Disposing of Human Waste in the Suburbs During a SHTF

by suburban | Jun 3, 2011 | General, Health, Hygiene

It’s sum­mer here in the North­east, and it is get­ting hot quick­ly.  Hon­est­ly, I love it.   It’s June, and in the mid 80’s and as I was watch­ing a movie this evening on TV, it hit me.  What hap­pens if the pow­er goes out.  And, what if it... Read more

10 Things You Can Do Right Now To Become a Better Prepper or Get Started

by suburban | May 26, 2011 | Bug In, Bug Out, Bug Out Location, But Out Bag, first aid, Gardening, Gear, Preparedness

Trav­el­ing again this week and short on time, but want­ed to put some­thing togeth­er for you… I was going over ways in my head to help me re-align some goals and thought I would share a few of them with you…  These are in no par­tic­u­lar oder Plant a gar­den,... Read more

Carbines and The New Prepper, Part One, Contributed by Cameron Green of GAPPNJ.COM

by suburban | May 20, 2011 | Guns & Weapons, Preparedness

This is the first 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 while I’m not advo­cat­ing using any firearm in an offen­sive man­ner, I stress that... Read more

Prepping For Your Car

by suburban | May 16, 2011 | Bug Out, Bug Out Vehicle, Personal, Preparedness

Let’s see… We buy food.  We buy gear.  We buy guns.  We buy ammu­ni­tion.  We grow gar­dens.  We can food.  We talk about Bug Out Loca­tions.  We talk about Bug­ging In.  We talk about a lot of things, but as I was dri­ving home... Read more

Prepper Jim’s Goals

by suburban | 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,... Read more