Urban Survival

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

March 27, 2013
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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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Review of “Without Rule of Law, Advanced Skills to Help You Survive: Hide, Evade, Scavenge, and Infiltrate”

February 20, 2013
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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
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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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Thoughts on a Storage Unit as a Fallback Shelter or Bug Out Location

May 17, 2012
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This is a response to @Alex516 who asked the following question, which made me think a little deeper on the subject, and I thought it would make a good post: @Alex516 asked: “I’d be curious about your thoughts for using a storage unit as a layover. I’m thinking about caching some supplies in one on [...]

Tagged as: BOL, Bug Out Location, Bugging Out, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

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Pandemic Thoughts, and How’s Your NBC & Quarantine Gear?

March 23, 2012
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As I spend time writing this post, I am on a plane watching the film Contigion. If you have not seen it, it’s a film about a pandemic that started and begins to be widely spread by those traveling. As the film progresses, it is found that the pandemic is a deeply deadly virus. The [...]

Tagged as: Bug In, Bugging In, Gear, NBC, pandemic, prepping, suburban survival, Urban Survival

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2011 Urban Farming in Review

December 13, 2011
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2011 was a pretty good year farming wise at home. For an urban (I do consider myself urban) backyard container farm we did pretty good. And more importantly, we learned a lot to apply for next year. Starting out we added several new containers to our farm. I was surprised my wife went along with [...]

Tagged as: Gardening, Guest Post, Preparedness, prepping, Self Reliance, Urban Survival

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Endless Fall – Part 6: Trouble Comes For Dinner (Alternate Ending)

December 6, 2011
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Note: The following is the sixth installment of a series that represents a first-hand chronicle of a fictional economic collapse in the United States. This series is to be viewed as only one possible scenario. Contains explicit language.   May 2 – 195 days after Black Swan Day My Dearest Children – April showers might [...]

Tagged as: civil unrest, Economy, Food, Guest Post, Guns / Weapons, Levels of Awareness, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

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Endless Fall – Part 6: Trouble Comes For Dinner

November 29, 2011
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Note: The following is the sixth installment of a series that represents a first-hand chronicle of a fictional economic collapse in the United States. This series is to be viewed as only one possible scenario. Contains explicit language.   May 2 – 195 days after Black Swan Day My Dearest Children – April showers might [...]

Tagged as: civil unrest, Crime, Economy, Food, Guest Post, Levels of Awareness, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

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The 3rd Wave, Evacuation From A Disaster Location

November 22, 2011
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Let me preface this article by acknowledging the source for the idea of this article comes from another peppers’ video. Unfortunately, it’s been a long time I’ve mulled over this topic and I don’t recall who exactly it was. With that out of the way, let’s get started. The subject of evacuation from a disaster [...]

Tagged as: Bug Out, Bug Out Vehicle, Guest Post, Levels of Awareness, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

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Endless Fall – Part 5: Hell Comes To Frog Town

November 15, 2011
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Note: The following is the fifth installment of a series that represents a first-hand chronicle of a fictional economic collapse in the United States. This series is to be viewed as only one possible scenario.   April 2 – 165 days after Black Swan Day My Dearest Children – Spring has sprung. Unfortunately the warmer [...]

Tagged as: civil unrest, Crime, Economy, Food, Government, Guest Post, Levels of Awareness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

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