Preparedness

New Jersey Preparedness and Alternative Energy Show – April 20th, in Woodbury, NJ

March 27, 2013

I just got off the phone with Steve Schanne over at Off Grid Warehouse, a NJ based provider of preparedness gear and supplies. Steve has been promoting a FREE, Yes FREE Alternative Energy and Preparedness Expo. The Expo is being held in Woodbury, NJ on April 20th, 2013 in a 20,000 foot facility. There will [...]

Tagged as: Food, Gear, NJ, NY, PA, Personal, Preparedness, Prepeardness/Survival Expo, suburban survival, Urban Survival

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Homemade Electrolyte Replacements (Homemade Gatorade)

March 25, 2013

My girlfriend’s dog has been sick the past couple of days. Dehydrated, lethargic, etc. This got me thinking when I was doing several searches online for how to adequately keep him hydrated. By doing several Google searches I found a LOT of information on sick pets, dehydration, vomiting, etc. It got me thinking, that in a [...]

Tagged as: dehydration, Food, Gatorade, Health, Homemade Electrolyte Drink

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Hedging Economic Bets, Why I Buy Junk Silver and Silver Rounds

February 27, 2013

As I can afford to do it, I have been buying silver. Mostly silver rounds. I have a small stash of silver rounds primarily in hopes of hedging my bets against economic downturn or to hopefully capitalize on rising prices at some juncture, assuming they go above the current spot rate. I also have to preface this [...]

Tagged as: Economy, Gold and Silver, Silver

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2012 Urban Garden in Review, by an Anonymous Contibutor

February 22, 2013

It was a great year! By comparison to last year and before our urban garden did very well. I credit a lot of our success to trial&error over the last several years, learning as we go, reading and researching why this or that happened etc. Before going into details some background is needed: We live [...]

Tagged as: Gardening, Preparedness, prepping, Self Reliance

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Review of “Without Rule of Law, Advanced Skills to Help You Survive: Hide, Evade, Scavenge, and Infiltrate”

February 20, 2013

This review is probably months overdue. I’ve had “Without Rule of Law: Advanced Skills to Help You Survive” for months. It also took me a couple months to get through because I picked it up just every now and then to read it when I had a spare moment. To be sure I did not [...]

Tagged as: civil unrest, Gear, Preparedness, prepping, SHTF, skills, suburban survival, Survivalism, Urban Survival, WROL

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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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My Business Travel Carry On – Altoid Kit Contents

January 24, 2013

One of my buddy’s asked what I bring with me when I travel on business. I made a small video for him from my iPhone, but I thought I would publish contents of the Altoid kit that gets on the plane with me every time I fly. It is TSA friendly, but lacks a blade [...]

Tagged as: Altoid Kit, Carry on, EDC, TSA

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Prepping, a New Girlfriend, and Her Dog…

January 6, 2013

Well, We’re all preparing here for whatever it is we are preparing for. Hurricane, economic collapse, earthquake, civil unrest, whatever it is. As a single person, prepping has been a pretty simple concept to undertake. Know what my needs are and act on them. Simple. I want a months worth of food, I buy it. [...]

Tagged as: Personal, Preparedness, prepping

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Hurricane Sandy, Five Days Without Power, Three Weeks Later, and the Gear That Made My Life Easier

November 23, 2012

This is my (Suburban’s) slightly overdue postmortem of Hurricane Sandy. It’s Thanksgiving day as I write this, and I want to say thank you again to all of you, my readers, as well as a Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families. My thoughts this holiday weekend are with those who’s homes and lives have [...]

Tagged as: Bug In, Bugging In, Gear, Hurricane Sandy, Nor'easter, Weather

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Survival is a Fools Game; I Want to Live by Jesse Mathewson

November 20, 2012

Jesse Mathewson is a contributing author to the Suburban Survival blog. He is an individual who believes in Liberty, Non-Aggression, Self-Defense, Self-Ownership and a Free Market without state interference it is Jesse’s firm belief that we should all be better students in life. His autodactic education in American History, World Religious History, Government and accredited education [...]

Tagged as: Jesse Mathewson, Survivalism

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