by suburban | Sep 12, 2011 | Food, Preparedness
I am going to try to be realistic here. There are posts all over the Web on preppers sites about starting your prepping for $5.00 a week. But what does $5.00 really buy these days. In my case $5.00 can buy: — 3 — 4 cans of soup, — 3 — 4 cans of... Read more
by suburban | Sep 8, 2011 | Bug In, Bug Out, Food, Personal, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival
We talk an awful lot about how to rotate your canned, jarred, and other preps for freshness. We also talk a lot about storage, how to store, what to store, etc. Yesterday, I undertook a small job of repacking some of my “basic” preps. What are... Read more
by Prepperjim | Sep 5, 2011 | EDC, Personal, Preparedness
I read ST’s post from last week and started thinking about how to convert people to our preparedness mindset. To be frank, I think it is almost impossible to change people’s ideas on just about any subject. Their opinions have been formed over... Read more
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
by ST | Aug 30, 2011 | Bug In, Guest Posts, Preparedness, suburban survival
As of writing this Hurricane Irene is forecast to hit Long Island starting mid-day tomorrow (Saturday) and last through at least Sunday evening. I’m writing and queuing this for posting on Friday since I don’t know if I’ll have power or internet... Read more
