This is a great thread. There is so much to go into. I live by the 4 G's
1. God
2. Groceries
3. Guns
4. Gold
Two great resources for Survival are:
The book by Stan and Holy Deyo called Dare to Prepare
http://standeyo.com/Our_Books/DTP.html#Anchor-49593
scroll down to look at the Table of Contents
And
Ferfal's blog
http://www.ferfal.blogspot.com/
He lived through the collapse of the economy in Argentina in 2001. He tells all about it and he is a true survivalist. The US may see something similar to what happened there (perhaps much worse).
Thank you for posting this.