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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…

My Urban Get Home Bag

Jun 3, 2010 | , , ,

When I worked in NYC and live in NJ, Post 9/11 I had a GHB in my file cab­ined draw­er. 1. 1 Bot­tle Potas­si­um Iodide Tablets (inex­pen­sive and fig­ured it was good to have in the event of a dirty bomb) 2. 2 x Small Bot­tle of hand san­i­tiz­er (60% alco­hol / 40% aloe — Burns…

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Car Preparedness, Part 4, Food

Car Preparedness, Part 4, Food

May 13, 2010 | , ,

Well, let’s see.  Here are some of the foods I rec­om­mend you keep in your car kit.  Some of these are per­son­al pref­er­ence, and some are what I keep min my car.  First, how­ev­er, I want to let you know I keep a min­i­mum of two liters of water in my car kit as well as a…

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Car preparedness Part 2, The First Aid Kit

Car preparedness Part 2, The First Aid Kit

May 11, 2010 | ,

I always car­ry a first aid kit of some sort.  Does­n’t mat­ter where I go, camp­ing, hik­ing, in the car, in my back­pack.  always.  I have sev­er­al of them depend­ing on the activ­i­ty I am engag­ing in depends on which one I have with me.  If I am hik­ing, I car­ry a small one…

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