Posted on 07/31/2011 9:23:53 PM PDT by Kartographer
What you would be looking at would be civil unrest in most mayor US cities and thousands of minor ones as well. Once the images of people looting and getting away with it hit the TV you’re looking at thousands of bums thinking of doing the same thing and rushing out the door to the nearest store. That gets bad pretty fast. You’re talking about looting, fires, closed stores, destruction of vehicles and private property, and given US context some gang related activity taking advantage of the lawless situation as well to settle scores. While invasion of residential properties wont be as common as the looting of commercial property, it can happen in several cases.
(Excerpt) Read more at themodernsurvivalist.com ...
“Imagine a flash-mob of 100 armed with guns.”
We could take out 100 in about three minutes, unless they were very quick to take cover.
Flip side: if you’re gonna be on a list, or figure you’ll end up on one anyway, be on THE list - NFA.
However long they last, be aware some won’t. Leaking water jugs can make a stinky mess (wet cardboard/whatever starts rotting...ewww).
Predators do not have the imperative to win that prey do. Equally capable, the former soon seeks easier food.
I’m serving up led to any perps that try to break down my door.
A key in food prepping: stock what you’re going to eat anyway, and/or what you can afford to lose. Don’t stock what you’re not going to eat and wish you had the money instead.
http://www.drillyourownwell.com/
Breathtakingly stupid, isn’t it?
That’s my opinion but it’s not worth much. Hopefully yours is.
Sorry to ask such a rudimentary question."
Now... I don't advise this if you are in an earthquake prone area, but I don't use plastic - I use glass. I buy apple cider in the one gallon glass jugs. Once the apple cider is gone, I wash out the jugs well and then disinfect them. I let them dry. I then fill them with water at a temperature just below boiling (mine comes out of the water heater at 200 degrees, so I use that.) This use of hot water causes the seal on the lid to reseal, and as the water cools, it pulls a vacuum and keeps the water even better sealed.
I tested this system of storage over a 10 year period... Upon opening the jug, I found the water to be just as tasty as the day I bottled it. I find the benefits of the glass jugs far outweigh the risks of an earthquake in my area.
It is important that if you are going to use plastic containers of any type that you do not place them on a concrete surface for storage. I'm not a chemist, but one here on FR did acknowledge that the make-up of concrete can have a detrimental effect upon plastic that causes it to break down over time and possibly contaminate your water. We came up with the idea of placing the plastic jugs on a wooden palate, a section of carpet, or a wooden shelf as a way of preventing this loss...
How very ... well, uhm ... ignorant. What the heck are you going to do with a shrink wrap machine? Do you mean a vacuum sealer? If so, please tell me what it is you intend to 'shrink wrap' or dehydrate after the trucks quit running? Your local store will likely be empty in 24 hours or less.
Allow me to shed some light on 'prepared' for you: Trucks could stop tomorrow and my meals will not change in the least. I will have meat, vegetables, fruit, bread, milk, and everything else that I have available to me today.
Enjoy your rice and pasta. Hopefully you will have some clean water with which to cook them and the gas and/or electric to cook with.
Oops - when the Northridge quake threw everything around, the trash cans got knocked around, the jugs all split and the paper goods became worthless.
Just a point when you once again get around to storing your paper goods, don’t store them with your matches and lamp oil. Just saying... ;-)
We’re all on somebody’s list but why make it so friggin easy for them? There’s no need to list item by item what their warrant should detail, is there?
No kidding.
Is this what normally happens?
The video shows the disturbing treatment of an accused and Canadians, writes James Morton, have the right to know if this is common practice
Sometimes you _do_ put all your cards on the table.
Deterrence is sometimes more valuable than winning.
Just bookmarked that site, looks useful. I’m not sure it would work in my situation because it would require hauling tons of water to the site to start with, but it’s definitaly worth a look.
If there is a pond nearby, you can use the water from it with a small pump and generator, which is what I did on my land. But why do you need a well if you have a pond, you ask? The pond was built by a nincompoop and it leaks so I was trying to keep the catfish in it from dying. It is a losing battle when it is over 100 degrees everyday.
I do have a stream on my land. It’s fairly close to the source, but it also runs through 3 farms and a dozen smaller properties. In a crunch it could be purified enough for drinking using one of those “drink your own ditchwater” filter/purifiers, but I’m not so sure about pumping it into what would become my new well. I need to do more research on that.
On the other hand, it would be a great stream for hydropower!
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