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Suburban Survival Blog | A Survival and Preparedness Website and Blog

Endless Fall – Part 3: A New Year, A New World

Nov 1, 2011 | Economy, Entertainment, Guest Posts

Note: The following is the third 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. January 9 – 81 days after Black Swan Day My…

And Then There Was a Dinner Meeting

Oct 31, 2011 | Bug In, Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Cooking, Guns & Weapons, Personal, Preparedness, Prepping, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Last week, I had dinner with three other preppers. One was new, and the two others I have been in touch with for some time. We all live in Northern NJ, and are concerned with the economy, job growth, Bugging In, Bugging Out, etc. The conversation twisted and turned…

Saturday Videos

Oct 29, 2011 | General

Imran Khan — Why Muslims Hate The United States 1 of 2 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68-PdQX0zPo Imran Khan — Why Muslims Hate The United States 2 of 2 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OMp0UNkPeI Oakland Police Officer Flash Grenades Crowd Helping Injuered Protester…

Euro Fails, Europe Fails

Oct 28, 2011 | Economy, Gold and Silver, Government

I read this news story and don’t know what to think. Here is the money quote. “Nobody should take for granted another 50 years of peace and prosperity in Europe. They are not for granted. That’s why I say: If the euro fails, Europe fails,” Merkel said, followed by a…

Budget Faraday Cage for Small Electronics

Oct 27, 2011 | Electro Magnetic Pulse

I took on a small project this evening, and it was dead simple… I have been thinking about building a faraday cage for my small electronics, or the small electronics I am going to want in the event of an EMP. I was at the Army Surplus store in Hackansack, NJ the…

Service Interruption

Oct 26, 2011 | Personal

I wish to apologize to all the readers who came to our site and there was a service interruption today. Rackspace, our host, has moved us to another server, and service was restored… We are sincerely sorry for any inconvenience.

Project Update

Oct 26, 2011 | Personal

I lamented two personal prepper issues here and here. A week after the solar oven fail, I successfully made the Arroz Con Pollo in about five hours in the sun. My lot’s shady profile presented a challenge, but I made it work. The only issue was I had to put it in the…

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

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 Black Swan Day …

Review of 5‑Minute Microwave Canning

Oct 24, 2011 | Food, Preparedness

First, this is an interesting book… I 5‑Minute Microwave Canning to see if there was a shortcut to canning, and to help me understand if you could can/jar using a microwave. If so, what foods you can can/jar. My first disappointment was not with the book itself.…