Doom and Bloom (TM)

In our travels, we often speak at preparedness conferences and other events where there a lot of people attending.  If you go to enough of these, you might eventually find yourself in a situation where someone has collapsed and you are at hand. This happened at one of our lectures recently where a nice lady [...]

After gathering food and building a shelter, most people in the preparedness community consider personal and home defense to be the next priority in the event that our civilization collapses.  Certainly, defending oneself is important; you will have to be prepared to defend your life, but have you thought about preparing to defend your health? When a civilization [...]

Blog Crossover Question #2 How critical will groups and community be during a WROL situation? If important, what suggestions do you have for fostering it? (Dr. Bones says:  Each day this week we will answer a question posed to us that is also being asked of 6 other preparedness bloggers.  We will all answer the [...]

    (Here’s an article we wrote that was recently posted by our friends at Ready Nutrition, but is making its first appearance here) Hey Self-Reliants,   As a retired physician and nurse team whose entire focus is figuring out strategies for survival situations, we are often asked what medical issues are the most likely to [...]