New Orleans City Tour. Artifacts of Katrina, 10 Years Later

by suburban | Feb 25, 2014 | Preparedness, suburban survival, Survivalism, Urban Survival

Hey every­one.  This week­end I am in New Orleans for the very first time for a work con­fer­ence.  I am for­tu­nate enough to have my sig­nif­i­cant oth­er with me to enjoy the week­end with.  We’re hav­ing a good time.  Din­ner, & a cou­ple... 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

Survival is a Fools Game; I Want to Live by Jesse Mathewson

by suburban | Nov 20, 2012 | Preparedness, Survivalism

Jesse Math­ew­son is a con­tribut­ing author to the Sub­ur­ban Sur­vival blog.  He is an indi­vid­ual who believes in Lib­er­ty, Non-Aggres­sion, Self-Defense, Self-Own­er­ship and a Free Mar­ket with­out state inter­fer­ence it is Jesse’s firm belief that... Read more

Book Review: The Survival Template, by Captain John A. Heatherly

by suburban | Nov 21, 2011 | Books, Preparedness, Survivalism

When I picked up the book “The Sur­vival Tem­plate,” I thought it was going to be some­thing dif­fer­ent than what it was.  I thought it was going to be instruc­tion in some­thing dif­fer­ent.  Upon fur­ther read­ing I found that it was a John’s high lev­el... Read more

100, no 200+ Items a Prepper Must Have for Survival and Barter

by suburban | Oct 7, 2011 | Barter, Gear, Preparedness, Prepping, Survivalism

This post was just updat­ed for clar­i­ty, accu­rate links, and fur­ther defined.  This list has NOT been bro­ken down into cat­e­gories, and is sim­ply expand­ed from it’s orig­i­nal for­mat from the 2014 update, almost 10 years ago. Updat­ed Feb­ru­ary 24th,... Read more

Lessons Learned from Hurricane Floyd Employed in Hurricane Irene

by suburban | Oct 5, 2011 | Bug In, Bug Out, Preparedness, suburban survival, Survivalism, Urban Survival

This gen­er­ous post was con­tributed by Cameron Green, of Green Acad­e­my of Per­son­al Pro­tec­tion.  Cam has con­tributed sev­er­al oth­er posts, and I con­tin­ue to val­ue his help and con­tri­bu­tions.  Please vis­it his Web­site at GAPPNJ if you live... Read more