Do you know how to make shoes? Can you build a house? How about grow food? Do you have a doctor and a dentist in your circle of friends? Would you know how to survive after the oil crash? No, no, a little, yes, probably not.

Survive the Apocalypse: a blog. Note: in event of actual apocalypse you'll probably want a hard copy of this blog.

Zombie Squad is a disaster preparedness community built around a simple organizing principle: "...if you are prepared for a scenario where the walking corpses of your family and neighbors are trying to eat you alive, you will be prepared for almost anything."

Once again, for the first time, The New York Times rediscovers middle-class survivalism.

When preparing for the apocalypse, consider the U.S. Army Survival Manual. It's available for free at survivalist website Equipped to Survive in two flavors, narrative and bullet-point.