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Getting ready: Growing number of preppers work to ensure survival in case of societal collapse
The Smoky Mountain News ^
| December 7, 2011
| Quintin Ellison
Posted on 12/20/2011 2:25:49 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: Kartographer
The lights are a flashin’
The whistle is blowin’
The bells are a clanging in vain
If you stay on the tracks
Ignoring the facts
You can’t blame the wreck on the train!
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posted on
12/20/2011 4:52:38 PM PST
by
null and void
(Day 1064 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
To: Kartographer
By their criteria, I'm on the (ahem) extreme end of the prepardness spectrum.
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posted on
12/20/2011 5:01:34 PM PST
by
blam
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Not enough flour or legumes but it’s a good list to start tp get people who haven’t thought yet, to think.
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posted on
12/20/2011 5:22:34 PM PST
by
little jeremiah
(We will have to go through hell to get out of hell.)
To: blam
To: blam
To: 2ndDivisionVet
What about alcohol? It’s non perishable, its value holds up in good times and bad, barter, sedative and disinfectant, use as a weapon (Molotov cocktail).
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posted on
12/20/2011 5:46:03 PM PST
by
grumpygresh
(Democrats delenda est; zero sera dans l'enfer bientot.)
To: Psalm 73
As a friend and fellow prepper sez, “Just because you cannot do everything does not mean you don’t do anything.”
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posted on
12/20/2011 6:45:58 PM PST
by
crusher
(Political Correctness: Stalinism Without the Charm)
To: bgill
Of course! We rotate so that’s not an issue.
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posted on
12/20/2011 7:30:23 PM PST
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
12/20/2011 8:35:17 PM PST
by
Iron Munro
("Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight he'll just kill you." John Steinbeck)
To: Iron Munro
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posted on
12/21/2011 8:10:14 AM PST
by
Altariel
(`)
To: Psalm 73
>> A little ammo here, a few canned-goods there, and steady, slow progress gets you in a better position than you were last month. <<
That's how I'm getting it done.
Don't forget physical training. You need to be in good shape. It's going to take more that just having some food stored. Being in good shape and having the right state of mind is imperative.
Also, network with friends and neighbors.
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posted on
12/21/2011 9:27:47 AM PST
by
appalachian_dweller
(Live each day as if it's your last. It might be.)
To: appalachian_dweller
one good way to get some exersize and “prep” is to split some firewood. LOTS of firewood.
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posted on
12/21/2011 11:03:21 AM PST
by
simplesimon
(You are entitled to your own opinions but not your own "facts"...........)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Here’s how much food an average family of four would need to last a year. Those numbers... seem low. Not that I would know.
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posted on
12/21/2011 2:20:47 PM PST
by
exhaustedmomma
(All might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should. Samuel Adams)
To: exhaustedmomma
BTW, isn’t honey the only foodstuff that will never go bad?
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posted on
12/21/2011 2:23:06 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
According to google search, yes. Also, local honey reportedly has more benefits (i.e., immune boosting) than say honey made at a plant in... china. (Or someplace outside of your locality.)
Discovery channel had an interesting show on food found stored in the pyramids. Nutritional analysis found the food nutritionally viable. How it was held was key factor.
Likewise, History Channel had a program reporting the nutritonal quality of canned food found in 50's bomb bunkers; again nutritionally viable. Also reported tin can food from WWII discovered and was nutritionally viable.
How it is held seems to be paramount.
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posted on
12/21/2011 2:38:07 PM PST
by
exhaustedmomma
(All might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should. Samuel Adams)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I don’t know why I’d need quinona when I’ve lasted a long time without it.
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posted on
12/21/2011 5:36:08 PM PST
by
TASMANIANRED
(We kneel to no prince but the Prince of Peace)
To: TASMANIANRED
First Rule of Food storage :
Store what you eat ...
Eat what you store ...
Repeat, ...and repeat again !
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