Bug Out Threats, Traffic and Fuel, Part One

by suburban | Aug 28, 2012 | Bug Out, Preparedness

Liv­ing in NJ is an expe­ri­ence unto itself.  Just ask any of my friends who live here that are trans­plants like me.  It is cer­tain­ly one of the most unique places I have ever been.  Peo­ple here just want to get from point A to point B when they... Read more

The Modular Survival Kit, Cache Valley Prepper

by Mr-Jones | Aug 1, 2012 | Bug In, Bug Out, Bug Out Vehicle, But Out Bag, EDC, Gear, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, Prepping

The Mod­u­lar Sur­vival Kit is a fair­ly sim­ple con­cept.  And one that I know that the mil­i­tary is famil­iar with, but not one that I’ve heard get much atten­tion in the prep­ping com­mu­ni­ty.  Once I had built up my kit, as any aspir­ing sur­vival­ist... Read more

Thoughts on a Storage Unit as a Fallback Shelter or Bug Out Location

by suburban | May 17, 2012 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This is a response to @Alex516 who asked the fol­low­ing ques­tion, which made me think a lit­tle deep­er on the sub­ject, and I thought it would make a good post: @Alex516 asked: “I’d be curi­ous about your thoughts for using a stor­age unit as a lay­over. I’m... Read more

Examining the Requirement for Multiple Short Term Bug Out Locations

by suburban | Apr 15, 2012 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Preparedness

Recent­ly. I have been look­ing for a BOL prop­er­ty again. I have had sev­er­al con­ver­sa­tions with oth­er prep­pers about going in on prop­er­ty togeth­er, alone, etc. Then I exam­ine my geog­ra­phy and demo­graph­ic, and it hit me… I live in a high­ly... Read more

Who Would You Bug Out With?

by suburban | Jan 18, 2012 | Bug Out, Preparedness

A ques­tion on one of the boards I am on popped up, and I respond­ed, which I rarely do these days.  I’ve been kind of burned out of writ­ing and been focus­ing on build­ing more preps, los­ing some of my flab and get­ting into bet­ter shape, etc.…... Read more

The 3rd Wave, Evacuation From A Disaster Location

by ST | Nov 22, 2011 | Bug Out, Bug Out Vehicle, Guest Posts, Levels of Awareness, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Let me pref­ace this arti­cle by acknowl­edg­ing the source for the idea of this arti­cle comes from anoth­er pep­pers’ video. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, it’s been a long time I’ve mulled over this top­ic and I don’t recall who exact­ly it was. With that out of the way, let’s... Read more