Plinker Choices for the New Gun Owner

by Cameron | Mar 30, 2015 | Gear, Guns & Weapons, Hunting, Preparedness, Prepping, suburban survival, Urban Survival

A nec­es­sary addi­tion to any sub­ur­ban sur­vival arse­nal is a plink­ing rifle.  You may be ask­ing your­self, what is a plink­ing rifle?  Think of the rifle you would use to shoot tin cans off of a fence post in your back­yard.… that is a plink­ing... Read more

Hurricane Sandy… Two Years Later

by Cameron | Mar 23, 2015 | Bug In, Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Bug Out Vehicle, CERT, Natural Disaster, Preparedness, Prepping, suburban survival, Urban Survival, Water, Weather

The events of Octo­ber 2012  in the NY/NJ area are well known to the nation.  Hur­ri­cane sandy made land­fall and wreaked hav­oc on many towns.  Being one of the most dense­ly pop­u­lat­ed areas on the plan­et, the dam­age was in the bil­lions. ... Read more

Precious Metals As Currency, My Thoughts

by suburban | Feb 1, 2015 | Barter, Currency, Economy, Gold and Silver, Money, Precious Metals, Preparedness, Prepping, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I have a some­what skewed view of pre­cious met­als. I believe that in a post SHTF sit­u­a­tion peo­ple will not just turn to pre­cious met­als as cur­ren­cy.  The aver­age per­son will raid their change jar and use what­ev­er cash they have on hand to pay for... Read more

NYC, MRAPs, Humvees, Protests, Hooray!

by suburban | Dec 8, 2014 | General, Government, Preparedness, Protests, Urban Survival

I had a friend in town this week­end from Flori­da. Ms. Prep­per and I went into NYC last night to go to din­ner. While in the cab down­town on the low­er east side, as we were dri­ving around the 20th street area, was­n’t I sur­prised to see an MRAP... Read more

Ebola, Ebola, Ebola, What I Am Doing To Prepare

by suburban | Oct 27, 2014 | Bug In, Bug Out, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

How many times in the last sev­er­al weeks have you heard about Ebo­la?  Too many?  Me too.  Some may say I am crazy, some may say I am cau­tious, and some are walk­ing around liv­ing in their bub­ble of life with­out a clue. It was only a few weeks... Read more

NYC Evacuation Plan to NJ

by suburban | Sep 2, 2014 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Preparedness, Urban Survival

Recent­ly, Ms. Prep­per and I have been dis­cussing the recent events by ISIS, impend­ing ter­ror threats around the world, unrest in Israel, the lack of inter­est by our own elect­ed offi­cials, etc.  We came to the con­clu­sion that it was time to build on the... Read more