You need to engage with your neighbors and start building an alliance of local help.

A UPS driver, for example, would be a great asset if you land him off the clock.

Maybe I should have started with how to use a CARVER matrix (Criticality, Accessibility, Recuperability, Vulnerability, Effect and Recognizability) for blowing up bridges or 37 recipes for dragon’s breath shotgun shells. Hell, maybe I’m just mad I didn’t start selling water filters in the ‘90s instead of enlisting. But if you stop and think for a

The absolute best method for sifting information is having multiple sources in the same arena and comparing the data they give you. I’m

Generally speaking, survival is a regional issue. That’s not to say the causes of the crisis can’t start far away because they can. It does pay to at least observe national and global news looking for potential cataclysms.

So, much like a SF guy would do in a foreign nation, you need to work on building your own intelligence network.

Two examples are a gas station attendant at a non-busy hour or a clerk at a local corner store. In the example of the gas station attendant, how do you break the ice?

would ask you this: what major news scoop in the last thirty years was picked up by a news station first?

Who would know about local travel habits? Has there been an influx of people coming in or leaving?