Podcast about Urban Survival by Chip Monk

by suburban | Aug 2, 2010 | Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Survivalism, Urban Survival

Chip Monk is a new pod­cast­er, pod­cast­ing about sur­vival­ism.  This morn­ing I came across his pod­cast on Urban Sur­vival and thought I would share it with you.  This pod­cast cov­ers the basics, and you may already have them down, how­ev­er, if you do... Read more

How Stocked Should a Bug Out Location Be If You Have to Bug Out?

by suburban | Aug 2, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Gardening, Guns & Weapons, Homesteading, Hunting, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This is a thought that hit me this week­end as I was surf­ing the Web for sur­vival top­ics so I could learn some­thing new.  I was look­ing up Bug Out Loca­tions, and it hit me that, we (I) dis­cuss prep­ping your pri­ma­ry home with preps pri­mar­i­ly for... Read more

Using the Right Water Bottle?

by suburban | Jul 29, 2010 | EDC, Gear, General, Health, suburban survival, Water

Here is my igno­rance show­ing.  I thought most water bot­tles I pur­chased in the camp or out­door stores were safe for water con­sump­tion.  I guess not.  Accord­ing to Green-Trust.org and Test Freaks that not all water bot­tles are made the... Read more

20 Simple Steps to Basic Preparedness from Jack at The Survival Podcast

by suburban | Jul 28, 2010 | Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Just lis­ten­ing to this now while I bang out some emails for work.  A cou­ple days ago, Jack Spirko at The Sur­vival Pod­cast pub­lished a pod­cast about the “20 Sim­ple Steps to Basic Pre­pared­ness.”  So far pret­ty good, and I am learn­ing a few things.... Read more

Another Post on EMP Attack

by suburban | Jul 28, 2010 | Electro Magnetic Pulse, Food, Gardening, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I will prob­a­bly write about EMP attacks more than oth­er types of attacks.  The rea­son is that I think that this is one of the most viable attacks from a for­eign pow­er that we could see in the future.  I also think that it is one of the most dan­ger­ous... Read more

Going to Buy Some #10 Cans of Food for Storage and Use.

by suburban | Jul 27, 2010 | Cooking, Food, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I have been research­ing food for stor­age.  How­ev­er, I have been research­ing food for stor­age that I will actu­al­ly use, because I do not want to waste any mon­ey on buy­ing food that will just sit in the can or con­tain­er and get no use at all.  It... Read more