Survival & Emergency Preparedness

I got one of these last week. It contains a Blastmatch fire starter, a couple tinder cubes, a whistle, and a signal mirror. It's pack...

After last week's fun in center city Philadelphia I decided it was time to redo my get home bag (GHB). My GHB is actually my laptop bag,...

We experienced a minor SHTF event today in Philadelphia due to an electrical fire and explosion on south 15th Street, very close to City Hal...

Having just returned from an overnight trip to Arlington, VA, I am prompted to discuss things that should be kept in a vehicle to help deal ...

As the US and the UN seem unable to contain Iran's nuclear ambitions, we have to prepare ourselves for an unsettling future. Unlike the...

Awhile ago I bought an MFJ Powergain mag mount antenna to connect to my Yaesu VX-5RS 2M/440MHz/6M HT while in my truck. Unfortunately, it di...

Over the weekend I picked up a Light My Fire Firesteel Scout at REI and tested it with several different kinds of tinder. It is basic “fli...

Last night I attended the monthly members' meeting of the Mid Atlantic Amateur Radio Club . Rather than a presentation on some radio-re...

I ran across the Gamo Viper Express combination air rifle and shotgun on another list. I've long thought that a quality precision air ...

In my opinion, optics make a good compliment for emergency rifles, especially for those of us with poor eyesight, myself included. Recent ...

This morning's news was bad enough. Now this: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - BP PLC said Monday it will replace 73 percent of the pipelines from t...

I heard about this on the radio while driving to the train station this morning. It was a definite "Oh shit" moment." ANCHOR...

One of the better uses of my tax dollars by the Federal Government (IMO) is the National Weather Service , part of NOAA . The most dangerou...

Last night I was doing some monitoring in the 2M band when I came across a net in progress on one of the frequencies I have programmed into ...

TheRallyPoint Date: Saturday August 26th,, 2006 Place: www.lrgc.org in Southeastern Pennyslvania (just North of Philadelphia) Time: 9am-5...

Kim du Toit has a list of the ingredients for a one-person survival kit. It looks to be based more on surviving an emergency in the outdoo...

Les Jones has a post on his blog detailing his emergency supplies list. Good stuff.

Hezbollah seems to have gotten a lot more than it bargained for, judging by how things are goin in Lebanon. The Israelis are pissed and ri...

Some good news for a change: LONDON — A British company reported Wednesday it had achieved the best results ever seen on an experimental hu...

In the event of a terrorist attack, natural, or man-made disaster, good communications can make the difference between coming through safely...