Review of Ron Hood’s Urban Master Volume 1, The Home

by suburban | Nov 8, 2010 | Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

After it sit­ting on my shelf of a cou­ple of months, I slipped Ron Hood’s DVD on Urban Sur­vival in the DVD play­er this week­end.   In the first vol­ume Ron dis­cuss­es Urban Sur­vival tac­tics for the fol­low­ing cat­e­gories: Home Away from Home Threats to... Read more

Lone Wolf or Survivalist Group?

by suburban | Nov 3, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, Personal, suburban survival, Survivalism, Urban Survival

As many of the read­ers know, I have joined a meetup.com group for pre­pared­ness.  I joined for a cou­ple of rea­sons.  First, as a “lone wolf” I was look­ing to con­nect with like mind­ed peo­ple to hope­ful­ly teach and learn from them.  The sec­ond... Read more

A Safe Room For Your Home

by suburban | Oct 26, 2010 | Bug In, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I am not real­ly sure this is going to apply to those of us who live in apart­ments.  How­ev­er, I may touch on that in this post. Much of what we dis­cuss, or I write, rather, revolves around bug­ging out.  As men­tioned in a pre­vi­ous post, I was going to... Read more

What Would You Do If Technology Failed?

by suburban | Oct 25, 2010 | Homesteading, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Survivalism, Urban Survival

Recent­ly, I picked up the book “When Tech­nol­o­gy Fails” although I have not start­ed read­ing it yet, I came across this video this morn­ing, and want­ed to share it with you. Before I even start to read When Tech­nol­o­gy Fails, I was start­ing to pon­der, what... Read more

Do You Have Bug In Plans For The Workplace?

by suburban | Oct 21, 2010 | Bug In, Preparedness, Shelter, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Have any of you thought about hav­ing to bug in at your work­place.  Most of the time I think about bug­ging out with my Get Home Bag and don’t real­ly think too much about what might hap­pen if I have to stay in an office for a few days, or longer.  A few... Read more

Shipping Containers As A Bug Out Shelter

by suburban | Oct 20, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Well, in inves­ti­gat­ing options for Bug Out Shel­ters, I have inves­ti­gat­ed mod­u­lar homes, cab­ins, log cab­ins, earth shel­ters, trav­el trail­ers, campers, etc.  The one thing I have found (and not just recent­ly) is one that is pre-built and can be... Read more