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 
by suburban | Sep 1, 2010 | Personal, suburban survival, Urban Survival, Weather
Well, while I am semi watching a little TV this evening, I figured I would bring up a topic that I seldom discuss. Natural disasters. In the past couple years, natural disasters have been front and center to everyone, partially due to... Read more 
by suburban | Aug 31, 2010 | Bug Out Location, Les Stroud, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival
Many of you have no doubt seen this video in the past. It is the one hour documentary that Les Stroud recorded about buying a piece of property and living off the grid potentially simplifying life. That, however is not the reason I am... Read more 
by suburban | Aug 30, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Bug Out Vehicle, suburban survival, Urban Survival
A couple weekends ago I tested a bug out route (via vehicle) to a point that intersects with a spot where I can branch off into two or three other routes to get to my BOL. We’ll call this intersection point “Point B.” I wanted to test the following:... Read more 
by suburban | Aug 26, 2010 | Bug Out, Preparedness, Shelter, suburban survival, Urban Survival
Protecting your preps (Security) is one of the basic five basic survival priorities, and is usually one of the last things we think about when it comes to preparations. One way I have been looking at protecting some of my preps, is to begin... Read more 
by suburban | Aug 25, 2010 | Preparedness, Psychology, suburban survival, Urban Survival
This was originally published on 05/2004 by someone else, somewhere else, and I copied and pasted it to a word document for my own personal reference. It goes into the states of awareness that I think all suburbanites should be aware of when... Read more 
