The Police Are Not Responding to 44 Different Crimes.

by suburban | Jul 15, 2010 | Bug Out, suburban survival

This is just crazy. Pro­tect and Serve. That is the police mot­to, almost all over the world. Admit­ted­ly, much of my fam­i­ly is in law enforce­ment; fed­er­al, state, and local. I have friends that are fed­er­al, state, and local law enforce­ment as well. I have... Read more

Worth Watching — Docudrama on Pandemics

by suburban | Jul 15, 2010 | Bug In, Health, Pandemic, Preparedness

This is a docu­d­ra­ma I came across that I believe could be a real­is­tic sit­u­a­tion and could cre­ate a bug in sit­u­a­tion for fam­i­lies to try to keep from con­tract­ing a dis­ease. Read more

Independence Day Weekend at the Camp Site

by suburban | Jul 14, 2010 | Hygiene, Personal, Preparedness, Survival Gear, Water

Well, last week­end was a good one.  Not only because I cel­e­brat­ed Inde­pen­dence Day, it was also my Moth­er’s birth­day (she turned 65), but I was able to get out and do a lit­tle camp­ing too.  It was a hot and long one as well…  It was more of a... Read more

The SuburbanPrepper Talks EMP

by suburban | Jul 13, 2010 | Electro Magnetic Pulse, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I think about this from time to time.  An EMP attack that would ren­der my car and just about any­thing elec­tron­ic use­less.  100+ miles from my Bug Out Loca­tion, and final ren­dezvous point, it would take me five to 10 days to hoof it on foot... Read more

DIY — Make a Simple Cardboard Box Solar Oven

by suburban | Jul 13, 2010 | Cooking, Improvised Gear, Stoves

The sun is arguably one of the human­i­ty’s most impor­tant tool for sur­vival. It gives off prac­ti­cal­ly unlim­it­ed amounts of light that is used by plants to gen­er­ate ener­gy and ani­mals for heat. It can be used to gen­er­ate elec­tric­i­ty with solar pan­els,... Read more