Homemade Electrolyte Replacements (Homemade Gatorade)

by suburban | Mar 25, 2013 | DIY, Health, Hydraton, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival, Water

My girl­friend’s dog has been sick the past cou­ple of days.  Dehy­drat­ed, lethar­gic, etc.   This got me think­ing when I was doing sev­er­al search­es online for how to ade­quate­ly keep him hydrat­ed.  By doing sev­er­al Google search­es I... Read more

Review of “Without Rule of Law, Advanced Skills to Help You Survive: Hide, Evade, Scavenge, and Infiltrate”

by suburban | Feb 20, 2013 | Civil Unrest, Preparedness, Prepping, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Survivalism, Urban Survival

This review is prob­a­bly months over­due. I’ve had “With­out Rule of Law: Advanced Skills to Help You Sur­vive” for months. It also took me a cou­ple months to get through because I picked it up just every now and then to read it when I had a spare moment. To be sure... Read more

The Get Home Bag for the Girlfriend and Her Impending Education

by suburban | Feb 12, 2013 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, Preparedness, Prepping, suburban survival, Urban Survival

As I men­tioned in a pre­vi­ous post, I was con­cerned about mak­ing sure my girl­friend was pre­pared for an emer­gency, pri­mar­i­ly to get to my domi­cile in the event of an impend­ing or hap­pen­ing dis­as­trous sit­u­a­tion.  I hope to make sure... Read more

Local or Alternative Currency in a Community for Higher Economic Sustainability

by suburban | Aug 21, 2012 | Barter, Currency, Economy, Money, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

On the ride home from my boss’s office on Mon­day evening this week, I was think­ing about the econ­o­my, and the ram­i­fi­ca­tions of eco­nom­ic col­lapse.  I thought about how it would effect where I live in NJ today, and I thought about how it might effect my... Read more

Thoughts on a Storage Unit as a Fallback Shelter or Bug Out Location

by suburban | May 17, 2012 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This is a response to @Alex516 who asked the fol­low­ing ques­tion, which made me think a lit­tle deep­er on the sub­ject, and I thought it would make a good post: @Alex516 asked: “I’d be curi­ous about your thoughts for using a stor­age unit as a lay­over. I’m... Read more

Pandemic Thoughts, and How’s Your NBC & Quarantine Gear?

by suburban | Mar 23, 2012 | Pandemic, Preparedness, Prepping, suburban survival, Urban Survival

As I spend time writ­ing this post, I am on a plane watch­ing the film Con­ti­gion. If you have not seen it, it’s a film about a pan­dem­ic that start­ed and begins to be wide­ly spread by those trav­el­ing. As the film pro­gress­es, it is found that the pan­dem­ic is... Read more