Survival Dispatch Insider Vol. 4 Issue 8: When the System Breaks Down

Written as the 2020 shutdowns hit, Issue 8 of Volume 4 is 64 pages of lessons from watching the normal systems buckle in real time: travel, supply chains, the grid, emergency services and the trash truck.

Inside: an after-action review of evacuating an international survival course in Costa Rica when the borders started closing, and whether it was the right call; saving old knowledge, recording the elders in your community and archiving out-of-print books; knowing your supply chain and building your own; cutting losses, food security, a side hustle and an emergency fund; scanners and software-defined radio, including the HomePatrol-II and a NESDR bundle; the grid, planning for a blackout and its hidden hazards; medical preparedness when response times stretch out; listening to foreign shortwave for information without swallowing the propaganda; how travel restrictions actually played out, and how people got around them; dealing with trash when pickup stops, burn barrels, composting and compactors; and starting a neighborhood watch, with what counts as suspicious and what does not.

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