Ultra Light Weight Shelter for Your Bug Out Bag

by suburban | Oct 8, 2010 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, Gear, Shelter, suburban survival, Urban Survival

As I start to pre­pare my gear for my Bug Out Week­end, and I re-eval­u­ate what is in my Bug Out Bag, I may be look­ing to replace or elim­i­nate some gear if I think it is redun­dant.  This is the first time I am real­ly tak­ing a “hard­er” look at my Bug Out... Read more

The Design of a Bug Out Weekend Gear Test

by suburban | Oct 5, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, But Out Bag, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I joined, not too long ago, a pre­pared­ness meet­up group in North­ern NJ. There seem to be only a few of us that are reg­u­lars and show up once a month to the meet­ing.  There are var­i­ous oth­er mem­bers of the group that may make it depend­ing on their... Read more

Storing Your Bug Out Gear in the City

by suburban | Sep 27, 2010 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, Gear, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

When I worked in NYC (post 9/11), I was always won­der­ing how I was going to store any type of gear to get me across two rivers into NJ to my apart­ment, so I could bug in or bug out if the SHTF and the bridges and tun­nels were shut down.  I decid­ed on, but... Read more

Favorite New Additions to My Bug Out Bag

by suburban | Sep 5, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, But Out Bag, Health, Hygiene, Psychology, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I have been eying up no rinse sham­poo and no rinse body bath for some time on Amazon.com.  This week I bought them and they came in… I have to tell you, I think they are going to be out­stand­ing addi­tions to my Bug Out Bag and for Camp­ing. If you fol­low this... Read more

Bugging In vs. Bugging Out at TheSurvivalPodcast.com

by suburban | Sep 2, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Bug Out Vehicle, But Out Bag, Preparedness

The title says it all.  I am not going to write a bunch about this.  Just lis­ten to the pod­cast: Episode-502- Bug­ging In vs. Bug­ging Out – Answer­ing with... Read more

DIY — Make an Altoid Tin Stove for Your Bug Out Bag

by suburban | Aug 17, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, But Out Bag, Cooking, DIY, Preparedness, Stoves, Urban Survival

Instructa­bles .com has instruc­tions on how to build an Altoids Tin Stove that you can throw in your car, bug out bag, etc…  I am prob­a­bly going to build one of these to drop in my Get Home Bag in my car, because I already have a hik­ing stove in my Bug Out... Read more