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

Gear Review — Duracell Powerpack 600

by suburban | Aug 29, 2011 | Bug In, Energy, Gear, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I recent­ly pur­chased the Dura­cell Pow­er­pack 600 (This now actu­al­ly links to a new but sim­i­lar prod­uct).  It’s pow­ered by a recharge­able 28AH bat­tery and pro­vides up to 600 watts of AC pow­er. This device is pri­mar­i­ly designed as and for... Read more

Saturday Videos

by suburban | Aug 27, 2011 | General

Eisen­how­er warns us of the mil­i­tary indus­tri­al com­plex. Ron Paul Music Video (Enter­tain­ing) NY Earth­quake Com­men­tary by Brook­lyn Prep­per Liv­ing Off Preps — Week Two Prep­ping, Fam­i­ly Val­ues & Social Media  City Sur­vival­ist and Gavkoo Meet... Read more

The Two Most Common Ways of Purifying Water Post Man Made or Natural Disaster

by suburban | Aug 26, 2011 | Preparedness, Water

Puri­fy­ing water in an urban or sub­ur­ban envi­ron­ment after a nat­ur­al or man-made dis­as­ter When dis­as­ter strikes, the first thing on most peo­ple’s minds is the well­be­ing of their loved ones and their own per­son­al safe­ty. Humans are pret­ty resource­ful... Read more