Build a Portable Yurt for a Shelter at Your Bug Out Location

by suburban | Jul 9, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, DIY, Preparedness, Shelter, suburban survival

Here is a 34 page doc­u­ment on how to build your­self a Yurt as a semi portable shel­ter for camp­ing or at your Bug Out Loca­tion.  If you don’t know what a Yurt is, click on the name Yurt and see a def­i­n­i­tion.  Don’t laugh when you see the pic­tures.... Read more

Money, the Forgotten Prep?

by suburban | Jul 2, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, But Out Bag, Money, Preparedness, suburban survival

I am guilty of this myself.  Being in the sub­urbs of one of the most fas­ci­nat­ing cities on the plan­et (to me) I too am guilty of whip­ping out a cred­it card or check card for every pur­chase.  What if the pow­er grid were to go down?  What if the... Read more

The Best Commuting Backpack I Have Owned.

by suburban | Jun 30, 2010 | Bug Out, EDC, Gear, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Liv­ing in the sub­urbs, and com­mut­ing into NYC, you would think is easy.  It is, but it can also be a cum­ber­some task when you are schlep­ping a note­book, lap­top, file fold­ers, and EDC every day.  I also trav­el nation­al­ly quite a bit on... Read more

Interesting Post regarding “If The Collapse Never Comes” on TheSurvivalistBlog.net, by M.D. Creekmore

by suburban | Jun 28, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, General, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

M.D. Creek­more had an inter­est­ing post today on What If The Col­lapse Nev­er Comes on his blog.  I found it par­tic­u­lar­ly inter­est­ing as it is a ques­tion I have only asked myself once or twice since I have start­ed prep­ping.  Please pay... Read more

My Thoughts on the Rule of Threes in the Suburbs and a SHTF Situation

by suburban | Jun 25, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, Preparedness

Today, I want­ed to dis­cuss the Rule of 3’s, but not the stan­dard Rule of 3’s.  These are my addi­tions to the Rule of 3’s that I see as mak­ing a dif­fer­ence in decid­ing to pre­serve your­self in a SHTF in the sub­urbs or an urban set­ting… Any... Read more

Including Flour Based Recipes In Your GHB, BoB, etc.

by suburban | Jun 23, 2010 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, Cooking, DIY, Food, Preparedness

So, I already to this.  I fig­ured some time ago, it would be smart to have some­thing flour based with me when I hike or go camp­ing.  In fact, I will go a step far­ther and say that I have also added small jars of dried veg­eta­bles with a cou­ple of... Read more