Alan Urban

Why You Should Get Your Teeth Fixed

Have you ever had a really bad toothache? One so bad you couldn’t concentrate on anything or even sleep at night? I have. And let me tell you, it’s no picnic. Painkillers and Orajel weren’t enough to stop it, or even dull it significantly. I was in so much pain that I was calling every dentist in the book, trying to find one that could see me immediately. Eventually, someone agreed to see me that same week and I ended up getting a root canal. Several months ago I was thinking about what I would have done in a survival … Read More

Here’s Where You Should Keep Your Food Storage

by Alan Urban

When it comes to food storage, the conditions need to be right, there needs to be plenty of room, and it needs to be in a convenient place.

Water Storage 101

by Alan Urban

If you have enough room and don’t want to worry about hauling water from a pond, here’s what you need to know about water storage.

Ragnar’s Urban Survival

by Alan Urban

I just recently finished reading Ragnar’s Urban Survival: A Hard-Times Guide to Staying Alive in the City. This book is a good starting point for people who intend to stick it out where they are if disaster strikes. Ragnar touches on all the basic topics you will need to know in order to survive in the city, and shares some practical things you can do to start preparing. Here’s a preview of what’s in this book. Chapter 1: Basic Survival Philosophy. One of the more memorable lessons from this chapter is the Rule of Threes. For example, you should have … Read More

100 Items to Disappear First After The SHTF

by Alan Urban

When a major disaster strikes, people will rush to the stores and start buying all the supplies. These items will be the first to disappear.

Survival for Pregnant Women and Babies

by Alan Urban

If you or someone you know is pregnant or has a baby, check out these videos by The Patriot Nurse. Ever since the great recession began, some people have been afraid to have children. They’d rather wait until after the economy collapses and recovers. The problem is, no one knows how long this train wreck could last or how long a full recovery might take. And people have raised happy families in difficult times before. Unless you know for a fact that the end of the world is imminent, I see no reason to delay having children. You could wake … Read More

Top 10 Books on Survival

by Alan Urban

Update: Since I first wrote this post, many other great books have been released such as Surviving Doomsday, The Art of Eating Through The Zombie Apocalypse, and these urban survival books. So although I no longer consider the list below to be my top 10 books on survival, I still think they’re all very good. I haven’t read every book on survival (there are too many to keep up!), but I’ve read a lot. I went through my book shelf and tried to decide what I think are the best well-rounded survival books. After about an hour, I narrowed it … Read More

Survival Food for the Poor

by Alan Urban

I write a lot about survival food and supplies, but I’m also aware that most people are on a tight budget these days. Many of us are out of work and even most people who have jobs are struggling to make ends meet. All I can suggest is that people make a few sacrifices so they can get at least a one-month supply of food and water. It’s worth it. Look at it this way, if your financial problems get worse, at least you won’t have to worry about groceries for a month. I usually suggest people buy more of … Read More

How to Haggle After the SHTF

by Alan Urban

In first world countries, the prices in grocery and department stores are pretty much set in stone. You can’t convince the cashier to give you a better price. My wife and I visit the flea market on occasion, but even there the vendors don’t usually like to haggle. With most of them the price is what it is, take it or leave it. This will change quickly after a major economic disaster. Buyers will be strapped for cash and vendors will be more desperate to sell, so people will have to compromise on prices at flea markets and swap meets. … Read More

Unusual Survival Gear

by Alan Urban

On most nights I read in bed for a while before going to sleep. My wife usually falls asleep first so to be considerate, I turn off the lamp and use a book light. It occurred to me that I’ll be using this book light a lot if the power goes out. Then I thought, “If the power goes out, we only have one book light. What if someone else wants to read, too?” I decided to stock up on several book lights. Then I started brainstorming for other unusual survival gear that most people might not have thought of. … Read More

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