Prepper Envy

by Prepperjim | Jun 29, 2011 | Personal

As a each of us go through our prepa­ra­tions for the SHTF or TEOTWAWKI, you may come across peo­ple who have achieved a lev­el of pre­pared­ness most of only dream of. That is, they have a ful­ly stocked bomb shel­ter in a rur­al loca­tion with 20 years of food,... Read more

The Bug Out Trailer or The Camping Trailer

by suburban | Jun 27, 2011 | Bug Out, Bug Out Vehicle, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Recent­ly, I read a post over at Scott William’s, Bug-Out Sur­vival blog called 4x4 Tent Trail­ers for Haul­ing Your Stuff Off Road.  With­out going into great detail, I have looked at these before with great inter­est, pri­mar­i­ly because I dri­ve an SUV.... Read more

The Food I Buy Is Changing, a Lot.

by suburban | Jun 23, 2011 | Economy, Food

It is evi­dent.  My last few trips to the gro­cery store have yield­ed what I believe what oth­ers have been talk­ing about now for some time.  But to me it is visu­al­ly notice­able.  I know this because I am a crea­ture of habit.  Being a sin­gle... Read more

Weekend Camping Trip, and a Few New Pieces of Gear

by suburban | Jun 20, 2011 | EDC, Gear, Preparedness

This week­end was my first real week­end camp­ing trip of the sea­son.  It’s pri­mar­i­ly my go-to place for camp­ing in the sum­mer. It also may/could func­tion as a sec­ondary Bug Out loca­tion.  But more on that anoth­er time, and to my point, there was a... Read more

Escaping From New York City. Is It Really a Viable Concept in a SHTF?

by suburban | Jun 16, 2011 | Bug Out, Urban Survival

Live in New York City?  Vis­it­ing NYC this sum­mer?  Work in New York City?  Going into the City for din­ner, show, hap­py hour, etc.?Guess what, today we explore ways to get out of the city in the event of a SHTF, pri­or to road­blocks, mar­tial law,... Read more