The First 30 Days: Building a Future After the Fall

by suburban | Mar 5, 2024 | Bug In, Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Communications, Food Storage, Health, Hygiene, Mutual Assistance Group, Personal Security, Preparedness, Prepping, Psychology, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival, WROL

The fol­low­ing is a fic­tion­al account of the first 30 days after an apoc­a­lyp­tic event and how we may “attempt” to recov­er some nor­mal­cy in the neigh­bor­hood if we can­not make what could be a dead­ly and dan­ger­ous trek to the bug-out loca­tion... Read more

The Rising Tide of Food Prices in 2024 — Beef and Pork in Focus

by suburban | Feb 26, 2024 | Food, Food Storage, Homesteading, Preparedness, Prepping, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Survivalism, Urban Survival

As we step into 2024, the shad­ow of ris­ing food prices looms large, par­tic­u­lar­ly in the realms of beef and pork. This surge is not just a blip on the eco­nom­ic radar but a trend that’s been build­ing, influ­enced by a com­plex web of fac­tors from cli­mate to... Read more

Trucker Strike and the Trump Verdict: A Perfect Storm for NYC’s Supply Chain

by suburban | Feb 19, 2024 | Food Storage, Politics, Preparedness, Prepping, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Survivalism, Urban Survival

As I sit down to unrav­el the tan­gled web of New York City’s lat­est logis­ti­cal night­mare, it’s impos­si­ble to ignore the rip­ples caused by a ver­dict that has truck dri­vers up in arms. In a strik­ing move, a band of dri­vers dubbed “Truck­ers for Trump” are... Read more

The Essential Guide to Building a Three Month Food Storage Base: Ensure Your Family’s Well-being in Any Situation

by suburban | Oct 29, 2023 | Bug In, Bug Out, Food, Food Storage, Preparedness

Why is a Three-Month Food Stor­age Base Impor­tant? It’s like this. You’re sit­ting on your couch, binge-watch­ing the lat­est sit­com or show on Net­flix, Apple TV, or Prime, when an emer­gency announce­ment inter­rupts. A mega-storm is on its way. (Replace with... Read more

How I Build My Food Storage For Long Term Preparations

by suburban | Nov 22, 2021 | Cooking, Food, Food Storage, Preparedness

So, I have a bud­dy that is pret­ty new to prep­ping, as I am sure many of you do know that we’re deal­ing with or have dealt with what was sup­posed to be a glob­al dead­ly pan­dem­ic.  Every­one went out hoard­ed paper prod­ucts, pas­ta, etc from the... Read more

Ramen Noodles as a Food Prep

by suburban | Aug 2, 2020 | Food, Food Storage

Over the years, I am sur­prised I haven’t writ­ten about this.  I saw the ques­tion posed else­where and thought I would take a few min­utes to write about it…  Count­less oth­er blogs have talked about this, but this is real­ly the first time I am sit­ting... Read more