emergency, despite being last-minute about it. It sure

Continue Reading…

News from the Redoubt of the East

by M.D. Creekmore — April 19, 2013 — 22 comments

Tennessee: House Approves School Security Measure : “A proposal that would allow school districts to allow people with police training to be armed in schools has passed the Senate. The measure was approved 27-6 on Thursday. The House approved it 82-15 earlier this week.” Barns of East Tennessee1

Continue Reading…

Friday miscellany

by M.D. Creekmore — April 19, 2013 — 81 comments

1 of 2 Mass. bomb suspects dead : “Two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing killed an MIT police officer, injured a transit officer in a firefight and threw explosive devices at police during their getaway attempt in a long night of violence that left one of them dead and another still at large Friday,

Continue Reading…

Internet service is down!

by M.D. Creekmore — April 17, 2013 — 55 comments

Sorry, folk my internet service has been down – just started working long enough to post this update. I’ve contacted my “service” provider, but no repairs have been done yet. Hopefully, this will be sorted out soon.

Continue Reading…

JM Bullion is offering a $5 off discount with the code TSBNET

by M.D. Creekmore — April 15, 2013 — 48 comments

JM Bullion is offering a $5 off discount with the code TSBNET, and it is good indefinitely.  It’s only for $5 off any first time order – but five bucks in your pocket beats five out. I bought a tube of 20 American Silver Eagles from them a few months ago and was very happy. Also Heirloom Organics

Continue Reading…

H7N9: The Next Pandemic Flu?

by Guest Blogger — April 15, 2013 — 43 comments

This guest post by Bam Bam  and entry in our non-fiction writing contest. You can read part two here. Introduction Scientists in China have identified a novel strain of the influenza virus, H7N9, which a little more than two weeks ago jumped from birds to humans. In the past two weeks, the novel bird flu has infected 62 and

Continue Reading…

Review of Spiraling Downward: Thinking About and Planning for Economic Collapse

by Guest Blogger — April 15, 2013 — 8 comments

Review by Scott P MD Creekmore, I appreciate that you, your readers, and the people submitting content add value to the prepper community as a whole. Not only does your site provide know how and skills, but it’s become a community where people help each other. We often prepare for different reasons, but the steps

Continue Reading…

Monday miscellany

by M.D. Creekmore — April 15, 2013 — 74 comments

1. Why Does The US Government Need 30,000 Guillotines And Over 600 Million Rounds Of Hollow Point Bullets? : “There are over 800 prison camps in the United States. All fully operational and ready to receive prisoners. They are all staffed and even surrounded by full-time guards.” 2. Evangelicals could be put on watch list,

Continue Reading…

What did you do to prep this week?

by M.D. Creekmore — April 13, 2013 — 636 comments

Well folks it’s a beautiful day here on the Cumberland plateau aka The Redoubt of the East - with a clear blue sky, sunshine, and a slight breeze with an expected high in the low 70′s. Folks, don’t get me wrong no place is a “perfect” retreat location, but after weighing the plus and minus factors it’s easy to see that

Continue Reading…

So What If The Sky Is falling!

by Guest Blogger — April 12, 2013 — 58 comments

This guest post by Mike  and entry in our non-fiction writing contest. How many of you remember the story of the little bird that was hit on the head with an acorn and ran around screaming “The Sky Is Falling!! The Sky Is Falling!!” Chicken Little convincingly tells Henny Penny and they both tell Ducky Lucky, and

Continue Reading…

Friday poll: do YOU support expanding background checks

by M.D. Creekmore — April 12, 2013 — 92 comments

We’ve all read and heard about the “polls” with results showing that about 90% of Americans support expanding background checks. So I decided that we should do our own poll to find out the truth – I don’t know about you but no one has called or polled me or asked for my opinion. How about you?

Continue Reading…

Friday miscellany

by M.D. Creekmore — April 12, 2013 — 67 comments

1. FCC considers relaxing TV standards for nudity, profanity : “F-bombs” and some female frontal nudity could soon become kosher for primetime TV. Maybe it’s time to consider some live fire practice on your TV? We have better things to do anyway! 2. Three Days Before Shooting “United Way Extends Our Most Sincere Condolences To

Continue Reading…

Is Prepping Keeping You Poor?

by M.D. Creekmore — April 10, 2013 — 127 comments

Face it, you probably don’t have the financial resources of the fictional survivalist  character ‘Burt Gummer’. Most of us don’t, but that doesn’t mean you can’t be prepared for disaster, but I’ll admit, it would be nice to have all the toys and survival gear the character has on the Tremors movies and television series… The underground bunker with

Continue Reading…

Catching Mr. Whisker’s

by M.D. Creekmore — April 10, 2013 — 19 comments

This guest post by Harold D and entry in our non-fiction writing contest. Well old Mr. Whisker’s has become a target of fishing in the last five years or so. When I started fishing for them forty or so years back, people would just look at you. Now if they see that you have a stringer full,

Continue Reading…

Alcohol: uses and warnings addressed

by M.D. Creekmore — April 10, 2013 — 40 comments

Email from Denise H MD, someone said we needed to address the uses of vodka and pga…I found this info. I am not a person who consumes alcohol. I started this as a “tongue in cheek ” article. I still will not drink, but it is very necessary to realize the various uses of the

Continue Reading…

Cops and gun control

by Guest Blogger — April 10, 2013 — 20 comments

Email from Scott G Here some articles about the results of a survey of 15,000 cops regarding gun control. It’s good reading. Here’s an excerpt: “More than 91 percent of respondents (cops) support the concealed carry of firearms by civilians who have not been convicted of a felony and/or not been deemed psychologically/medically incapable.” PoliceOne Gun

Continue Reading…

Wednesday miscellany

by M.D. Creekmore — April 10, 2013 — 63 comments

Mass Stabbing On Texas Campus With Weapons Ban : “Reports indicate up to 14 people were stabbed by an individual armed with a knife at the Houston-area LoneStar College on the morning of April 9.” Well folks I wonder it Long Knives will be amended to the “assault weapons” ban being pushed by our well

Continue Reading…

Firearms training when ammo is scarce!

by Guest Blogger — April 8, 2013 — 64 comments

This guest post by Blair and entry in our non-fiction writing contest. Looking at the empty ammo shelves at Wal-mart the other day, I was reminded that, while this ammo shortage is likely to be temporary, there will come a time when the shelves will be permanently bare. Ammo will be scarce resource, to be rationed and closely monitored.

Continue Reading…

More information on the health benifits of honey

by Guest Blogger — April 8, 2013 — 34 comments

The health benefits and healing power of honey Letter and provided links from Denise H. Here is a list of articles on remedies and health benefits of alternative medicine, the top several are specifically on honey. There is also one on sore throats and pepper. Thought you might want to post these links… as a

Continue Reading…
“A prudent person foresees the danger ahead and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.” Proverbs 27:12


Copyright © 2006-2013 The Survivalist Blog.net - Emergency preparedness and survival strategies for families, preppers and survivalists - All rights reserved.

Dedicated IP Address: 173.201.144.10Sitemap