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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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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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, a Review, by a Contributing Author from Long Island

November 13, 2012

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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Hurricane Sandy Updates via Facebook

November 1, 2012

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

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

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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My Defensive AR Course with GAPPNJ

September 10, 2012

“Oh man,” I thought as I forced myself out of bet this Sunday morning, I feel like I was hit by a small truck. Wiping the sleep from my eyes, and prior to my first cup of coffee (as I write this it’s almost noon, and still need a first cup of coffee) I felt [...]

Tagged as: Cameron Green, Defensive AR, Defensive Carbine, GAPP, GAPPNJ, Green Academy of Personal Protection, Guns, Home Security, Personal Protection, Preparedness, Protection, Security