Apartment Prepping for Fall and Winter

by suburban | Sep 1, 2010 | Bug In, Cooking, Energy, Gear, Light, Preparedness, Self Reliance, Shelter, Stoves, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival, Weather

Well, the end of August is com­ing, and the weath­er is start­ing to change a bit; evenings are get­ting cool­er, and days are start­ing to get a bit short­er.  This to me is a clear sign of a few things.  One, some of my Bug Out Bag con­tents need to be... Read more

“What’s the Best Survival Weapon?” Over At FieldandStream.com

by suburban | Aug 27, 2010 | Guns & Weapons, Self Reliance, Survival Gear

So, this is an arti­cle I ran across this week, from Field & Stream Mag­a­zine Online.  They had one of their guys upload the arti­cle about a few sur­vival weapons that he did some inde­pen­dent tests on.  The Hen­ry AR‑7, just hap­pened to be... Read more

The Focus of Suburban Survival Blog and, if the SHTF

by suburban | Aug 12, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, Bug Out Location, But Out Bag, Preparedness, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Survivalism, Urban Survival

I am writ­ing this post, because, it is prob­a­bly some­thing I should have writ­ten sev­er­al months ago when I start­ed writ­ing a dai­ly blog on my thoughts about sub­ur­ban sur­vival.  I real­ly start­ed get­ting con­cerned about what was going on in the... Read more

4 x 32 Scope For My Henry AR‑7

by suburban | Jul 28, 2010 | But Out Bag, General, Guns & Weapons, Survival Gear

The Hen­ry AR‑7 comes with a small rail on top of the receiv­er for a scope.  As I am not thrilled with the rear peep site, I have had this on my list to pur­chase for about a month or two.   This past week­end, I spent a few dol­lars on a 4 x 32 scope for... Read more

The iPad as a Modern Survival Device

by suburban | Jul 26, 2010 | EDC, Gear, iPad, Iphone/Smartphone, Preparedness, Survival Gear

Huh?  The iPad as a Mod­ern Sur­vival Device?  Real­ly?  Yup.  Let me explain a lit­tle.  First, I’m in the Inter­net busi­ness.  Not going to get into a lot of that now, but I want to give you some per­spec­tive on why I say that.... Read more

Independence Day Weekend at the Camp Site

by suburban | Jul 14, 2010 | Hygiene, Personal, Preparedness, Survival Gear, Water

Well, last week­end was a good one.  Not only because I cel­e­brat­ed Inde­pen­dence Day, it was also my Moth­er’s birth­day (she turned 65), but I was able to get out and do a lit­tle camp­ing too.  It was a hot and long one as well…  It was more of a... Read more