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Flash Mobs and Social Media – a 21st Century Threat
Groups of rioters and looters can be difficult to anticipate and defend against There’s nothing new about rioting and civil/social disruption. Indeed, it is currently the 20th anniversary of what are...
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Legal Issues In An Emergency Part 1
Justice is a fickle friend, and laws for safe sane times may not apply with equal sense in an extreme situation (This is an enormous – and essential – topic, we’ll come back to it repeatedly in future...
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Why Cities Will Unavoidably Become Lawless Within a Week or Two of a Level...
Initially it will be 'other people' and 'bad people' rioting and looting. But within a week or two, it will be your neighbors, too. We came across an interesting article on a survivalist blog. The...
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The Security/Lawlessness Cycle of any Level 2/3 Event
We must plan and prepare for an uncomfortable period of extended lawlessness as part of a Level 2/3 Event. Conventional wisdom paints an apocalyptic but not very detailed picture of social breakdown in...
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Community Mutual Defense Pacts – Always Essential; But Only Sometimes Feasible
Unlike modern towns, those in the ‘wild west’ were designed to be defendable and convenient for their residents. We consistently urge you to become part of a community of fellow preppers for mutual...
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Gangs – Possibly Your Biggest Security Threat
The darker the color, the greater the density of gang members in the state. Source – FBI 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment. You know about gangs from the movies, television, and sometimes from the...
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The Ultimate Vehicles For Your Retreat?
Fun for all the family with your own M/T-114 armored personnel carrier – this one costs $74,000. If you found yourself suddenly gifted with several million dollars, and assuming you had some left over...
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The Danger of Planning for the Future, Based on Present Day Assumptions
High capability remote-controlled drones can be purchased for civilian use and costing as little as $1000 or less. But be careful how you integrate such capabilities into your retreat’s defensive...
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Using Wired Field Phones for Your Retreat Communications
A classic US military TA-312A/PT Field Phone. As we’ve discussed in our article ‘Will there be telephone service after TSHTF?‘, it is probable that any event such as to activate your prepping survival...
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A Prepper’s Introduction to Walkie-Talkie Radios
These Cobra FRS/GMRS units are typical middle-of-the-road units. In a future ‘grid down’ situation, your normal cell phones will almost certainly not be working. These days we’ve grown so accustomed...
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The Foolishness and Fallacy of Not Making Your Retreat Defendable
A computer reconstruction of the 19th century Fort Laramie, WY. Do the ‘wild west’ forts validate or invalidate the concept of defending your retreat? An awkward issue that preppers have to confront...
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Transportation and Roading Implications for Your Retreat Location
Beware nearby major roads that will funnel refugees fleeing from the cities and into your region. You have a difficult balancing act to carry out when choosing your retreat location. You don’t want to...
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Designing Your Retreat to Protect it Against Low Velocity Ballistic Attack
Whether intentional or accidental, a vehicle can very effectively smash through most unprotected building exteriors. You probably already know that your retreat needs to be reasonably protected against...
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The Enormous Lie That We Hear Too Often
How did our country change from Andy Griffith type consensus policing to military style police assault? We hear this lie way too often, and sadly we see some people base their future plans on the lie....
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Using a Supplementary Illumination Device with your Night Vision Gear
The Surefire M1 is an inexpensive high quality IR Illuminator that works well with most night vision devices. In theory, a good night vision device will be operated in passive mode, and is able to...
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A Prepper’s Buying Guide to Binoculars
Bigger is not always better with binoculars. One of the most useful pieces of ‘force multiplying’ equipment in your prepper kit is a good pair of binoculars. Unfortunately, many people have little idea...
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An Escape Tunnel For Your Retreat
It is essential to skillfully conceal your tunnel exit. We’ve seen very little written about adding an escape tunnel to your retreat, and what has been written has not necessarily been practical or...
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Safe Room? Or Trap? Design Considerations for Retreats.
A secure entrance to your safe room is essential, and buys you necessary time if your retreat is overrun. We sometimes amuse ourselves reading properties for sale advertisements that describe...
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Five Prepper Lessons from the St Louis Rioting and Looting
Locations of most of the riot events in St Louis. The original police shooting is on the left, in the middle, in green. A (believed to be white) police officer in Ferguson, MO (a suburb of St Louis)...
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More and Updated Lessons from the St Louis Rioting
These young gentlemen probably missed the Sunday School lesson about two wrongs not making a right. We wrote an article, ‘Five Prepper Lessons from the St Louis Rioting and Looting‘ on Tuesday of this...
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