Underestimation can be fatal.”
PING!
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“Maybe you were born lucky and can make it out safely before the balloon bursts, then what?”
You put on you tin foil hat.
Riiiiiight. Somehow I think "their business" will be quickly and violently curtailed......at least around my area.
The Punks can try,But Affirmative Action will NOT protect them.
Reminds me of the original BEDAZZLED, when Stanley rejoins the devil atop a telephone pole, where he’s messing with the connections. Stanley asks for advice, as always, and the devil relates a story from the Chinese philosopher Lao Tse ( sic ) using his electrical clips as props: “Suppose you were hanging from a cliff by a rope, and at the top of the cliff was a hungry tiger ( snap snap ) and at the bottom of the cliff was another hungry tiger ( snap snap snap snap ... ) what would you do?”
Stanley says, “That’s the stupidest thing I ever heard,” and the devil replies, “Oh, you’ve got nothing to learn from Lao Tse and his hungry tigers!”
Thanks for posting. Our side will be better prepared. The other side will need clean underwear.
If you are an urban dweller, your Plan B ought to be the same as Plan A—sit tight. Because the people in Mayberry are all armed and have been shooting varmints since they were thirteen. Your Saturday night special is no match for well-zeroed hunting rifles with telescopic sights and the usual shotguns wielded by people who have actually used them.
A friend called a couple days ago saying they were talking to a contractor who was telling them all about prepping and stocking up. They were so amazed that he’d said the same things I had told them two years ago. Of course, as far as they’ve gotten is knowing two preppers.
These people will suffer the consequences of their inaction. Preppers are a tiny minority of the population.
For some great information and discussion of this topic, go visit survivalblog.com
Giardia is a type of Protozoa. There are other protozoans, some of which are worse. They are not viruses.
No filters I am aware of will "filter out" all viruses, which are much too small to be affected by filters, though some may be able to deal with some types.
Many filters have chemical components that will inactivate or "kill" many if not always all viruses.
Not really. By far the most abundant source of meat in an urban environment is humans.
I can’t imagine trying to tough out even a moderate collapse in the city. A few reasons:
1. Water
2. Water
3. Water
4. Sewage
5. Electricity
6. Masses of feral humanity without the above.
I've been through hell and would like to share some wisdom tested in real life situations. Please reflect on it and think how it applies to you.
1. When I told a close friend of mind that we should stock up on military-type rations and offered him to take a half at symbolic cost, he told me without blinking "you stock up, I'll know where I will find food". I was shocked.
The morale: make sure to get rid of fair-weather friends before you start preparations.
2. Most humans are not mentally prepared to kill another human. If you have firearms, condition yourself to shoot to kill with the first shot. Plan ahead, and practice with pop up targets.
3. Make a blueprint of your home as if you are house invader. Plan to install booby traps. Leave one weapon in EVERY room, you'll have no time to go to another room for your rifle. Keep spare pants close to weapon - never fire weapon without your pants on.
4. Sleep is a weapon. The more you sleep, the more alert you will be when awake. The more you sleep, the less calories you will need. But you need trusted buddy to be on watch while you sleep.
5. Stock up not only on foods, but luxuries as well. Cigars, luxury chocolates, luxury perfume. Use it to treat family members to keep their and spirit high. The name of the game is not to survive, but to survive as YOURSELF. If you become an animal in the process, it is not worthwhile.
6. Shave every morining. Even if eating Spam, dress up like for the nigh on the town. It will keep your spirit high and your mind alert.
7. Depression could kill you. Arm yourself with antidepressants if you are at risk.
8. Fill an Ipod with the music that uplift your spirit. It will keep you amused while you lube your weapons.
9. I've heard from people who have lost all their possession that they miss their family photos the most. Don't be like them - backup all your family photos and keep digital copies at various locations, online, with your friends, everywhere. If you have to leave your home, your most prized possession will be safe.
10. Buy manually operated reverse osmosis filter. And again, buy manually operated reverse osmosis filter.
11. If streets become dangerous, make habit of emptying bowels and bladder before getting out. In case you are injured it will help.
12. Prepare nondescript street smarts uniform for all your family members. Hoodie, baggy pants, doc martins. Predators will look for affluent people. Escape their attention. I hope that Freepers with actual survival training and/or no-nonsense experience will continue the list. Godspeed to us all !
SO few facts..
There is a guy named Ferfal that has a blog covering the fall of Argentina.
You all should read it. You just might learn something.
http://ferfal.blogspot.com/
Read it and weap.
There will probably be more rats than dogs and cats. Think about it, eh?
I have some plans on an urban punkin chucker, except the punkins will have something else, like willie pete.
having access to large air tanks, welding equipment and of course being a fabricator I can easily make a punkin chucker on a turret, set up on high ground, set up a kill zone with test runs ar certain pressures for distances.
And that is just one project, next is the redneck version of a bouncing betty.
later