Suburbansurvival Blog

Survivalism & Disaster Preparedness

Resources and Commentary on Prepping in Suburbia

After a year or so of the site being down, we’re slow­ly relaunch­ing it with all the old con­tent, and writ­ing new con­tent. It’s been well over a year since I’ve done any prep­ping, and recent­ly start­ed again. Updates over the last 18 months are, Ms. Prep­per is now Mrs. Prep­per, and there’s the addi­tion of Baby Prep­per, too… I feel like it’s all new again, and I’m learn­ing from scratch…

Saturday Videos

Den­tal Health and It’s Role In Sur­vival httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00rCo0Q6ISE Dual Sur­vival Sea­son 2 Episode 5 & Spe­cial Episode Review, Equip 2 Endure httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK3jC6Wxb_Q 2011- The Year Of Rea­sons To Start Prep­ping.…

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Survival at Sea, 51 Days

Anoth­er sur­vival sto­ry, attrib­uted most­ly to luck. A crew­man on a com­mer­cial tuna-fish­ing boat was the first to spot it: some­thing shiny and metal­lic in the water off the ship’s bow. The crew­man alert­ed the nav­i­ga­tor, and the 280-foot San Niku­nau slight­ly altered…

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An SKS Transformation

An SKS Transformation

Well, I was sit­ting around a cou­ple weeks ago, clean­ing one of my rifles when I took a close look at her and thought that I might want to give her a new look.  Basi­cal­ly replace the stock.  My issue, how­ev­er was that being in NJ, I have to keep her NJ legal, which…

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“Store what you eat, eat what you store”

In the sur­vival­ist and prep­per com­mu­ni­ty, this is a mantra often repeat­ed. Like any mantra or sim­pli­fied rule of thumb, it serves its pur­pose up to the point. While hav­ing sim­ple rules to fol­low is often a good thing, the dev­il is in the details. For me, this sim­ple…

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Reality check — Part 2: Hunting In A Post-SHTF World

Reality check — Part 2: Hunting In A Post-SHTF World

Hunt­ing in the for­est or field for meat is a com­mon theme in survival/prepping. Many prep­pers are already active sport hunters. Either as a sup­ple­ment to lim­it­ed com­mer­cial meat sup­plies or as the main or sole source of meat, the expec­ta­tion to be able to hunt ani­mals…

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