Why Every Prepper Needs a Mini Ice Maker in an Emergency

by suburban | Jul 3, 2024 | Bug In, Bug Out, Food, Medical, Preparedness, Prepping, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

In today’s world, being pre­pared for emer­gen­cies is not just wise; it’s essen­tial. As we nav­i­gate the com­plex­i­ties of cli­mate changes and unfore­seen pow­er out­ages, one often over­looked yet crit­i­cal aspect of pre­pared­ness is the abil­i­ty to main­tain... Read more

AI Apocalypse & Expert Warnings: Prepping for AI Risks

by suburban | Jun 23, 2024 | AI, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Will AI kill us all, just like in the Ter­mi­na­tor?  Could Skynet be a real­i­ty?  The ques­tions are a bit dra­mat­ic in nature, but not real­ly.  I think that all of us have watched the Ter­mi­na­tor movies mul­ti­ple times and have com­ment­ed or... Read more

Exploring the Aftermath of the Earthquake in NJ and the Need for Increased Readiness

by suburban | Apr 25, 2024 | Earhquake, Natural Disaster, Preparedness, Prepping, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Pod­cast: Play in new win­dow | Down­loadSub­scribe: Apple Pod­casts | RSS While the image used in the thumb­nail and the blog post is a lit­tle ridicu­lous, it illus­trates some­thing that “could” take place based on the recent 4.8 mag­ni­tude earth­quake as recent... Read more

Threat Detection for the Home: Putting a Plan in Place for Early Warning

by suburban | Mar 26, 2024 | Bug In, OPSEC, Personal Security, Preparedness, Prepping, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Home secu­ri­ty sys­tems not only pro­vide essen­tial pro­tec­tion for loved ones and prop­er­ty, con­tribut­ing to peace of mind, but they also play a piv­otal role in threat pro­tec­tion by deter­ring poten­tial bur­glars — with 83% look­ing for signs of an alarm... Read more

Assessing the Credibility of Martial Law Being Forced Upon Citizens of the United States in the Future

by suburban | Mar 13, 2024 | Bug Out Location, Bug Out Vehicle, Government, Martial Law, OPSEC, Personal Security, Preparedness, Prepping, suburban survival, Urban Survival

In this blog post, we’ll exam­ine the poten­tial and cred­i­bil­i­ty of mar­tial law being imple­ment­ed in the Unit­ed States. Being from the U.S. and hav­ing not expe­ri­enced mar­tial law first­hand, as some sec­ond and third-world coun­tries have, it is just a... Read more

The First 30 Days: Building a Future After the Fall

by suburban | Mar 5, 2024 | Bug In, Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Communications, Food Storage, Health, Hygiene, Mutual Assistance Group, Personal Security, Preparedness, Prepping, Psychology, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival, WROL

The fol­low­ing is a fic­tion­al account of the first 30 days after an apoc­a­lyp­tic event and how we may “attempt” to recov­er some nor­mal­cy in the neigh­bor­hood if we can­not make what could be a dead­ly and dan­ger­ous trek to the bug-out loca­tion... Read more