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This site is still new and we’re trying to get a handle on what we want to accomplish as well as what you are coming here looking for. We’ve whipped up a very short survey about it and if you could take a moment to fill it out we’d be your best friend. Each and every one of you. Thanks!

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Mailing List

We know visiting the site every day isn’t always possible and sometimes you’d just like to get an e-mail with the new stuff. Well this is our attempt to do that. Over on the Track page we have a sign up form for our mailing list which will send out a once daily e-mail with all the new posts from the last 24 hours. It’s a great way to stay on top of what we’re up to without having to constantly remember to check in for yourself.

Note: This won’t include anything from the forums so if you are hanging out there a lot this might not be the best option for you.

Introduction

Welcome to Urban Journal! A little bit of an introduction is in order before we get started. My name is Jason DeFillippo and my co-editor is Sean Bonner. We’re a couple of city dwelling guys who have a passion for all things related to preparedness and survivalism in urban settings. We both live in the greater Los Angeles area which is home to a plague of possible disasters from riots to earthquakes to tsunamis and the list goes on. So with an eye to things going sideways we’re starting this site to share our knowledge and experiences as we go. We’re not claiming to be survival experts. We have a deep passion for this stuff and we’re meeting more and more people every day who share it. Learning how to be ready in case something happens that’s out of our control is becoming more and more important as more people are living in cities and as we lose more of the core skills it takes to get by and our reliance on the infrastructure of civilization increases. With that in mind we are also launching a forum where we can all discuss various tips and techniques and learn from each other and build a community of like minded people.

On that note, why are we starting yet another “survivalist” website you might be asking yourself (we did) when there are thousands of them already out there? If you’ve spent any time at all browsing the current offerings you’ve probably noticed that they’re up to their eyeballs in political and religious rhetoric that takes away from their stated purpose. We aim to be different. Just giving you the skinny on the best ways to keep your ass out of trouble and still breathing while leaving your own beliefs and all that other crap firmly out of it.

So with all that out of the way lets get this show on the road!