The Benefits of Playing with Walkie-Talkies with Your Kids from a Preparedness Perspective

by suburban | Feb 6, 2024 | Bug In, Bug Out, Children, Communications, Gear, Preparedness, Prepping, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

A cou­ple of years ago, I bought my then 4?year-old a cou­ple of walkie-talkies for tod­dlers… The usage con­cept didn’t take.  Last week, I put a Baofeng UV-5R in her hands that was tuned for an FRS chan­nel.  She imme­di­ate­ly grasped the con­cept and... Read more

Ready for an EMP: A Comprehensive Review of the 30 Liter Ready Hour Waterproof EMP Faraday Backpack

by suburban | Apr 21, 2023 | Bug In, Bug Out, But Out Bag, EDC, Electro Magnetic Pulse, EMP, Gear, Get Home Bag, Preparedness, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

Are you some­one who loves to be pre­pared for any sit­u­a­tion, no mat­ter how unpre­dictable? If so, you’re going to want to hear about the EMP Fara­day Back­pack.  The truth is, I’ve been eager to get my hands on some­thing like this for a long time. ... Read more

The Emergency Travel Communications Kit

by suburban | Mar 21, 2023 | Communications, Gear, Man Made Disaster, Mutual Assistance Group, Natural Disaster, Preparedness, Prepping, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Travel, Urban Survival

So, busi­ness trav­el seems to be a thing again.  I’m not thrilled about it.  After stay­ing home for two years, and spend­ing it with my nuclear fam­i­ly, I real­ly don’t want to get back on a plane to trav­el for busi­ness.  I’d rather work from home,... Read more

Building Your Own Isolation Room

by suburban | Aug 3, 2020 | Improvised Gear, Pandemic, Preparedness

The fol­low­ing was pro­vid­ed to me by my good friend Shane.  He’s con­tributed to this blog in the past as Shanethenurse.  Shane and I fre­quent­ly talk about bug-out loca­tions, shel­ter­ing in, med­ical prep, etc.  As you can imag­ine the most... Read more

What to Put in Your Winter Car Survival Kit

by Cameron | Feb 6, 2019 | Gear, suburban survival, Survival Gear

This arti­cle may be a bit late but Jack and I have been field­ing some ques­tions late­ly about what we keep in our trucks and why. That got me think­ing, I should put togeth­er a list of win­ter-spe­cif­ic items I keep in my vehi­cle for those of you who may have... Read more

Prepping, Moving, and Lots of Stuff. Protecting Your OPSEC

by suburban | Sep 19, 2015 | Bug In, Food Storage, Gear, Personal, Preparedness, Prepping, Survival Gear

Well, after many years in the 1 — 1/2 bed­room apart­ment in North­ern NJ, Ms. Prep­per and I recent­ly moved in togeth­er, and into a new home.  Any­one that has accu­mu­lat­ed any amount of stuff, knows that the mere act of pack­ing your stuff and mov­ing... Read more