CampingSurvival.com Offers 5% Discount to All Suburban Survival Blog Readers

by suburban | Oct 20, 2010 | Gear, General, Preparedness, Special Offers

I was chat­ting with the own­er of CampingSurvival.com, and he gen­er­ous­ly offered a 5% dis­count to all Sub­ur­ban Sur­vival Blog read­ers.  Sim­ply, go to CampingSurvival.com and take a look at all the gear they have, add it to your cart, and add the... Read more

Shipping Containers As A Bug Out Shelter

by suburban | Oct 20, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Well, in inves­ti­gat­ing options for Bug Out Shel­ters, I have inves­ti­gat­ed mod­u­lar homes, cab­ins, log cab­ins, earth shel­ters, trav­el trail­ers, campers, etc.  The one thing I have found (and not just recent­ly) is one that is pre-built and can be... Read more

Build Process Into Your Preparedness

by suburban | Oct 19, 2010 | Preparedness, Survivalism

So, yes­ter­day, on The Sur­vival Mom’s blog, she had a post on “What Sur­vival­Mom Can Learn from Star­bucks” about sur­vival or prep­ping.  I read it with inter­est, because I try to think out­side the box when it comes to my prep­ping and oth­er... Read more

Prepping Is The Morally Right Thing To Do

by suburban | Oct 18, 2010 | Preparedness, Psychology

You read it right.  And, frankly this is just a the­o­ry I am devel­op­ing based on a con­ver­sa­tion I had today with some­one.  Prep­ping is moral­ly, the right thing to do.  I say this because being pre­pared for ANY type of dis­as­ter no mat­ter... Read more

Hypothetical SHTF if Traveling for Work

by suburban | Oct 13, 2010 | Bug Out, EDC, Gear, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Survivalism, Urban Survival

So, this morn­ing when I woke up, I decid­ed to write a post about what if the SHTF while I was trav­el­ing for work, and all I had time to do is grab gear from out of the hotel room and get the heck out of Dodge on foot.  I did a quick sur­vey of the room, and... Read more

Ultra Light Weight Shelter for Your Bug Out Bag

by suburban | Oct 8, 2010 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, Gear, Shelter, suburban survival, Urban Survival

As I start to pre­pare my gear for my Bug Out Week­end, and I re-eval­u­ate what is in my Bug Out Bag, I may be look­ing to replace or elim­i­nate some gear if I think it is redun­dant.  This is the first time I am real­ly tak­ing a “hard­er” look at my Bug Out... Read more