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Balancing OPSEC and Resilient Communities

David Morris — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:32:12 +0000

Welcome to this week’s Urban Survival Newsletter, brought to you by the SurviveInPlace.com Preparedness Course…designed to help you create a plan to survive wherever you spend the majority of your time, even if that happens to be a non-ideal location. Many people who have been watching “Doomsday Preppers” on National Geographic are wondering why in the heck these [...]

Review of Episode 3 of Doomsday Preppers on Nat Geo

David Morris — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:54:50 +0000

Episode 3 of Doomsday Preppers had an interesting twist to it…NGC said that they’d examined cultures from around the globe and that Doomsday Preppers was a part of their “ongoing look at American outliers.” Outliers? Really? I guess it’s crazy, in hurricane country to prepare for hurricanes, in blizzard country to prepare for blizzards, in [...]

Preparing for Hand Sanitizer Resistant Viruses

David Morris — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:27:29 +0000

This week, I was reminded about the importance of being able to self-support after a breakdown in the supply chain from a completely unexpected source…the cruise lines. You see, hundreds of passengers on two cruise ships (one had outbreaks on 2 cruises in a row) contracted a norovirus that caused extreme “digestive system distress”. This [...]

Review of Episode 2 of Doomsday Preppers on Nat Geo

David Morris — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:29:34 +0000

Episode 2 of Doomsday Preppers featured 4 more preppers, starting with David Sarti from Nashville, TN. David’s main concern is electromagnetic pulses. David does a regular preparedness video at http://www.youtube.com/user/dsarti1?feature=watch David has enough grain for 1 year for 7 people and, interestingly enough, he uses hand warmers as oxygen absorbers. He lives on a farm [...]

Review of Doomsday Preppers on Nat Geo Channel Episode 1

David Morris — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:42:10 +0000

In the first episode, Doomsday Preppers interviews 3 preppers. First up, Paul and Gloria Range from Floresville, TX. They’re retired and are full-time preppers, spending up to 50 hours per week. Some notables: -They’ve got 50,000 pounds of food -Their house is made out of 9 40 foot long steel shipping containers -In the show, [...]

Be Your Own Bodyguard, Pt2 of 2

David Morris — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:30:49 +0000

Welcome to this week’s Urban Survival Newsletter, brought to you by my famous and popular SurviveInPlace.com course–a vital resource for anyone who wants to prepare for disasters and who thinks they might have to interact with other people after a disaster (yes…this means you : ). This week, we’re going to do the second of a [...]

Preparedness Lessons from Executive Protection (pt 1 of 2)

David Morris — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:07:49 +0000

Welcome to this week’s Urban Survival Newsletter, brought to you by my famous and popular SurviveInPlace.com course–a vital resource for anyone who wants to prepare for disasters and who thinks they might have to interact with other people after a disaster (yes…this means you . This week, we’re going to do the first of a [...]

This One Self-Defense Mistake Could Get You Killed

David Morris — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:05:51 +0000

Welcome to this week’s Urban Survival Newsletter. This week, we’re going to talk about the problems of hostile confrontation in a disaster situation as well as a couple of tricks to keep firearm components from working their way loose and folding knives opening smoothly. There was a story that came out of San Antonio this [...]

Why You Should Own a Silencer (Suppressor)

David Morris — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:32:09 +0000

Welcome to this week’s Urban Survival Newsletter, brought to you by Jeff Anderson’s Social Chaos Survival Guide. If you order it before Saturday, you’ll also receive a copy of his soon-to-be-released “250 Collapse Secrets.” Social Chaos Survival Guide is a great book that you’ll be very glad to have on your shelf. Learn more now [...]

Geocaching as a Fun Family Preparedness Activity

David Morris — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:44:55 +0000

From time to time, I like to share ideas for fun activities that you can do on your own or with other members of your family that have a “hidden” preparedness component. Geocaching is an activity that fits into that category incredibly well, and it can be as much pure-fun or as serious as you [...]