Basic Mindset of the Urban and Suburban Survivalist

by suburban | Dec 13, 2010 | Personal

Mind­set.  Why do you do what you do?  Why do you prep?  What brought you to this point?  Once you got there, how did it change you?  How did it shift your thought pat­terns?  The answers to these ques­tions and more are what may be the... Read more

Apartment Prepping, the Real Deal In My Opinion

by suburban | Nov 22, 2010 | Barter, Bug In, Bug Out, But Out Bag, Food, Preparedness, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival, Water

I hes­i­tat­ed writ­ing this because I want­ed it to be com­pre­hen­sive, but I don’t want it to be a book. How­ev­er, I am going to let it be as long as it needs to be at this point.  Yes­ter­day, I was out at my NJ Pre­pared­ness Meet­up and one of the peo­ple... Read more

Financial Readiness for Survival (A Personal Note)

by suburban | Nov 18, 2010 | Economy, Preparedness, Survivalism

I’ve come to terms this week and come to a cou­ple of con­clu­sions.  That as a sur­vival­ist, prep­per, or what­ev­er you want to call me, I am not finan­cial­ly pre­pared for a large or even mid-size emer­gency.  I used to be pre­pared for the mid­size... Read more

Reader Question About Civil Unrest and Gun Confiscation

by suburban | Oct 11, 2010 | Civil Unrest, General, Guns & Weapons, Personal

This ques­tion was pub­lished with per­mis­sion from the author.  The ques­tion email pos­es the ques­tion of gun con­fis­ca­tion dur­ing time(s) of civ­il unrest and dur­ing a dis­as­ter where any gov­ern­ment is capa­ble of reach­ing out and con­fis­cat­ing... Read more

I Ordered My ARRL Ham Radio License Manual

by suburban | Oct 1, 2010 | Communications, Personal, Preparedness

I ordered my ARRL Ham Radio License Man­u­al this week.   It was pred­i­cat­ed on the North­ern  NJ Meet­up I attend­ed a cou­ple weeks ago, and anoth­er gen­tle­man I met at the meet­up some time ago that has his Ham license.  There is a lot of... Read more