The Becker BK 2 Knife

by suburban | Sep 7, 2011 | Bushcraft, Gear, Knives

The Beck­er BK2 by Ka-Bar. I’ve had this knife for sev­er­al months, and keep for­get­ting to write a review of it. So, here it is… In hind­sight, I remem­ber pulling this knife out of the box… My first impres­sion was how heavy it was. My sec­ond impres­sion was how... Read more

The Interesting Road to Actually Bugging Out, Thoughts During a Mandatory Evacuation

by suburban | Sep 3, 2011 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, Gear, Personal, Preparedness, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

Yes­ter­day, I received an email, and text mes­sage from the local emer­gency sys­tem I was signed up for.  The may­or of my town, and the coun­ty, I believe, insti­tut­ed a manda­to­ry evac­u­a­tion of homes due to flood­ing from the Pas­sa­ic Riv­er.  As I... Read more

Saturday Videos

by suburban | Sep 3, 2011 | Personal

SHTF Deal of the Week Part X Prep­per Retreats Pop­ping Up All Over Bud­get Prep­ping: Estate Sales Sen­si­ble Prep­per Con­fer­ence Oct 14 & 15 2011  Find­ing a Cheap Sur­vival Retreat Strate­gic Relo­ca­tion: Prepar­ing for the Eco­nom­ic... Read more

Rant About the Main Stream Media, Post Hurricane Irene. Following a Post from Modern Survival Blog

by suburban | Sep 2, 2011 | Personal, Survivalism

This post is prob­a­bly more of a rant, and you will want to read the post over at Mod­ern Sur­vival Blog about Hur­ri­cane Irene: Main-Stream Slams Hur­ri­cane IRENE Prep­pers. Hon­est­ly, I am fired up.  How is it pos­si­ble the main stream... Read more

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

by suburban | Aug 31, 2011 | Bug In, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival, Weather

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... Read more