Suburban Survival Blog | A Preparedness and Survival Website

Suburban Survival Blog | A Survival and Preparedness Website and Blog

Financial Readiness for Survival (A Personal Note)

Nov 18, 2010 | Economy, Preparedness, Survivalism

I’ve come to terms this week and come to a couple of conclusions. That as a survivalist, prepper, or whatever you want to call me, I am not financially prepared for a large or even mid-size emergency. I used to be prepared for the midsize emergency, had no debt…

The AK-47: Questions About the Most Important Weapon Ever on Popular Mechanics

Nov 17, 2010 | Guns & Weapons

Hey guys, I have a lot of running around to do today for work, so I am going to leave you with a cool article on Popular Mechanics regarding the AK-47… Give it a read, and hope that you enjoy. Sorry so short today, but very busy! The AK-47: Questions About the Most…

Glenn Beck on Being Prepared and Prepping

Nov 16, 2010 | Money, Preparedness

Go into this video to about 11:00 minutes into the video, and Glenn starts talking about being prepared for the future. As he usually does, he rants a bit, but he makes some serious valid points here. This aired on November 15th. He touches on Food storage, but I…

Review of Ron Hood’s Urban Master DVD “Away From Home”

Nov 16, 2010 | Gear, Personal, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

As many of you know, I do a lot of traveling for work. In fact, one of my concerns is always security and possible SHTF when I travel. I don’t think there can be a much worse situation than being without any of the gear you are familiar with than when the SHTF and…

The $10.00 Jerky Maker (from SurvivalMonkey.com)

Nov 15, 2010 | DIY, Food

So, while on the SurvivalMonkey.com forum this morning, I came across a post called “The $10.00 Jerky Maker.” I am sure many of you have seen these cardboard box jerky maker/driers in the past… After my first skeptical look, I was impressed with the simple design…

Saturday Videos

Nov 13, 2010 | General

Under $20 Wal-Mart Survival Kit httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H1oT5n3Np8 “Highs and Lows of the Tactical .22” by Nutnfancy httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3wKO438N6c Wool vs. Synthetic httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzMPLNeA0x8 Five Best Survivalist Pistol…

The Advantage of the Suburban Farmers Market

Nov 12, 2010 | Cooking, Food, Gardening, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

You might not think there is one. At first glance you might say, the vegetables are not organic, they have less flavor because they are factory farm grown, they have steroids, etc. But there is one advantage of the suburban farmers market. They get fresh shipments…

Check Out The New “Suburban Survival Blog Daily”

Nov 11, 2010 | General

Check out the new “Suburban Survival Blog Daily.” It is a collection of news from across the Web aggregated from my Twitter Account published for you to read every day with news and information about Survival, Business, Politics, and more.…

One Hour Meltdown and More. Thanks Survival Mom.

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, it popped up. She’s…