The Secret Fears of a Prepper

by suburban | Aug 15, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Communications, Electro Magnetic Pulse, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Back from anoth­er daunt­ing busi­ness trip to the west coast last week, I did some­thing I don’t nor­mal­ly do these days.  I did­n’t bring with me any of my trav­el preps or trav­el EDC. What?  You ask.  After both you and Prep­per­Jim have been... Read more

Doomsday Blues

by Prepperjim | Jul 20, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Health, Psychology

Just like gen­er­a­tions past, there are plen­ty of issues on the hori­zon that present a chal­lenge to our day and age. Almost every day some­one pre­dicts doom is around the cor­ner, most­ly so they can point to their YouTube video or blog and say “I told you... Read more

Cover vs. Concealment: Know The Difference!

by ST | Jul 19, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Crime, Guest Posts, Guns & Weapons, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

“Take cov­er!” A com­mon and clichéd line from every­thing from old west­erns to sci-fi tele­vi­sion shows and movies to even some car­toons. But while enter­tain­ing, it is a tac­ti­cal issue to be under­stood in the event of an SHTF event that leads to WROL. Even... Read more

Famine

by ST | Jul 12, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Economy, Food, Gardening, Politics

Famine — a severe short­age of food, as through crop fail­ure or over­pop­u­la­tion. (“famine.” Collins Eng­lish Dic­tio­nary — Com­plete & Unabridged 10th Edi­tion. Harper­Collins Pub­lish­ers.) More than mere­ly a short­age or high­er prices, “famine” is the... Read more

Man’s Best Friend? Or Worst Enemy?

by ST | May 24, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Guest Posts, Preparedness, Urban Survival

An odd occur­rence hap­pened to me this win­ter. The short ver­sion: Late one cold evening we heard an odd sound at the front door. Our dog start­ed bark­ing. I didn’t see any­one at the door. No one rang the bell. So final­ly I care­ful­ly cracked open the door and a... Read more

‘Suburban’s” Take on Sharing Your Gear, Supplies, and Food With Others

by suburban | Feb 7, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Food, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Over the past cou­ple of weeks a read­er and some­one I cor­re­spond with via email wrote a cou­ple of posts for the blog that have had some good com­ments asso­ci­at­ed with them regard­ing ethics and gear.  You can find them here if you have not read them: The... Read more