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Book List

You should probably have nearly every book on my Bookshelf page. For some, you will want to have two or three copie Title: First Tier Books: KJV Version Reference Bible with Apocrypha First Aid -- (American Red Cross Handbook) Responding To Emergencies Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook by David Werner Where There Is No Dentist by Murray Dickson The Encyclopedia of Country Living (Tenth Edition) by Carla Emery (See review, below) Making the Best of Basics - Family Preparedness Handbook by James Talmage Stevens Ball Blue Book of Preserving Cookin' with Home Storage by Vicki Tate Nuclear War Survival Skills by Cresson H. Kearney (Available for free download.) The Alpha Strategy by John Pugsley. (Out of print, but a PDF is available for free download.) Boston's Gun Bible by Boston T. Party (See review, below) Survival Guns by Mel Tappan Tappan on Survival by Mel Tappan Second Tier Books: Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables by Mike Bubel Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills, Third Edition by Abigail R. Gehring Putting Food By (Plume) by Janet Greene Stocking Up: The Third Edition of America's Classic Preserving Guide by Carol Hupping Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook by Peggy Layton Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times by Steve Solomon All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners by Suzanne Ashworth Small-Scale Grain Raising by Gene Lodgson How to Find Your Ideal Country Home: A Comprehensive Guide by Gene GeRue Possum Living: How to Live Well Without a Job and with (Almost) No Money by Dolly Freed Starting a New Life in Rural America: 21 Things You Need to Know Before You Make Your Move by Ragnar Benson The Fifty Dollar and Up Underground House Book by Mike Oehler Emergency War Surgery (NATO Handbook:- Third United States Revision, 2004) by Dr. Martin Fackler, et al. PDR for Nonprescription Drugs, Dietary Supplements, and Herbs, 2008 (See review, below) Physicians Drug Handbook Physicians' Desk Reference 2009 (PDR, 63rd Edition) The Merck Veterinary Manual Where There Is No Vet by Bill Forse The ARRL Operating Manual For Radio Amateurs (ARRL Operating Manual) Passport to World Band Radio, 2009 Edition Outdoor Survival Skills by Larry Dean Olsen Essential Bushcraft by Ray Mears SAS Survival Handbook by John "Lofty" Wiseman Ultimate Sniper 2006 : An Advanced Training Manual for Military and Police Snipers (2006 Updated Edition) by Maj. John L. Total Resistance by H. von Dach

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The Survivor book series by Kurt Saxon. Many are out of print in hard copy, but they are all available on DVD. Here, I must issue a caveat lector ("reader beware"): Mr. Saxon has some very controversial views that I do not agree with. Among other things he is a eugenicist. Other Nonfiction Books Recommended by SurvivalBlog Readers: Crisis Preparedness Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Home Storage and Physical Survival by Jack A. Spigarelli The Foxfire Book series (in 11 volumes, but the first five are the best) When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency by Matthew Stein Preparedness Now!: An Emergency Survival Guide (Expanded and Revised Edition) by Aton Edwards Five Acres and Independence: A Handbook for Small Farm Management by Maurice G. Kains How to Stay Alive in the Woods by Bradford Angier The New Organic Grower by Eliot Coleman Tom Brown's Field Guide to Wilderness Survival Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking Tom Brown's Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants (Field Guide) Ditch Medicine: Advanced Field Procedures For Emergencies by Hugh Coffee Living Well on Practically Nothing by Ed Romney The Secure Home by Joel Skousen Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life, by Neil Strauss 98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive by Cody Lundin When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need To Survive When Disaster Strikesby Cody Lundin The Last Hundred Yards: The NCO's Contribution to Warfareby John Poole Camping & Wilderness Survival: The Ultimate Outdoors Book by Paul Tawrell Engineer Field Data (US Army FM 5-34) --Available online free of charge, with registration, but I recommend getting a hard copy. preferably with the heavy-duty plastic binding. Great Livin' in Grubby Times by Don Paul Just in Case by Kathy Harrison Storey's Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance by John & Martha Storey Adventure Medical Kits A Comprehensive Guide to Wilderness & Travel Medicineby Eric A. Weiss, M.D Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening: The Indispensable Green Resource for Every Gardener Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook (it superceded the very out-of-date ST 31-91B) Wilderness Medicine, 5th Edition by Paul S. Auerbach Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Longby Elliot Coleman Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills, Third Edition by Abigail R. Gehring The Weed Cookbook: Naturally Nutritious - Yours Free for the Taking! by Adrienne Crowhurst The Modern Survival Retreat by Ragnar Benson Last of the Mountain Men by Harold Peterson Primitive Wilderness Living & Survival Skills: Naked into the Wilderness by John McPherson LDS Preparedness Manual, edited by Christopher M. Parrett The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century by James H. Kunstler Principles of Personal Defense - Revised Edition by Jeff Cooper

