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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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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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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