Year: 2010
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Moving to the exurbs
In 1955, Auguste Spectorsky coined the term “exurb”, which was intended to describe that new area of settlement in urban areas even FARTHER out than the traditional suburbs. It’s an interesting social phenomenon – people who can afford it tend to move themselves away from the center of the city, as if they instinctively know…
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Urban survival is more than a bunch of dehydrated food
You can’t really fault people for being a bit clueless when it comes to preparing for any of a half dozen urban survival emergencies that could pop up. Sure, a backup food storage cache is a great idea, but to survive comfortably for any length of time out there you’re going to need more than…
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Inflation is the beast at your door.
Holistic Survival, we spend a lot of time educating you about emergency preparedness and the many forms that it might take – terrorist, biological, nuclear, or chemical attack are but a few of many dangers threatening the safety of your family. But what might be all our eventual undoing is a little thing called inflation.…
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HS 24 – The Dollar Meltdown with Charles Goyette
Jason interviews writer and talk show host Charles Goyette. He is a libertarian commentator, who is noted for his outspoken anti-war views, his opposition to the war in Iraq and his economic commentary. Listen in: https://holisticsurvival.com/category/audio-podcast/. He is the author of the book The Dollar Meltdown: Surviving the Impending Currency Crisis with Gold, Oil, and…
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Ultimate survival – bear attack
Think you can outrun a bear in wilderness? You can’t. They’re faster than you think and can easily travel 25 mph. Not many humans, even Olympic sprinters, can keep up that pace for long. Whether backpacking in the mountains or holing up at your secret cabin after society unravels, there are a few ways to…
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America becoming a bad credit risk…
What happens in your life when you are deemed a bad credit risk? We all know the answer to that one. It’s hard to get bank loans or credit cards, and you find yourself punished financially just about every which way the powers-that-be can figure how to do it. In short, it’s a miserable situation.…
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Meltdown antidote?
One of the most pressing issues with exposure to nuclear radiation is the development of thyroid cancer. Especially at risk are children and fetuses. While we at Holistic Survival love the idea of building more nuclear power plants to wean ourselves from Middle Eastern oil, we also remember names like Three Mile Island and Chernobyl.…
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‘Duck and cover’ bad advice for earthquakes?
For decades, perhaps longer, emergency officials have drilled into us that the safest place to be during an earthquake is under something stout. Schools tell children to scramble under their desks, a maneuver known as ‘duck and cover’. Doug Copp, one of the most experienced rescue recovery experts in the world, thinks that kind of…
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If it’s this easy to fake fingerprints…
The following method to fake fingerprints is easily found with a Google search. Why would you want to fake a fingerprint? One reason would be to steal identities, especially when the government and financial powers-that-be are pushing us pellmell towards using fingerprint technology to replace photo identification. 1.First find good prints of the person you…
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Dirty bomb survival tactics
The phrase “dirty bomb” is frequently bandied about in the media as a weapon of choice for terrorists. But what exactly is a dirty bomb? In simple terms, it’s a bomb filled with radioactive material to varying extents. Back in the days of the Cold War, the United States and Soviet Union each had hundreds…