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Survival Poaching by Ragnar Benson The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses by Eliot Coleman The Blacksmith's Craft: A Primer of Tools & Method The Complete Modern Blacksmith (Paperback) The Making of Tools (Paperback) Metal Casting: A Sand Casting Manual for the Small Foundry, Vol. 1 (Paperback) Iron Melting Cupola Furnaces for the Small Foundry (Paperback) Sheet Metal Forming Processes and Die Design (Hardcover) "Five Acres and Independence " by M.G. Kains

"Be Ready to Barter" Reference Book List: Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms and Their Values Blue Book of Gun Values The Official Red Book: A Guide Book of United States Coins 2009 2009 Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901-2000 2010 Standard Catalog of World Coins 2001-Date Antique Trader - Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide Wristwatch Annual 2009: The Catalog of Producers, Prices, Models, and Specifications Jewelry & Gems the Buying Guide: How to Buy Diamonds, Pearls, Colored Gemstones, Gold & Jewelry With Confidence And Knowledge Jim Rawles Books: "Rawles on Retreats and Relocation" -- this book has details on selecting the locale for a self-sufficient survival retreat. The "Rawles Gets You Ready" preparedness course (co-authored by JWR) "How to Survive the End of the World As We Know It". A detailed guide to family preparedness for turbulent times "Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse" and my screenplay "Pulling Through".The latter is currently available for free download. Recommended Books on Current Events and Economics: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nick Taleb Government By Emergency by Dr. Gary North Crash Proof 2.0: How to Profit From the Economic Collapse by Peter Schiff Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes by Michael J. Panzner When Giants Fall: An Economic Roadmap for the End of the American Era by Michael J. Panzner The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide by Martin Weiss Financial Reckoning Day Fallout: Surviving Today's Global Depression by Addison Wiggin and Bill Bonner The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century by James H. Kunstler

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Fiction with Survival and Preparedness Themes (Some of these are out of print but usually available via inter-library loan) Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank (A classic nuke scenario) The Rackham Files by Dean Ing (includes the text of "Pulling Through" a more modern nuke scenario + a mini nuke survival manual) Not to be confused with my screenplay-also titled "Pulling Through". Some Will Not Die by Algis Budrys (Plague total wipe-out scenario) No Blade of Grass by John Christopher (Massive crop disease/social breakdown scenario, from the British perspective.) Enemies Foreign and Domestic by Matthew Bracken Molon Labe! by Boston T. Party Earth Abides by George Stewart Vandenberg by Oliver Lange (Invasion scenario. Note: It was later republished under the title: Defiance: An American Novel) The Weapon by Michael Z. Williamson (SurvivalBlog's Editor at Large) Unintended Consequences by John Ross (This otherwise excellent novel was marred by some vulgarity and gratuitous sex scenes. Beware!) Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Wolf And Iron by Gordon Dickson The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton Fire and Ice, by Ray Kytle Survivalist Fiction Recommended by SurvivalBlog Readers: One Second After by William R. Forstchen (An EMP scenario.) World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler Last of the Breed by Louis Lamour Survivors by Terry Nation Conquistador: A Novel of Alternate History by S.M. Stirling The Road by Cormac McCarthy Warday: And the Journey Onward by Whitley Strieber and James Kunetka Malevil by Robert Merle Farnham's Freehold by Robert Heinlein The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein Tunnel in the Sky by Robert Heinlein King Rat by James Clavell Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle The Rawles Kids' Favorite Books for Young Adults: Nonfiction: Hatchet My Side of the Mountain Robinson Crusoe Treasure Island Kidnapped The Swiss Family Robinson The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings

