The Design of a Bug Out Weekend Gear Test

by suburban | Oct 5, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, But Out Bag, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I joined, not too long ago, a pre­pared­ness meet­up group in North­ern NJ. There seem to be only a few of us that are reg­u­lars and show up once a month to the meet­ing.  There are var­i­ous oth­er mem­bers of the group that may make it depend­ing on their... Read more

Storing Your Bug Out Gear in the City

by suburban | Sep 27, 2010 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, Gear, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

When I worked in NYC (post 9/11), I was always won­der­ing how I was going to store any type of gear to get me across two rivers into NJ to my apart­ment, so I could bug in or bug out if the SHTF and the bridges and tun­nels were shut down.  I decid­ed on, but... Read more

Bugging In and Bugging Out Podcasts at Chip Monk

by suburban | Sep 26, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out

Last week the Chip Monk Fam­i­ly Sur­vival Pod­cast had two pod­casts on bug­ging in and bug­ging out.  Thought I would share them here: Bug­ging Out:  http://chipmonk.podbean.com/2010/09/20/episode-62-buggin-out/ Some inter­est­ing con­cepts in his thoughts... Read more

How Do You Classify a SHTF Event?

by suburban | Sep 22, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Bug Out Vehicle, Levels of Awareness, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I tend to think a lot when I have a lit­tle down time.  I was on the plane for work this week and it hit me, that I am not sure h0w I would clas­si­fy what type of an event and how severe it was before I were going to bug out or bug in.  The more thought I... Read more

Another Place To Consider for Preps or Last Minute Preps

by suburban | Sep 14, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, Preparedness, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

It’s Sun­day morn­ing, or it was Sun­day morn­ing, I should say.  I was sit­ting at Star­bucks for the first time in a cou­ple of months, sip­ping on a cof­fee try­ing to read a book, when a cou­ple of old­er women sat down next to me, and start­ed yap­ping and... Read more

Five Minute Bug Out at Survival Spot Blog

by suburban | Sep 5, 2010 | Bug Out, Preparedness

Today, I came across a video at the Sur­vival Spot Blog enti­tled “Five Minute Bug Out.”  You can check out the video below. I may actu­al­ly try this exer­cise in the com­ing week or two.  I may set up a poll as to what type of sce­nario to be in.  The... Read more