Money, the Forgotten Prep?

by suburban | Jul 2, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, But Out Bag, Money, Preparedness, suburban survival

I am guilty of this myself.  Being in the sub­urbs of one of the most fas­ci­nat­ing cities on the plan­et (to me) I too am guilty of whip­ping out a cred­it card or check card for every pur­chase.  What if the pow­er grid were to go down?  What if the... Read more

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

Physical fitness and the survivalist; a repost from a forum that I am on

by suburban | Apr 24, 2010 | General, Health, Physical Fitness, Psychology

Phys­i­cal fit­ness. Well, I have been work­ing at get­ting in bet­ter phys­i­cal con­di­tion over the past months. Today, I went for my first 5+ mile hike. Nine mile hike, in fact. Boy will I be in pain tomor­row. I digress. So, today, I went hik­ing the Appalachi­an... 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

Home made fire sticks

by suburban | Jun 13, 2009 | Cooking, Energy, Fire, General, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, Survival Gear

UPDATE 2021: I have not made these fire starters in years.  This is not to say they were not effec­tive, they cer­tain­ly were.  They were an amaz­ing aid when we went camp­ing and prac­ticed fire-start­ing skills.  They act­ed as a great accel­er­ant,... Read more