Any day now,it's coming, as the song goes " that'll be the day"
Posted on 03/23/2013 12:53:07 PM PDT by Kartographer
I’m going to tell you a true story, but to protect my friend’s privacy and OPSEC—as all good preppers should do—I’m going to remain as anonymous as possible. I’m telling you because I believe in helping people and I like to imagine a world after SHTF where we help each other rather than hinder each other, so here it goes… I recently had the opportunity to visit a friend’s bug-out property. What started out as a dream for land outside of the city for a nice get-away to keep animals and a shooting range turned into the perfect place to start a bug-out plan in motion.
Yes. Prep first, and ask questions later.
‘Tis far, far better to be prepared, whether it’s needed or not.
Those who are prepared will survive times of trouble, and those who are not will fare poorly indeed.
It’s just plain old common sense.
I’m so glad I stumbled on this thread and then this post of yours!
I’m not a “prepper” by any stretch of even the wildest imaginations. I’m just not motivated to do it, and/or I’m too lazy. But one “nightmare” I’ve always had was dying of thirst.
This “lifesaver bottle” you mentioned is the perfect answer to my worry! I’ve actually thought a similar device would be a great idea in developing countries.
Anyway this is more to remind me to buy one more than anything. http://www.lifesaverusa.com/category_s/1821.htm
It seems like the perfect thing to take on camping trips at least.
Shhhhhhhhh!
We've been through this before, haven't we? The reason you had go that long on stored supplies is that you didn't have any money. It wasn't that there weren't any supplies available, or that money had become worthless, or some other SHTF type of thing. Had you saved up some cash you wouldn't have had to forage.
We are in agreement that saving up money is smart. Why? Because financial disasters happen to people all the time.
Where we disagree is that this therefore justifies "prepping", as in keeping a years worth of dried beans around. Why? Because the chances of SHTF are exceedingly small -- not worth worrying about as JIM ROBINSON HIMSELF HAS ACKNOWLEDGED (hee hee) -- making it a misallocation of resources to put up more than a few weeks worth of stuff. After all, a few weeks of stuff is enough to get 90% of people through the worst part of whatever act of God your particular part of the country is prone to.
I’m fortunate enough to live in a good bugout location.
Well, that's the official version, but I think it is likely the fattest money laundering and larceny scheme the world has known.
Two things to do to prepare for this. 1. Be alert to what is happing around you. 2. Plan alternative routes via backroads. I know if it hits the fan the freeways will be a parking lot. However, I've reconned several exit routes that would avoid the mess. I've got a couple others needing to be driven, but it just takes planning.
Here's my philosophical question:
If we're starting tribes, what's better to show up with, guns or your set of cast iron cookware?
From watching old westerns on TV, every cattle drive had their Cookie manning the chuckwagon.
-PJ
Any day now,it's coming, as the song goes " that'll be the day"
You don’t have a torture chair down in your CDC hidey hole do you?
What's it to ya?
-PJ
At least I own my property outright, and only have to pay yearly tribute to the protection racket we call local government.
I'll keep my larder full. You do as you please.
But I'm done with you. You seem to take perverse pleasure in being disruptive.
Plonk.
/johnny
/johnny
yer a troll
Cookie with a shotgun under the kneading table. ;-)
Right -- three days.
Luckily I had ample supplies of everything, including candles which came in handy when the electric went out for two days.
Mmmm hmmm. Two days.
two years later another storm hit. Not as bad but, every road out of town was uphill and absolutely covered with snow. Stayed home for a day.
So one day then?
Still, there were two floods that nearly took our home and left us stranded for about a week.
Oh man, a week. Sounds pretty bad.
Thanks Vendome. You may step down from the stand now...
So you can absolutely guarantee that no future catastrophic event has ever occurred or will occur will last beyond a "few weeks." You must not be paying much attention to the political and economic train wreck that is bearing down on us. Ignorance is indeed bliss.
If you read anything about people who HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT, in Argentina and Bosnia, you will find out that Cash is King for about 2-4 weeks, adn then it is utterly worthless.
Where we disagree is that this therefore justifies "prepping", as in keeping a years worth of dried beans around. Why? Because the chances of SHTF are exceedingly small -- not worth worrying about as JIM ROBINSON HIMSELF HAS ACKNOWLEDGED (hee hee)
Jimrob did not say that it is not worth worrying about. He said he, himself, is not particularly worried about it. I happen to know why.
-- making it a misallocation of resources to put up more than a few weeks worth of stuff. After all, a few weeks of stuff is enough to get 90% of people through the worst part of whatever act of God your particular part of the country is prone to.
I'm of the opinion that the experiences of Argentina, as survived by one FerFAL, and Bosnia, as survived by another blogger, are eminently possible and possibly even probable, given the crap-currency we are issued, and the unsustainable government spending binge we are on.
Do you know how the USSR collapsed? One day, they simply could no longer pay anyone in the government. All the government workers walked off the job. Bam, the USSR collapses.
The probabilty of that occuring in the United States is near-unity. WE get the added benefit of massive urban riots when the EBT cards flash "ERROR".
But if I am wrong, it is likely because of minor or major miracles. If YOU are wrong, we shant speak about it, for you and I will be busy on the task of surviving AT ALL.
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