Bug Out Threats, Traffic and Fuel, Part 1.5, OPSEC

by suburban | Sep 16, 2012 | Bug Out, Bug Out Vehicle, Preparedness

This is a sup­ple­ment to Bug Out Threats, Traf­fic and Fuel, Part One.  While trav­el­ing this week, it occurred to me I might have missed some­thing in the orig­i­nal post.  In fact it was brought to my atten­tion by a bud­dy of mine as we were... Read more

Hygiene In the Field, or Bug Out Hygiene

by suburban | Sep 6, 2012 | Bug Out, Health, Hygiene

I’ve done a lot of camp­ing this sum­mer, and with the drought, you can imag­ine it was pret­ty hot out there.  I can attest that it was.  At our camp site we cut a lot of wood, and we used much of it for the camp fire.  Those were hot days swing­ing an... Read more

Bug Out Threats, Traffic and Fuel, Part One

by suburban | Aug 28, 2012 | Bug Out, Preparedness

Liv­ing in NJ is an expe­ri­ence unto itself.  Just ask any of my friends who live here that are trans­plants like me.  It is cer­tain­ly one of the most unique places I have ever been.  Peo­ple here just want to get from point A to point B when they... Read more

The Modular Survival Kit, Cache Valley Prepper

by Mr-Jones | Aug 1, 2012 | Bug In, Bug Out, Bug Out Vehicle, But Out Bag, EDC, Gear, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, Prepping

The Mod­u­lar Sur­vival Kit is a fair­ly sim­ple con­cept.  And one that I know that the mil­i­tary is famil­iar with, but not one that I’ve heard get much atten­tion in the prep­ping com­mu­ni­ty.  Once I had built up my kit, as any aspir­ing sur­vival­ist... Read more

Thoughts on a Storage Unit as a Fallback Shelter or Bug Out Location

by suburban | May 17, 2012 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This is a response to @Alex516 who asked the fol­low­ing ques­tion, which made me think a lit­tle deep­er on the sub­ject, and I thought it would make a good post: @Alex516 asked: “I’d be curi­ous about your thoughts for using a stor­age unit as a lay­over. I’m... Read more