Bare Minimum Gear You Should Have at Your Bug Out Location

by suburban | Apr 22, 2011 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Preparedness, Self Reliance, Survival Gear

So, after hav­ing a con­ver­sa­tion with a cou­ple of prep­pers this week, I decid­ed to put togeth­er a list of gear in no par­tic­u­lar order around what you should have at your Bug Out Loca­tion.  Recent­ly I have been chat­ting with a lot of peo­ple around... Read more

Teamwork for Suburban and Urban Survival – Part Four

by suburban | Jan 25, 2011 | Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Okay, in part four Team­work for Sub­ur­ban and Urban Sur­vival, today we talk about a list of skills that we may think are impor­tant for you, your friends, and team to know in a short or long term sur­vival sit­u­a­tion.  As I scour the Inter­net for lists of... Read more

Teamwork for Suburban and Urban Survival – Part Three

by suburban | Jan 19, 2011 | Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Yes­ter­day, I fin­ished up the post by illus­trat­ing the old west.  Wouldn’t it be great to roll up on a small town that is iso­lat­ed from the rest of soci­ety, is self suf­fi­cient, has a great agri­cul­tur­al com­mu­ni­ty, steel mill, pow­er plant, hon­est... Read more

Teamwork for Suburban and Urban Survival – Part Two

by suburban | Jan 18, 2011 | Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Did you give some thought yes­ter­day to who your friends are and what skills they have?  Are they doc­tors, lawyers, black­smith, vet­eri­nar­i­an, phar­ma­cist, con­struc­tion work­ers, etc?  How about your­self?  What skills do you have?  What... Read more

Teamwork for Suburban and Urban Survival – Part One

by suburban | Jan 17, 2011 | Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Is it inevitable; A dis­as­ter of cat­a­stroph­ic pro­por­tion that changes everyone’s liv­ing sit­u­a­tion going for­ward for good?  Is liv­ing post dis­as­ter just an unfore­seen real­i­ty that many of us have not expe­ri­enced yet?  Look at Haiti just... Read more

Interesting Conversation

by suburban | Nov 28, 2010 | Economy, Preparedness, Self Reliance

I have a friend that is a finan­cial advi­sor and stock bro­ker in the NYC area.  I actu­al­ly have a few of them, but last evening while we were out to din­ner in NYC, he men­tioned a cou­ple of his pre­dic­tions for our econ­o­my in the not to dis­tant future.... Read more