Saturday Videos

by suburban | Mar 12, 2011 | Personal, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Part One — Prepar­ing and Sur­vival in the City Part Two — Prepar­ing and Sur­vival in the City Part Three — Prepar­ing and Sur­vival in the City Part Four — Prepar­ing for Sur­vival in the City Beans, Bul­lets, & Band-aids Five Easy Sur­vival Food Preps... Read more

Time to Purge, Spring is Coming

by suburban | Mar 1, 2011 | General, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I am look­ing around the apart­ment after being away for a week on busi­ness.  I have been think­ing I need sev­er­al more #10 cans of freeze dried foods for longer term stor­age than what I have today.  Aug­ment­ing my food stor­age is always some­thing... Read more

Review of “Urban Survival Guide: Learn The Secrets Of Urban Survival To Keep You Alive After Man-Made Disasters, Natural Disasters, and Breakdowns In Civil Order”

by suburban | Feb 18, 2011 | Books, Bug In, Bug Out, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

There aren’t too many books I buy where you get the oppor­tu­ni­ty to sit down to read them, and they are exact­ly what I was look­ing for.  How­ev­er, in David Mor­ris’s book “Urban Sur­vival Guide: Learn The Secrets Of Urban Sur­vival To Keep You... Read more

‘Suburban’s” Take on Sharing Your Gear, Supplies, and Food With Others

by suburban | Feb 7, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Food, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Over the past cou­ple of weeks a read­er and some­one I cor­re­spond with via email wrote a cou­ple of posts for the blog that have had some good com­ments asso­ci­at­ed with them regard­ing ethics and gear.  You can find them here if you have not read them: The... Read more

Understanding Everyone In the City Will Be a Refugee Post SHTF

by suburban | Feb 3, 2011 | Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Not often spo­ken of, I think in the sur­vival­ist or prep­per cir­cle, is how to avoid becom­ing a refugee post SHTF. We talk a lot about prep­ping, we talk a lot about bug­ging out or bug­ging in, but we nev­er real­ly talk about the sit­u­a­tion where we do find... Read more

Teamwork for Suburban and Urban Survival – Part Four

by suburban | Jan 25, 2011 | Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Okay, in part four Team­work for Sub­ur­ban and Urban Sur­vival, today we talk about a list of skills that we may think are impor­tant for you, your friends, and team to know in a short or long term sur­vival sit­u­a­tion.  As I scour the Inter­net for lists of... Read more