Teamwork for Suburban and Urban Survival – Part Three

by suburban | Jan 19, 2011 | Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Yes­ter­day, I fin­ished up the post by illus­trat­ing the old west.  Wouldn’t it be great to roll up on a small town that is iso­lat­ed from the rest of soci­ety, is self suf­fi­cient, has a great agri­cul­tur­al com­mu­ni­ty, steel mill, pow­er plant, hon­est... Read more

Teamwork for Suburban and Urban Survival – Part Two

by suburban | Jan 18, 2011 | Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Did you give some thought yes­ter­day to who your friends are and what skills they have?  Are they doc­tors, lawyers, black­smith, vet­eri­nar­i­an, phar­ma­cist, con­struc­tion work­ers, etc?  How about your­self?  What skills do you have?  What... Read more

Teamwork for Suburban and Urban Survival – Part One

by suburban | Jan 17, 2011 | Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Is it inevitable; A dis­as­ter of cat­a­stroph­ic pro­por­tion that changes everyone’s liv­ing sit­u­a­tion going for­ward for good?  Is liv­ing post dis­as­ter just an unfore­seen real­i­ty that many of us have not expe­ri­enced yet?  Look at Haiti just... Read more

Yesterday’s Mild TEOTWAWKI Moment at the Grocery Store

by suburban | Dec 27, 2010 | General, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

It was­n’t real­ly a TEOTWAWKI moment, but offered an inter­est­ing glimpse of what might be.  Per­haps, the ghost of Christ­mas future. There is a major snow­storm on the way to the north­east.  It is the first one of the sea­son and the weath­er chan­nels,... Read more

Interesting Video on an RV Bug Out Vehicle

by suburban | Dec 21, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Vehicle, Economy, suburban survival, Urban Survival

this guy lives in LA and out­lines the state of the econ­o­my there, and why he bought a... Read more

Bartering, Your Urban and Suburban Currency Post SHTF

by suburban | Dec 20, 2010 | Barter, Bug In, Bug Out, Currency, Money, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I can­not deny it.  I have not bartered or trad­ed any­thing in about 20 years.  The last thing I bartered was wen I was in busi­ness for myself, and my cus­tomer was an out­door out­fitt­ter type of retail estab­lish­ment and I bartered a Sol­stace Jack­et,... Read more