Did you have any idea how long a hand full of car batteries will run some LED lights? A long freaking time.
Did you have any idea how long a hand full of car batteries will run some LED lights? A long freaking time.
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I don’t know about you, but, I want a lot more than a couple LED lights to keep me going.
If you really want to prepare then live the way you want to live when the SHTF now. Get some solar electric, get a deep well and store lots of food, ammo and booze. You don’t necessarily ever have to fire a shot if it looks like you can and ammo makes great money, same for booze. Money unless it is precious metal may be worthless.
If you don’t have a house with a good basement, that is a poured concrete foundation with the windows so deep that they have to have window wells to have light, then move.
If you live close to a major city it is time to move. Living close to a city has advantages but they are far out weighted by the disadvantages. You don’t want to be close to a lot of other people, it gets hard to protect against thousands of people who want what you have. With a few guns you might dissuade a couple hundred but thousands, you won’t make it.
Food and water are must have, electricity is a nice thing to have. Fuel, forget it. Yes you can store a little fuel but using it is problematic. Once anyone knows you have fuel you will have a hard time keeping it or anything else you have.
The danger from a nuclear blast it two fold, first the initial explosion causes great damage and radiation exposure for up to a few miles away. The bigger problem is long term exposure to nuclear fallout. A brick house offers much better protection than a wooden structure but the the asphalt roof is not wonderful for either one. If you have the ability to wash off your house on a clear day, (reason for well and electricity) then you have a good chance of survival. After a couple weeks you aren’t likely to be re-exposed to new fallout but what is on the ground may not go anywhere for a long time, pray for rain. The rain is great for water but only if you have a deep well.
There is so much to know, perhaps it is just easier to hope the government will come save you, but it won’t.