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120 Recommended Books for Your EOTW/Survival Library: Not my list, nor my article, but still useful ~ MEG
Ever since I started prepping, I have always realized the importance of books; both in a pre and post survival situation. Whether you're learning now or gathering books that you may need in the future, this list is to help you fill your library with the right kind of books.

A Buckskin Man's Pocket: Fly Dope. Protection Against Black Flies, Mosquitoes, Midgets And No-See-Ums. The Call Of The Wild.

How to Start a Neighborhood Bartering Club - A great way to save money and create connections with neighbors is to start a neighborhood bartering club. You and your neighbors can trade things that everyone needs, create a close-knit community, and come out ahead at the end of the month!

Starting Your Own Bartering Club - Bartering is not negotiating! Bartering is "trading" for a service, or for the goods you want. In essence, bartering is simply buying or paying for goods or services using some thing other than money (coins or government printed paper dollars).

Barter Items Discussion & Suggestions A distant thread in misc.consumers.frugal-living about things that can be purchased now for very little money which may prove invaluable for use/trading after TEOTWAWKI - or even an economic collapse...

The Extension Agent's Handbook for Emergency Preparation and Response can be a valuable response tool for you in times of emergency or as an aid in preparedness education activities. The Handbook is divided into two parts to provide the information you need in an easy-to-use format. The first section of the Handbook, General Family Preparedness, provides basic information you may need to access quickly in any disaster or emergency situation.

Beth's Preparedness Handouts : Would a few preparedness handouts be handy for giving out at your church, ladies group or preparedness organization? These handouts, designed to be single page stand alone flyers, are just right for augmenting a program already in place. They will help keep the members of your group centered on provident living even if nothing is said about it at the meeting. [Now hosted OnSite]

Cache Techniques Tutorial This is a complete series of articles about caching, the third most important tool a survivalist has. The first being knowledge of how to survive under any circumstance, the second is being in good enough physical condition to survive under any circumstance. See Also: The Cache - Tips & Aussie Article and Weapons Caching Series

TC 31-29A U.S. ARMY SPECIAL FORCES CACHING TECHNIQUES Text hosted online by SSRsi.

COMMONSENSE PREPAREDNESS JUST MAKES SENSE by Jackie Clay : What if that snowstorm turned to a blizzard or an ice storm lasted for days, knocking out the power and phone lines? Would you be prepared? Or what if you lost your job, or an illness or injury prevented you from working for a lengthy time? Could you survive? Or what if you had a severe economic depression? Could you and your family cope?

EMERGENCY FOOD AND WATER SUPPLIES - If an earthquake, hurricane, winter storm or other disaster ever strikes your community, you might not have access to food, water and electricity for days, or even weeks. By taking a little time now to store emergency food and water supplies, you can provide for your entire family. This brochure was developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Family Protection Programs which provides information to help families prepare for all types of disasters.

Camping Trip Analogy (What not to do in the woods?) By Member Submission. FOREWARD: Here's a story about a man who went camping with some friends who weren't prepared for camping. Now, imagine if it wasn't just a camping trip, but a real-time crisis.

Preparedness Questions Here is a series of questions that address the various problems you might be faced with in a situation where you have no utilities. For each question, write down your solution, and the equipment and supplies needed to achieve this solution on a Worksheet. These questions are meant to get you thinking about possible scenarios, and you'll find that there are some missing.

Preparedness: A Concept of Life {Link updated 3/15/11} Basic Preparedness Concepts. Earthquakes, floods, fires, lightning, crime, tornados, chemical spills, hurricanes, vehicle accidents, urban violence, food shortages, extreme temperatures, power outages, nuclear accidents. How many of the above threaten your safety and that of your family's? A realistic analysis of the risks shows the answer to be more than we care to think about. In order to keep yourself and your family as safe as possible from harm and discomfort, you need to prepare for anything that might happen.

Planning Think List Points to Consider When Making Your Preparedness Plan. By Robin Hanus. When beginning your preparedness planning, it can quickly become overwhelming when you realize all of the things that you need to consider. Often, we become so overwhelmed that we delay making our preparations. The following is a think list that will help you in your preparations by breaking down the tasks into smaller segments. There are certain items and supplies that you will need in order to be self-reliant and this think list will help identify those.

Field Critique Outline {Link updated 3/15/11} If you have a group of people (family, friends, etc.) that you are making dry runs or having practice sessions at living under field conditions, you may find this outline useful. It is designed to help evaluate your procedures, leadership, and readiness.

"Layering" Personal Defenses By: Goshin, 26 June 2003. A good retreat defense-plan will include "layers": Long-Range Recon Patrol, outer perimeter, pre-set positions, fallback positions, inner perimeter, stronghold, covered line of retreat, rally points, escape plans.

Realities of Being a Survivalist (Getting Past the "Bug Out" Mentality) Written by Benjamin T. Moore I found it interesting, but I'll let you decide.

With commonsense planning, you can survive hard times This article, I hope, will help you prepare for any eventuality, whether it’s the Y2K Bug, a major economic collapse, an earthquake or hurricane, or even a death in the family that brings on hard times for you personally. The steps outlined below will also insure a better quality of life if nothing every comes your way.

Commonsense preparedness just makes sense Commonsense preparedness is not a new concept based on the fear of an Armageddon. It is an old idea that goes back to biblical times when Joseph advised the pharaoh to store food for the coming famine. In modern times Mormons, Mennonites, Amish, and even our grandparents lead or have led lives based on being prepared for unexpected hard times.

Sample Survival Package. SAMPLE PLAN, SURVIVAL PREPARATION all on one page and interesting enough to take a gander.

OA Equipment List Page. All kinds of lists for: General Group Equipment List, First Aid Equipment List, Warm Weather Backpacking Personal Equipment List, Moderate Weather Backpacking Personal Equipment List, Cold Weather Backpacking Personal Equipment List, Winter Camping Personal Equipment List and the Marrison Bear Bag System

Here are some FEMA fallout shelter plans {Link updated 3/15/11} that have been digitized and can be downloaded from THIS PAGE. You can DOWNLOAD several ADOBE ACROBAT digitized FEMA plans and a few in ZIP files of HTML documents. Courtesy of "Rafleet" at the Blast Shelter.

Hazard Maps – Just when you thought you were somewhere "safe!" Check these out. Courtesy of "Rafleet" at the Blast Shelter.

BUNKER AND SHELTER ROOF DESIGN. This appendix is used to design a standard stringer roof that will defeat a contact burst projectile when the materials used are not listed in the table, Center-to-Center Spacing for Wood Supporting Soil Cover to Defeat Contact Bursts. The two example problems in this appendix were worked with a hand-held calculator and the complete digital display is listed. This listing enables a complete step-by-step following without the slight numerical variation caused by rounding. In reality, rounding each result to three significant digits will not significantly alter the outcome.

Fighting Position Design Details. Fighting positions for some 60-70 different situations/weapon systems.

"Natural Hazards Center Database" CU-Boulder database for natural hazards. Articles on innumerable topics. Search forever, you won't be able to read it all – but read the instructions for use or you’ll only get frustrated (trust me, I did!)

"The Global Change Master Directory" Want to read some really scary stuff? Search here.

"Diary of the Planet" Really cool interactive map of the world uses clickable symbols to highlight locations of events around the globe. Click on a symbol to read a short article related to the event. Updated weekly and has archives of past weeks.

Chapter 1 of Captain Dave's Survival Guide - "What To Prepare For" Follow the links to view the whole guide from here. Pretty well thought out

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