Water Storage as an Apartment Dweller

by suburban | Jun 21, 2010 | Bug In, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival, Water

As every­one knows you can only live three days with­out water.  Per­son­al­ly, I can’t fath­om not hav­ing any­thing to drink in a 24 hour peri­od.  How­ev­er, here is how I store potable water in my apart­ment for any SHTF sit­u­a­tion.  When I first... Read more

SHTF Happenings Around the United States

by suburban | Jun 16, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, Preparedness, Survivalism, Urban Survival

Use this link to see what SHTF hap­pen­ings are going on around the Unit­ed States… Nev­er know what is going on in your back yard until you do:  http://goo.gl/4rhC Read more

Apartment Security in an Urban area: Bug Out

by suburban | Jun 6, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Preparedness, Urban Survival

Here is my per­spec­tive on apart­ment secu­ri­ty if you live in an urban or sub­ur­ban area.  There is none… If you have prepped sup­plies my sug­ges­tion they should be for minor nat­ur­al dis­as­ters only.  Peo­ple will be come refugees in a SHTF in urban... Read more

JWR’s post on the Survival Blog: A Practical, Full Spectrum Suburban Survival Plan

by suburban | May 9, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, Preparedness, Survival Gear, Survivalism

Here is a great article/blog post from James Wes­ley Rawles called A Prac­ti­cal, Full Spec­trum Sub­ur­ban Sur­vival Plan. (This blog post is no longer avail­able on survivalblog.com. Read more

Tornadoes and Hurricanes, feet of rain falling, what to do?

by suburban | May 3, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, Preparedness, Weather

Well, my friend Shane posed an inter­est­ing ques­tion today about whether or not I am pre­pared for a Hur­ri­cane or Tor­na­do.  He recent­ly had a tor­na­do touch down 600 feet from his home.  More specif­i­cal­ly, he asked, if I have a kit for such an... Read more