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Black Swans, Why We Prepare

Apr 20, 2011 | Personal, Survivalism, Water

A few years ago I read a book called The Black Swan, by Nassim Taleb. While the book is primarily applicable to the financial crisis (it came out before the credit crisis hit and accurately predicted the issues), it also applies to low probability, high impact events…

The Short on Shortages.

Apr 19, 2011 | Economy, Food, Guest Posts

Briefly, I want to think Suburban for the opportunity to post on his blog. Onward… I’ve been thinking about “shortages”. What it really means to have a “shortage”. As I walk down the isles of my local supermarkets I still see full shelves of a wide variety of fresh…

Accelerating the Purchase of Preps

Apr 18, 2011 | Food, General, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Ideally, you replace one can of something with two cans of that same something when you use it and you are rotating your preps. Lately, I have been a bit lazy thinking I have had enough, but I really do not, and if you read Friday’s post, clearly my head is spinning…

Saturday Videos

Apr 16, 2011 | But Out Bag, General, Preparedness

Jewish Preppers Long Term Food Storage Part I httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nse1BQ9touU&feature Jewish Preppers Long Term Storage Part II httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq6ZdRAqhSA Jewish Preppers Part III httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmuclPG2IJE Jewish…

Thinking About More Preps, Goals, Milestones, and Disaster

Apr 15, 2011 | Bug In, Bug Out, But Out Bag, Economy, Gear, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

It’s a fantastic evening here in NJ, with the exception of my allergies kicking up, which reminds me. Time to stock up a few seasons worth of Zyrtec or some other anti-hystimine. As long as they as stored correctly, they should last for several years without worrying…

CCW Class with GAPPNJ and Cameron Green

Apr 13, 2011 | Guns & Weapons, Preparedness

I arrived early to the location where GAPP was holding the Utah and Florida CCW course, or at least I thought I was going to be early. It was 30 minutes before the class was to begin, and there were already a half dozen people waiting outside the front door to gain…

Prepper Jim’s Goals

Apr 12, 2011 | Guest Posts, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I previously wrote that the beginning of any prepping plan is goals. That is, what is it you are actually trying to accomplish? In other words, you must have SMART goals. SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time Bound. So, at the beginning…

The Business of Survival, by an Anonymous Reader

Apr 11, 2011 | Guest Posts

Maybe it’s a case of life imitating art. Maybe it’s just companies taking advantage of a public trend. Or, maybe it really is a wave of fear sweeping the nation. Whatever “it” is ‘survival’ today is becoming a big business! The situation isn’t merely the usual well…

Blog Down and Explaination

Apr 10, 2011 | General

I received several emails over the past day asking why the blog was down… Well, it seems the Suburban Survival Blog was under what is called a Denial of Service attack or something not unlike that, slowing the server down dramatically. Unfortunately, we are not…