Posted on 05/28/2023 2:36:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway
"I'm building something so if things do go south, I have a place to take my family."
Josh Duhamel isn't taking a chance with the impending apocalypse, whether that ends up being a result of war, another pandemic, global warming, artificial intelligence, or some other horror we haven't dreamed up yet.
In a recent interview, the 50-year-old actor revealed that he has a property in North Dakota which started out as an off-the-grid cabin with no electricity or running water, but has now been transformed into an entire doomsday compound. And if it comes down to it, Duhamel says he and his family can even live off the land indefinitely if needed.
"It started with one little cabin in the woods with no electricity and no water," Duhamel told Inverse, adding that it was initially so "disgusting" and overrun with mice that they didn't want to stay more than a day or two at a time.
"Then, the cabin on the property next to that one went up for sale, and I bought it for like nothing; this beautiful little idyllic cabin on the water," he continued. "Suddenly I had 54 acres out there. So I had two cabins, one with no electricity or water. They both have wells and electricity now, but they're both really small."
Duhamel has since renovated both cabins, and a total of three now exist on the property. Each have their own well treated by a custom reverse osmosis water filtration system. The property even has internet and TV thanks to Starlink satellite access.
He's also begun planting crops—starting with clover and chicory to feed the deer—and has plans to grow pumpkins and corn this year.
"It's called a food plot. My idea is that I want to be able to hunt a deer," Duhamel explained. "I'm not a hunter by any means, but I have this crazy fixation on what happens if shit hits the fan in [Los Angeles] and I have to take my family out there and live off the land."
"I’ve become a bit of a doomsday prepper, I guess," he added. "So I'm learning how to hunt. I have wells. We have water. We have fuel. I'm building something so if things do go south, I have a place to take my family. And I believe that we could live off the land out there. I'm not very good at it yet, but I'm getting there."
Duhamel says he and his family could already essentially live off of the land as long as needed with fishing alone. However, concedes that it might get difficult if they ran out of fuel or bread—especially in the event they got snowed in for the winter. "You're suddenly Jack Nicholson in The Shining," he quipped.
Let's hope it won't come to that!
I will hide in plain sight, i’ll not run.
Rule #1. If you have one of those things. DON’T talk about it. If you MUST talk about it, get all the details wrong, have your compound in Wyoming, not North Dakota, etc.
Good luck gettin to ND during the event pts of the doomsday. Unless you have a personal private plane, getting ther by car fro Hollywood will be quite an endeavor.
Until the motorcycle villains, like in the original Mad Max movie, show up.
“Until the motorcycle villains, like in the original Mad Max movie, show up.”
And that’s the problem. A few show up on motorcycles - you drive them away (with or without taking some out). Then MORE will show up, rightly believing that you must be defending something of value. Again, you drive them off, but then again, even MORE show up.
...eventually you lose, which is why governments are needed to protect people (whether we like it or not)
Good rule.
Well, then in that case, Josh would do well to get out of Commiefornia and go back to North Dakota before it’s too late!
But they will soon require all motorcycles to be EV? They are going to need a hell of an extension cord!
I am wondering gore and more if what’s coming will be worth surviving?
Or the Comancheros-type from the Outlaw Josey Wales.
> Rule #1. If you have one of those things. DON’T talk about it. <
You are 100% correct. I’d like to say more, but I’m trying to locate Duhamel‘s cabin on a map. If things really turn south, my friends and I would like to pay him a little visit. It would be after dark of course, and be kind of a surprise.
Hope the balloon don’t go up in winter time, Josh. Might want to have a plan for that.
I wonder what “things go south” look like for someone who was married to Fergie.
Its been sometime since I posted a prepper thread as my life took a unexpected turn in 2016 my wife had a debilitating stroke and I became a full time care giver. We relocated in 2019 from New Mexico to Indiana to be close to family. She past in 2021 so I have had my hands full for a while. But things have turned so dark lately what with all the food processing plant fires and supply chain problems crime, unrest and very dark administration posing and threatening daily I thought I needed to once again call for readiness should the times turn even darker a but I saw this thread and thought I would provide a link to my Preparedness Manual for those interested. https://www.mediafire.com/file/nita0e562aytg1b/Preparedness_1j.pdf/file
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North and South Dakota is where the ICBM silos are stored. They are a target rich environment.
My most sincere condolences for your loss.
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Now he’s a target. 🤔
Good advice. However, maybe Duhamel’s place isn’t really in North Dakota at all.
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