Survival Heater for Your Car, My Test

by suburban | Feb 13, 2012 | Fire, Gear, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, Prepping, Self Reliance, Weather

I know. Every­one has done a YouTube les­son on how to build one of these inex­pen­sive emer­gency heaters for your car. Hon­est­ly, I had to try it for myself to be sure that it “worked.” Many peo­ple use emp­ty steel cof­fee cans, some peo­ple impro­vise and use... Read more

September is National Preparedness Month

by Prepperjim | Sep 14, 2011 | Cooking, Energy, Fire, first aid, Food, Gardening, Guns & Weapons, Health, Light, Personal, Water

Our gov­ern­ment has des­ig­nat­ed Sep­tem­ber as “Nation­al Pre­pared­ness Month”. This con­trasts with the FBI’s pro­fil­ing prep­pers as poten­tial ter­ror­ists. I imag­ine the mes­sage is “be pre­pared”, but don’t be too pre­pared. We still want you depen­dent... Read more

A Friend Has Lost Everything, Checked Into a Men’s Shelter…

by suburban | Sep 9, 2010 | Clothing, Economy, EDC, Fire, first aid, Food, Improvised Gear, Personal, Psychology, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Survivalism, Urban Survival, Water

This post is very close to my heart…  It pains me to write it, as it affects a friend of mine direct­ly, that refus­es help, as I will illus­trate. I have a friend I got a call from this week.  He has lost his job, his apart­ment, much of his cloth­ing,... Read more

Boiling Water in a Plastic Bottle.

by suburban | Jul 31, 2010 | Bushcraft, Fire, Water

Okay, I just saw some­thing on the Dis­cov­ery show Man, Woman, Wild I thought was pret­ty cool…  I am sure this is not good for the long term, but for a short term sur­vival sit­u­a­tion, pret­ty cool. I am a fan of Myke Hawke.  I have his book “Hawke’s... Read more

DIY — Make Charcloth for your Bug Out Bag

by suburban | Jul 20, 2010 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, DIY, Fire, Preparedness

I have not made any yet, but plan on it in short order.   Char­cloth looks like it is an easy way to get an ember burn­ing so that you can start a... Read more

My Survival and Outdoor iPhone Apps

by suburban | Jun 20, 2010 | Books, Bushcraft, Cooking, DIY, Energy, Fire, first aid, Fishing, Food, Gear, Health, Hunting, Hygiene, Improvised Gear, Iphone/Smartphone, Knots, Medicinal, Navigation, Physical Fitness, Plants, Politics, Preparedness, Psychology, Shelter, suburban survival, Water, Weather

When I bought my iPhone last year, I quick­ly real­ized it had the poten­tial to be a sur­vival tool  My search for iPhone apps under “camp­ing, hik­ing, and sur­vival” quick­ly returned many options for me.  I have tried a bunch of them, and am using the... Read more