Ebola, Ebola, Ebola, What I Am Doing To Prepare
How many times in the last several weeks have you heard about Ebola? Too many? Me too. Some may say I am crazy, some may say I am cautious, and some are walking around living in their bubble of life without a clue. It was only a few weeks ago, when I published a booklet for Ms. […]
Review: Where There Is No FEMA, Survival for Normal People in (Very) Abnormal Times, by Richard Bryant
I was asked to review the book “Where There Is No FEMA.” I’ve been turning down many book reviews lately for two reasons. First, because my time has been very limited with work, and second, because I find many books on the Prepper genre strikingly similar in content. When I was asked to review “When There […]
Personal 2013 Year in Review
2013 was an interesting year for me. I didn’t blog as much as I have blogged in the past, and I think that was apparent to everyone. I prepped less this year than I have in the past. In fact by comparison to the past several years, it was mostly nonexistent. So what didn’t I […]
You’re NOT Welcome Here!
This is what hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people who own property in the New York Catskill mountain area were told in 2011. Local residents as well as state police turned legal property owners away from access to their land in the fall of that year. But allow me to digress for a moment before the […]
New Jersey Preparedness and Alternative Energy Show – April 20th, in Woodbury, NJ
I just got off the phone with Steve Schanne over at Off Grid Warehouse, a NJ based provider of preparedness gear and supplies. Steve has been promoting a FREE, Yes FREE Alternative Energy and Preparedness Expo. The Expo is being held in Woodbury, NJ on April 20th, 2013 in a 20,000 foot facility. There will […]
Hurricane Sandy, a Review, by a Contributing Author from Long Island
A contributing writer to the Suburban Survival Blog, and lives on Long Island hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. I’ve asked him for his post mortem recount of the hurricane, what worked and what did not work for him during the storm, power outage, and overal disaster here in the Northeast. By the time this is […]
My Food Storage is Changing, an update on Apartment Prepping…
As my time prepping matures, and living in an apartment, I am also finding that my prepping is starting to morph a bit. As I prep for food, most specifically, I find that cans of food are becoming cumbersome. Specifically, soups, tunas, canned chicken (which is a personal favorite of mine), etc. I also find […]
Review of Smith’s Diamond Precision Knife Sharpening Kit
Those of you that really know me, know I cannot sharpen a knife worth a damn. I’ll get it right on one side of the blade, and on the other side mangle the angle so badly you would assume the blade is worthless afterwards, if you just give me a sharpening stone and honing oil. […]
Pandemic Thoughts, and How’s Your NBC & Quarantine Gear?
As I spend time writing this post, I am on a plane watching the film Contigion. If you have not seen it, it’s a film about a pandemic that started and begins to be widely spread by those traveling. As the film progresses, it is found that the pandemic is a deeply deadly virus. The […]
BTB Part 2 – Food
Last week, I discussed water storage and what I my preparations are in this area. This post will discuss my food storage preps and how I approach the issue. This is a much more complex subject because everyone eats different food and will approach food preps in a different way. At the heart of the matter is the ability to survive […]