What Your 2010 Survival Interests Were

by suburban | Jan 4, 2011 | General

It is real­ly more than a Top 10 List.  It start­ed out that way, but I thought it would be inter­est­ing to share some of the top cat­e­gories, pages, and down­loads viewed and searched for on the Sub­ur­ban Sur­vival Blog in 2010.  All lists are in order... Read more

Yesterday’s Mild TEOTWAWKI Moment at the Grocery Store

by suburban | Dec 27, 2010 | General, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

It was­n’t real­ly a TEOTWAWKI moment, but offered an inter­est­ing glimpse of what might be.  Per­haps, the ghost of Christ­mas future. There is a major snow­storm on the way to the north­east.  It is the first one of the sea­son and the weath­er chan­nels,... Read more

Link to Blog Talk Radio Session

by suburban | Dec 23, 2010 | Personal

So, for those of you who did not hear it last night I ram­bled on for about 45 min­utes on Prep­per Pod­cast Radio with host Ed Cor­co­ran the pub­lish­er of Com­plete Sur­vival­ist mag­a­zine.  Here is the link if you are inter­est­ed in hear­ing it.  Feel... Read more

Form/Join a Survivalist or Prepper Group or Lone Wolf it?

by suburban | Dec 22, 2010 | General, Personal, Survivalism

I joined the North­ern NJ Pre­pared­ness Meet­up because I was inter­est­ed in sur­vival pre­pared­ness.  I think that soci­ety, espe­cial­ly in the sub­urbs, social­ly frown on prep­ping and pre­pared­ness in gen­er­al.  Almost every­one I have met that is... Read more

Bartering, Your Urban and Suburban Currency Post SHTF

by suburban | Dec 20, 2010 | Barter, Bug In, Bug Out, Currency, Money, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I can­not deny it.  I have not bartered or trad­ed any­thing in about 20 years.  The last thing I bartered was wen I was in busi­ness for myself, and my cus­tomer was an out­door out­fitt­ter type of retail estab­lish­ment and I bartered a Sol­stace Jack­et,... Read more