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

Basic Mindset of the Urban and Suburban Survivalist

by suburban | Dec 13, 2010 | Personal

Mind­set.  Why do you do what you do?  Why do you prep?  What brought you to this point?  Once you got there, how did it change you?  How did it shift your thought pat­terns?  The answers to these ques­tions and more are what may be the... Read more

Why Home Security Is Important As A Survivalist No Matter Where You Live.

by suburban | Dec 6, 2010 | Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This is a sub­ject that I feel strong­ly about.  It might stem from being in the home secu­ri­ty busi­ness for a few years, see­ing homes and per­son­al lives invad­ed, or worse because the occu­pants of that par­tic­u­lar domi­cile did not have a secu­ri­ty... Read more