Well, it’s that time again, the time when Money magazine comes out with their top 100 places to live in America. Of course, you and I know this list is flawed simply by the criteria Money magazine uses to come up with the list. I should say, you and I know this list is flawed if you want to survive! It’s a great list if you must live near crowds, ballet, art museums, colleges and other nonsense. You know, places me and you would rather NOT live! Especially during a man made disaster or economic collapse. So this year, I decided to come up with the 10 best places to survive in America. If you don’t agree with some of these places, that’s fine. It’s MY list, not yours! 
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10 Best Places To Survive In America
July 13th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Self Reliance
Tags:arkansas·best places to live·best places to survive·bugout land·cheap land·oklahoma·remote land·rural land·Self Reliance·survival·tennessee·where to bugout
Survival Seeds Bank – Save Money By Making Your Own
February 15th, 2010 · Comments Off · Self Reliance
It seems that everywhere you look, someone is offering Survival Seeds or a “Survival Seed Bank” for sale. I don’t know which is more unbelievable. The prices they’re asking for these Survival Seeds or the Survival Seed Banks or that there are actually people willing to pay the asking price! Many of these offers don’t have $10 worth of seeds in them and they’re being sold for $50 to $150!
Buying and storing seeds for survival is not hard and not expensive, certainly not as expensive as some of the survival seed packs being offered on the Internet.
Tags:gurt·heirloom seeds·hybrid seeds·survival seed bank·survival seeds·terminator seed
Have You Considered A Solar Generator For Emergency Backup Power?
January 18th, 2010 · Comments Off · Emergency Preparedness, Self Reliance
One of the ironic consequences that I saw in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike is people running out of gas for their generators and then leaving them without electrical power. You see, when they went to get gas at the store, the stores didn’t have electricity to run their gas pumps plus the gasoline distributors were only delivering gas to the stores with power, which were on the edge of the storm path, some 1 1/2 hours or more away. It really hit home why I needed a Solar System or at least a solar generator for emergency backup power.
Tags:emergency backup power·off grid solar power·Self Reliance·solar generator·solar power
Tips For Food Storage
August 14th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Self Reliance
Food storage sounds simple doesn’t it. Store up some food to last you and your family a few months. I mean, heck, all you have to do is just throw back a bag of beans, rice and some canned goods and you’re there. Right? Unfortunately that’s the mindset of many people who start thinking about long term food storage in case of an emergency or disaster. These are the people who find out the hard way that there is more to storing food than a few bags of beans, rice and canned goods!
Tags:food storage·food storage list·food storage plans·storing food·survival food
Tips On How To Secure Your Home
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off · Self Reliance
Living on the outskirts of town near a major road got me to thinking about security for my home. Since we basically gutted the home and started over remodeling it, I pretty much had a blank slate to work with. I know this home was broken into back in the 90′s according to the neighbors. A few years later there was a fire that damaged half the home. This information just reinforced what I and all homeowners should keep in mind. Things happen and not always to other people. We need to prepare as best we can for the worse and pray for the best as the old saying goes. This is part of being self reliant no matter where you live.
Tags:burglary·home safes·home security·home securty system·home theft·securing your home
Survivalism, Emergency Preparedness and Self Reliance. What Do They Have In Common?
May 28th, 2009 · Comments Off · Self Reliance
I guess the way to start off this blog is to share some of my thoughts with you so that you can get a better handle on me and how I look at the World today. For one, I think that Survivalism, emergency preparedness and self reliance are all pretty much one and the same. Or it should be in my opinion. I don’t consider myself as a “Survivalist” in the traditional sense that most people think of a Survivalist. Let’s face it, when most people think of a Survivalist, they think of Rambo holding out in some remote area waiting for the World to collapse. That’s not me and I’m sure it’s not most of your folks. If you’re one of those folks, more power to you and please save a spot for me if I’m wrong! =)
Tags:Emergency Preparedness·global crisis·national emergency·Self Reliance·self reliant·survival blog·survivalism