The Official Warning from Department of Homeland Security, 6 Months or More Without Critical Utilities

by suburban | Jan 2, 2019 | Bug In, Bug Out, Man Made Disaster, Natural Disaster, Preparedness, Prepping, Self Reliance, Urban Survival

Well, it’s finally happened, and you’ve probably already heard about it…  The United States Government has officially, on paper, to the public said that our electrical grid, water supply, gas supply, and much more are in dire jeopardy of failing if... Read more

The Winter EMP Theory

by suburban | Dec 3, 2018 | Preparedness

Well, winter is coming to the northeastern US.  It’s getting colder here in NJ and any day the temperature could go down to below freezing, stay there for the next few months and pile us up with snow and ice.  I’m thinking about this because I was just on... Read more

Prepping, Moving, and Lots of Stuff. Protecting Your OPSEC

by suburban | Sep 19, 2015 | Bug In, Food Storage, Gear, Personal, Preparedness, Prepping, Survival Gear

Well, after many years in the 1 — 1/2 bed­room apart­ment in North­ern NJ, Ms. Prep­per and I recent­ly moved in togeth­er, and into a new home.  Any­one that has accu­mu­lat­ed any amount of stuff, knows that the mere act of pack­ing your stuff and mov­ing... Read more

Character Matters, Quick Thoughts About Shelter With in a SHTF

by suburban | Aug 26, 2015 | Mutual Assistance Group, Personal Security, Preparedness

In con­sid­er­ing to form a sur­vival group or just sim­ply who you would allow shel­ter­ing with you in an SHTF/WROL emer­gency there are many arti­cles, videos, books, etc that dis­cuss the type of peo­ple to seek for inclu­sion in such a group: A mechan­ic, a... Read more

Jade Helm: Another Perspective

by suburban | Aug 19, 2015 | Preparedness, Prepping

By now if you’re a prep­per (and even if not) you pret­ty much have to been liv­ing in a cave or under a rock not to have at least heard of Jade Helm. But for the ben­e­fit of any­one read­ing this who hasn’t very briefly Jade Helm is a very large scale mil­i­tary... Read more

Properly installing a CB radio Part 2

by Cameron | May 25, 2015 | Bug Out Vehicle, Communications, Gear, Preparedness

In part one of this arti­cle, we cov­ered the gear and tech­niques nec­es­sary for a prop­er instal­la­tion of CB radio in a vehicle…so now that the sys­tem is set up, lets learn how to opti­mize its trans­mis­sion capa­bil­i­ty. In part two, we will dis­cuss a few... Read more