Was “Doomsday Preppers” Necessary?

by suburban | Mar 4, 2012 | Prepping

I watched it.  I saved them on my DVR, and watched them.  You watched them.  We watched them.  We cri­tiqued each prep­per based on what we have and know.  Admit it.  You secret­ly did.  I know I did.  As the sce­nario was laid... Read more

Blogroll

by suburban | Jan 29, 2012

What pre­pared­ness blogs are talk­ing about can vary wild­ly by top­ic. Some are sim­ply web­sites with tips on what to pack when going on a two-week trip, while oth­ers have entire sec­tions ded­i­cat­ed to full-on dis­as­ter pre­pared­ness for the world as a whole.... Read more

A Prepper Ammunition Discussion

by suburban | Nov 3, 2011 | Guns & Weapons

The oth­er night at din­ner we got talk­ing about ammu­ni­tion caches… We dis­cussed at a high leve what we thought every­one should have (per­son­al­ly speak­ing, of course).  One of the guys brought up JWR’s guide to ammo stor­age.  As you may or may not... Read more

Endless Fall – Part 2: A Time To Be Thankful?

by ST | Oct 25, 2011 | Economy, Entertainment, Guest Posts, Personal

Note: The fol­low­ing is the sec­ond install­ment of a series that rep­re­sents a first-hand chron­i­cle of a fic­tion­al eco­nom­ic col­lapse in the Unit­ed States. This series is to be viewed as only one pos­si­ble sce­nario.   Novem­ber 13 – 35 days after... Read more

Hurricane Irene, What I Missed, What I Didn’t, and What I Learned.

by suburban | Aug 31, 2011 | Bug In, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival, Weather

Admit­ted­ly, I missed the “cen­ter” of Hur­ri­cane Irene. Rather, I missed the heart of the storm. I made my way west to Penn­syl­va­nia, not to bug out, but to a good friends bach­e­lor par­ty.  The upside is that I was going to be west of Irene.  The... Read more