DIY — How to Make Chlorine Bleach from Pool Shock

by suburban | Jun 22, 2010 | DIY, Food, Health, Water

Here is Tues­day’s DIY for you…  Need to make sure drink­ing water and water you take a bath in is clean?  Not sure how you are going to puri­fy those 50 gal­lon bar­rels of rain water??? Check out this DIY.  Prob­a­bly worth the pur­chase and worth the... Read more

Water Storage as an Apartment Dweller

by suburban | Jun 21, 2010 | Bug In, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival, Water

As every­one knows you can only live three days with­out water.  Per­son­al­ly, I can’t fath­om not hav­ing any­thing to drink in a 24 hour peri­od.  How­ev­er, here is how I store potable water in my apart­ment for any SHTF sit­u­a­tion.  When I first... Read more

My Survival and Outdoor iPhone Apps

by suburban | Jun 20, 2010 | Books, Bushcraft, Cooking, DIY, Energy, Fire, first aid, Fishing, Food, Gear, Health, Hunting, Hygiene, Improvised Gear, Iphone/Smartphone, Knots, Medicinal, Navigation, Physical Fitness, Plants, Politics, Preparedness, Psychology, Shelter, suburban survival, Water, Weather

When I bought my iPhone last year, I quick­ly real­ized it had the poten­tial to be a sur­vival tool  My search for iPhone apps under “camp­ing, hik­ing, and sur­vival” quick­ly returned many options for me.  I have tried a bunch of them, and am using the... Read more

Holes In My Preps

by suburban | Jun 17, 2010 | Bug In, Cooking, Food, Preparedness, Shelter, Water

I have been tak­ing inven­to­ry late­ly of my preps late­ly.  Every­thing from ammu­ni­tion, water, food, med­ical sup­plies, etc.  I am find­ing I have some issues in each area that need to be reme­died.  How­ev­er, if you have read through my blog... Read more

My Thoughts About a Bug Out Location

by suburban | Jun 14, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Energy, Fishing, Hunting, Preparedness, Shelter, Survival Gear, Urban Survival, Water

So, I have been giv­ing more and more thought to a BOL. Here is why: My fam­i­ly’s home, which is my cur­rent BOL is 100 miles from my home in NJ. It is rur­al, but still near major roads and is high­ly vis­i­ble to the street, as is the gar­den, vehi­cles, etc.... Read more

Car preparedness for the urban or suburban dweller

by suburban | May 9, 2010 | Gear, General, Preparedness, Survival Gear, Survivalism, Water, Weather

I was­n’t real­ly sure how tit­tle this blog post this morn­ing, so with luck I will be able to explain it in more detail to you.  First, I am good for at least one flat tire a year in an area where I may or may not have cell cov­er­age, love to go... Read more