Signs Of The Time, Part 102
From the official website of the National Association of REALTORS- realtor.com- this past Tuesday: “Prepping for Doomsday: Bunkers, Panic Rooms, and Going Off the Grid” Excerpts from the article...
View ArticleProject Prepper, Part 46: Summer Storm Gear Check
In the last installment of the “Project Prepper” series of posts, I talked about “threat priorities” and how severe weather is a top one for me. I blogged: From my vantage point, here are the “top 3”...
View ArticleResource Of The Week: In The Rabbit Hole Urban Survival Podcast
In yesterday’s post I talked about modern survivalist Jack Spirko and his advice for dealing with this election cycle’s intensifying insanity. I mentioned Spirko is the long-time host of The Survival...
View ArticleWGN’s Pat Tomasulo Prepares For TEOTWAWKI Post-Cubs World Series Win
The Chicago Cubs have won the World Series, ending a 108-year “drought.” Could this be The End Of The World As We Know It? After all, this North Side professional baseball club have been those...
View ArticlePrepping: ‘It’s Become Less Out Of The Ordinary, Less Extreme’
Earlier today I stumbled across a pretty decent article about the current state of “prepping” in the United States on the Chicago Tribune website. I say “pretty decent” because I’m so used to seeing...
View ArticlePrepping Now $40 Billion Industry In U.S.?
Last week, I blogged about a Chicago Tribune article on the current state of “prepping” in America. Last night I came across another insightful piece on the status of prepping in the U.S. on The Daily...
View ArticlePhilly’s Fox 29 News Visits “The Preppers Next Door”
Last night I came across a Fox 29 (Philadelphia) news segment from December 6 entitled “A visit with the preppers next door.” From the accompanying article: Don’t call them paranoid. Call them...
View ArticleRich Americans Keep On Prepping
Regular readers of Survival And Prosperity know that I’ve been observing and blogging about “prepping” for several years now. Case in point, this 2011 post recapping a new TV show called Doomsday...
View ArticleExpensive SHTF Preps New Status Symbol In New York City?
Last night’s post about rich Americans charging full-steam ahead with their prepping reminded me of an article I read on the New York Post website at the start of this month. The January 1 piece...
View ArticleCould California’s Recent Heavy Rainfall Trigger A Big Earthquake?
“20 inches of rain, 12 feet of snow finally end 5-year drought in N. California” –USA TODAY website, January 12, 2017 “Drenched: How L.A. went from bone-dry to 216% of normal rainfall in four months”...
View ArticleNorthwestern Chicago Survival Expo In Grayslake On March 18-19
Any Chicagoland readers interested in attending a local prepper/survival expo next month? I spotted the following on the RK Prepper Shows website this cold Friday morning: Northwestern Chicago Survival...
View ArticleIllinois Emergency Management Agency Promotes Earthquake Preparedness In...
Back when I worked for a fire department in the Chicago suburbs, I looked into the threat from earthquakes to our municipality as part of an emergency preparedness grant application the agency was...
View ArticleViva Las Vegas… Preppers
Late last night I read an interesting article published earlier in the day on the Las Vegas Sun website that focused on preppers/survivalists out in Southern Nevada. In “Prepping for Doomsday: The...
View ArticleRise Of The Survival Communities
Fast and Furious. No, not the alleged Obama administation gun-running progam. Rather, the number and frequency of articles concerning the rich buying “luxury bunkers” these days. That being said, I...
View ArticleIllinois House Adopts ‘Zombie Preparedness Month’ Resolution, Schedules ‘2nd...
While bills related to the ongoing budget impasse are drawing the bulk of attention these days, there has been activity in the Illinois House of Representatives on two other pieces of legislation that...
View ArticleRealtor.com Examines Best, Worst U.S. Cities ‘To Survive The Apocalypse’
I never really expected to see an article about “strategic relocation” on Realtor.com. But back on October 30 the real estate listings website ran a piece entitled “The Best and Worst Cities in America...
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