Preparedness Information - The Preparedness Radio Network

My good friend John from Destiny Survival hosts a weekly radio program on the Preparedness Radio Network. This site is a great resource for information on a variety of preparedness topics and it offers a great way to stay up to date on some of the most recent happenings in the world of preparedness.

Plans are also in progress to do another interview about being prepared with John for the Preparedness Radio Network. More information will be forthcoming once a date for the interview has been set. If you haven’t had a chance to check out the Preparedness Radio Network yet, you may want to check out my most recent interview with John from Destiny Survival here:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/doctorprepper/2012/03/08/destiny-survival-radio

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Staying above the water line!

Riverwalker

Observations of a Prepper - More Prepper Networks

It seems that there are even more prepper networks now. This is a VERY good thing. The more people who are prepared for adversity, the less victims and refugees we will have. Hopefully the lessons learned from Katrina won't have to be re-learned before people realize that self reliance is a good thing.

Check out American Preppers Network for all the different states that now have prepper networks and help everyone become better prepared. Tom has put a lot of hard work into this effort and should be commended for a great job. Thanks Tom from preppers everywhere!

Staying above the water line!

Riverwalker

Texas Area Prepping

A reader has requested assistance on determining a viable place to re-locate. Perhaps someone out there can give them some help in deciding their best place to re-locate from the big city to an area that may be more advantageous.

Here is their request:

To: Riverwalker
From: Cindy in Austin
Date: August 05,2008
Hello,

First off I’d like to thank you for your articles, I read them daily. Second, we moved to Austin a year and a half ago from California. Actually, we turned an old bus into a motor home and toured the US for two years looking for a new place to live.

Although we love everything Austin has to offer, I cringe daily at the thought of being there in bad times. We are renting downtown and had planned to buy when the chips were down, but now we understand how silly it would be to buy in the city during such times. After our trip we kept the bus, and we know that if it were necessary, we could live pretty comfortably on some land until we could build more housing.

We are busily prepping with some hope to buy a few acres soon in outlying rural areas. Any suggestions from readers regarding locations in Central Texas would be appreciated. So far we are considering the Tyler area as well as Bastrop/Smithville. We would love to meet others interested in forming a group that can come together when things get ugly. We have two children 16 and 13 who would welcome a self sufficient way of life. They are home-schooled and don’t understand the culture most of their peers embrace.

The kids and I have been visiting friends and family in CA during the past month with the hopes of getting my parents out of the stock market and setting up some modest preps. No one (including friends) wants to hear anything about the economy, “everything will work itself out…let’s watch ‘Dancing with the Stars”! You would think that living in earthquake country (SF Bay Area) they would at least see the value of preparing for a natural disaster, but apparently I’m just Chicken Little. The malls are full and people have no clue. We can’t wait to return to Texas on the 11 th and as my 16 year old daughter keeps telling me, at least we tried. Anyway, thanks again and keep up the good work!

Cindy in Austin

Let's see if we can help out Cindy in Austin. Thanks.

Additional info here:

http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/making-the-move-from-city-to-country-living

Staying above the water line!

Riverwalker

Texas Preppers Network - Please Sound Off

I would like to ask any preppers from Texas, those that want or plan to come to Texas, or those that are planning to leave Texas to sound off about any problems they are having in their area. These problems should address survival or preparedness issues you may have. I would also like to have anyone else, no matter where you are from to sound off also. Sharing ideas and information can only help to make us better prepared.

Are there food shortages of any kind in your area? Are fuel prices higher or lower than normal in your area? Are you seeing more people stocking up? Have there been severe weather problems in your area (fires,floods,tornadoes, etc.)? Are there any traffic problems because of road construction? Has there been an outbreak of crime in your area that may be of concern to someone else in the region. Maybe there are equipment shortages. Can't find spare or replacement parts for your guns or gear? Don't see any of a particular item on the shelves anymore and need to see where it can still be found? Maybe you just have an excess of something and would like to work out a trade with someone in the area or do a little bartering.

Basically, I would like to see if a heads-up on local happenings in the state might be of help to someone. I would like to see if there is a need out there for some sort of state-wide alert system for survival and preparedness related information that could be accessed quickly in an emergency or crisis situation or give an early warning if something is going down.

I would also like anyone visiting my site to please leave a comment if you have done something similar in your area or would like to start something similar in your area or simply want to help with an idea or a criticism.

For those of you who do not wish to make a public comment, you may e-mail me privately at:

riverwalker_texas@yahoo.com

This idea came about as a result of the excellent job that Survivalist News has done. They have a great site that has helped a lot in the area of critical survival news.

I will also make a definite effort to respond to all of your comments so check back for my response to your comments or the comments made by someone else.

Even if you don't leave a comment or e-mail me, I want to thank everyone that has visited my site for their time in doing so. THANKS!

Stay above the water line!

Riverwalker