Alarmism
Supertuberculosis
Sadly, this isn't a post about crime-fighting tuberculosis (even though that would be cool). Ann emailed us this link last week about totally drug-resistant tuberculosis (TDR-TB). There have been at…
Category: Preparedness
Difficult Decisions
What you should be afraid of.
Whole psychological theories have been based on what shows up in our horror films. I could go on and on about them, but as I only have an A level…
Post-Apocalypse People
Entertaining the kids
Coming off the Christmas holidays, my older daughter's school has a few random days off in January. My younger daughter gets to stay home those days, and I unfortunately get…
Comic Books
A Discussion of CROSSED
Crossed is a graphic novel written by Garth Ennis, drawn by Jacen Burrows, and published via Avatar Press. The story is set in a world where suddenly there are people who…
Preparedness
5 Reasons Earth Might be Invaded by Aliens
One of the many possible types of possible apocalypses is the vague and terrifying Invasion by Aliens. Aliens might invade Earth for a number of reasons. These reasons might be…
Apocalyptic Living
Making yourself a target – with your Christmas Decorations.
There are people in the world who seem to delight in making themselves a target for painful death post apocalypse. Not necessarily at your hands, but the way they live…
Basic Survival
Pregnancy is Worse Than The Apocalypse
Sure, pregnancy is like the miracle of life or some nonsense (until the machines perfect their way of making more humans...) But unlike being pregnant, I kind of want an apocalypse. I wouldn't have…
Apocalyptic Living
Personal choice: Why you don't have it post apocalypse.
Here's the thing. I am pretty left wing. (yes. It's possible to be an apocalypse prepper and left-wing. Who knew?) Along with that goes a belief I've had for a…
Basic Survival
Arming the children
So last week, I talked about post-apocalypse gift ideas for children. Because, you know, Christmas is coming up, and I'm sure everyone has thought about buying gifts at some point in…
Apocalyptic Living
What Are Women Worth at The End of The World?
Many of the depictions of apocalyptic life we see are over the top and hyper-fictionalized. In the few more realistic versions, there is a disquieting, reoccurring theme: women are weak…