Hurricane Sandy, Five Days Without Power, Three Weeks Later, and the Gear That Made My Life Easier
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 […]
Survival is a Fools Game; I Want to Live by Jesse Mathewson
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 […]
Hurricane Sandy, a Review, by a Contributing Author from Long Island
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 […]
On the 2012 Presidential Election, My Personal Thoughts, More Emotional Than Not
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 […]
Hurricane Sandy Updates via Facebook
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 […]
My Food Storage is Changing, an update on Apartment Prepping…
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 […]
Bug Out Threats, Traffic and Fuel, Part 1.5, OPSEC
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 […]
11 Years Later
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.
My Defensive AR Course with GAPPNJ
“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 […]
NBC’s Revolution, Full Pilot Episode.
After 15 years of darkness, an unlikely trio sets out on a journey to save the world.