Survival Gear Bargains on Craigslist

by suburban | Sep 29, 2010 | Gear, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

There is no doubt that buy­ing gear can get expen­sive.  I per­son­al­ly have pur­chased and wast­ed a ton of mon­ey on gear that I have pur­chased and have replaced because after buy­ing it learn­ing that it may not have been the best solu­tion.  I have... Read more

Storing Your Bug Out Gear in the City

by suburban | Sep 27, 2010 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, Gear, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

When I worked in NYC (post 9/11), I was always won­der­ing how I was going to store any type of gear to get me across two rivers into NJ to my apart­ment, so I could bug in or bug out if the SHTF and the bridges and tun­nels were shut down.  I decid­ed on, but... Read more

How Do You Classify a SHTF Event?

by suburban | Sep 22, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Bug Out Vehicle, Levels of Awareness, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I tend to think a lot when I have a lit­tle down time.  I was on the plane for work this week and it hit me, that I am not sure h0w I would clas­si­fy what type of an event and how severe it was before I were going to bug out or bug in.  The more thought I... Read more

Your Home Crisis Guidebook for a Survival Situation or a SHTF

by suburban | Sep 21, 2010 | General, Levels of Awareness, Personal, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Fam­i­ly.  They say fam­i­ly is one of the most impor­tant things in life. If it is just you and the wife or you and the hus­band, they are fam­i­ly. If you have kids, and your kids have kids, now that’s a fam­i­ly, and no doubt they are very impor­tant to you.... Read more

Looking Into Solar Backup

by suburban | Sep 16, 2010 | Bug In, Energy, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

So, I have been look­ing into solar back­up sys­tems for sev­er­al low volt­age pieces of equip­ment.  I’ve been look­ing into this now for prob­a­bly about a year.  Of course, I’ve done noth­ing about it part­ly due to cost, and part­ly due to the fact that... Read more

Another Place To Consider for Preps or Last Minute Preps

by suburban | Sep 14, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, Preparedness, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

It’s Sun­day morn­ing, or it was Sun­day morn­ing, I should say.  I was sit­ting at Star­bucks for the first time in a cou­ple of months, sip­ping on a cof­fee try­ing to read a book, when a cou­ple of old­er women sat down next to me, and start­ed yap­ping and... Read more