Benefits of CERT Training

by Mr-Jones | Aug 5, 2011 | CERT, Personal, Preparedness, suburban survival, Survivalism

I live in a com­mu­ni­ty of less than 10,000 peo­ple in rur­al Cache Val­ley on the ID/UT bor­der with vol­un­teer fire and ambu­lance ser­vice.  It’s been 8 months now since I joined my local Com­mu­ni­ty Emer­gency Response Team.  Since then: I have... Read more

The Bug Out Trailer or The Camping Trailer

by suburban | Jun 27, 2011 | Bug Out, Bug Out Vehicle, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Recent­ly, I read a post over at Scott William’s, Bug-Out Sur­vival blog called 4x4 Tent Trail­ers for Haul­ing Your Stuff Off Road.  With­out going into great detail, I have looked at these before with great inter­est, pri­mar­i­ly because I dri­ve an SUV.... Read more

Would YOU be a shelter? (Remembering Anne Frank)

by ST | Jun 21, 2011 | Crime, Economy, Guest Posts, Politics, Shelter, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Every­one loves a scape­goat. Through­out his­to­ry when­ev­er some­thing ter­ri­ble hap­pens either for rea­sons too com­plex for the com­mon per­son to grasp or just the cul­mi­na­tion of many oth­er events peo­ple as a whole try to seek out some­one, some group of... Read more

A Look Back At a Katrina Experience… An Expereinced Prepper Tells All

by suburban | Jun 17, 2011 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

It should be not­ed, that this was sent to me by a friend yes­ter­day.  I did not write this, and nei­ther did he, rather it comes from a prep­per who evac­u­at­ed LA and post­ed this sto­ry in a forum (www.zombiehunters.org).  It is... Read more

A Cold Winter in Urbania

by ST | Jun 14, 2011 | Economy, Energy, Guest Posts, Personal, Urban Survival

It may not be the cold­est win­ter on record but the win­ter of 2010/2011 sure felt like it was in the North­east. And it is def­i­nite­ly one of the snowiest in liv­ing mem­o­ry and on record. Pret­ty much every week since the begin­ning of the New Year has brought a... Read more