Emergency Radios, Essential Gear in Your Home, Bug Out Bag, Get Home Bag, Etc.

by suburban | Jun 17, 2009 | Communications, Entertainment, Gear, General, Preparedness, Survival Gear

UPDATE 2021:  Over the years, I have found emer­gency radios to be essen­tial lit­tle tools whether you need them in an emer­gency or not.  I used one dur­ing Hur­ri­cane Sandy to stay informed about the sur­round­ing met­ro­pol­i­tan area.  In... Read more

Home made fire sticks

by suburban | Jun 13, 2009 | Cooking, Energy, Fire, General, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, Survival Gear

UPDATE 2021: I have not made these fire starters in years.  This is not to say they were not effec­tive, they cer­tain­ly were.  They were an amaz­ing aid when we went camp­ing and prac­ticed fire-start­ing skills.  They act­ed as a great accel­er­ant,... Read more

Taking Action on and Executing Being Prepared…

by suburban | Jun 13, 2009 | Energy, Food, Gear, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, Survival Gear, Survivalism

Tonight after clean­ing my guns, relax­ing a lit­tle bit, and hav­ing some din­ner, I got on one of the sur­vival forums that I am a mem­ber of.  I was look­ing up gar­den­ing infor­ma­tion and found quite a few resources, down­loaded some docs, and came across... 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