NYC Evacuation Plan to NJ

by suburban | Sep 2, 2014 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Preparedness, Urban Survival

Recent­ly, Ms. Prep­per and I have been dis­cussing the recent events by ISIS, impend­ing ter­ror threats around the world, unrest in Israel, the lack of inter­est by our own elect­ed offi­cials, etc.  We came to the con­clu­sion that it was time to build on the... Read more

You’re NOT Welcome Here!

by suburban | Dec 31, 2013 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Guest Posts, Preparedness

This is what hun­dreds, per­haps thou­sands, of peo­ple who own prop­er­ty in the New York Catskill moun­tain area were told in 2011. Local res­i­dents as well as state police turned legal prop­er­ty own­ers away from access to their land in the fall of that year. But... Read more

Thoughts on a Storage Unit as a Fallback Shelter or Bug Out Location

by suburban | May 17, 2012 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This is a response to @Alex516 who asked the fol­low­ing ques­tion, which made me think a lit­tle deep­er on the sub­ject, and I thought it would make a good post: @Alex516 asked: “I’d be curi­ous about your thoughts for using a stor­age unit as a lay­over. I’m... Read more

Examining the Requirement for Multiple Short Term Bug Out Locations

by suburban | Apr 15, 2012 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Preparedness

Recent­ly. I have been look­ing for a BOL prop­er­ty again. I have had sev­er­al con­ver­sa­tions with oth­er prep­pers about going in on prop­er­ty togeth­er, alone, etc. Then I exam­ine my geog­ra­phy and demo­graph­ic, and it hit me… I live in a high­ly... Read more

And Then There Was a Dinner Meeting

by suburban | Oct 31, 2011 | Bug In, Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Cooking, Guns & Weapons, Personal, Preparedness, Prepping, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Last week, I had din­ner with three oth­er prep­pers.  One was new, and the two oth­ers I have been in touch with for some time.  We all live in North­ern NJ, and are con­cerned with the econ­o­my, job growth, Bug­ging In, Bug­ging Out, etc.  The... Read more

Rural Land for Bug Out Location: A Response to Suburban

by ST | Sep 20, 2011 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Guest Posts, Homesteading, Preparedness, Self Reliance, Shelter, Survivalism

This arti­cle is a response to Suburban’s May 31st arti­cle “Think­ing About Buy­ing Rur­al Land for Your Bug Out Loca­tion”. A good arti­cle cer­tain­ly. I too have been look­ing into the pos­si­bil­i­ty of buy­ing some unde­vel­oped (“raw” as Sub­ur­ban puts it)... Read more