by Mike R | Jan 31, 2014 | Articles, Everyday, Featured
Yesterday morning I received a call from a good friend and hopefully future SA contributor, who after seeing the insanity taking place in the southern states suggested an article on driving in the snow and on icy roads. Having grown up in New England, driving in bad...
by Naomi Broderick | Jan 30, 2014 | Disaster, Everyday
The Situation: A zombie apocalypse, winter storm, world war, or alien invasion has led to you and your family to be hunkered down in your Billings family home. Out of nowhere a common opportunistic group of thugs invade the home putting you and your family in...
by Matt S | Jan 29, 2014 | Articles, Disaster, Everyday
General Sherman evacuated the civilian population of Atlanta when it surrendered after a five week siege in 1864. He then destroyed Atlanta by fire. Nearly 150 years later, we watch as the city is brought to its knees by Mother Nature with ice. The stories coming...
by Matt S | Jan 27, 2014 | Articles, Disaster, Everyday, Featured
The proverbial crap has just hit the fan and the fan is on high. Whether a gunman opened fire nearby, your car died on an icy back country road in a snowstorm, or you looked outside your bedroom window to discover someone added the Apocalypse to your morning schedule...
by Matt S | Jan 23, 2014 | Everyday, Gear Talk, How-to's, Urban
I came up with this idea while visiting my uncle in Steamboat Springs, CO. With the heavy drought that year, the bears had been coming into town for food and were tearing apart hot tub covers and other items outside homes. I was working for Lutron at the time and...
by Mike R | Jan 22, 2014 | Articles, Everyday
Below please see the powerpoint on cold weather injury prevention and treatment. It’s a powerpoint presentation from the Northern Warfare Training Center (NWTC). This is the same class all new guys took upon arrival to Alaska as part of Arctic Light Individual...