bug out bag

The Get Home Bag for the Girlfriend and Her Impending Education

February 12, 2013

As I mentioned in a previous post, I was concerned about making sure my girlfriend was prepared for an emergency, primarily to get to my domicile in the event of an impending or happening disastrous situation. I hope to make sure she is safe as well as her dog, whom I have become very fond of, despite [...]

Tagged as: bug out bag, Bugging Out, Get Home Bag, Personal, Preparedness, prepping, suburban survival, Urban Survival, urban survival kit

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The Modular Survival Kit, Cache Valley Prepper

August 1, 2012

The Modular Survival Kit is a fairly simple concept. And one that I know that the military is familiar with, but not one that I’ve heard get much attention in the prepping community. Once I had built up my kit, as any aspiring survivalist would do, I did a few practice bug-outs in the form [...]

Tagged as: Bug Out, Bug Out Vehicle, Bugging In, Bugging Out, EDC, Gear, Guest Post, Modular, Modular Gear, Modular Kit, Modular Survival Kit, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, survival, survival kit, Survivalism, Weather

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Add One of These Budget Knives To Your Kit(s)

January 26, 2012

In a short sighted ambitious attempt to think about learning more skills, I wanted, and continue to want to learn how to make a knife out aof a blank piece of steel. It is something that I have wanted to do for a long time, as does a buddy of mine. While watching City Survivalist’s [...]

Tagged as: Budget, bug out bag, EDC, Gear, Knives

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The Interesting Road to Actually Bugging Out, Thoughts During a Mandatory Evacuation

September 3, 2011

Yesterday, I received an email, and text message from the local emergency system I was signed up for. The mayor of my town, and the county, I believe, instituted a mandatory evacuation of homes due to flooding from the Passaic River. As I got the text and email, I thought about it for a while. [...]

Tagged as: BoB, bug out bag, Bug Out System, Bugging Out, Flooding, Hurricane Irene

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Bug Out Trigger Criteria

July 29, 2011

This is a guest post by a new contributing Author Mr-Jones. Mr-Jones and I know each other primarily from Facebook, and some of the same forums, and have become fast friends, online. I have asked him to contribute when he can, and I greatly appreciate it. Please welcome him… What exactly would it take to [...]

Tagged as: Bug Out, Bug Out Criteria, Bugging Out

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10 Things You Can Do Right Now To Become a Better Prepper or Get Started

May 26, 2011

Traveling again this week and short on time, but wanted to put something together for you… I was going over ways in my head to help me re-align some goals and thought I would share a few of them with you… These are in no particular oder Plant a garden, any garden. Go get some [...]

Tagged as: bug out bag, Bug Out Location, Debt Reduction, first aid, Gardening, Physical Fitness, Preparedness, prepping

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EDC Bag Reconfiguration

May 11, 2011

When I first began prepping, I put a tactical messenger bag on my Amazon Christmas list so that I could carry “stuff” around to be a “survivalist” if the “SHTF”. I am putting those words in quotation, because I had no idea at the time what stuff I needed to face a crisis situation. With [...]

Tagged as: bug out bag, EDC, Gear, suburban survival, Urban Survival

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Urban Blender

April 27, 2011

In any environment, blending in can be an important survival tactic. It is no different in urban or suburban situations where fitting in keeps you under the radar and safe. Everything you do is either useful camouflage or dangerous attraction, from the cloths you wear, the car you drive and how you gather and store [...]

Tagged as: bug out bag, EDC, Gardening, Gear, Guns

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Saturday Videos

April 16, 2011

Jewish Preppers Long Term Food Storage Part I httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nse1BQ9touU&feature Jewish Preppers Long Term Storage Part II httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq6ZdRAqhSA Jewish Preppers Part III httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmuclPG2IJE Jewish Prepper – Prepping Part IV httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw3ODS1gSjE Kids Bug Out Bag httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDPtB1R4vEM $20.00 Dollar Store Bug Out Bag Challenge (Version 1) httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZPDrBgfbgU $20.00 Dollar Store Bug Out Bag Challenge (Version 2) httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUVb0mGK9ek

Tagged as: bug out bag, prepping, Videos

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Thinking About More Preps, Goals, Milestones, and Disaster

April 15, 2011

It’s a fantastic evening here in NJ, with the exception of my allergies kicking up, which reminds me. Time to stock up a few seasons worth of Zyrtec or some other anti-hystimine. As long as they as stored correctly, they should last for several years without worrying they go bad. I think it is going [...]

Tagged as: bug out bag, Bug Out Location, Bugging In, Bugging Out, Food, Gear, Preparedness, prepping

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