Over the next 12 plus weeks I will be going through the book as in a course and blogging my experience. Sometimes it is best to go back to the basics. This way you may find something you may have missed or need to work on more. As far as I can tell you can use the book or go through his online SurviveInPlace Course. I really don’t know what the difference is. The book covers the same thing as the online course does. He does mention of some fun additional surprises that won’t be disclose to non-students.
SurviveInPlace.com/UrbanSurvivalGuide.com Course Outline
From: http://secretsofurbansurvival.com/course-outline-sylabus/
Lesson 1. Overview
- Why Urban areas are a horrible place to be in a disaster.
- Why staying in an Urban Area may be your best option.
- Operational Security—How to avoid being a target for thieves now and looters later (part 1).
- First Steps To Get Your Family On Board.
- Why your survival depends more on your mindset than your skill set.
- How to train your mind to become your most valuable survival tool.
- What’s worth surviving for?.
- Communications after disasters (part 1).
- How cell phones could stop you from making contact with relatives during an emergency.
- Prioritized Buying List & A process to keep you from ending up with a garage full of survival stuff you can’t use
- Your first exercise.
- How to know the parts of your city that pose a threat to you and your loved ones and still sleep at night.
- What areas will civil breakdowns effect most?
- Identifying choke points.
- Assessing your survival strengths and weaknesses.
- Basic supplies inventory.
- The 6 criteria that every 72 hour kit should meet.
- A systematic approach to stocking your car, home, and office kits.
- Hiding your 72 hour kits.
- History of influenza pandemics.
- Tamiflu & Relenza.
- Simple tips to avoid cytokine storms and organ liquefaction.
- Cheap/free techniques to reduce your chances of getting the flu (Missing just one of these “obvious secrets” will increase your chances of getting the flu by 89 percent!).
- Proven flu-fighting items to keep on hand if you get the flu and going to the doctor is not an option.
- Brief overview of the terrorist threat.
- History of chemical & biological attacks.
- Recent chemical/biological attacks.
- Your response to airborne incidents.
- Your response to communicable pandemics.
- Creating your safe room.
- How to build a team of likeminded people without compromising operational security.
- Operational Security (Part II) – Don’t share too much information.
- 7 point plan to vet people for your team.
- 9 places to find people for your team.
- Tips for keeping your team together.
- Self evaluate your progress to this point.
- Secrets to quickly and cheaply “harden” your home and protect it from forcible entry and armed attack without advertising yourself as a target.
- FBI crime stats.
- The illusion of security.
- Using power tools without electricity.
- Bullet penetration in various materials.
- Economic troubles on the horizon (doubling the money supply plus lower GDP = tough times ahead).
- Very simple food storage solutions that everyone in your family will buy into.
- What to do about your financial obligations after a disaster.
- Getting your family on board.
- Operational Security (Part III) and food caches.
- Using the water in your water heater without scalding yourself, drinking raw sewage, or having to drink brown water.
- Getting your Church prepared.
- Dealing with neighbors after a disaster.
- Texting, email, draft messages, and other alternative means of communication.
- War Driving.
- Two way radio communications.
- Graffiti & hobo chalk codes?
- The math behind batteries, solar chargers, and hand crank chargers.
- Why car batteries are horrible for survival situations.
- Timing is everything.
- Hungry/Thirsty people won’t die if you don’t give them your supplies.
- Misinformation kills. (The media is not there to protect you).
- Centralized solutions fail.
- Never trust a bureaucratic proposal in a disaster situation.
- You’re on your own. Accept it and deal with it.
- Why shelters may be your worst solution (NEVER become a refugee!).
- Some who have taken an oath to defend the Constitution are really a threat to it.
- Thank God for Bubbas and Rednecks.
- Withdrawal sucks…here’s how to profit from it.Protect your first responders and their families.
- Burning ants with a magnifying glass.
- Why you’re better off teaming up with a drunk than someone who hasn’t slept in two days”.
- Insider powerful napping secrets that can increase your effectiveness by over 82% in 3 days.
- How to inoculate your mind to stress so you will react with speed and purpose when others are paralyzed by fear.
- Simple tricks to turn poisonous worry into productive action.
- Protect your body so your body can protect you.
- Where to find free local maps after a disaster.
- Scouting out gangs and community groups.
- Concentric circles of security.
- Be boring… it might keep you from getting shot.
- When to carry a padlock and a livestock marker.
- Surveillance detection and avoidance.
- Field expedient disguises.
- Barter items.
- Don’t look like the weak gazelle.
- Money counting lessons from a blind man.
- Group formations to avoid mugging.
- Reuniting your family after a disaster.
- “Smelling” danger in advance to gain a head start.
- How to keep yourself “invisible” in plain sight.
- Gain the peace of mind that comes from knowing you and your family are prepared.
Well, I’m going to try to get started on this course in the next week or so. I have a few things that need to be done before I start on this course.
Here is some links for more info:
Urban Survival Guide
SecretsOfUrbanSurvival.com
