The Get Home Bag for the Girlfriend and Her Impending Education

by suburban | Feb 12, 2013 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, Preparedness, Prepping, suburban survival, Urban Survival

As I men­tioned in a pre­vi­ous post, I was con­cerned about mak­ing sure my girl­friend was pre­pared for an emer­gency, pri­mar­i­ly to get to my domi­cile in the event of an impend­ing or hap­pen­ing dis­as­trous sit­u­a­tion.  I hope to make sure... Read more

Hurricane Sandy, a Review, by a Contributing Author from Long Island

by suburban | Nov 13, 2012 | Bug In, Gear, Natural Disaster, Preparedness

A con­tribut­ing writer to the Sub­ur­ban Sur­vival Blog, and lives on Long Island hit hard by Hur­ri­cane Sandy.  I’ve asked him for his post mortem recount of the hur­ri­cane, what worked and what did not work for him dur­ing the storm, pow­er out­age, and... Read more

Hygiene In the Field, or Bug Out Hygiene

by suburban | Sep 6, 2012 | Bug Out, Health, Hygiene

I’ve done a lot of camp­ing this sum­mer, and with the drought, you can imag­ine it was pret­ty hot out there.  I can attest that it was.  At our camp site we cut a lot of wood, and we used much of it for the camp fire.  Those were hot days swing­ing an... Read more

The ASCELLA Emergency Light Bulb / Flashlight

by suburban | Aug 30, 2012 | General, Preparedness, Prepping, Reviews

UPDATE: 02/20/2014.  It looks like 1–800-Prepare is no longer car­ry­ing the Ascel­la Flash­light Light­bulb.  How­ev­er, I found it on Amazon.com for you here. Well, I’ve been talk­ing to one of the guys over at 1–800-Prepare about a new prod­uct they... Read more

Bug Out Threats, Traffic and Fuel, Part One

by suburban | Aug 28, 2012 | Bug Out, Preparedness

Liv­ing in NJ is an expe­ri­ence unto itself.  Just ask any of my friends who live here that are trans­plants like me.  It is cer­tain­ly one of the most unique places I have ever been.  Peo­ple here just want to get from point A to point B when they... Read more