Lessons Learned from Hurricane Floyd Employed in Hurricane Irene

by suburban | Oct 5, 2011 | Bug In, Bug Out, Preparedness, suburban survival, Survivalism, Urban Survival

This gen­er­ous post was con­tributed by Cameron Green, of Green Acad­e­my of Per­son­al Pro­tec­tion.  Cam has con­tributed sev­er­al oth­er posts, and I con­tin­ue to val­ue his help and con­tri­bu­tions.  Please vis­it his Web­site at GAPPNJ if you live... Read more

The Interesting Road to Actually Bugging Out, Thoughts During a Mandatory Evacuation

by suburban | Sep 3, 2011 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, Gear, Personal, Preparedness, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

Yes­ter­day, I received an email, and text mes­sage from the local emer­gency sys­tem I was signed up for.  The may­or of my town, and the coun­ty, I believe, insti­tut­ed a manda­to­ry evac­u­a­tion of homes due to flood­ing from the Pas­sa­ic Riv­er.  As I... Read more

Hurricane Irene, What I Missed, What I Didn’t, and What I Learned.

by suburban | Aug 31, 2011 | Bug In, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival, Weather

Admit­ted­ly, I missed the “cen­ter” of Hur­ri­cane Irene. Rather, I missed the heart of the storm. I made my way west to Penn­syl­va­nia, not to bug out, but to a good friends bach­e­lor par­ty.  The upside is that I was going to be west of Irene.  The... Read more

Northern NJ After Heavy Rains All Night, a Hard Bug Out Situation

by suburban | Apr 21, 2011 | Bug Out, suburban survival

Sun­day morn­ing I got up a lit­tle ear­ly, brewed my pot of cof­fee, show­ered, and out the door I went to north­west­ern NJ to vis­it  a friend I have not seen in sev­er­al months.  We were head­ing to PA to pick up some addi­tion­al ammo.  My bud­dy... Read more