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Little House on the Prairie Series The Chronicles of Narnia Series The Tripods Series Johnny Tremain Fiction for Young Adults Recommended by SurvivalBlog Readers: The Tomorrow Series Life As We Knew It Escape from Warsaw (Original title: The Silver Sword) The Late Memsahib's Top "Must Have" Book: The Encyclopedia of Country Living (Tenth edition) by Carla Emery. Sasquatch Books. (Get the Ninth or later edition.) This Other Books Recommended by The Late Memsahib: How to Survive Without a Salary: Learning How to Live the Conserver Lifestyle by Charles Long Small-Scale Grain Raising by Gene Lodgson The Family Cow by Dirk van Loon Raising a Calf for Beef by Phyllis Hobson Small-Scale Pig Raising by Dirk van Loon Raising Rabbits the Modern Way by Bob Bennett Raising Sheep the Modern Way. Updated and Revised Edition by Paula Simmons Ducks and Geese in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide by Rick and Gail Luttmann The Complete Medicinal Herbal by Penelope Ody Recommended Magazine Subscriptions: Backwoods Home Countryside & Small Stock Journal Home Power Some of JWR's Favorite Practical and Tactical Training DVDs: Clinton Anderson: On the Road to the Horse Colt Starting The Art of the Tactical Carbine Knifemaking Unplugged

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Barter and Charity List For your barter list, acquire primarily items that are durable, non-perishable, and either in small packages or th favorites are ammunition. *The late+ Jeff Cooper referred to it as ballistic wampum. WTSHTF, ammo will be wor for decades. Stick to common calibers, get plenty of .22 LR (most high velocity hollow points) plus at least ten Any supplies necessary for operating a home-based business. Some that you might consider are: leather craf (preferably two!) that they can d Need: Ladies supplies. Salt (Buy lots of cattle blocks and 1 pound canisters of iodized table salt.) (Stores indefinitely if kept dry.) Two cycle engine oil (for chain saw gas mixing. Gas may still be available after a collapse, but two-cycle oil will probably be like liquid gold!) Gas stabilizer. Diesel antibacterial additive. 50-pound sacks of lime (for outhouses). 1 oz. bottles of military rifle bore cleaner and Break Free (or similar) lubricant. Waterproof dufflebags in earth tone colors (whitewater rafting "dry bags"). Thermal socks. Semi-waterproof matches (from military rations.) Military web gear (lots of folks will suddenly need pistol belts, holsters, magazine pouches, et cetera.) Pre-1965 silver dimes. 1-gallon cans of kerosene. Rolls of olive drab parachute cord. Rolls of olive-drab duct tape. Spools of monofilament fishing line. Rolls of 10 mil "Visqueen", sheet plastic (for replacing windows, isolating airspaces for nuke scenarios, etc.) I also respect the opinion of one gentleman with whom I've corresponded, who recommended the following: Strike anywhere matches. (Dip the heads in paraffin to make them waterproof.) Playing cards. Cooking spices. (Do a web search for reasonably priced bulk spices.) Rope & string. Sewing supplies. Candle wax and wicking. Stock up on additional items to dispense to refugees as charity. Page 16 Recommendations:

Barter and Charity List Gold testing kit for dealing with gold. Gold key for dealing with gold.

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Barter and Charity List either in small packages or that are easily divisible. Concentrate on the items that other people are likely to overlook or have in WTSHTF, ammo will be worth nearly its weight in silver. Store all of your ammo in military surplus ammo cans (with seals tha llow points) plus at least ten boxes of the local favorite deer hunting cartridge, even if you dont own a rifle chambered for thi ght consider are: leather crafting, small appliance repair, gun repair, locksmithing, et cetera. Every family should have at least o ferably two!) that they can depend on in the event of an economic collapse. Link:

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Barter and Charity List le are likely to overlook or have in short supply. Some of my urplus ammo cans (with seals that are still soft) and it will store ont own a rifle chambered for this cartridge. (Ask your local very family should have at least one home-based business

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When selecting radios buy only models that will run on 12 volt DC power or rechargeable nickel metal hydride recharged from your retreats 12 VDC power system without having to use an inverte As a secondary purchasing goal, buy spare radios of each type if you can afford them. Keep your spares in sealed from EMP. If you live in a far inland region, I recommend buying two or more 12 VDC marine band radios. These frequencies in your region, leaving you an essentially private band to use. (But never assume that any two-way radio com

Need: Shortwave Transceiver

Recommendations: Link:

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echargeable nickel metal hydride battery packs (that can be without having to use an inverter.) hem. Keep your spares in sealed metal boxes to protect them

band radios. These frequencies will probably not be monitored ume that any two-way radio communications are secure!)

