First Look at a Potential Bug Out Location Property

by suburban | Jul 11, 2011 | Bug Out Location, Personal

Over the past year, I have writ­ten sev­er­al posts on Bug Out Loca­tions.  They dis­cuss sim­ple things such as my thoughts, shel­ters, how stocked they should be, pur­chas­ing them, etc. If you have not read them, here they are: My Thoughts on a Bug Out... Read more

CERT Training Completed

by Prepperjim | Jul 6, 2011 | first aid, Health, Jobs, Politics, Self Reliance, suburban survival

I recent­ly com­plet­ed my Com­mu­ni­ty Emer­gency Response Team (CERT) train­ing. First some back­ground and then an eval­u­a­tion from a prep­per per­spec­tive. CERT’s were formed in the wake of the Sep­tem­ber 11th attacks via exec­u­tive order. The train­ing... Read more

Please Welcome Ready Made Resources as a Suburban Survival Blog Sponsor

by suburban | Jul 3, 2011 | General

Please take a moment and wel­come Ready Made Resources to the Sub­ur­ban Sur­vival Blog fam­i­ly.  Many of you may already be a cus­tomer of Ready Made Resources or have heard of them.  Below is a bit more infor­ma­tion about them, and you will see their... 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

A Look Back At a Katrina Experience… An Expereinced Prepper Tells All

by suburban | Jun 17, 2011 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

It should be not­ed, that this was sent to me by a friend yes­ter­day.  I did not write this, and nei­ther did he, rather it comes from a prep­per who evac­u­at­ed LA and post­ed this sto­ry in a forum (www.zombiehunters.org).  It is... Read more