Resources and Commentary on Prepping in Suburbia
After a year or so of the site being down, we’re slowly relaunching it with all the old content, and writing new content. It’s been well over a year since I’ve done any prepping, and recently started again. Updates over the last 18 months are, Ms. Prepper is now Mrs. Prepper, and there’s the addition of Baby Prepper, too… I feel like it’s all new again, and I’m learning from scratch…
Podcast about Urban Survival by Chip Monk
Chip Monk is a new podcaster, podcasting about survivalism. This morning I came across his podcast on Urban Survival and thought I would share it with you. This podcast covers the basics, and you may already have them down, however, if you do not, are new, or just…
How Stocked Should a Bug Out Location Be If You Have to Bug Out?
This is a thought that hit me this weekend as I was surfing the Web for survival topics so I could learn something new. I was looking up Bug Out Locations, and it hit me that, we (I) discuss prepping your primary home with preps primarily for Bugging In. But I…
Take a Crash Course or Refresher in How Our Economy Works
Here are 20 videos from ChrisMartenson.com on how our economy works. If you want to learn more about how money is generated at the government level, this is a great video series. It is free, and will take you about 3 hours and 20 minutes to go through all of them.…
Hitting the Camping Trail for Saturday Evening
Weather looks good for Saturday evening. Think I’m going to hit the camping trail, try out my new chinook Thermopalm 50 degree sleeping bag, It compresses down to something just larger than a football, and a new bivy tent I picked up not too long ago at Sportsman’s…
Boiling Water in a Plastic Bottle.
Okay, I just saw something on the Discovery show Man, Woman, Wild I thought was pretty cool… I am sure this is not good for the long term, but for a short term survival situation, pretty cool. I am a fan of Myke Hawke. I have his book “Hawke’s Green Beret Survival…
I Just Finished “Bug Out: The Complete Plan for Escaping a Catastrophic Disaster Before It’s Too Late”
I recently finished Scott B. Williams, “Bug Out: The Complete Plan for Escaping a Catastrophic Disaster Before It’s Too Late.” First, I would like to say that I have a ton of respect for Scott. I follow his blog at scottbwilliams.com and bugoutsurvival.com. Scott…
DIY — Alternative Method of Baking / Cooking — The Cardboard Box Oven
I am always looking for alternative methods of cooking if the grid goes down, the gas stops flowing to my stove, or the SHTF in general. I came across this cardboard box oven post and thought I would share it. Here is the post:…
Using the Right Water Bottle?
Here is my ignorance showing. I thought most water bottles I purchased in the camp or outdoor stores were safe for water consumption. I guess not. According to Green-Trust.org and Test Freaks that not all water bottles are made the same. In fact, I know that…
ModernSurvivalBlog.com talks about “Survival Retreat Land Size and Considerations”
A couple weeks ago, well maybe a month ago I talked about my thoughts on criteria for a Bug Out Location. This morning I came across a great post by ModernSurvivalBlog.com on Survival Retreat Land Size and Considerations. ModernSurvivalBlog.com uses a few use cases…
20 Simple Steps to Basic Preparedness from Jack at The Survival Podcast
Just listening to this now while I bang out some emails for work. A couple days ago, Jack Spirko at The Survival Podcast published a podcast about the “20 Simple Steps to Basic Preparedness.” So far pretty good, and I am learning a few things. Here is the content of…
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