The Design of a Bug Out Weekend Gear Test

by suburban | Oct 5, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, But Out Bag, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I joined, not too long ago, a pre­pared­ness meet­up group in North­ern NJ. There seem to be only a few of us that are reg­u­lars and show up once a month to the meet­ing.  There are var­i­ous oth­er mem­bers of the group that may make it depend­ing on their... Read more

I Ordered My ARRL Ham Radio License Manual

by suburban | Oct 1, 2010 | Communications, Personal, Preparedness

I ordered my ARRL Ham Radio License Man­u­al this week.   It was pred­i­cat­ed on the North­ern  NJ Meet­up I attend­ed a cou­ple weeks ago, and anoth­er gen­tle­man I met at the meet­up some time ago that has his Ham license.  There is a lot of... Read more

Survival Gear Bargains on Craigslist

by suburban | Sep 29, 2010 | Gear, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

There is no doubt that buy­ing gear can get expen­sive.  I per­son­al­ly have pur­chased and wast­ed a ton of mon­ey on gear that I have pur­chased and have replaced because after buy­ing it learn­ing that it may not have been the best solu­tion.  I have... Read more

Storing Your Bug Out Gear in the City

by suburban | Sep 27, 2010 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, Gear, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

When I worked in NYC (post 9/11), I was always won­der­ing how I was going to store any type of gear to get me across two rivers into NJ to my apart­ment, so I could bug in or bug out if the SHTF and the bridges and tun­nels were shut down.  I decid­ed on, but... Read more

Bugging In and Bugging Out Podcasts at Chip Monk

by suburban | Sep 26, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out

Last week the Chip Monk Fam­i­ly Sur­vival Pod­cast had two pod­casts on bug­ging in and bug­ging out.  Thought I would share them here: Bug­ging Out:  http://chipmonk.podbean.com/2010/09/20/episode-62-buggin-out/ Some inter­est­ing con­cepts in his thoughts... Read more

How Do You Classify a SHTF Event?

by suburban | Sep 22, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Bug Out Vehicle, Levels of Awareness, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I tend to think a lot when I have a lit­tle down time.  I was on the plane for work this week and it hit me, that I am not sure h0w I would clas­si­fy what type of an event and how severe it was before I were going to bug out or bug in.  The more thought I... Read more