The ASCELLA Emergency Light Bulb / Flashlight

by suburban | Aug 30, 2012 | General, Preparedness, Prepping, Reviews

UPDATE: 02/20/2014.  It looks like 1–800-Prepare is no longer car­ry­ing the Ascel­la Flash­light Light­bulb.  How­ev­er, I found it on Amazon.com for you here. Well, I’ve been talk­ing to one of the guys over at 1–800-Prepare about a new prod­uct they... Read more

A Few of the Many Reasons I Love LifeHacker.com

by suburban | Aug 6, 2012 | General, Preparedness, Prepping

Do you know about LifeHacker.com?  It’s a very pop­u­lar web­site that is about “Tips, tricks, and down­loads for get­ting things done.”  It is sim­ply that.  I like it because every now and then they have cool DIY and Mac­Gyver tips that I think relate... Read more

Working Hard, Gear Update, a Book Give Away, and the Future

by suburban | Jul 29, 2012 | Personal, Preparedness, Prepping

First, thanks to every­one for con­tin­u­ing to read and sign­ing up for the list to get noti­fied of new posts.  To that end , you have no doubt noticed a lack of new posts, with the excep­tion of a few of my guest authors.  I thank them as well for their... Read more

Pandemic Thoughts, and How’s Your NBC & Quarantine Gear?

by suburban | Mar 23, 2012 | Pandemic, Preparedness, Prepping, suburban survival, Urban Survival

As I spend time writ­ing this post, I am on a plane watch­ing the film Con­ti­gion. If you have not seen it, it’s a film about a pan­dem­ic that start­ed and begins to be wide­ly spread by those trav­el­ing. As the film pro­gress­es, it is found that the pan­dem­ic is... Read more

Was “Doomsday Preppers” Necessary?

by suburban | Mar 4, 2012 | Prepping

I watched it.  I saved them on my DVR, and watched them.  You watched them.  We watched them.  We cri­tiqued each prep­per based on what we have and know.  Admit it.  You secret­ly did.  I know I did.  As the sce­nario was laid... Read more