My Large Bug Out Bag Contents

by suburban | Aug 4, 2010 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This bag is for the SHTF, and hav­ing to evac­u­ate to West­ern NJ, North­east­ern PA, or the Catskills in NY.  It will be packed and ready to go from my apart­ment.  I may also build a sec­ond iden­ti­cal bag in the event I can­not get to the one at the... Read more

Work related travel

by suburban | Aug 3, 2010 | Personal

Well, I’ll be trav­el­ing on busi­ness this week, so my posts might be a lit­tle spot­ty, but I’ll try to remain con­sis­tent. I did pre write sev­er­al posts just for this occa­sion, so I should be okay. Look out tomor­row for my post on the con­tents of my Bug Out... Read more

Saturday Night Camping New Gear Test

by suburban | Aug 3, 2010 | Gear, Personal

So, I should put out there, that some­times when we go camp­ing it is pseu­do camp­ing, in that a friend has a 5th wheel trail­er on some prop­er­ty they own, have a well, elec­tric­i­ty pumped in, and a cou­ple of sheds with equip­ment and tools (axes, saws, etc.).... Read more

Podcast about Urban Survival by Chip Monk

by suburban | Aug 2, 2010 | Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Survivalism, Urban Survival

Chip Monk is a new pod­cast­er, pod­cast­ing about sur­vival­ism.  This morn­ing I came across his pod­cast on Urban Sur­vival and thought I would share it with you.  This pod­cast cov­ers the basics, and you may already have them down, how­ev­er, if you do... Read more

How Stocked Should a Bug Out Location Be If You Have to Bug Out?

by suburban | Aug 2, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Gardening, Guns & Weapons, Homesteading, Hunting, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This is a thought that hit me this week­end as I was surf­ing the Web for sur­vival top­ics so I could learn some­thing new.  I was look­ing up Bug Out Loca­tions, and it hit me that, we (I) dis­cuss prep­ping your pri­ma­ry home with preps pri­mar­i­ly for... Read more