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Each rifle and pistol should have at least six top quality (original military contract or original manufacturer) full ca detail on firearms and optics selection, training, use, and logistic support are covered in the Surv

Need: Guns: Bolt Gun (308cal) Bolt Gun (.223cal) Black Powder Squirrel Gun Black Powder Pistols Black Powder Rifle

Type: Winchester Model 70 or Remington 700 Remington Model 700 .32 Cal Flintlock .50 cal Flintlock .50 Cal Flintlock

Ammunition 10,000 rounds per battlerifle, 5,000 rounds per Hunting rilfe Web gear Eye and ear protection Cleaning equipment Carrying cases Scopes Magazines Spare parts Gunsmithing tools Targets and target frames

Body Armor

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ry contract or original manufacturer) full capacity spare magazines. Note: Considerable and logistic support are covered in the SurvivalBlog archives and FAQs.

Reason: Compliment M-14 Training and varmint

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Ammo: 7.62x51 (308cal) 5.56 (.223cal)

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First Aid_Minor Surgery List

When tailoring this list, consider your neighborhood going for many months without power, extensive use of ope consider axes, chainsaws and tractors being wielded by newbies, and a greater likelihood of gunshot wounds. medical diagnostic equipment. Put a strong emphasis on burn treatment first aid supplies. Dont overlook do-itcetera.) Buy a full minor surgery outfit (inexpensive Pakistani stainless steel instruments), even if you dont kn opportunity to put them in the hands of someone experienced who needs Need: Recommendations: Link:

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ower, extensive use of open flames, and sentries standing picket shifts exposed in the elements. Then lihood of gunshot wounds. With all of this, add the possibility of no access to doctors or high tech pplies. Dont overlook do-it-yourself dentistry! (Oil of cloves, temporary filling kit, extraction tools, et ments), even if you dont know how to use them all yet. You may have to learn, or you will have the ne experienced who needs them.) This is going to be a big list!

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Food Preparation List Need: Oversize Skillet Huge Stew Pot Several Huge Kettles Meat Saws Gambrels Skinning Knives Gut Buckets Recommendation:

To heat water on your wood stove for bathing, dish washing, and clothes washing

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nd clothes washing

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Food Storage List Need: Salt Rice Wheat Corn Oats Powdered Milk Canned Fruit and Vegetables Canned Meats Sugars Canning lids and rings Sulfur Vinegar Spices Baking soda Yeast Food storage bags. Aluminum foil Deer bags/Meat Bags

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Food Storage List Recommendation: 10lbs of salt per member of your family 30lbs per adult, per year. 220 pounds whole wheat per adult, per year (Part of this can be in the form of pasta.) Whole corn stores much longer than cracked corn or corn meal. (Grind your own.) Get 50 pounds per adult, per year 20 pounds per adult, per year Buy the nonfat variety. Store about 20 pounds per adult, per year rotate stock continuously, two year supply per family member rotate stock continuously, two year supply per family member honey, sugar, molasses, sorghum, maple syrup, and various jams and jellies. The combined weight of these should be about 50 pounds per adult, per year. buy plenty of extras for barter for drying fruit. Buy a couple of cases of one-gallon bottles What you usually use already.

freezer and vacuum Buy lots! 101 uses, including making improvised solar ovens

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Food Storage List Storage Life: Indefinite Storage life is +/- 8 years. Whole wheat storage life is 30+ years whole corn is 8 to 12 years 3 to 7 years nitrogen packed dry milk has a 5+ year shelf life 2 Years 2 Years Various Link:

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Fuels List

Now that you have all of those flammables on hand (see the previous list) and the prospect of looters shooting tr Even without looters to consider, you should be ready for uncontrolled brush or residential fires, as well Need: Fire fighting rig with an adjustable stream/mist head 2 water line from your gravity-fed storage tank (to provide large water volume for firefighting) Smoke and CO detectors. Upgrade your retreat with a fireproof metal roof. Strike Anywhere Matches Thermite Fire Starters

Refined Fuels: Lots of 2 Stroke Mixing Oil

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les on hand (see the previous list) and the prospect of looters shooting tracer ammo or throwing Molotov cocktails at your hou , you should be ready for uncontrolled brush or residential fires, as well as the greater fire risk associated with greenhorns wh Recommendations:

LOTS of them, stored properly they wont go bad, they are also good for barter Starting fires in the woods or used to easily start a larger thermite reaction.

