I Just Finished “Bug Out: The Complete Plan for Escaping a Catastrophic Disaster Before It’s Too Late”

by suburban | Jul 30, 2010 | Books, Bug Out Location, Bug Out Vehicle, But Out Bag, iPad

I recent­ly fin­ished Scott B. Williams, “Bug Out: The Com­plete Plan for Escap­ing a Cat­a­stroph­ic Dis­as­ter Before It’s Too Late.” First, I would like to say that I have a ton of respect for Scott.  I fol­low his blog at scottbwilliams.com and... Read more

DIY — Alternative Method of Baking / Cooking — The Cardboard Box Oven

by suburban | Jul 30, 2010 | Cooking, Stoves

I am always look­ing for alter­na­tive meth­ods of cook­ing if the grid goes down, the gas stops flow­ing to my stove, or the SHTF in gen­er­al.  I came across this card­board box oven post and thought I would share it. Here is the post:... Read more

Using the Right Water Bottle?

by suburban | Jul 29, 2010 | EDC, Gear, General, Health, suburban survival, Water

Here is my igno­rance show­ing.  I thought most water bot­tles I pur­chased in the camp or out­door stores were safe for water con­sump­tion.  I guess not.  Accord­ing to Green-Trust.org and Test Freaks that not all water bot­tles are made the... Read more

ModernSurvivalBlog.com talks about “Survival Retreat Land Size and Considerations”

by suburban | Jul 29, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location

A cou­ple weeks ago, well maybe a month ago I talked about my thoughts on cri­te­ria for a Bug Out Loca­tion.  This morn­ing I came across a great post by ModernSurvivalBlog.com on Sur­vival Retreat Land Size and Con­sid­er­a­tions.  ModernSurvivalBlog.com... Read more

20 Simple Steps to Basic Preparedness from Jack at The Survival Podcast

by suburban | Jul 28, 2010 | Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Just lis­ten­ing to this now while I bang out some emails for work.  A cou­ple days ago, Jack Spirko at The Sur­vival Pod­cast pub­lished a pod­cast about the “20 Sim­ple Steps to Basic Pre­pared­ness.”  So far pret­ty good, and I am learn­ing a few things.... Read more