Posted on 02/05/2011 9:40:15 AM PST by Noumenon
Great info. Thanks.
That is why I really leave our Mountain home and go into town.
If anything were to go down there is only one road in and plenty of REDNECKS with guns waiting along side it.
Move from the city and you will be safe.
WOLVERINES!!!!
Keep in mind that when a state of emergency is declared, weapons are prohibited off your own property in many states. N.C. is currently leading in this category.
No matter what the Constitution says, the authorities will be looking for weapons on refugees (that is what you will be if fleeing danger), and will confiscate them or detain you as being suspicious.
placemarker * bump
Bump for later
5.56mm
10 Mil plastic Drop cloth.
ping for later
The crank radio is a good idea.
The hand held CB’s would be a good idea as well.
I have a 9mm Marlin camp gun with a chote folding stock, fits in a larger style shoulder bag real nice and is agood match for my Glock. I really should invest in a S&W 59 series pistol since the camp gun uses the same magazine.
Also, an AK can be had for a lot less than an AR, for those penny pinchers out there.
Maybe it was listed but those emergency ponchos are about 2 bucks and take up almost no space, that and a cheap plastick tarp combines with the para cord will keep the rain off.
good point, so what do you do? leave them at home?
I don’t see any body armour on the lists.
Another approach is:
1. Get a wooden dowel about 5/8” in diameter and wrap a sheet of newspaper around it, and then tie a piece of string around each end and the center (or put on three rubber-bands that aren’t very snug).
2. Remove the dowel and staple one end of the paper tube securely closed. If you used rubber-bands in Step 1 and they collapse the tube, they’re too tight.
3. Prop it up vertical, fill with melted paraffin, and let cool/solidify. You don’t want to be spilling the melted paraffin on your hand.
4. When cool/solid, cut into pieces roughly 6” to 8” long.
You’ve now got what are essentially candles with exterior wicks.
You can light the paper, use it to light a fire (as the paper burns, the wax will melt and can be poured-out to assist in lighting the fire), extinguish, let cool, and stick it back in your pocket.
Multiple times.
Thank you for bringing this article to our attention. The author has a lot of good points – especially the emphasis on “mobility”.
Best case, of course, is to avoid exposure by limiting one’s movement; i.e., to stay in a location one has adequately prepared and stocked that has prearranged neighborhood security systems in place.
But then, what are the odds we will be at, or close to that location when TSHTF, or that government forces will not require us to relocate from the location?
Even if the GPS satellite constellation is 100% functional and your receiver is working perfectly, the receiver may not give you usable "Desired Course" data; it may tell you your destination is at a Bearing of 137 degrees, but you may have no way of determining "Which way is 137 degrees?".
I've run into this problem in areas where there hasn't been a forest fire in a century, and I have to climb over all the long-fallen trees and crawl under the almost-fallen trees and I can't get up to the 2 mph the receiver requires to generate a "Go that way" arrow.
“Also highly recommended: Kartographer’s Preparedness Manual. Preparedness Manual. Another heavy dose of good, common sense.”
Thanks for the kind words on my Manual FRiend.
A note to LDS members, my manual is based on the LDS Preparedness Manual, though now mine has an entirely different arrangement and I have added much and deleted little to the original. Most direct LDS specifice references have been edited accepted in those articles written by LDS members. There are a number of references to the Bible and the manual is writen from a Christian’s perspective (Those who have trouble with that you can easily filter out God’s word and just go straight to the reference material, but I urge you to read it. Unfortunately for many the following is true:
“That’s the thing about faith — if you don’t have it you can’t understand it, and if you do ... no explanation is necessary.”
- Major Kira, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Episode “Accession”)
I have had a number of LDS members who wish to get non-members to prepare yet didn’t want to it to seem they were pushing LDS so here’s a good way of doing it.
A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.
Proverbs 27:12
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Somebody explain this one to me. I guarantee it doesn't match the image that was conjured up in my mind. Good article, btw.
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