The Importance of Being Prepared

by suburban | Jan 7, 2011 | Bug In, Preparedness

There is more snow com­ing this week­end.  Accord­ing to how the weath­er looks there might be quite a bit of snow over the next cou­ple of weeks.  Snow does not make me hap­py.  Espe­cial­ly now because the towns around me have NOT cleaned up the snow... Read more

Review of Ron Hood’s Urban Master Volume 1, The Home

by suburban | Nov 8, 2010 | Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

After it sit­ting on my shelf of a cou­ple of months, I slipped Ron Hood’s DVD on Urban Sur­vival in the DVD play­er this week­end.   In the first vol­ume Ron dis­cuss­es Urban Sur­vival tac­tics for the fol­low­ing cat­e­gories: Home Away from Home Threats to... Read more

Lone Wolf or Survivalist Group?

by suburban | Nov 3, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, Personal, suburban survival, Survivalism, Urban Survival

As many of the read­ers know, I have joined a meetup.com group for pre­pared­ness.  I joined for a cou­ple of rea­sons.  First, as a “lone wolf” I was look­ing to con­nect with like mind­ed peo­ple to hope­ful­ly teach and learn from them.  The sec­ond... Read more

A Safe Room For Your Home

by suburban | Oct 26, 2010 | Bug In, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I am not real­ly sure this is going to apply to those of us who live in apart­ments.  How­ev­er, I may touch on that in this post. Much of what we dis­cuss, or I write, rather, revolves around bug­ging out.  As men­tioned in a pre­vi­ous post, I was going to... Read more

Do You Have Bug In Plans For The Workplace?

by suburban | Oct 21, 2010 | Bug In, Preparedness, Shelter, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Have any of you thought about hav­ing to bug in at your work­place.  Most of the time I think about bug­ging out with my Get Home Bag and don’t real­ly think too much about what might hap­pen if I have to stay in an office for a few days, or longer.  A few... Read more