Why Understanding Cyber Attacks Is Important For Your Survival
No one knows when or when or where the next cyberattack will occur, but it’s important to be prepared for them just in case. Due to the Ukraine invasion by Vladimir Putin and the Russian army, there is a LOT of talk on the news about potential cyber threats to large and medium-sized businesses, as […]
How Inflation and Shrinkflation Affects Families, Economy, and Being a Prepper
When inflation is rising, a lot of people feel the pinch in their wallets. However, inflation is not just rising prices making everything you have less impressive. Inflation can be measured in many different ways. Income inflation measures how fast prices are rising compared to income growth per worker and family. For example, if inflation […]
How to Build or Buy a Bug Out Vehicle
With an uncertain future on the horizon, it’s time to start taking precautions for your family if you have not already. A bug-out vehicle is a crucial part of any emergency or survival plan. This article will teach you how to build your own, buy one, or plan out what type of vehicle would work […]
Building Your Own Isolation Room
The following was provided to me by my good friend Shane. He’s contributed to this blog in the past as Shanethenurse. Shane and I frequently talk about bug-out locations, sheltering in, medical prep, etc. As you can imagine the most recent discussions center around COVID-19. One topic that continually comes up from time to time is negative pressure […]
7 Winter Driving and Car Safety Tips
Well, it happens every year, the first snow comes and many people on the road seem to forget how to drive or find themselves ill-prepared to deal with a minor (or major) catastrophe. Having experienced winter driving knuckleheads just a few days ago, I figured I would write a blog article with some winter driving […]
5 Novels Every Prepper Should Read
This is a list of the five best novels I’ve come across (and Ive read many) for prepper fiction.. they are not in any particular order. The criteria I used to add a book to this short list is as follows: 1) a good story line; did the book have a story line capable of […]
Obtaining water from your hot water heater
In a grid down situation where water service is interrupted or otherwise is in short supply, you will still need a source of clean water for drinking, cooking, bathing etc. If you live in a small home or have some other storage issues for large amounts of portable water, you may have to look at […]
Character Matters, Quick Thoughts About Shelter With in a SHTF
In considering to form a survival group or just simply who you would allow sheltering with you in an SHTF/WROL emergency there are many articles, videos, books, etc that discuss the type of people to seek for inclusion in such a group: A mechanic, a doctor/nurse/EMT, a farmer, a carpenter, a tactical person, etc etc […]
Our First Podcast – Basic Food Storage
[powerpress] Welcome to one of the newest additions and changes to the Suburban Survival Blog. We’ve started adding a Podcast as we continue to ramp up new content, as well as bring you new reviews, and more going forward. While to many this may be a basic podcast, we’ve made our first attempt. I don’t think we […]
Handgun Choices for the New Gun Owner
This is the third installment in a series of papers to educate the new prepper about what weapons they should have on hand. I’m approaching this from a SHTF scenario and an everyday carry, personal protection perspective. While I’m not advocating using any firearm in an offensive manner, I stress that being able to use […]