“Quarantine.”
Extra points for a fake health department printout under it.
I thought that only worked in Bugs Bunny cartoons (and "The Scarlet Pimpernel")
Posted on 09/02/2021 4:05:13 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Their hands and clothes are too clean too.
They’ve not been working out in a garden recently.
Or IMO, ever at all.
Yeah. My impression from comparing their skin to mine is that they aren't spending much time in the sun.
True that.
However, one thing to consider is that in the north here, if there's a grid down for any length of time in the winter, the starving hordes are far more likely to freeze to death trying to find food in the rural areas than most realize.
I have watched in amazement for years not as people beebop around in winter with no coats or in shorts and t-shirts.
They figure they are just running errands and in their car or a building so no problem.
They do not stop to realize that if that car breaks down and they are not dressed for the weather, they can freeze to death in very short order, no matter how cool they think they look playing tough guy.,P> Then even in the spring and summer, there's contaminated water to deal with and ticks, and simply finding shelter at night. And avoiding getting shot by all the gun owners in these parts.
I could see a huge increase in Lyme disease here in the northeast by city slickers who have no clue how to deal with ticks.
I always think of the Twilight Zone episode, “The Shelter”, about how the neighbors ridiculed the man who built a nuclear shelter......until they thought a nuclear attack was coming.
It’s Democrats in a nutshell.
Great Twilight Zone episode—probably influenced my thinking quite a bit.
That is why you need self-reliant neighbors—and that is normal for rural folks.
No.
Because the people who know we prep can be counted on our fingers with some left over.
I live in VERY rural Hawaii. I have land, animals, water
and if I put them up I’d be “Off grid” all solar and battery backed up.
We don’t have cities here.
We all are preppers by definition as we face
volcanoes, Earthquakes, wild fires, Tsunami, dock strikes, et al
In fact I can only think of sand storms or locusts that we don’t experience, although we have to drive to get to a blizzard. (summit of Mauna Kea).
Urban people have a way different problem set than a rural environment.
One Thing both need to do at the start is to realize, the veneer of society is very thin and food doesn’t come from Safeway, your tap water doesn’t magically show up, electricity will not always be there, and most importantly you may need your neighbors in bad times even if they are butt heads and they may need your help.
Above all Government is not YOUR FRIEND!
Once you get the right attitude it is all baby steps.
Excellent post—which reminds me of one more basic prepper tip.
Do favors for your (hopefully rural!) neighbors asking nothing in return.
It will pay dividends down the road.
I tried to share this article on FB but it was barred due to its url, “Starvation news”! (Yes, I know...it’s FB! I’m still there.)
Best I could do was post the title and an excerpt.
“However, one thing to consider is that in the north here, if there’s a grid down for any length of time in the winter, the starving hordes are far more likely to freeze to death trying to find food in the rural areas than most realize.”
You’re right about everything you said, but I’m down south. I’d be more likely to die of heat stroke with no a/c. I have to remind myself to put a coat in my truck for emergencies in the winter because it has to be relatively very cold before I’ll put one on.
“I’m talking just seeing another human will mean violence.”
That’s exactly right. Even if you think you have friends you better make sure they have at least as much food as you do so that when you run out you run out together. If there is a disparity you won’t be friends when it becomes apparent.
In the heat, yes, heat stroke can be deadly, not to mention lack of salt and water can kill someone quickly if they are sweating profusely and don’t know better.
And then you guys have lovely things like fire ants and Africanized bees to deal with.
Cities will run out of food in a week. Within 3 weeks local town and city folks will be in the country, using their last gas or pair of tennis shoes to get there because they know food and shelter is there.
In the country, you’re actually in more danger because you’re on acreage and alone and it’s impossible for a single couple to maintain a perimeter guard. Which is why you can’t prep alone and you can’t survive alone. You need a local group that you are a part of and that can share in the defense. Either relatives bugging out to you, in which case you is where their buggout supplies already are. Or your most trusted next door neighbors, with whom you can share perimeter defense for at least 3 months. The relatively benign human traffic will have passed through by then, or claimed a homestead, but after 3 months the hardcore jerks will start coming through. All this means you need people to cooperate with if you intend to survive.
James Burke laid it all out in the First Episode of “Connections”
https://youtu.be/XetplHcM7aQ?t=1349
I'd rather not have a comrade that will turn on me when the the rules of civilization are no longer in effect. One man alone can check his own perimeter for the past several thousand years.
I agree with you. The first rule about fight club, is that nobody talks about fight club.
Fully agree with you.
I don’t tell people anything
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