‘Suburban’s” Take on Sharing Your Gear, Supplies, and Food With Others

by suburban | Feb 7, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Food, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Over the past cou­ple of weeks a read­er and some­one I cor­re­spond with via email wrote a cou­ple of posts for the blog that have had some good com­ments asso­ci­at­ed with them regard­ing ethics and gear.  You can find them here if you have not read them: The... Read more

Auto Parts Stores for Preps or Last Minute Preps if the SHTF

by suburban | Sep 9, 2010 | Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Fri­day, as I was in the Strauss Auto Parts Store while they were chang­ing my oil, rotat­ing my tires, and replac­ing my air fil­ter.  It occurred to me that the auto parts / sup­ply store is a ver­i­ta­ble can­dy store of preps for your home, Bug Out Loca­tion,... Read more

Forgotten Preps That May Make a Difference.

by suburban | Sep 3, 2010 | Bug In, Preparedness

We all look at lists online of the basics to prep.  We all prep what we and our fam­i­lies will eat and con­sume.  But what about those things that we might for­get about?  The ancil­lary items we pick up occa­sion­al­ly at the con­ve­nient store or the... Read more