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The Debt Ceiling, The Day After, The Day Of…

Aug 3, 2011 | Economy, Government

It’s 7:42 a.m. on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011. Working from home today, and into my coffee by 3/4 of a cup. Today is the day our government votes on the debt ceiling. I have not had much time to research the way I would ultimately like to, however, here is my…

Out Of Milk (A Product Review)

Aug 2, 2011 | Food, General, Guest Posts, iPad, Iphone/Smartphone

How do you track your preps? That is, how do you know exactly: What you have on hand? Where it is stored? What is the quantity status? And then, how do you determine what needs to be stocked/restocked? Where to get it? Preppers use a variety of mechanisms to track and…

Gerber Profile Knife Review

Aug 1, 2011 | Gear, Knives, Personal, Survival Gear

A couple years ago, I purchased a Gerber Profile Fixed Blade Knife Drop Point. I generally take it camping with me, but have never thought of reviewing it. In fact, I am not a knife afficiando. However, I’m going to give it a shot here. Like I said, I have had this…

Saturday Videos

Jul 30, 2011 | General

Gerald Celente — RT America 29 July 2011 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRAvRtL0cz8 Two Days After a Cyber Attack… Are You Ready? httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xnrp6Z-TUWw SHTF Budget Grinders httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNPGHnIZE3Y CITYS MIDNITE RUN SERIES…

Bug Out Trigger Criteria

Jul 29, 2011 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Bug Out Vehicle, But Out Bag, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This is a guest post by a new contributing Author Mr-Jones. Mr-Jones and I know each other primarily from Facebook, and some of the same forums, and have become fast friends, online. I have asked him to contribute when he can, and I greatly appreciate it. Please…

Review of “The Prepper’s Pocket Guide, 101 Easy Things You Can Do To Ready Your Home For A Disaster.”

Jul 28, 2011 | Books, Preparedness

You know how you scour the Internet for information on prepping? Do you know how you tell yourself you need to print out and create a manual for emergencies? Do you know how you keep telling yourself you are going to organize those ideas some day, and make sure…

A Shout Out to PrepperJim and ST

Jul 27, 2011 | Personal

This is a short post to give a shout out to PrepperJim and ST. Both are contributing authors here on the Suburban Survival Blog. These two contributing authors help me out when I least expect it. Besides being regular contributors, it seems when I get busy, am…

Are Preppers Being “Set UP” on YouTube?

Jul 26, 2011 | General, Guest Posts, Levels of Awareness, Politics

There are hundreds if not thousands of prepper video on YouTube. If you haven’t already tried it, just do a search for SHTF or WROL and you’ll see what comes up (and that doesn’t include “survivalist”, “prepper”, “survival”, “economic collapse” etc). The videos range…

The Dirty Bomb Diaries

Jul 25, 2011 | Bug In, Bug Out, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I wanted to share this with you. The series was mentioned to me by a friend that is also a prepper. It seems it came out in 2009, but thought it relevant as many urban and suburban preppers I know are worried about dirty bombs, especially in NYC where I am on a…