Tight Budget? Get Prepared Anyway.

by suburban | Dec 3, 2010 | But Out Bag, Food, Money, Preparedness

Every­one has mon­ey on the brain these days.  I don’t care how much mon­ey you have.  A forum I am some­times active on had one young man in col­lege just sought the advice of the mem­bers on how he can get pre­pared, as well as help his fam­i­ly... Read more

The Mobile Washer

by suburban | Nov 23, 2010 | Hygiene, Preparedness

So, I just got my Mobile Wash­er.  Pri­mar­i­ly I pur­chased it for camp­ing trips next year so that I could wash the smoke and body odors out of my clothes while camp­ing for a few days, and decrease the num­ber of cloth­ing items I bring.  It looks like a... Read more

Apartment Prepping, the Real Deal In My Opinion

by suburban | Nov 22, 2010 | Barter, Bug In, Bug Out, But Out Bag, Food, Preparedness, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival, Water

I hes­i­tat­ed writ­ing this because I want­ed it to be com­pre­hen­sive, but I don’t want it to be a book. How­ev­er, I am going to let it be as long as it needs to be at this point.  Yes­ter­day, I was out at my NJ Pre­pared­ness Meet­up and one of the peo­ple... Read more

One Hour Meltdown and More. Thanks Survival Mom.

by suburban | Nov 11, 2010 | Money, suburban survival, Survivalism, Urban Survival

Thanks for scar­ing me to death…  Not real­ly… Back in Jan­u­ary of 2010 The Sur­vival­Mom pub­lished a post on “The One-Hour Melt­down.”  I actu­al­ly came across this last week for the first time.  Not sure how I missed it, but, in trolling her blog,... Read more

Do You Have Bug In Plans For The Workplace?

by suburban | Oct 21, 2010 | Bug In, Preparedness, Shelter, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Have any of you thought about hav­ing to bug in at your work­place.  Most of the time I think about bug­ging out with my Get Home Bag and don’t real­ly think too much about what might hap­pen if I have to stay in an office for a few days, or longer.  A few... Read more