I Am “SO” Out of Touch

by suburban | Oct 18, 2011 | Economy, Personal

It’s true… I spent the week­end with a friend in AZ close to Fort Hauchu­ca.  Sier­ra Vista, AZ to be exact.  This is a friend I met when we were in the 6th grade in mid­dle school.  We’ve known each oth­er for about 27 years.  One of my... Read more

Saturday Videos

by suburban | Oct 8, 2011 | Politics, Preparedness, Water

2 Activists Not Sure on Com­mu­nist Solu­tion SHTF CREW TAG The Day of Dark­ness Came Sur­viv­ing Hypother­mic Con­di­tions Live, Laugh, Pre­pare… WROL Spring Devel­op­ment  ... Read more

‘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

Understanding Everyone In the City Will Be a Refugee Post SHTF

by suburban | Feb 3, 2011 | Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Not often spo­ken of, I think in the sur­vival­ist or prep­per cir­cle, is how to avoid becom­ing a refugee post SHTF. We talk a lot about prep­ping, we talk a lot about bug­ging out or bug­ging in, but we nev­er real­ly talk about the sit­u­a­tion where we do find... Read more

Teamwork for Suburban and Urban Survival – Part One

by suburban | Jan 17, 2011 | Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Is it inevitable; A dis­as­ter of cat­a­stroph­ic pro­por­tion that changes everyone’s liv­ing sit­u­a­tion going for­ward for good?  Is liv­ing post dis­as­ter just an unfore­seen real­i­ty that many of us have not expe­ri­enced yet?  Look at Haiti just... Read more