Posted on 02/12/2014 4:09:31 PM PST by Kartographer
Every year somewhere in our country tens of thousands of Americans experience an emergency resulting from any number of scenarios that may include natural disasters, economic hardship or other unexpected circumstances. And every year we watch with amazement as those in areas that have been affected by snow storms, hurricanes, tornadoes or earthquakes lose everything and have no backup plan to deal with the crisis.
The thin veneer of our civilization should be apparent to everyone, yet it seems that no one really gets it.
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I swear on a stack of Bibles, in its early days (late 90’s) I actually was asked by my boss to print out the Internet so he could take it home. He’s a wonderful guy and God bless him, but this one left me with my mouth hanging open. :-)
I’ve heard your stories.
I do believe them.
But face it, you are one in a thousand.
And your chances of surviving 6 months post-SHTF are certainly better than average, but not much.
Think about ten thousand people down the block who want to kill you.
Not just to kill you, but to kill you and eat you.
That’s what SHTF is about. I am sure you understand.
Jim Bakker had it right. . .message from the Lord “cold cold cold” and “chaos” .if these individuals would have stored a week’s worth of food and water, chaos would not have erupted among the most sane. . . but then “take a lesson from the ant and the grasshopper”. With weather like this how could there be a food line for these people? We have had individuals fall and they have been found dead. What happened to neighborly love?
And I'm living where I grew up. I can navigate around here in the pitch dark, waiting for zombies to step away to answer nature's call, and then dispose of them quietly while their pants are down.
That's my idea of evening the odds.
/johnny
Look at it positively. Being properly armed means never having to leave the mortal plain alone. Take as many of them with you as you can.
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Impressive JR....I admire those who have managed to do life their way apart from the shuffle the world declares we jump step to.
I’m prepared for emergencies but not much more than that. During the storms of late I was set and comfortable knowing I could get by pretty much for a couple months if I had to.
But that’s not saying much compared to the guys on these threads. Still a year ago I couldn’t even had said this!
I wish you could fix this Republic with what you have in your trunk...
Many years ago I had the wonderful opportunity to talk to a gentleman who was in his seventies. He told me of his life as a young boy on an Island in the St. Mary’s river between the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Canada. His father was the light house keeper then.
To get to town, Sault Ste. Marie, which was only twenty or so miles away was a major undertaking. In the Summer they could use the boat and row up the river against the current to get to town. In the Winter though it was best to wait until the river was frozen over and then use a wagon and a sleigh to go to town.
In either case was they did manage to get there, they would by supplies to last them for a year. That would give them a half of a year’s extra in case of problems. He told me that it would take between four and six dray wagon and their teamsters to bring back their supplies. And they didn’t by in small quantities, Barrels of flour, Hogsheads of potatoes. Pickles and everything else you could think of, Fresh laying hens and a rooster. Even two or three freshened cows would be bought and brought back to the island.
For keeping the light operational there were several hundred yards of lamp wick, a couple of new replacement lamps and globes. Eight to ten barrels of Lamp Fuel, (Kerosene).
Once that was done it was total isolation for at least another six months.
How many today, could live like that? I know that I couldn’t without lots of thought and preparation.
For such a time as this . . . http://www.patburt.com/
This is ultimately the best survival advice. “It is out of this world.”
“Jim Bakker had it right”
He has some water purifiers that would be good to have on hand if the water goes off - A person could get water from a mudpuddle or worse and still drink it.
I hate to tell you that we went into Kroger in Lilburn yesterday and it was pretty well re-stocked. It was not even that crowded. Everybody that wanted to stock up got stocked up. Don’t believe everything you read in the paper.
That being said you cannot count on the grocery being able to restock quickly in every disaster. I feel secure knowing we prep 24/7 and even if the stores had been bare we would have had enough food to hole up til next Feb if need be.
Cool.
As SpongeBob would say, “I’m ready. I’m ready.”
Some days dude, I’m just straight up jealous. I’m close, but not there yet.
I bought a few pitchers, bottles, and some straws and gave some as presents. Bought them when there was a deal. Anyway we had to hook up to the county water and it has chlorine out the wazoo. Bought a shower filter from Mercola to take the chlorine out and plan to get a Mercola total home filter in the Spring when the plumber can get here. It looks like it won’t break the bank and we don’t use that much water. After two weeks with this water the chlorine and whatever else is my skin looked like it had aged 20 years. Research has this chlorine and fluoride literally playing havoc with the body. Taking a shower in chlorinated water is worse than drinking it because you are inhaling vapors. I’m back to my “regular skin” :) I’m even giving my pets water out of the filtered pitcher. OK. . .I’ve rattled on enough.
LOL
He looks well insulated and could probably survive off his reserves for a month or two. ;-)
they said about half of working folks live paycheck to paycheck.
combine them with the large bunch not working but collecting welfare.
combine them with those who’s welfare has or is running out.
i’d wager 99.99% of all of these folks go into broad category of “unprepared”.
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