Car preparedness for the urban or suburban dweller

by suburban | May 9, 2010 | Gear, General, Preparedness, Survival Gear, Survivalism, Water, Weather

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... Read more

JWR’s post on the Survival Blog: A Practical, Full Spectrum Suburban Survival Plan

by suburban | May 9, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, Preparedness, Survival Gear, Survivalism

Here is a great article/blog post from James Wes­ley Rawles called A Prac­ti­cal, Full Spec­trum Sub­ur­ban Sur­vival Plan. (This blog post is no longer avail­able on survivalblog.com. Read more

Two new books in my survival library

by suburban | May 7, 2010 | Books, Bushcraft

So I added two new books to my sur­vival library this week.  The first is “Prim­i­tive Skills and Crafts, An Out­doors­man­’s Guide to Shel­ters, Tools, Weapons, Track­ing, Sur­vival, and More”  It is to com­pli­ment my Back to Basics, and is paper­back, so... Read more

Arizona Immigration Law, a spirited debate on my Facebook wall.

by suburban | May 3, 2010 | Politics

Here is a spir­it­ed debate over the Ari­zona Immi­gra­tion Law that end­ed up on my Face­book wall yes­ter­day.  A sim­ple com­ment I made cre­at­ed a day long debate and com­ment thread.  Read on and make your own com­ments… Read more

Tornadoes and Hurricanes, feet of rain falling, what to do?

by suburban | May 3, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, Preparedness, Weather

Well, my friend Shane posed an inter­est­ing ques­tion today about whether or not I am pre­pared for a Hur­ri­cane or Tor­na­do.  He recent­ly had a tor­na­do touch down 600 feet from his home.  More specif­i­cal­ly, he asked, if I have a kit for such an... Read more