Interesting Video on an RV Bug Out Vehicle

by suburban | Dec 21, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Vehicle, Economy, suburban survival, Urban Survival

this guy lives in LA and out­lines the state of the econ­o­my there, and why he bought a BOV. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us3Ld8WJdmE Read more

Review of Ron Hood’s Urban Master DVD “Away From Home”

by suburban | Nov 16, 2010 | Gear, Personal, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

As many of you know, I do a lot of trav­el­ing for work.  In fact, one of my con­cerns is always secu­ri­ty and pos­si­ble SHTF when I trav­el.  I don’t think there can be a much worse sit­u­a­tion than being with­out any of the gear you are famil­iar with... 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

Ultra Light Weight Shelter for Your Bug Out Bag

by suburban | Oct 8, 2010 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, Gear, Shelter, suburban survival, Urban Survival

As I start to pre­pare my gear for my Bug Out Week­end, and I re-eval­u­ate what is in my Bug Out Bag, I may be look­ing to replace or elim­i­nate some gear if I think it is redun­dant.  This is the first time I am real­ly tak­ing a “hard­er” look at my Bug Out... Read more