I recently found this excellent post at the ReadyNutrition blog. I thought it was so valuable I had to mirror it here. They include some great suggestions, some of which we’ve touched upon here before (when we wrote about Survival Supplies), plus a few that we haven’t mentioned on Gulf Coast Survival before. After reading [...]
Category Archives: Preparedness
10 Essential Survival Tools
11-Oct-11There are a number of strange circumstances surrounding the recently reported killing of Osama bin Laden that just don’t “add up”. I don’t want to make this a long post, so here are the five foremost things that stick out in my mind (in no particular order): He was instantly killed – not captured. It [...]
Three Essential Water Survival Devices
18-Jan-11It should be common knowledge that the number one most important resource that you need for survival is clean, potable water. While you can survive many days without food, you can’t go for more than a few days without water or death will ensue. In modern America, we unfortunately take the need for water for [...]
On the excellent site Whisky & Gunpoweder, I recently read an article that makes an excellent point about gold. Byron King wrote: Now, if you’ve watched the news, you know gold has already breached the $1,000 mark. But there’s every reason to suspect this is only the beginning. Even after this tremendous run-up, we expect [...]
Food and Water Shortages?
14-Jul-10It’s quite possible that very soon you will see a food/water shortage. Don’t believe it? Then you need to take a look at what happened in the Massachusetts suburbs just this year: it was full-scale chaos. (Be sure to watch the video.) I don’t want to raise false alarms, and I think you’ll see that [...]
Survival Clothing Essentials
14-Jul-10Surviving (or escaping) a disaster in the Gulf Region of the U.S. involves some different priorities than it would in, say, the Northwestern U.S.A. The reasons for this have primarily to do with climate. Secondarily, I am guessing that there are some nuances of difference due to culture and people. But to address the issue [...]
List of Supplies to Keep on Hand
08-Jul-10In case things get rough – and I hope you realize that they will – you need to keep some things on hand. Here’s a beginning list of items you should purchase and stockpile now. A water purifier (a table-top one like a Brita or even better would be a Berkey model) Beef jerky Canned [...]