What Odd Places Have You Purchased Preps

by suburban | Sep 11, 2010 | Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

So, what are some of the odd places you have pur­chased preps in the past.  Just curi­ous.  I am on a weird place kick, as there is anoth­er post com­ing that fol­lows up from the Auto Parts Store post the oth­er day… Post the odd and weird places you have... Read more

A Friend Has Lost Everything, Checked Into a Men’s Shelter…

by suburban | Sep 9, 2010 | Clothing, Economy, EDC, Fire, first aid, Food, Improvised Gear, Personal, Psychology, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Survivalism, Urban Survival, Water

This post is very close to my heart…  It pains me to write it, as it affects a friend of mine direct­ly, that refus­es help, as I will illus­trate. I have a friend I got a call from this week.  He has lost his job, his apart­ment, much of his cloth­ing,... Read more

Long Island Man Arrested For Defending Self and Family? Really.

by suburban | Sep 9, 2010 | General, Guns & Weapons, Personal, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Okay, the truth is I com­ment­ed on a post over at SHTF Plan, on his post “When is it Okay to Defend Your Life and Your Fam­i­ly?”  Intel­lec­tu­al­ly you might think, any time some­one I don’t want on my prop­er­ty is there, or any­time some­one threat­ens my... Read more

Auto Parts Stores for Preps or Last Minute Preps if the SHTF

by suburban | Sep 9, 2010 | Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Fri­day, as I was in the Strauss Auto Parts Store while they were chang­ing my oil, rotat­ing my tires, and replac­ing my air fil­ter.  It occurred to me that the auto parts / sup­ply store is a ver­i­ta­ble can­dy store of preps for your home, Bug Out Loca­tion,... Read more

Do You Live In a Constitution Free Zone

by suburban | Sep 7, 2010 | Bug Out Location, Politics, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I sure don’t.  Won­der­ing what a “Con­sti­tu­tion Free Zone” is?  So was I until about an hour ago. A Con­sti­tu­tion Free Zone is the area “with­in “100-miles of the US land and coastal bor­ders.” Air­ports are also in these zones, regard­less of their... Read more

Favorite New Additions to My Bug Out Bag

by suburban | Sep 5, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, But Out Bag, Health, Hygiene, Psychology, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I have been eying up no rinse sham­poo and no rinse body bath for some time on Amazon.com.  This week I bought them and they came in… I have to tell you, I think they are going to be out­stand­ing addi­tions to my Bug Out Bag and for Camp­ing. If you fol­low this... Read more