Suburban Survival Blog | A Preparedness and Survival Website

Suburban Survival Blog | A Survival and Preparedness Website and Blog

American Red Cross’s Preparedness Pages

Jun 6, 2010 | Uncategorized

This is the Red Cross’s Preparedness Pages. This is there suggested “minimums” lists(s) to keep your family prepared for an emergency: http://goo.gl/t2ql. Interestingly — Here is the Red Cross’s site to list yourself safe in a disaster. Make note of it and…

20 Great Uses for Tea Tree Oil in Your Kit

Jun 6, 2010 | Medicinal, Oils, Plants, Uncategorized

In 2006, the world consumed more than 3.5 billion gallons of oil per day. A lot of that oil has caused environmental damage and conflicts between nations. But there is one type of oil that’s green, sustainable, healthy, and–as far as I know–has never been the…

Urban Resources

Jun 5, 2010 | Urban Survival

OffGridSurvival.com had a post in April regarding Urban Resources. Click the link or see it below. Having a plan of action is critical in any survival situation. Any good Urban Survival plan should have a way to find food, water and other supplies within walking…

Five Dollar Preps You Can Make Weekly

Jun 4, 2010 | Bug In, Cooking, Energy, Fire, first aid, Food, General, Health, Hygiene, Preparedness

I’m not exactly sure where I got this, but I have had a copy of it for some time now. Maybe a year or two. It is a list of $5.00 or roughly $5.00 items that you can buy weekly to increase your preps at home, or to get you started if money is tight, as I know it can…

10 Things to do according to MD Creekmore

Jun 3, 2010 | Personal, Preparedness

I follow MD Creekmore’s TheSurvivalistBlog.net. I think he is practical, not gear heavy, and has a good head on his shoulders because he has been prepping for a long time, as well as going through his own personal SHTF situations. If you are new to prepping he just…

My Urban Get Home Bag

Jun 3, 2010 | Bug Out, Gear, Preparedness, Survival Gear

When I worked in NYC and live in NJ, Post 9/11 I had a GHB in my file cabined drawer. 1. 1 Bottle Potassium Iodide Tablets (inexpensive and figured it was good to have in the event of a dirty bomb) 2. 2 x Small Bottle of hand sanitizer (60% alcohol / 40% aloe — Burns…

Car preparedness, Part 5, My Comfort Supplies

May 27, 2010 | Gear, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, Psychology, Survival Gear, Survivalism

Okay, this is the final part in the Car Preparedness series. To me comfort supplies are those extras that will make me just a little more comfortable in the event there is an issue that I might have to contend with. Here is the list: Tent — I keep a four man Eureka…

Conspiracy Theory, with Jesse Ventura Parts 1 of 6

May 24, 2010 | Personal

Part 1 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOWWIDT910I Part 2 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73dAikiXoOM Part 3 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFuGBKcyEQw Part 4 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h3dx9baiwE Part 5 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHxm9gWkNo Part 6…

Car Preparedness, Part 5, Hygiene, Navigation, and Fire

May 23, 2010 | Fire, Gear, Health, Hygiene, Navigation

First, It has probably been a week since my last post. So much for a post a day. I was traveling this past week on business, and it was a busy week. Today we are going to talk about hygiene, navigation, and fire making products to keep in your car in your…