Hurricane Sandy… Two Years Later

by Cameron | Mar 23, 2015 | Bug In, Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Bug Out Vehicle, CERT, Natural Disaster, Preparedness, Prepping, suburban survival, Urban Survival, Water, Weather

The events of Octo­ber 2012  in the NY/NJ area are well known to the nation.  Hur­ri­cane sandy made land­fall and wreaked hav­oc on many towns.  Being one of the most dense­ly pop­u­lat­ed areas on the plan­et, the dam­age was in the bil­lions. ... Read more

Ebola, Ebola, Ebola, What I Am Doing To Prepare

by suburban | Oct 27, 2014 | Bug In, Bug Out, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

How many times in the last sev­er­al weeks have you heard about Ebo­la?  Too many?  Me too.  Some may say I am crazy, some may say I am cau­tious, and some are walk­ing around liv­ing in their bub­ble of life with­out a clue. It was only a few weeks... Read more

NYC Evacuation Plan to NJ

by suburban | Sep 2, 2014 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Preparedness, Urban Survival

Recent­ly, Ms. Prep­per and I have been dis­cussing the recent events by ISIS, impend­ing ter­ror threats around the world, unrest in Israel, the lack of inter­est by our own elect­ed offi­cials, etc.  We came to the con­clu­sion that it was time to build on the... Read more

You’re NOT Welcome Here!

by suburban | Dec 31, 2013 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Guest Posts, Preparedness

This is what hun­dreds, per­haps thou­sands, of peo­ple who own prop­er­ty in the New York Catskill moun­tain area were told in 2011. Local res­i­dents as well as state police turned legal prop­er­ty own­ers away from access to their land in the fall of that year. But... Read more

The Get Home Bag for the Girlfriend and Her Impending Education

by suburban | Feb 12, 2013 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, Preparedness, Prepping, suburban survival, Urban Survival

As I men­tioned in a pre­vi­ous post, I was con­cerned about mak­ing sure my girl­friend was pre­pared for an emer­gency, pri­mar­i­ly to get to my domi­cile in the event of an impend­ing or hap­pen­ing dis­as­trous sit­u­a­tion.  I hope to make sure... Read more

My Food Storage is Changing, an update on Apartment Prepping…

by suburban | Sep 24, 2012 | Bug In, Bug Out, Preparedness, Prepping

As my time prep­ping matures, and liv­ing in an apart­ment, I am also find­ing that my prep­ping is start­ing to morph a bit.  As I prep for food, most specif­i­cal­ly, I find that cans of food are becom­ing cum­ber­some.  Specif­i­cal­ly, soups, tunas,... Read more