It cannot be substituted, get a LOT (chainsaw, lawn mower, dirt bike etc...)

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ammo or throwing Molotov cocktails at your house, think in terms of fire fighting from start to finish without the aid of a fire d greater fire risk associated with greenhorns who have just arrived at your retreat working with wood stoves and kerosene lam Link:

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without the aid of a fire department. stoves and kerosene lamps!

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Gardening List Need: Materials for a deer-proof and rabbit-proof fence Top Soil/Amendments/Fertilizers. Tools+ spares for barter/charity Long-term storage non hybrid (open pollinated) seed. Herbs Herrloom seeds

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See Tools page Non-hybrid heirloom seed assortments tailors to different climate zones are available from The Ark Institute Get started with medicinal herbs such as aloe vera (for burns), echinacea (purple cone flower), valerian, et cetera

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Tools The Ark Institute wer), valerian, et cetera.

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Need: Reason: Compound Bow Hunting Crossbow Hunting Piano Wire Snares Steel Traps Hunting/Trapping Gander Mountain has a nice selection of good traps for sale, at a reasonable Fishing Equipment Quality crawfish traps trot lines for non-labor intensive fishing fish traps

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f good traps for sale, at a reasonable price.

Buckshot Bruce Hemming has produced an excellent series and making improvised traps. (He also sells traps and scent

Night vision gear, spares, maintenance, and batte

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ing has produced an excellent series of videos on trapping traps. (He also sells traps and scents at very reasonable

ear, spares, maintenance, and battery charging

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Hygiene List_Sanitation List Need: Sacks of powdered lime Toilet Paper Soap in quantity Bottled lye Ladies supplies Toothpaste (or powder) Floss Fluoride rinse Sunscreen. Anti-fungal spray Painkiller Recommendations: For the outhouse. Buy plenty! Lots of it, either that or use Phone Books! hand soap, dish soap, laundry soap, cleansers, etc for soap making

Unless you have health objections to the use of fluoride

What works best for you, Ibuprofen is what the military uses

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Sheet1 Need: Nuclear: Dosimeter Rate Meter Charger Radiac Meter Rolls of Sheet Plastic Duct Tape HEPA Filters Potassium Iodate Tablets Outdoor shower rig Geiger Counter Biological: Disinfectants Hand Sanitizer Sneeze masks Colloidal silver generator Natural antibiotics

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For isolating airflow to air filter inlets and for covering window frames in the event that windows are broken due And Spares To prevent thyroid damage Decontamination

spare supplies (distilled water and .999 fine silver rod.) Echinacea, Tea Tree oil etc...

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that windows are broken due to blast effects

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Personal List Need: (Separate List for each Individual) Spare glasses. Prescription and nonprescription medications. Birth control. Keep dentistry up to date. Any elective surgery that you've been postponing Comfort items

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To help get through high stress times. (Books, games, CDs, chocolates, etc.)

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Power_Lighting_Batteries List One proviso: In the event of a grid down situation, if you are the only family in the area with power, it could tu beacon at night. At the same time, your house lighting will ruin the night vision of your LP/OP pickets. Make pl making blackout screens or fully opaque curtains for your windows.

When possible, buy nickel metal hydride batteries. (Unlike the older nickel cadmium technology, these have no a Need: Recommendations: Link: Kerosene plenty lamps of extra wicks, mantles, and chimneys

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Power_Lighting_Batteries List ea with power, it could turn your house into a come loot me LP/OP pickets. Make plans and buy materials in advance for ns for your windows.

hnology, these have no adverse charge level memory effect.)

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Security-General Need:

Security-General: Sandbags Barbed Wire

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Security-General Recommendations: Locks, intrusion detection/alarm systems, exterior obstacles (fences, gates, 5/8 diameter (or larger) locking road cables, rosebush plantings, decorative ponds (moats), ballistic protection (personal and residential), anti-vehicular ditches/berms, anti-vehicular concrete planter boxes, razor wire,
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akes to put it down with.

