Meshtastic & LoRa: The Off-Grid Communication Lifeline Every Prepper Needs

by suburban | Apr 6, 2025 | Bug In, Bug Out, But Out Bag, Communications, Cyber Security, EDC, Iphone/Smartphone, Mutual Assistance Group, Preparedness, Prepping, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

Why Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Mat­ter in a Cri­sis Stay­ing Con­nect­ed When Every­thing Goes Dark When dis­as­ter strikes, the first thing you’ll notice is how quick­ly reg­u­lar com­mu­ni­ca­tion chan­nels col­lapse. Imag­ine a severe hur­ri­cane knock­ing out cell... Read more

Your Ultimate Guide to Bugging Out: 8 — 10 Essential Locations

by suburban | Feb 21, 2024 | Bug In, Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Bug Out Vehicle, But Out Bag, Preparedness, Prepping, suburban survival, Urban Survival

E?Book PDF: Open in New Win­dow | Down­loadSub­scribe: Apple Pod­casts | RSS Recent­ly I gave a pre­sen­ta­tion to a group of new to sea­soned prep­pers, clear­ly in var­i­ous stages of their pre­pared­ness jour­neys.  For some in the pre­sen­ta­tion, each stage... Read more

Ready for an EMP: A Comprehensive Review of the 30 Liter Ready Hour Waterproof EMP Faraday Backpack

by suburban | Apr 21, 2023 | Bug In, Bug Out, But Out Bag, EDC, Electro Magnetic Pulse, EMP, Gear, Get Home Bag, Preparedness, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

Are you some­one who loves to be pre­pared for any sit­u­a­tion, no mat­ter how unpre­dictable? If so, you’re going to want to hear about the EMP Fara­day Back­pack.  The truth is, I’ve been eager to get my hands on some­thing like this for a long time. ... Read more

Guide to Planning a Safe Bug Out from the Suburbs to Your Bug Out Location

by suburban | Apr 11, 2023 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Bug Out Vehicle, But Out Bag, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

The con­cept of bug­ging out is one that I’ve clear­ly been famil­iar with, and I assume you are too… Many prep­pers like myself have fan­ta­sized that we would have to leave our home and hoof it, jump in the bug out vehi­cle, etc to our bug out loca­tion. Even... Read more

The Get Home Bag for the Girlfriend and Her Impending Education

by suburban | Feb 12, 2013 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, Preparedness, Prepping, suburban survival, Urban Survival

As I men­tioned in a pre­vi­ous post, I was con­cerned about mak­ing sure my girl­friend was pre­pared for an emer­gency, pri­mar­i­ly to get to my domi­cile in the event of an impend­ing or hap­pen­ing dis­as­trous sit­u­a­tion.  I hope to make sure... Read more

The Modular Survival Kit, Cache Valley Prepper

by Mr-Jones | Aug 1, 2012 | Bug In, Bug Out, Bug Out Vehicle, But Out Bag, EDC, Gear, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, Prepping

The Mod­u­lar Sur­vival Kit is a fair­ly sim­ple con­cept.  And one that I know that the mil­i­tary is famil­iar with, but not one that I’ve heard get much atten­tion in the prep­ping com­mu­ni­ty.  Once I had built up my kit, as any aspir­ing sur­vival­ist... Read more