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Preppers’ PING!!
I’ve long said (much to the chagrin of others) that the “they are gonna take our guns” is a complete canard. They not only don’t give two hoots about our guns (think infrared, drones, tanks, etc) that is NOT how any battle would be fought. It will be fought technologically. It will either be shutting down the technology or using it for spying. They wanna take down a Bundy? Technology they won’t even see coming.
They gun canard is used to keep us from seeing the real threat.
Ubama’s war on coal is going to do that all by itself.
Well, We down here can breathe just a little bit more easy than the rest of the country.
Texas has its own electrical grid separate and apart from the rest of the country. ;-)
I hate when the power goes out. I have backup but it is time consuming to hook everything up and the power usually comes back on in a few hours. That being said I’m prepped for long term. I do not want to go back to basics but I have lived basics. My grandchildren will be miserable, but I have put away plenty of board games, jigsaw puzzles, mother earth projects and card games to make the transition.
Time to seriously plan for an alternative power system or plan to live in the dark and be miserable.
Monopoly, anyone?...
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thank you as always for your great information & encouragement.
As a woman alone with a lot of challenges I find it reassuring that there will be a time in the future of leveling.. My home has been off grid for several years.. not by choice but by circumstance. I have some sources for water and electrical use (for my inhalant oils) and so am thankful. For now I don’t have to beat the clothes at the river (laundromats) and am thankful that I am a problem solver rather than winner . so much appreciate all your pings.
I received this heads up from Lady Buck:
72-Hour 1 Person Survival bucket
Normally $77.99. With online coupon (code: 50percent), the cost is $38.99
Pretty sure there isn’t free shipping, so you may want to check, based on your area.
Normally, I wouldn’t buy these, but it has a decent amount of calories, and I’m planning ahead for holiday gifts.
Happy Prepping!
LB
If there is any serious loss of the elec grid, say going over two weeks, the issue of protecting whatever you may have from roving zombies will become more of a problem and VERY quickly. It’s not too hard to provide basics for yourself for a matter of months but you will begin tostand out if you are in proximity to others who were less thoughtful. Not pretty...
With 4-5 low yield airbursts strategically occurring over the US the EMP would virtually cripple the us. Granted they would have to be detonated at a pretty good height, but it would be much more than a temporary inconvenience.
Here’s another thought: when it’s decided that we need culling to “lower the sea level” etc, some “tea party terrist” will come up with smallpox that’s been inadvertanly “overlooked” in a FDA cold storage for lo these many years...