I Just Finished “Bug Out: The Complete Plan for Escaping a Catastrophic Disaster Before It’s Too Late”

by suburban | Jul 30, 2010 | Books, Bug Out Location, Bug Out Vehicle, But Out Bag, iPad

I recent­ly fin­ished Scott B. Williams, “Bug Out: The Com­plete Plan for Escap­ing a Cat­a­stroph­ic Dis­as­ter Before It’s Too Late.” First, I would like to say that I have a ton of respect for Scott.  I fol­low his blog at scottbwilliams.com and... Read more

4 x 32 Scope For My Henry AR‑7

by suburban | Jul 28, 2010 | But Out Bag, General, Guns & Weapons, Survival Gear

The Hen­ry AR‑7 comes with a small rail on top of the receiv­er for a scope.  As I am not thrilled with the rear peep site, I have had this on my list to pur­chase for about a month or two.   This past week­end, I spent a few dol­lars on a 4 x 32 scope for... Read more

Goals for the Weekend.

by suburban | Jul 23, 2010 | But Out Bag, Cooking, Food, General, Heirloom Seeds, Personal, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This is more a per­son­al post than any­thing else… I have had a long week.  Trav­eled on busi­ness, and along with trav­el­ing for busi­ness came busi­ness din­ners, enter­tain­ing, etc.  I am real­ly tired, and could have slept until Sat­ur­day morn­ing... Read more

DIY — Make Charcloth for your Bug Out Bag

by suburban | Jul 20, 2010 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, DIY, Fire, Preparedness

I have not made any yet, but plan on it in short order.   Char­cloth looks like it is an easy way to get an ember burn­ing so that you can start a... Read more

Simple Inexpensive Lighting When There Is No Power

by suburban | Jul 16, 2010 | Bug In, But Out Bag, Energy, Gear, General, suburban survival, Urban Survival

So, I was walk­ing through Wal­mart one day get­ting ready to pick up a new foot­ball to play catch with on a camp­ing trip, when I walked past the out­door patio stuff, and it hit me… Cheap light­ing for home.  Renew­able, too… Hmmm… Solar lawn light­ing.... Read more