Thoughts on a Storage Unit as a Fallback Shelter or Bug Out Location

by suburban | May 17, 2012 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

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... Read more

Examining the Requirement for Multiple Short Term Bug Out Locations

by suburban | Apr 15, 2012 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Preparedness

Recent­ly. I have been look­ing for a BOL prop­er­ty again. I have had sev­er­al con­ver­sa­tions with oth­er prep­pers about going in on prop­er­ty togeth­er, alone, etc. Then I exam­ine my geog­ra­phy and demo­graph­ic, and it hit me… I live in a high­ly... Read more

Family Preparedness Mindset — A Lesson Learned by Matthew Brown

by suburban | Apr 8, 2012 | Preparedness

My fam­i­ly and I recent­ly attend­ed a wed­ding in Michi­gan near the Sleep­ing Bear sand dunes. We went up for the week­end and I knew that the weath­er was going to be unpre­dictable. I packed accord­ing­ly with my water­proof shell, my hik­ing shoes and your... Read more

Policy, Law, and the Free Man by Jesse Mathewson

by suburban | Apr 3, 2012 | Government

It has been a per­son­al stance of mine that lib­er­ty, not be tied to a piece of paper, gov­ern­ment or phi­los­o­phy that includes the state for over two years now. This is a per­son­al phi­los­o­phy that will like­ly see change, evo­lu­tion of the mind in the... Read more

I’m Different… An Observation(s) from the Field of Life

by suburban | Apr 1, 2012 | EDC, Gear, Personal, Preparedness

I’ve been on a long over­due vaca­tion this past week.  Sev­er­al years over­due, in fact.  But I learned some­thing quite by acci­dent that I would like to share.  While trav­el­ing with a group of friends out­side the Unit­ed States, one of which was... Read more