Bug Out Trigger Criteria

by Mr-Jones | Jul 29, 2011 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Bug Out Vehicle, But Out Bag, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This is a guest post by a new con­tribut­ing Author Mr-Jones.  Mr-Jones and I know each oth­er pri­mar­i­ly from Face­book, and some of the same forums, and have become fast friends, online.  I have asked him to con­tribute when he can, and I great­ly... Read more

The Dirty Bomb Diaries

by suburban | Jul 25, 2011 | Bug In, Bug Out, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I want­ed to share this with you.  The series was men­tioned to me by a friend that is also a prep­per.  It seems it came out in 2009, but thought it rel­e­vant as many urban and sub­ur­ban prep­pers I know are wor­ried about dirty bombs, espe­cial­ly in NYC... Read more

Cover vs. Concealment: Know The Difference!

by ST | Jul 19, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Crime, Guest Posts, Guns & Weapons, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

“Take cov­er!” A com­mon and clichéd line from every­thing from old west­erns to sci-fi tele­vi­sion shows and movies to even some car­toons. But while enter­tain­ing, it is a tac­ti­cal issue to be under­stood in the event of an SHTF event that leads to WROL. Even... Read more

CERT Training Completed

by Prepperjim | Jul 6, 2011 | first aid, Health, Jobs, Politics, Self Reliance, suburban survival

I recent­ly com­plet­ed my Com­mu­ni­ty Emer­gency Response Team (CERT) train­ing. First some back­ground and then an eval­u­a­tion from a prep­per per­spec­tive. CERT’s were formed in the wake of the Sep­tem­ber 11th attacks via exec­u­tive order. The train­ing... Read more

The Bug Out Trailer or The Camping Trailer

by suburban | Jun 27, 2011 | Bug Out, Bug Out Vehicle, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Recent­ly, I read a post over at Scott William’s, Bug-Out Sur­vival blog called 4x4 Tent Trail­ers for Haul­ing Your Stuff Off Road.  With­out going into great detail, I have looked at these before with great inter­est, pri­mar­i­ly because I dri­ve an SUV.... Read more

Would YOU be a shelter? (Remembering Anne Frank)

by ST | Jun 21, 2011 | Crime, Economy, Guest Posts, Politics, Shelter, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Every­one loves a scape­goat. Through­out his­to­ry when­ev­er some­thing ter­ri­ble hap­pens either for rea­sons too com­plex for the com­mon per­son to grasp or just the cul­mi­na­tion of many oth­er events peo­ple as a whole try to seek out some­one, some group of... Read more