[zinj]

Outdoor survival and disaster preparedness is a common topic on this board. However, I sense that many of the moderators are tired of the same threads being repeated in their specific subforum, or marginally tangential survival topics being posted.

Survival often deals with firearms and non-firearm tools like knives and bows, and it does have a place on THR. If a seperate sub-forum were created it would be beneficial for all involved. Moderators of other sub-forums would not have to deal with these threads. It would be beneficial for users because all of the survival and disaster preparedness information would be in one place, easy to find and search, with common questions and solutions stickied. This would again help the mods of other forums as they would not need to deal with redundant threads.

I think the most likely criticism of this idea is the fact that it may draw the Black Helicopter/Tinfoil Hat crowd. I do not think that there would be such a problem, as a forim I used to frequent opened a survival sub-forum and had some high quality and informative discussions.

A related concern would be that such a sub-forum would degenerate into The End of the World as We Know It (TEOTWAWKI) threads. Again, on this other board the discussion remained limited to wilderness survival and realistic disaster preparedness.

I believe that a seperate survival sub-forum would benefit THR, by giving these popular discussions a common area to occur and removing the burden from the other forums. Thank you for considering my proposal.

[Jeff White]

No, we've discussed this at length. There are many forums that are devoted to survival that will do a better job then we can here. This isn't the first time this has come up. A search of this subforum will bring up several threads on just this issue.

Too many subforums, especially those not related to our primary mission of promoting the responsible use of firearms, will not help us stay focused.

Jeff

['Card]

You make a good case for a survival forum, zinj. Well thought-out, well-reasoned, and well-expressed - and any suggestion intended to improve THR is a welcome sign, even if it isn't embraced by everybody.

In the final analysis I have to agree with Jeff, though. As he said, there are an awful lot of survival-based sites and forums on the web already, and many of them probably do a better job with the topic than we would here. I also think that having too many sub-forums has a way of diluting focus and activity, and sometimes it seems like we have too many sub-forums on THR already.

[The_Antibubba]

Zinj,

Here's one started by a former HighRoader:

http://www.neardeathexperiments.com/

[therealsteamer]

www.neardeathexperiments.com New and improved.....:neener:

[thereisnospoon]

www.neardeathexperiments.com

note: participation in this thread does not constitute trying to denegrate THR in any way. However, since this topic is a red-headed-step-child on THR it is nice to have a place to go to discuss these issues.

I still frequent THR daily, multiple times a day, but a lot of my time is spent at NDE.

Come visit.

[mp510]

Thereisnospoon-

So you're over here too. That makes 4 of us, at least. RJ got the Stormsurge site back up you might want come on by.

For those of you interested, Stormusrge Outfitters and Supply has a good survival forum, and no tin foil content:)

www.stormsurgeforums.com

[thereisnospoon]

I am everywhere and nowhere...


And I for one enjoy a little tin foil every now and then...