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Sundries List Need: Half Barrels Salt Blocks sewing gear Twine Velcro Mimeograph Recommendations: For working in (washing cloths etc) Lots of them (20+) for hunting and farm animals Lots of it Available cheap at Walmart, something not easily made If you find a working one cheep

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Tactical Living List Adjust your wardrobe buying toward sturdy earth-tone clothing. (Frequent you Dyes. Stock up on some boxes of green and brown cloth dye. Buy some extra for barter. W A Starlight scope (or goggles, or a monocular) literally amplifies low ambient light by up to 100,000 times, turning developed during the Vietnam War. Late issue Third Generation (also called or Third Gen or Gen 3) starlight as $500. Russian-made monoculars (with lousy optics) can be had for under $100. One Russian model that uses a case your expensive American made scopes fail. They should not be purchased for use as your primary night vi scopes, goggles, and monoculars you can afford. They may be life-savers! If you can afford to buy only one, make

If you live in the boonies, piece together nine of the USGS 15-minute maps, with your retreat property on the cen surrounding neighbors parcels (in pencil) in at least a five mile radius. (Get boundary line and current owner na Make a phone number/e-mail list that corresponds to all of the names marked on the map, plus city and count sheet with a sheet of heavy-duty acetate, so you can mark it up just like a military commanders map board. (Thi know your neighbors: When you are introduced by name to one of them when in town, you will be able to say, impressed, and you will seem

Need: Burlap Sacks Save those wine corks Cold weather and foul weather gear Mosquito repellent. Synthetic double-bag (modular) sleeping bags for each person Night vision gear + IR floodlights for your retreat house Subdued flashlights and penlights. Sandbags Range cards and sector sketches Wiggys FTRSS for every member

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Tactical Living List e buying toward sturdy earth-tone clothing. (Frequent your local thrift store and buy extras for retreat newcomers, charity, an green and brown cloth dye. Buy some extra for barter. With dye, you can turn most light colored clothes into semi-tactical clo mplifies low ambient light by up to 100,000 times, turning nighttime darkness into daylight--albeit a green and fuzzy view. Sta eneration (also called or Third Gen or Gen 3) starlight scopes can cost up to $3,500 each. Rebuilt first gen (early 1970s tech an be had for under $100. One Russian model that uses a piezoelectric generator instead of batteries is the best of this low-co y should not be purchased for use as your primary night vision devices unless you are on a very restrictive budget. (They are b may be life-savers! If you can afford to buy only one, make it a weapon sight such as an AN/PVS-4, with a Gen 2 (or better) tub

GS 15-minute maps, with your retreat property on the center map. Mount that map on an oversize map board. Draw in the pr five mile radius. (Get boundary line and current owner name info from your County Recorders office.) Study and memorize b o all of the names marked on the map, plus city and county office contact numbers for quick reference and tack it up right nex mark it up just like a military commanders map board. (This may sound a bit over the top, but remember, you are planning fo ame to one of them when in town, you will be able to say, Oh, dont you live about two miles up the road between the Jones impressed, and you will seem like an instant old timer.

Recommendations: For Ghili Suits. You can get bags for free from supermarkets Burned cork makes quick and cheap face camouflage buy plenty, since you will be doing more outdoor chores, hunting, and standing guard duty. Dont overlook ponch Unscented The Wiggys brand Flexible Temperature Range Sleep System (FTRSS) made by Wiggy's of Grand Junction, Colorado is highly recommended.

For your retreat

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etreat newcomers, charity, and barter.) clothes into semi-tactical clothing on short notice. t a green and fuzzy view. Starlight light amplification technology was first uilt first gen (early 1970s technology scopes can often be had for as little eries is the best of this low-cost breed. These are best used as backups (in estrictive budget. (They are better than nothing.) Buy the best starlight , with a Gen 2 (or better) tube. Make sure to specify that that the tube is

ze map board. Draw in the property lines and owner names of all of your office.) Study and memorize both the terrain and the neighbors names. rence and tack it up right next to the map board. Cover the whole map emember, you are planning for the worst case. It will also help you get to the road between the Jones place and the Smiths ranch? They will be

Link:

d duty. Dont overlook ponchos and gaiters.

http://www.wiggys.com/

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Tools List Emphasis on hand powered tools.

