Prepping For A Personal SHTF

by suburban | Nov 2, 2010 | Bug In, Preparedness

Today I want to take the time to talk a lit­tle about some­thing I have not.  The title says it all, I think, with the excep­tion of defin­ing what a “Per­son­al SHTF” is because, well, it’s per­son­al.  In today’s econ­o­my, I think that most peo­ple might... Read more

Made In The USA? No Made In Elsewhere.

by suburban | Sep 10, 2010 | General, Personal

This may end up being more of a rant than not, but I want­ed to write a lit­tle blurb about how I am try­ing to buy these days.  I have been look­ing for “Made in USA” labels recent­ly.  I have a strong belief that mon­ey that cir­cu­lates here in our... Read more

One Suburban Apartment Preppers Plan

by suburban | Sep 4, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Tak­en from a sur­vival forum and copied to a word doc­u­ment late last year for my own review going for­ward: Now some peo­ple live in apart­ments like myself, I fig­ured we need­ed a thread for sug­ges­tions for folks like myself.  I’m pret­ty cre­ative and... Read more

Apartment Prepping for Fall and Winter

by suburban | Sep 1, 2010 | Bug In, Cooking, Energy, Gear, Light, Preparedness, Self Reliance, Shelter, Stoves, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival, Weather

Well, the end of August is com­ing, and the weath­er is start­ing to change a bit; evenings are get­ting cool­er, and days are start­ing to get a bit short­er.  This to me is a clear sign of a few things.  One, some of my Bug Out Bag con­tents need to be... Read more

What Are We Talking Here, Man Made Disasters or Natural Disasters?

by suburban | Sep 1, 2010 | Personal, suburban survival, Urban Survival, Weather

Well, while I am semi watch­ing a lit­tle TV this evening, I fig­ured I would bring up a top­ic that I sel­dom dis­cuss.  Nat­ur­al dis­as­ters.  In the past cou­ple years, nat­ur­al dis­as­ters have been front and cen­ter to every­one, par­tial­ly due to... Read more