Posted on 04/03/2012 11:13:52 AM PDT by blam
” And target practice! ;-) “
That, too... ;)
In post 21 above, I give a link to an examination of what you just posted about.
“Prepping” was just common sense up until recently.
It’s the historical norm, not an oddity.
>> Are they also prepping to turn away relatives who didn’t prep? <<
YES!
I know it’s cold-hearted, but I have NO PATIENCE with willful ignorance.
Our group will be inundated with ‘friends’ who chose not to prepare. They WILL be turned away - using force if necessary.
So? How can you possibly help anyone when you are dead from starvation or an act of violence? The Lord’s work? You shouldn’t take his name in vain.
Me, I'm not so comfortable paying the storage premium and not having ready access to something my life depends on.
/johnny
We don't need or want your comments. This is a serious discussion. Just go away.
Take some time and educate yourself before you make such stupid statments. For starters, if you are a type 1 or have a type 1 child you BETTER be thinking ahead of the game.
Yes - prepper doctors have many blogs and websites that offer information on how to prep for the worst. for example
http://www.doomandbloom.net/2011/10/the-formula-for-making-insulin.html
This is just one of many. I can't prep for YOUR insulin needs - only YOU can do that.
As for all of these nincompoops on here talking about the unwashed urban masses invading them in their rural shangri-la’s, I have never seen so much mean-spirited - and I mean truly evil - thinking when people start talking about this. I have a hunch that the city folks most people are referring to will implode before they ever get out to the country.
Read up on some of the events surrounding Katrina PP as well as other historical events. If a situation hits where lawlessness is unchecked, people can and will do those things.
The very presence and abundance of information encouraging people to become prepared is the very example of loving one's neighbor. If you choose to ignore those warnings - then it is on you, as in a crisis/disaster MY RESOURCES will be stretched and will be relying upon MY preparations to get through. I will help where I can, but to impune our efforts by some misaligned slur that we don't love our neighbor jumps the shark.
>> We have a propane generator. <<
So do we. What are you going to do when the propane runs out and you cannot get more?
Generators are noisy. Everyone will know you have it and wonder what you need it for.
I’m planning for solar with batteries to store enough for basic use.
Another good point. They will attract unwanted attention.
Cook fires may also attract unwanted attention as well. Not sure how to get around that one. We need to cook to made bread. Any ideas on how to get around that one. Cook at night?
If this is really a concern,
you should look into rocket stove “technology”.
Minimal wood, minimal smoke, maximum efficiency (due to very high draft).
As for the generator fuel question, you’d best be experimenting with wood gasifiers if you plan on using a generator after fuel supplies are kaput.
As for cooking bread without a fire, fergetit. Bread was my major in culinary school. ;)
Everything is going to draw attention. My buddy that lived 1/4 mile away from me in the mountains in New Mexico could detect when I was baking bread or roasting coffee, and always managed to show up just in time, even without visible smoke or flame.
Only thing for it is to unwant the unwanted attraction. Give gifts of lead and copper and send them on their way.
/johnny
Best be careful while doing that. I have burn scars down my neck and back after one barfed its charcoal out the top like a volcano.
Fastest I EVER shed a shirt and jacket and rolled in the snow.
/johnny
I find it more prudent to remove the free-lance socialists when possible. I intend to live well, or die trying.
/johnny
Industrial and commercial space is cheap right now. Heck, just store the inventory in a now empty manufacturing space next door to the existing, running facility.
One benefit of the freeze dried foods is they only require boiling water. Any real cooking is going to generate smell. I supposed propane would create less cooking smell than a wood fire, also less smoke.
Maybe break into components. The cooking source smell and the food smell. Not much you can do about the latter.
It's not necessary to run it continuously and most events would only last a short time.
For the major disasters/calamities where there's no end in sight, who knows what will happen.
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