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 Night Camping New Gear Test

Saturday Night Camping New Gear Test

Aug 3, 2010 | ,

So, I should put out there, that some­times when we go camp­ing it is pseu­do camp­ing, in that a friend has a 5th wheel trail­er on some prop­er­ty they own, have a well, elec­tric­i­ty pumped in, and a cou­ple of sheds with equip­ment and tools (axes, saws, etc.).  They own…

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How Stocked Should a Bug Out Location Be If You Have to Bug Out?

How Stocked Should a Bug Out Location Be If You Have to Bug Out?

Aug 2, 2010 | , , , , , , , , ,

This is a thought that hit me this week­end as I was surf­ing the Web for sur­vival top­ics so I could learn some­thing new.  I was look­ing up Bug Out Loca­tions, and it hit me that, we (I) dis­cuss prep­ping your pri­ma­ry home with preps pri­mar­i­ly for Bug­ging In.  But I…

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Boiling Water in a Plastic Bottle.

Boiling Water in a Plastic Bottle.

Jul 31, 2010 | , ,

Okay, I just saw some­thing on the Dis­cov­ery show Man, Woman, Wild I thought was pret­ty cool…  I am sure this is not good for the long term, but for a short term sur­vival sit­u­a­tion, pret­ty cool. I am a fan of Myke Hawke.  I have his book “Hawke’s Green Beret Sur­vival…

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