Jack of all trades or master of the Gun?

Once our bomb shelter’s food supplies run out and we crawl out to make tribes will it be better to be a jack of all trades or master of one? After the weak are gone I would expect those that are left roaming will have certain basic skills; how to start a fire, how to [...]

Update on How to raid your library- Green Building

The last temporary visit of the local library yielded some useful videos on how to prepare for Humanity’s waterloo. There were two decent videos on how to build an enviromental house.  From what I have seen so far, the community of people preparing for civilization’s curtains tend to be a conservative bunch.  One place where [...]

My case for Phoenix, AZ to be on the list of not the absolute worst place to be when the SHF

Thank you Phil Freedom for putting the following in the Conspire Community Calendar. With our well known Achilles Heel, lack of water, Phoenix gets a bad rap when people are discussing post-Apocalyptic hang-out spots.  But, Phoenix has got a lot going for it. First, you are not likely freeze to death. Here in the desert [...]

Insert Irony Here.

So in all of my preparations for the end times, I somehow overlooked paying my water bill for 4 months in a row. So the city shut off my water last night, today I got it turned back on.  I have no excuse for not paying my bill.  I find it funny that I spent [...]

How to raid your local library

One the last places people would think to raid is their local library.  But there is a whole shit load of knowledge there.  Probably best if you read the books first, however your tribe will have people who have an immediate desire to learn but no repository of knowledge to pull from.  Library raiding is more [...]

How to raid a Pharmacy

As noted in previous posts, I have been brainstorming through what would be the places that folks would be less likely to think of to raid but would have useful stuff none-the-less. I think pharmacies could be at the top of the list.  However I bet anyone who has to take medicine for one reason [...]

Thoughts pondered on while watching Zombieland

Like most Zombie Movies, Zombieland does not have a lot of particularly useful tips or insights to survive the apocalypse.  The one thing I did like was a list of rules to help guide one through the end of life’s trials and tribulations. In the movie, the main character creates his rules based on past [...]

Update on Fry’s electronics

I went to fry’s electronics to find a part to adapt the solar power water pump I have and while there took a scouting mission of the store. In general, Fry’s Electronics does has not a lot of useful stuff for the post apocalypse. However, what they do have might be come in very useful. It is [...]

Escape from Phoenix

Phoenix is one of those towns that gets a bad rap when people are figuring out how to survive in the after times.  The lack of water is a true Achilles Heel.  However, one of the things Phoenix has got going for it, is not likely going to freeze to death.  I am typing this [...]

Raid Fry’s Electronics?

Would Fry’s electronics be good to raid?  I mean it is counterintuitive right? Electronics, meaning video games, VCR’s, DVD’s, computers and Washing Machines seem like silly things in a land without electricity (or at least the Grid’s electricity).  But Fry’s Electronics has got a lot of crazy shit.  Plus I live close to there, which [...]