Weather

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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The Modular Survival Kit, Cache Valley Prepper

August 1, 2012

The Modular Survival Kit is a fairly simple concept. And one that I know that the military is familiar with, but not one that I’ve heard get much attention in the prepping community. Once I had built up my kit, as any aspiring survivalist would do, I did a few practice bug-outs in the form [...]

Tagged as: Bug Out, Bug Out Vehicle, Bugging In, Bugging Out, EDC, Gear, Guest Post, Modular, Modular Gear, Modular Kit, Modular Survival Kit, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, survival, survival kit, Survivalism, Weather

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Back to the Basics

March 7, 2012

I’ve been prepping for about 18 months now and have kind of lost the spark that drives me to keep going. I really have not done anything for the past two months other than listen to The Survival Podcast and some other “small” projects (subject of future posts). So, I figure it is time to go [...]

Tagged as: Preparedness, Water, Weather

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Survival Heater for Your Car, My Test

February 13, 2012

I know. Everyone has done a YouTube lesson on how to build one of these inexpensive emergency heaters for your car. Honestly, I had to try it for myself to be sure that it “worked.” Many people use empty steel coffee cans, some people improvise and use what they might have in the garage as [...]

Tagged as: DIY, Gear, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, prepping, Self Reliance, Weather

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Hurricane Irene, What I Missed, What I Didn’t, and What I Learned.

August 31, 2011

Admittedly, I missed the “center” of Hurricane Irene. Rather, I missed the heart of the storm. I made my way west to Pennsylvania, not to bug out, but to a good friends bachelor party. The upside is that I was going to be west of Irene. The downside, if there is one, is that (in [...]

Tagged as: Bugging In, Flooding, Hurricane Irene, Preparedness, Weather

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A Cold Winter in Urbania

June 14, 2011

It may not be the coldest winter on record but the winter of 2010/2011 sure felt like it was in the Northeast. And it is definitely one of the snowiest in living memory and on record. Pretty much every week since the beginning of the New Year has brought a snow storm. Fortunately the price [...]

Tagged as: Economics, Economy, Energy/Power, Oil, suburban survival, Urban Survival, Weather, winter

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Yesterday’s Mild TEOTWAWKI Moment at the Grocery Store

December 27, 2010

It wasn’t really a TEOTWAWKI moment, but offered an interesting glimpse of what might be. Perhaps, the ghost of Christmas future. There is a major snowstorm on the way to the northeast. It is the first one of the season and the weather channels, news channels, and everyone is predicting 12 – 18 or so [...]

Tagged as: Preparedness, suburban survival, TEOTWAWKI, Urban Survival, Weather

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What Are We Talking Here, Man Made Disasters or Natural Disasters?

September 1, 2010

Well, while I am semi watching a little TV this evening, I figured I would bring up a topic that I seldom discuss. Natural disasters. In the past couple years, natural disasters have been front and center to everyone, partially due to how swiftly the media can get data on situations and report on it. [...]

Tagged as: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, SHTF, Weather

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Independence Day Weekend at the Camp Site

July 14, 2010

Well, last weekend was a good one. Not only because I celebrated Independence Day, it was also my Mother’s birthday (she turned 65), but I was able to get out and do a little camping too. It was a hot and long one as well… It was more of a maintenance weekend than a full [...]

Tagged as: Camping, Heat, Preparedness, suburban survival, survival, Water, Weather

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Car preparedness for the urban or suburban dweller

May 9, 2010

I wasn’t really sure how tittle this blog post this morning, so with luck I will be able to explain it in more detail to you. First, I am good for at least one flat tire a year in an area where I may or may not have cell coverage, love to go camping, but sometimes have [...]

Tagged as: automobile, car, first aid, Food, hygiene, Preparedness, survival, Water, Weather

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