The Emergence of a New Lethal Coronavirus Strain in China: A Global Health Concern

by suburban | Jan 17, 2024 | Man Made Disaster, Pandemic, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

The recent devel­op­ment of a new strain of coro­n­avirus in Chi­na, known as GX_P2V, has sent shock­waves through the glob­al health com­mu­ni­ty. This strain, which emerged from high-lev­el lab­o­ra­to­ries in Bei­jing, has demon­strat­ed a 100% fatal­i­ty rate in... 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

15 Thoughts About The Coronavirus COVID-19

by suburban | Mar 12, 2020 | Bug In, Pandemic, Preparedness

Well, if it is one thing I can hon­est­ly say, is that I nev­er thought I would be writ­ing about an actu­al pan­dem­ic that I might be in the mid­dle of, in any stage of its process.  When I first heard about Coro­n­avirus pri­or to the COVID-19 strain being... Read more

5 Novels Every Prepper Should Read

by Cameron | Jan 21, 2019 | Electro Magnetic Pulse, EMP, Pandemic, Preparedness, Prepping, Reviews

This is a list of the five best novels I’ve come across (and Ive read many) for prepper fiction.. they are not in any particular order. The criteria I used to add a book to this short list is as follows: 1) a good story line; did the book have a story line capable of... Read more

Worrying about the “New” Tick Borne Disease? Read Up On The Hype Here.

by Cameron | Apr 18, 2015 | Bushcraft, first aid, Health, Hygiene, Medical, Pandemic

You may have heard in the news recent­ly about the tick borne virus, Powas­son, being spread in the north east and the great lakes region. Warn­ings released from sev­er­al health offi­cials have prompt­ed news out­lets to pick up the sto­ry… but the head­lines, and... Read more

Summer’s Here, Work, Future Plans, and Prepping

by suburban | Jun 25, 2013 | Bug Out Vehicle, Gardening, General, Pandemic

Well, sum­mer is offi­cial­ly upon us.  When it came it came with heat and humid­i­ty.  With that there are sup­posed to be severe thun­der storms all week here in NJ.  I’m get­ting used to the rain, and am going to start call­ing New Jer­sey, “New... Read more