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

Bug Out Location or Homestead for $3000.00?

by suburban | Jun 22, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Homesteading, Preparedness, suburban survival

I found this doc­u­ment on Scribd.com and thought I would share it with you.  It is a doc­u­ment by a gen­tle­man named James M Dakin who writes the Bison Sur­vival Blog. Home­steading-for-3000 Dol­lars — This is a PDF that you can down­load and keep.  You... Read more

Tales of a Real Life Suburban Bug Out

by suburban | Jun 21, 2010 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I came across the blog “Sur­vive the Worst” and while perus­ing the blog, I came upon two posts about this author’s real life Bug Out due to a grow­ing sit­u­a­tion in his apart­ment com­plex.  The two posts out­line the sto­ry and lessons learned are below: The... Read more

SHTF Happenings Around the United States

by suburban | Jun 16, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, Preparedness, Survivalism, Urban Survival

Use this link to see what SHTF hap­pen­ings are going on around the Unit­ed States… Nev­er know what is going on in your back yard until you do:  http://goo.gl/4rhC Read more

My Thoughts About a Bug Out Location

by suburban | Jun 14, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Energy, Fishing, Hunting, Preparedness, Shelter, Survival Gear, Urban Survival, Water

So, I have been giv­ing more and more thought to a BOL. Here is why: My fam­i­ly’s home, which is my cur­rent BOL is 100 miles from my home in NJ. It is rur­al, but still near major roads and is high­ly vis­i­ble to the street, as is the gar­den, vehi­cles, etc.... Read more