Month: July 2009

Short Waves for Long Distance Communication

Have you ever stopped to consider how tenuous our modern day communication channels are? In an emergency, natural disaster, or government takeover, our cell phones and internet...

Stumbling Towards Survival

Stumbling Towards Survival

Holistic Survival is founded on the premise of “Protecting the People, Places, and Profits you care about during uncertain times.” What do we mean by uncertain times? Good...

Certain Investments for Uncertain Times

Certain Investments for Uncertain Times

Rather than to complicate matters, emergencies, disasters, and uncertain times tend to make things very simple. Superfluous trappings fall aside and what remains is what we need...

Develop a Disaster Plan Before the Disaster

Human beings are notorious for putting off until tomorrow what we should do today. So it is with the Family Disaster Plan (FDS). How many of us have taken the time out of a busy...

Advantages of Dual Citizenship

“We’re all citizens of the world,” hocus pocus aside, is it a good idea to have dual citizenship? Maybe the first question to answer is, exactly what is dual citizenship anyway?...

Fighting Back Against Biological Warfare

Fighting Back Against Biological Warfare

Last time we discussed the use of biological warfare throughout history. Creative delivery systems like poisonous snake catapults and tossing dead animals into water wells were...

Biological Warfare Through the Years

What exactly is biological warfare? A common definition of a biological weapon is any organism found in nature that can be used to injure or kill. And we’re not limited to...

Is a Government Promise Worth Spit?

Is a Government Promise Worth Spit?

If you're talking about the United States government when you ask that question, the answer is probably no. Politicians and bureaucrats would have us believe that FDIC protection...

More on the Barter Lifestyle

More on the Barter Lifestyle

Contrary to popular perception, there is no evidence that any society throughout history ever relied exclusively on barter as a means of exchange. Let’s back up for just a second...

Thou Shalt Have a Support Network

Thou Shalt Have a Support Network

The last commandment Jason Hartman mentions is “Thou shalt have a support network”. Rugged individualism aside, your chances of surviving a crisis go up exponentially if you have...