The Get Home Bag for the Girlfriend and Her Impending Education

by suburban | Feb 12, 2013 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, Preparedness, Prepping, suburban survival, Urban Survival

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... Read more

My Business Travel Carry On — Altoid Kit Contents

by suburban | Jan 24, 2013 | EDC, Gear, Preparedness

One of my bud­dy’s asked what I bring with me when I trav­el on busi­ness.  I made a small video for him from my iPhone, but I thought I would pub­lish con­tents of the Altoid kit that gets on the plane with me every time I fly.  It is TSA friend­ly, but... Read more

Prepping, a New Girlfriend, and Her Dog…

by suburban | Jan 6, 2013 | Personal, Preparedness, Prepping

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... Read more

Hurricane Sandy, Five Days Without Power, Three Weeks Later, and the Gear That Made My Life Easier

by suburban | Nov 23, 2012 | Gear, Natural Disaster, Preparedness

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... Read more

Survival is a Fools Game; I Want to Live by Jesse Mathewson

by suburban | Nov 20, 2012 | Preparedness, Survivalism

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... Read more