Resources

Becoming self-reliant and ready for emergencies and survival takes far more then an one site can manage, so I’ll be linking to other survival, food storage and homesteading sites to help.

Disasters

• Global Alert Map
• Radiation Network
• USGS Earthquake Map
• PandemicFlu.gov
• MIT NSE Nuclear Information Hub

General News

• The Blaze
• CNN
• Fox News
• BBC
• Business Insider
• Instapundit
• NewZeal
• DailyBeck

Weather

• NOAA National Weather Service
• SurfaceStations Weather Information
• Space Weather

Economic Indicators

• US Debt Clock
• Baltic Exchange Dry Index (BDI) & Freight Rates Shows world economic health by how much cargo is moving around.
• Mortgage Lender Implode-O-Meter list of failed lenders and banks.
• Worldometers
• Market Skeptic
• Nogger’s Blog
• Current Median CPI
• Shadow Government Statistics
• AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report

DIY

• Instructables
• wikiHow
• DIYNetwork
• eHow
• AllFreeCrafts
• This Old House
• LifeHacker

Books

• Hesperian Foundation has the excellent Where There Is No Doctor
• Project Gutenberg
• Free-ebooks.net
• CD3WD
• Drum-Runners
• The Medical Aspects of Radiation Incidents a free ebook on how to handle radiological events.
• The Army Corps of Engineers publications
• The Ship Captain’s Medical Guide one page version
• Soil And Health Library
• Prepper Network Free ebook library

Communications

• American Radio Relay League ARRL.org
• Ham Radio Practice Tests QRZ.com
• Radio Monitoring A How To Guide

Food Storage

• Provident Living
• Food Storage Made Easy
• The Food Guys Food Storage Calculator
• Reusable Canning Lids

Water

• Water Well Helpline

Gardening

• USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
• SoilWeb: An Online Soil Survey Browser

General Customer Service

• GetHuman
• DOJ How To File a Complaint

Building Plans

• North Dakota State University Extension Ag & Biosystems Engineering Building and Facility Plans
• Canada Plan Service
• MidWest Plan Service

Energy

• Green Batteries
• How to Solder

Medical

• First Nurse

Maps

• Red Cross
• US Terror History Map

Other

• America’s Outdoor History Museums A great way to learn forgotten hands-on techniques.

BlogRoll

• Stop Shouting
• SurvivalBlog The grandaddy blog
• Survival-Preps Bill Quick’s Forum
• Survival Podcast If you want to listen rather then read, good for the car.
• My Spinning Plates She invited me for my first guest post.