My Business Travel Carry On – Altoid Kit Contents

January 24, 2013
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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
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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
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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
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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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Hurricane Sandy, a Review, by a Contributing Author from Long Island

November 13, 2012
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A contributing writer to the Suburban Survival Blog, and lives on Long Island hit hard by Hurricane Sandy.  I’ve asked him for his post mortem recount of the hurricane, what worked and what did not work for him during the storm, power outage, and overal disaster here in the Northeast.  By the time this is [...]

Tagged as: Bugging In, Disaster Preparedness, Gear, Hurricane Sandy, MasterPo, Natural Disasters, Preparedness

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On the 2012 Presidential Election, My Personal Thoughts, More Emotional Than Not

November 7, 2012
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A few thoughts on the election: I try to avoid the politics, but this morning I feel compelled to speak out. I stayed up late last evening to watch the election results in disbelief. Being a conservative. Being a person who just wants to be left alone to work and live. Being a person who [...]

Tagged as: 2012 Election, Politics

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Hurricane Sandy Updates via Facebook

November 1, 2012
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Hey everyone, I just want to let you all know that I am making personal updates about Hurricane Sandy on my facebook page and will be putting together more comprehensive posts for the blog later.  Please check out the page if you have not at www.facebook.com/SuburbanSurvivalBlog. Thanks and for those that can get to the page [...]

Tagged as: Bugging In, Hurricane Sandy, Natural Disasters, Preparedness, prepping, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

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My Food Storage is Changing, an update on Apartment Prepping…

September 24, 2012
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As my time prepping matures, and living in an apartment, I am also finding that my prepping is starting to morph a bit.  As I prep for food, most specifically, I find that cans of food are becoming cumbersome.  Specifically, soups, tunas, canned chicken (which is a personal favorite of mine), etc.  I also find [...]

Tagged as: Apartment Prepping, Bugging In, Bugging Out, Food Storage, Personal, Preparedness, prepping

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Bug Out Threats, Traffic and Fuel, Part 1.5, OPSEC

September 16, 2012
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This is a supplement to Bug Out Threats, Traffic and Fuel, Part One.  While traveling this week, it occurred to me I might have missed something in the original post.  In fact it was brought to my attention by a buddy of mine as we were chatting about the possibility of having to Bug Out.  The [...]

Tagged as: Bug Out, Bug Out Route, Bugging Out, OPSEC, Preparedness, Refugee

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11 Years Later

September 11, 2012
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There is not much to say today.  Very simply, my thoughts go out to the families and victims of the 9/11 tragedy 11 years ago today.  I don’t really have much more than that.

Tagged as: 9/11, Personal

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