Please Never Forget This Day, and Take a Moment To Remember and Reflect.

by suburban | Sep 11, 2011 | Personal

This day, is not unlike Pearl Har­bor or ANY oth­er day where Amer­i­can blood was shed unnec­es­sar­i­ly or to save the life of anoth­er human being in anoth­er coun­try around the world.  I will nev­er for­get where I was, that day.  No one will.  It... Read more

Remembering 9/11

by Prepperjim | Sep 10, 2011 | Airport Security, Government, Personal, Self Reliance, Urban Survival

9/11 is def­i­nite­ly a piv­otal moment from the last 20 years, espe­cial­ly for the west­ern world. It was a moment when an unan­tic­i­pat­ed attack took place which claimed the lives of almost 3,000 Amer­i­cans. What fol­lowed thrust our nation into two (or more)... Read more

Repacking Some Core Preps for Portability, Ease of Use, Care Packaging, and Rotation

by suburban | Sep 8, 2011 | Bug In, Bug Out, Food, Personal, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

We talk an awful lot about how to rotate your canned, jarred, and oth­er preps for fresh­ness.  We also talk a lot about stor­age, how to store, what to store, etc.  Yes­ter­day, I under­took a small job of repack­ing some of my “basic” preps.  What are... Read more

September 11th – 10 Years Later

by ST | Sep 6, 2011 | Airport Security, General, Guest Posts, Levels of Awareness, Personal, Politics

This 9/11 marks not just anoth­er pass­ing year but an anniver­sary. It’s been 10 years since that fate­ful day in 2001. I was work­ing in low­er Man­hat­tan off Wall Street at that time. The whole thing unfold­ed before my eyes. But this day isn’t about me. It’s... Read more

Prepper Evangelical

by Prepperjim | Sep 5, 2011 | EDC, Personal, Preparedness

I read ST’s post from last week and start­ed think­ing about how to con­vert peo­ple to our pre­pared­ness mind­set. To be frank, I think it is almost impos­si­ble to change peo­ple’s ideas on just about any sub­ject. Their opin­ions have been formed over... Read more

The Interesting Road to Actually Bugging Out, Thoughts During a Mandatory Evacuation

by suburban | Sep 3, 2011 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, Gear, Personal, Preparedness, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

Yes­ter­day, I received an email, and text mes­sage from the local emer­gency sys­tem I was signed up for.  The may­or of my town, and the coun­ty, I believe, insti­tut­ed a manda­to­ry evac­u­a­tion of homes due to flood­ing from the Pas­sa­ic Riv­er.  As I... Read more