Prepping And The Cost Of Spending.

by suburban | Jul 12, 2010 | Money, Preparedness, suburban survival

Prep­ping can be expen­sive.  Peo­ple like to bite off more than they can chew.  I did it.  I felt I need­ed every­thing “now.”  Food, gear, etc.  When I final­ly set­tled into becom­ing a prep­per I slowed down, took inven­to­ry of what I... Read more

The Mora, by Survival Common Sense.

by suburban | Jul 11, 2010 | Bushcraft, EDC, Knives, Preparedness

I bought a Frosts Mora Knife sev­er­al months ago, and have car­ried it in my day pack since as part of my EDC and my Trav­el Car­ry.  I car­ry it when I go camp­ing (among oth­er blades), hik­ing, etc. Sur­vival Com­mon Sense had a good review of the Mora.... Read more

Picked Up a Copy of “Bug Out: The Complete Plan for Escaping a Catastrophic Disaster Before It’s Too Late”

by suburban | Jul 10, 2010 | Books, Bug Out, Bug Out Location, But Out Bag, Preparedness

I JUST start­ed read­ing “Bug Out: The Com­plete Plan for Escap­ing a Cat­a­stroph­ic Dis­as­ter Before It’s Too Late” for the Kin­dle.  I am only on Chap­ter two, how­ev­er, I urge you to pick up a copy of it.  Here are a few inde­pen­dent revei­ws:... Read more

Finding Like Minded Survivalists For Your Network, on TheSurvivalistBlog.net

by suburban | Jul 9, 2010 | Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This was a great post today by M.D. Creek­more on TheSurvivalistBlog.net.  I absolute­ly thought this was worth shar­ing, not to men­tion I am sure there will be amaz­ing respons­es to this post, and high­ly rec­om­mend read­ing through them, as... Read more

Tom Brown’s “Guide to City and Suburban Survival”

by suburban | Jul 9, 2010 | Books, suburban survival

I am going to pref­ace this post by say­ing, that this book is for those of us/you that know noth­ing about noth­ing.  It is for the sub­ur­ban and urban dweller that plugs stuff in, and thinks that is how elec­tric­i­ty works, or the per­son that turns on a... Read more