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PREPPING MISTAKES: 6 Mistakes Preppers Make That Can Get You Killed
Off Grid Survival ^ | 11/14/12 | Rob Richardson

Posted on 11/14/2012 4:53:51 PM PST by Kartographer

1. Not Having Enough Water

2. They put too Much Importance on Their Gear

3. They lack the Knowledge it takes to Really Survive

4. The Rice & Beans Mentality

5. Becoming too dependent on your Guns & Ammo

6. Not Understanding that People will become a Threat During a SHTF Crisis


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: preparedness; prepperfail; preppermistake; preppers; shtf; survival
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To: Kartographer

7. Not having a plan to move away from the house.


21 posted on 11/14/2012 5:30:19 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious that they are trying hard to ignore)
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To: Bodleian_Girl

Probably Jasper, Alabama.


22 posted on 11/14/2012 5:30:27 PM PST by military cop (I carry a .45....cause they don't make a .46....)
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To: jboot
If you don't think that big sis is tracking folks that buy MREs by the gross, you are not paranoid enough to be a prepper.

Anyone buying MREs by the gross is going to die plugged up and miserable. Not very good preps.

In my community, folks come to me for weather questions because they know I'm a ham radio operator. All my neighbors know I can cook for crowds.

How am I supposed to meet my Christian obligation for service by hiding?

/johnny

23 posted on 11/14/2012 5:31:43 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: 1raider1
"I’d say that preppers biggest mistake is in planning to live apart from the community "

U's right. Nowes u'd feed me 'fore I bust a cap in your 4$$!
24 posted on 11/14/2012 5:32:59 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: outofsalt

“7. Voting Democrat (Yes.., they’re out there.)
8. Voting RINO (I’ve made this mistake.)
9. Ignoring your relationship with God. (Father, grant me
strength.)”

#9 should be #1, IMHO........


25 posted on 11/14/2012 5:34:07 PM PST by Arlis (.)
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To: jboot
Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

Chick-Fil-a please.

26 posted on 11/14/2012 5:37:01 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: Kartographer
4. The Rice & Beans Mentality

Personally, I prefer barley, corn, potatoes, or pasta over rice. If I eat rice I usually can't tell that I've eaten. And for "beans", expand it to include other legumes. Lentil and barley soup is pretty good, especially with some beef and diced tomatoes in it.
27 posted on 11/14/2012 5:37:17 PM PST by Ellendra (http://www.ustrendy.com/ellendra-nauriel/portfolio/18423/concealed-couture/)
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To: Kartographer
Nowes u'd feed me 'fore I bust a cap

That would be very unwise for some ne're do well to say.

Never P.O. the cook. It's dangerous.

Everything in a kitchen is hot, heavy, sharp, or potentially poisonous. ;)

As I said, some folks are problems now, they still will be. Same solutions apply in an emergency as in 'normal life'.

/johnny

28 posted on 11/14/2012 5:39:49 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Kartographer

The need for organization, preferably before the SHTF.

The Team is always superior to the individual.


29 posted on 11/14/2012 5:42:11 PM PST by darth
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To: JRandomFreeper
LOL, just an example. Buying 10K rounds of 5.56 a year is just as likely to get you flagged.

I don't recommend hiding. But there is no obligation-Christian or otherwise-that we must discuss prepping in mixed company. It gives me the creeps to hear fellows down at Bass Pro Shops talking in front of perfect strangers about how many rounds they have stockpiled or what is in their bugout bags. If anyone asks me, I don't own any firearms and I don't have any idea about prepping.

30 posted on 11/14/2012 5:42:11 PM PST by jboot (This isn't your father's America. Stay safe and keep your powder dry.)
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To: Navy Patriot

Mmm only the best. Love that spicy chicken sammitch.


31 posted on 11/14/2012 5:43:35 PM PST by jboot (This isn't your father's America. Stay safe and keep your powder dry.)
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To: 1raider1

Your post reminded me of the e-book “Lights Out”. Regular guy pulls his neighborhood together after the power goes out indefinitely.

http://www.amazon.com/Lights-Out-David-Crawford/dp/0615427359


32 posted on 11/14/2012 5:45:21 PM PST by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Folks don’t realize that true military MREs have very little fibre in them — so the grunt doesn’t have to take a dump at just the wrong time.

My son has come to LOVE meals high in fibre and veggies, as he knows what even a three day FTX can do to your innards.


33 posted on 11/14/2012 5:47:11 PM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: jboot
Buying 10K rounds of 5.56 a year is just as likely to get you flagged.

Ummm. Back when I was married and had kids at home, we'd run through a least 12K rounds a year at the range. Never had an issue with being flagged, even under Clinton.

You do what you are comfortable with. It's important to be able to take care of yourself and your family in a way you think is appropriate.

/johnny

34 posted on 11/14/2012 5:48:46 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: darth

We have the team ID’d.

We have the rally point set.

We’ve set our innocuous code phrase to share via whatever medium is up when one or more of us pop smoke.

Our core isn’t enough to really make it, but it’s a good core for where we’re going. And the folks already there can fill in the gaps. (and vice versa)


35 posted on 11/14/2012 5:50:44 PM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: JRandomFreeper

I’ll be addressing that in my Poverty Cooking series chapter 2 that will be posted on the Friday Prepper thread.

***
If you have a ping list for that, add me, please, if you don’t mind.


36 posted on 11/14/2012 5:51:05 PM PST by Bigg Red (Pray for our republic.)
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To: Blueflag
Pilots get 'low residue meals' before long flights in small cockpits, ponder on that a minute, and you can figure out why I'm always praying for those that fly and fight.

/johnny

37 posted on 11/14/2012 5:52:22 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Domandred

Indeed. A family a four simply cannot defend in place, stand watch, get chores done and remain sane. It takes a team/community/ cooperating group of folks. A few leaders, enough followers, and a lot of doers.

Think about it, how would a family of four, or five, or six stand up a competent 7 X 365 X 24 X 360 degree watch?


38 posted on 11/14/2012 5:54:49 PM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: Bigg Red; Kartographer
I'll be posting the next chapter on the regular Friday Prepper thread. Kart has the ping list for that.

/johnny

39 posted on 11/14/2012 5:57:22 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

“Pilots get ‘low residue meals’ before long flights in small cockpits..”

The title to Chapter 3? Looking forward to Chapter 2!


40 posted on 11/14/2012 5:58:27 PM PST by outofsalt ("If History teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything")
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