Add One of These Budget Knives To Your Kit(s)

by suburban | Jan 26, 2012 | But Out Bag, EDC, Gear, Knives, Prepping, Survival Gear

In a short sight­ed ambi­tious attempt to think about learn­ing more skills, I want­ed, and con­tin­ue to want to learn how to make a knife out aof a blank piece of steel.  It is some­thing that I have want­ed to do for a long time, as does a bud­dy of mine.... Read more

The Interesting Road to Actually Bugging Out, Thoughts During a Mandatory Evacuation

by suburban | Sep 3, 2011 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, Gear, Personal, Preparedness, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

Yes­ter­day, I received an email, and text mes­sage from the local emer­gency sys­tem I was signed up for.  The may­or of my town, and the coun­ty, I believe, insti­tut­ed a manda­to­ry evac­u­a­tion of homes due to flood­ing from the Pas­sa­ic Riv­er.  As I... Read more

Bug Out Trigger Criteria

by Mr-Jones | Jul 29, 2011 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Bug Out Vehicle, But Out Bag, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This is a guest post by a new con­tribut­ing Author Mr-Jones.  Mr-Jones and I know each oth­er pri­mar­i­ly from Face­book, and some of the same forums, and have become fast friends, online.  I have asked him to con­tribute when he can, and I great­ly... Read more

10 Things You Can Do Right Now To Become a Better Prepper or Get Started

by suburban | May 26, 2011 | Bug In, Bug Out, Bug Out Location, But Out Bag, first aid, Gardening, Gear, Preparedness

Trav­el­ing again this week and short on time, but want­ed to put some­thing togeth­er for you… I was going over ways in my head to help me re-align some goals and thought I would share a few of them with you…  These are in no par­tic­u­lar oder Plant a gar­den,... Read more

EDC Bag Reconfiguration

by Prepperjim | May 11, 2011 | But Out Bag, EDC, Gear, Personal, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

When I first began prep­ping, I put a tac­ti­cal mes­sen­ger bag on my Ama­zon Christ­mas list so that I could car­ry “stuff” around to be a “sur­vival­ist” if the “SHTF”. I am putting those words in quo­ta­tion, because I had no idea at the time what stuff I need­ed... Read more

Urban Blender

by Prepperjim | Apr 27, 2011 | But Out Bag, EDC, Gardening, Guns & Weapons, Survival Gear

In any envi­ron­ment, blend­ing in can be an impor­tant sur­vival tac­tic. It is no dif­fer­ent in urban or sub­ur­ban sit­u­a­tions where fit­ting in keeps you under the radar and safe. Every­thing you do is either use­ful cam­ou­flage or dan­ger­ous attrac­tion,... Read more