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To: Kartographer
She warned that preparing for a weeks- or months-long emergency is insufficient.

Short of robbing a bank, I don't have the resources to prep to that extreme. Several months of food, a year's supply of our necessary prescription drugs, 6 months worth of supplies for basic needs along with appropriate self defense hardware and related consumables, plus some silver bars for barter.

The SHTF is probably coming, but damn it, I am not going to become so obsessed with it that I can't live & enjoy the life I have now.

8 posted on 02/03/2014 8:18:51 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Ditto. We’ve got enough food to last about a month along with some silver. We’ve got some cash stashed in case the banks don’t have any. I’ve got a small water filtration device that’s not nearly capable of what I should have, but it’s a start. And I’ve got quite a lot of ammo. Other than that, I’m going to try to enjoy the last years I have on this earth. And the truth of the matter is there’s not a damn thing I can do to stop whatever is going to happen.

The only thing I really fear is a “walking dead” scenario. People walking around like zombies looking for anything they can find to eat. And where to go to get away from it.


13 posted on 02/03/2014 8:33:45 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: ChildOfThe60s
but damn it, I am not going to become so obsessed with it that I can't live & enjoy the life I have now.

Not surprised based on the screen name.

16 posted on 02/03/2014 8:36:55 PM PST by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

It’s not as hard as you think it is. Every time you go shopping, buy a case of water or some extra canned goods. Keep the food in dry storage, to best ensure longevity. Get a small amount of quality clothes to keep stored away as well.

It’s the small things over time that will best prepare you.


30 posted on 02/03/2014 8:57:20 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: ChildOfThe60s
"I don't have the resources to prep to that extreme. Several months of food...."

That's about where I am - I'm not going to obsess over it, just keep adding little-by-little as finances allow. I wish I could do more, but "slow and steady" will have to do.

58 posted on 02/04/2014 4:57:39 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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