National Traffic System – A Good Resource to Know!
No, this isn’t about driving or getting from A to B. The National Traffic System (NTS) is a network of amateur radio operators around the country (there is similar operations internationally but with different rules) that in times of emergencies can rely brief messages into and out of a disaster location. Organizations such as the […]
The SHTF Is Here – Hurray (NOT!!)
That title caught your attention for sure! But believe it or not, there are people out there who actually want and hope for a massive, national SHTF event! You can see it in the way many people on a large number of prepper sites write or the videos they produce. They are outright gitty at […]
Of Leadership, Reliability, Responsibility – and Preparedness
Reality check: Some people are just more prepared for events of life than others. “Events” can be anything from a personal emergency to an unexpected home expense to a family emergency to a natural disaster to something good like a great job or investment or trip opportunity when it presents itself. “Prepared” can be anything […]
Accelerating the Purchase of Preps
Ideally, you replace one can of something with two cans of that same something when you use it and you are rotating your preps. Lately, I have been a bit lazy thinking I have had enough, but I really do not, and if you read Friday’s post, clearly my head is spinning about what to […]
Blog Down and Explaination
I received several emails over the past day asking why the blog was down… Well, it seems the Suburban Survival Blog was under what is called a Denial of Service attack or something not unlike that, slowing the server down dramatically. Unfortunately, we are not able to control these attacks just defend against them and […]
Time to Purge, Spring is Coming
I am looking around the apartment after being away for a week on business. I have been thinking I need several more #10 cans of freeze dried foods for longer term storage than what I have today. Augmenting my food storage is always something that I am thinking about. In fact I have to do […]
I’m still here, really…
Hey everyone. I felt compelled to write a quick note, since several readers have emailed me this week asking if I either quit writing the blog or asking if everything was okay. I didn’t realize I had such loyal readers. Thank you. A couple things are up with me this past week, just to let […]
I’ll be on Prepper Podcast Radio Network on Wednesday (tonight) at 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday night December 22th, 2010 I will be on the Prepper Podcast Radio Network on Blog Talk Radio, with Host Ed Corcoran the editor of the new Magazine “The Complete Survivalist.” The broadcast starts at 9:00 p.m., and I am looking forward to speaking with Ed. We have been chatting on and off via Skype […]
Christmas Presents for My Family (Worth Reading!) By My Friend Kurt
Note: This was republished with permission from my good friend Kurt S. He currently is living in Croatia, and I thought this relates a bit to survivalism, and asked him if I could re-post this. Of course he said yes. Alternate Title: Fuck You TSA These are the Christmas presents (photos) that I found and […]
December 7th, 1941…
Just a quick note to all, that today in 1941, the Japanese invaded Pearl Harbor and our country. Please remember the brave men and women that protected us in World War II. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VqQAf74fsE