My Thoughts on the Rule of Threes in the Suburbs and a SHTF Situation

by suburban | Jun 25, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, Preparedness

Today, I want­ed to dis­cuss the Rule of 3’s, but not the stan­dard Rule of 3’s.  These are my addi­tions to the Rule of 3’s that I see as mak­ing a dif­fer­ence in decid­ing to pre­serve your­self in a SHTF in the sub­urbs or an urban set­ting… Any... Read more

My Thoughts About a Bug Out Location

by suburban | Jun 14, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Energy, Fishing, Hunting, Preparedness, Shelter, Survival Gear, Urban Survival, Water

So, I have been giv­ing more and more thought to a BOL. Here is why: My fam­i­ly’s home, which is my cur­rent BOL is 100 miles from my home in NJ. It is rur­al, but still near major roads and is high­ly vis­i­ble to the street, as is the gar­den, vehi­cles, etc.... Read more

Apartment Security in an Urban area: Bug Out

by suburban | Jun 6, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Preparedness, Urban Survival

Here is my per­spec­tive on apart­ment secu­ri­ty if you live in an urban or sub­ur­ban area.  There is none… If you have prepped sup­plies my sug­ges­tion they should be for minor nat­ur­al dis­as­ters only.  Peo­ple will be come refugees in a SHTF in urban... Read more

My Philosophies on Bugging In vs. Bugging Out

by suburban | Apr 25, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out

I have a cou­ple philoso­phies as I am an apart­ment dweller out­side NYC with lit­tle space for stor­age, as well as a Bug Out loca­tion 100 miles from my apart­ment. So here are sev­er­al philoso­phies of mine that I think might res­onate with you: Bug­ging Out.... Read more

What’s in your survival library?

by suburban | Apr 23, 2010 | Books, Bushcraft, General, Uncategorized

What is in your library of books per­tain­ing to pre­pared­ness and sur­vival?  I am not talk­ing the stuff we down­load as we find it online, but the ones that you went out and pur­chased to read and put on the shelf to ref­er­ence every once in a while to keep... Read more