Podcast about Urban Survival by Chip Monk

by suburban | Aug 2, 2010 | Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Survivalism, Urban Survival

Chip Monk is a new pod­cast­er, pod­cast­ing about sur­vival­ism.  This morn­ing I came across his pod­cast on Urban Sur­vival and thought I would share it with you.  This pod­cast cov­ers the basics, and you may already have them down, how­ev­er, if you do... Read more

20 Simple Steps to Basic Preparedness from Jack at The Survival Podcast

by suburban | Jul 28, 2010 | Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Just lis­ten­ing to this now while I bang out some emails for work.  A cou­ple days ago, Jack Spirko at The Sur­vival Pod­cast pub­lished a pod­cast about the “20 Sim­ple Steps to Basic Pre­pared­ness.”  So far pret­ty good, and I am learn­ing a few things.... Read more

Going to Buy Some #10 Cans of Food for Storage and Use.

by suburban | Jul 27, 2010 | Cooking, Food, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I have been research­ing food for stor­age.  How­ev­er, I have been research­ing food for stor­age that I will actu­al­ly use, because I do not want to waste any mon­ey on buy­ing food that will just sit in the can or con­tain­er and get no use at all.  It... Read more

My Run Down the Street, and Getting Fit as a Preparedness Goal.

by suburban | Jul 22, 2010 | Health, Physical Fitness, Psychology

This is real­ly just a quick blurb.  Recent­ly, I have been back at the gym.  It has been an inter­est­ing ride, get­ting back to the gym after 10 years of let­ting my health go.  I am by no means obese, but my lung capac­i­ty and strength were... Read more

DIY — Make Charcloth for your Bug Out Bag

by suburban | Jul 20, 2010 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, DIY, Fire, Preparedness

I have not made any yet, but plan on it in short order.   Char­cloth looks like it is an easy way to get an ember burn­ing so that you can start a... Read more