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

My Business Travel Preparedness Kit

by suburban | Jun 25, 2010 | EDC, Gear, Preparedness, Urban Survival

This is a mod­i­fied busi­ness trav­el kit.  I have post­ed about my trav­el car­ry before, and it rou­tine­ly changes.  Today, I put in the lug­gage that I check at the air­line, what you see in the pic­ture to the left. I just feel bet­ter when trav­el­ing... Read more

Business travel, EDC, and Having a Comfort Level While on the Road

by suburban | Jun 10, 2009 | EDC, Gear, General, Improvised Gear, Preparedness

I am get­ting on a plane today for a job inter­view. Over the past sev­er­al months I have been prepar­ing for an emer­gency of sorts (man­made, nat­ur­al dis­as­ter, or per­son­al emer­gency) I have done lit­tle plane trav­el. Pri­or to this, I used to do a lot of... Read more