Gear Review — Duracell Powerpack 600

by suburban | Aug 29, 2011 | Bug In, Energy, Gear, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I recent­ly pur­chased the Dura­cell Pow­er­pack 600 (This now actu­al­ly links to a new but sim­i­lar prod­uct).  It’s pow­ered by a recharge­able 28AH bat­tery and pro­vides up to 600 watts of AC pow­er. This device is pri­mar­i­ly designed as and for... Read more

The Dirty Bomb Diaries

by suburban | Jul 25, 2011 | Bug In, Bug Out, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I want­ed to share this with you.  The series was men­tioned to me by a friend that is also a prep­per.  It seems it came out in 2009, but thought it rel­e­vant as many urban and sub­ur­ban prep­pers I know are wor­ried about dirty bombs, espe­cial­ly in NYC... Read more

10 Things You Can Do Right Now To Become a Better Prepper or Get Started

by suburban | May 26, 2011 | Bug In, Bug Out, Bug Out Location, But Out Bag, first aid, Gardening, Gear, Preparedness

Trav­el­ing again this week and short on time, but want­ed to put some­thing togeth­er for you… I was going over ways in my head to help me re-align some goals and thought I would share a few of them with you…  These are in no par­tic­u­lar oder Plant a gar­den,... Read more

Thinking About More Preps, Goals, Milestones, and Disaster

by suburban | Apr 15, 2011 | Bug In, Bug Out, But Out Bag, Economy, Gear, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

It’s a fan­tas­tic evening here in NJ, with the excep­tion of my aller­gies kick­ing up, which reminds me. Time to stock up a few sea­sons worth of Zyrtec or some oth­er anti-hys­timine.  As long as they as stored cor­rect­ly, they should last for sev­er­al years... Read more

The High Level Plan to Preparedness

by suburban | Apr 5, 2011 | Bug In, Bug Out, But Out Bag, General, Levels of Awareness, Physical Fitness, Preparedness, suburban survival, Survivalism, Urban Survival

Well, after last evening’s inter­view with Doc­tor Prep­per, I thought I would write up a few thoughts on plan­ning for your pre­pared­ness goals.  This will prob­a­bly appeal to novice prep­pers, but it got me think­ing about a few points of... Read more

Review of “Urban Survival Guide: Learn The Secrets Of Urban Survival To Keep You Alive After Man-Made Disasters, Natural Disasters, and Breakdowns In Civil Order”

by suburban | Feb 18, 2011 | Books, Bug In, Bug Out, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

There aren’t too many books I buy where you get the oppor­tu­ni­ty to sit down to read them, and they are exact­ly what I was look­ing for.  How­ev­er, in David Mor­ris’s book “Urban Sur­vival Guide: Learn The Secrets Of Urban Sur­vival To Keep You... Read more