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Should I be buying food/water/guns/ammo?
By: Double Eights
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Honest question here. Should I tell my parents to stock up on food, water, guns, and ammo? Just in case. I live away from home, as I am a college student living on campus, but with the continued economic collapse, I am getting worried that the whole system might crumble. In which case, the only...
Its only a gut feeling BUT
By: Northern Raider
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Dunno about you good people but something about this financial meltdown is making me nervous. its not the stocks and shares crap or the mortgage failings because I can not afford to save or buy shares. But something tells me the way oil is falling in price, grain prices are also falling yet because...
Alpha Rubicon
By: CeltAngel
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Has anyone seen the web site? They're pretty hard-core and membership is limited, but they have a ton of information on the "free" part of their web site. In particular, I highly recommend that everyone reads this article on what they call . It's a 10,000 foot view on what survival really means...
So your...
By: Mabus
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...home could burn down and your wallet/purse could get mugged... The questions are then: 1. What in all do you keep in your wallet/purse that's important? 2. What in all do you leave in your home that's imporant? 3. What is the safest place to keep all important things? Note:...


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Nuclear event survival chances
By: In nothing we trust
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What are the chances of surviving a nuclear event of unknown magnitide by distance? At 5 miles what are the chances of survival? At 10 miles? At 15 miles? etc. [edit on 4-10-2008 by In nothing we trust]
Thinking about taking off to Alaskan Wilderness.Any suggestions?
By: daeoeste
Replies: 46
This is a mad world we live in,and it seems doom and gloom are the norm,if you are paying the slightest attention.With everything seemingly headed for ruin and police state,I want to be left the hell alone.I want to start this post off by saying I want...
Unusual Survival Items
By: Death_Kron
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Hi Everyone, I have just been looking on Wikipedia about survival kits, just out of curiousity really - I have a strange habbit of looking up various things on wikipedia :P Anyways, one of the items mentioned was black shoe polish and I quote:...
ITS time to have plan B for ATS in an event of internet shutdown
By: greenjuice
Replies: 25
the recent economy status warrants a crash which it wll lead to server shutting down cuz of funds or govt intervention the alternatives we can have is usenet(being banned by isps as they have no control over it and it not part of the internet) BBS...
Communication in the event of the unthinkable
By: Mr Headshot
Replies: 22
I've been thinking a lot lately about a collapse and everything associated with the possiblity and a thought crossed my mind. How would we, part of this group, stay in touch. Would we set a rally point or a way point? Would we all go in seperate paths...
question about MREs
By: wheresthetruth
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With the weirdness going on in the world today, I have started adding a few extra canned items and seasons to my shopping list for the expressed purpose of long term storage. I started looking into MREs as well. As a former soldier, I know that a...

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I was attacked today. I am stunned.
By: seejanerun
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I was attacked today. I am fine physically, mentally I'm not so sure. I am a 48 year old woman that lives in Columbus, Ohio. I like to think I am street smart. I walk against traffic (even though I was taught to walk with...
Where to buy an unregistered Rifle/Shotgun?
By: Ketzer22
Replies: 48
Seeing all the economic trouble its becoming more and more evident that we may be facing an economic crisis type situation and I want to be prepared. So I'm just wondering where I could find an unregistered gun? Or would...
Best skill to have in a post apocalyptic world?
By: DisabledVet
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I was wondering what would be the single best skill to have in a post WW3 world. (We shall assume that everyone knows how to feed,clothe and provide shelter for themselves, grow veggies, fish, hunt etc etc) For...
How to prepare for a depression
By: Wildbob77
Replies: 41
The economy, in short, is in a world of hurt. I’m caught in quite a quandary. I can’t afford to retire but I worry about a depression hitting the US and/or the world. Whenever there is a glitch in the US economy...
In The Event of A U.S Meltdown Where Would You Go?
By: thefreepatriot
Replies: 38
Just wondering if people here have any ideas of where to go in the event of a complete United States collapse.. obviously I can see the possibility of riots and civil disorder.. Congress reportedly met in secret for this...
The Pain Barrier
By: Death_Kron
Replies: 26
Hi Everyone, Just wanted to know what everyones thoughts are regarding the pain barrier i.e. a persons ability to withstand and potentially ignore amounts of pain without letting it stop them achieving their goal (survival?)...
The Sit X bike
By: Dar Kuma
Replies: 25
The ultimate SIT X bike set up. I know some of you are ready for the Sit X, But is your bike? I have been riding bikes since I was about 6 but the best bike i have ever ridden has to be the simple singlespeed....
Survival for smokers
By: Unit541
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Most smokers have attempted to quit in the past. That said, most of us know how difficult it is to deal with the effects of nicotine withdrawal. Most of us are also aware of, and suffer from, the adverse effects that regular...

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Obama to ban the sale/transfer of ALL Semi-Automatic weapons.
By: Illahee
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Principles that Obama supports on gun issues: * Ban the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic weapons. * Increase state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms. * Require manufacturers...
Mini 14, Bushmaster or Kalashnikov...which makes the most sense for all around survival weapon?
By: BlackOps719
Replies: 163
Recently I have decided to invest in a good all purpose rifle that can be used for possible hunting as well as a defense weapon. I already own quite a few different hunting rifles, shotguns and hand guns, but I am interested...
Whats you Favorite Martial Art and Why
By: _Heretic
Replies: 159
I was involved in a thread in which the subject of martial arts came up, and we were really interested in talking more about it. I saw a thread a while back on what people thought the best art was. I didn't respond because...
What would you do if someone was beheaded in front of you?
By: Vasa Croe
Replies: 135
This comes from thread. I had to start this because of my strong feelings in the case of civilians not doing anything to help someone being butchered in front of them. I am a very confident and strong advocate for...
Survive yourself?
By: Death_Kron
Replies: 108
As this is a survival forum, I'd like to pose a question: It's all fair and good, creating a AWOL/BOB bag, planning for SitX, locating cache sites, stockpiling goods, but has anyone ever thought about "true" survival?...
Survival Help if Your Underage and a Female!!!!
By: Ggurl777
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Survival Help if Your Underage and a Female!!!! Okay heres the deal I'm 16 and alos African American which has got me real scared if SITX happens if SITX happens then i'm screwed cause I ain't got no weapons expect...
Survival Ammo - armor piercing?
By: ThreeDeuce
Replies: 68
Okay, so I've been reading the threads about what weapon is best for survival..... I'm curious about what a friend of mine told me almost 10 years ago. He said that the best thing to do is get a clip with half armor...
Basic Survial Kit Recap
By: truth_seeker3
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Okay, I know for a fact that some one has started a thread like this, but when I as digging in previous threads, I haven't come across the one I'm about to propose, or I just missed one, so correct me please if some one found...
A Good Survival Quiz
By: LLoyd45
Replies: 66
Here's a quiz to test your basic survival knowledge. How much do you really know about personal survival? Take the quiz and find out! Most of the answers are just common sense, but we all know that common sense is becoming...
Do you think you could deal with the emotional stress of having to kill to survive
By: Anuubis
Replies: 61
When TSHTF we will all most likely be faced with a situation that's either kill or be killed. There is a lot of emotional stress in dealing with the fact that you've just taken away from a person everything they have had,...




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