Survival Cooking With Aluminum Foil

by suburban | Jul 16, 2010 | Cooking, Improvised Gear, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I always car­ry alu­minum foil.  In fact, in my Altoids kit there are two square feet of alu­minum foil.  I car­ry it because if I need a makeshift bowl or need to cook some­thing I have what I need to do the job, and can pos­si­bly reuse it if I had to.... Read more

Urban and Suburban Survival — Handling Dead Bodies in a SHTF

by suburban | Jul 15, 2010 | suburban survival, Urban Survival

Well, this is a top­ic that many don’t even want to dis­cuss… How­ev­er, if there is a major break­down in soci­ety or a huge major dis­as­ter, man made or not, could be a real­i­ty in an urban or sub­ur­ban sit­u­a­tion.  Han­dling dead bod­ies is some­thing... Read more

The SuburbanPrepper Talks EMP

by suburban | Jul 13, 2010 | Electro Magnetic Pulse, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I think about this from time to time.  An EMP attack that would ren­der my car and just about any­thing elec­tron­ic use­less.  100+ miles from my Bug Out Loca­tion, and final ren­dezvous point, it would take me five to 10 days to hoof it on foot... Read more

Finding Like Minded Survivalists For Your Network, on TheSurvivalistBlog.net

by suburban | Jul 9, 2010 | Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This was a great post today by M.D. Creek­more on TheSurvivalistBlog.net.  I absolute­ly thought this was worth shar­ing, not to men­tion I am sure there will be amaz­ing respons­es to this post, and high­ly rec­om­mend read­ing through them, as... Read more

Urban Survival at the Homeless Shelter

by suburban | Jul 6, 2010 | But Out Bag, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Here is one man’s overview account of how he recent­ly end­ed up at a home­less shel­ter liv­ing out of his Bug Out Bag.  The post is from May 2nd of this year: http://www.thenorthernsurvivalist.com/2010/05/urban-survival-at-a-homeless-shelter-in-montana/ I’ve... Read more

Staying Aware Of Your Surroundings

by suburban | Jul 6, 2010 | Levels of Awareness, suburban survival, Survivalism, Urban Survival

Whether I am in a sur­vival sit­u­a­tion or not I try to stay aware of my sur­round­ings.  I first became more aware of what was going on around me when I moved to NJ from PA about 10 years ago.  I went from small town to big sub­urbs and big city as well.... Read more