Systematically list the things that you use on a regular basis, or that you might need if the local hardware stor weather stripping, abrasives, twine, Need: Adze ASSEGAI WITH LONG SHAFT Assorted Planes Auger Axes Bag Balm Bevel Bit Center Bolt cutters--the indispensable universal key. Bowl adze Brace buck rake Bucksaw bulk grain and sweet feed Bushman (or Bushman Bowie) carding combs Carpentry Hand Saws Chain Chainsaw Bar (1 Spare) Chainsaw Bar Oil Chainsaw Chains (at least 6) Chainsaw lumber mill Chisel Morticing Chisel paring collars Come Alongs Copper-tox Crosscut saw sharpening kit Dont forget to buy plenty of extra work gloves Draw knife Draw Knives elastrator and bands feed buckets Froe Full Size Hay Scythe Gauge Page 64

Tools List goat milking stand Gouge Grind Stone Hacksaw Blades (lots of them) Halters hand sheep shears hay fork hay hooks Heave Duty Hand Drill heavy duty two wheel garden carts Hi-Lift Jack hoof nippers hoof pick Hoof rasp horse brushes Lathe Spring Pole Lathe Treadle leads leashes Leather Punches Leatherworking MACHETE W/ SHEATH manure shovel nail clippers (various sizes) Nails Pendleton Lite Hunter Plane jack Plane Router Post Hole Digger saddles Several hand Scythes sickle mower Skidding Tongs Small Broad Axe Small Welding Rig Spading Fork Spike Hawk SWOT fly repellent tack repair tools teat dip Timber Jacks Page 65

Tools List Two man Crosscut saw udder wash various tack Wedges Wet stones. Wheeled Cultivator Wood Chisels Chisels Pick Green River Skinning knife Set of good Files 3 in 1 Oil Anvil

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u use on a regular basis, or that you might need if the local hardware store were to ever disappear: wire of various gauges, duc weather stripping, abrasives, twine, white glue, cyanoacrylate glue, et cetera. Recommendations: X4 Assorted Sizes Large broad axe, Felling Axe, splitting maul

Dont forget assorted bits to go along with it. drawn behind horses (store in galvanized trash cans with tight fitting lids to keep the mice out) X 10 for use and barter Cross cut,Rip, and one person crosscut for felling trees Several heavy duty chains for pulling and strapping At least 3 gallons For the chainsaw you own

Several, plus replacement parts

plus replacement parts

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A manually powered round wetstone for sharpening tools. and a good hacksaw for them to go on

with a chest plate convert the wheels to solid rubber tires or foam filled "no flats" tires

X4

lots of them, various sizes but with emphasis on the 10 Penny (the most useful constructions size. X 10 for use and barter

drawn behind horses

And extra rod/wire X2

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For Splitting wood Varying types and sizes/shapes

Stone and wood Use and Barter Redundant and several styles for different material Several Gallons of it, multiple uses.

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re to ever disappear: wire of various gauges, duct tape, reinforced strapping tape, chain, nails, nuts and bolts, e glue, cyanoacrylate glue, et cetera. Link:
http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/product_info.php/cPath/36_103/products_id/1646 http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/default.php/cPath/2_3_18 http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/default.php/cPath/525_526

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/product_info.php/cPath/36_103/products_id/2926

http://www.crosscutsaw.com/4.html http://www.coldsteel.com/bushmanseries.html

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/category_logging+saw-milling

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/default.php/cPath/36_104

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/default.php/cPath/36_387 http://www.scythesupply.com/articles/beautyofscythes.htm#

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http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/product_info.php/cPath/355/products_id/1933

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00042KG3A?ie=UTF8&tag=survivalcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASI

e most useful constructions size.

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/default.php/cPath/36_339 http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/default.php/cPath/525_526

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http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/product_info.php/cPath/36_306/products_id/3560

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/product_info.php/cPath/39_92_338/products_id/579

http://www.everten.com.au/product/dexter-russell-green-river-15cm-hg-skinning-knife.html

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Water List Need: Water Filter Heavy Duty Work Buckets 4-6 Gallon Water Containers Bleach Several Barrels Recommendations: Big Berkey British Berkefeld ceramic water filter Metal or Rubber Military Surplus For water treatment for storing water long term on location

House downspout conversion sheet metal work and barrels.

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