“Jim Rawles, who Erwin describes as “the patron saint of survivalism,”
And his novel “Patriots”.
Lot’s of info there.
(with beans, you provide your own gas. hehe)
What he, and others like him, seem to neglect is “What if the disaster makes leaving the house as part of survival ?”
Lemme tell you. Week 2 of the disaster, if I see a hint that they have what I need, I’ll camp out there for weeks or months following to take it. I can take that house, regardless of the security.
I think that a mobile survival plan is still best.
“For Erwin, the decline is irreversible and the best approach is to prepare for the inevitable.”
THEN STFD & STFU! Don’t be tellin’ what you’ve been doing.
You might as well hang a neon sign out front that says, “This way after TSHTF”.
Oh, hell with it! I think I’ll just go play golf. If I get a double eagle, then I know the world is coming to an end. In other words, the world is safe for many, many thousands of years!
“The Fourth Turning” (right on schedule), at your local library.
The actual solution that one should adopt for a disentigration of our society is not trivial. At the very least, I figure that one has to organize one’s neighbors so we all support each other. We need good communication so we will know who needs help when. If at all possible the local authorities have to be on your side. If Uncle becomes as advisary one needs the means to keep aircraft off of our backs. We need a logistics, medical, and transportation support.
One family holed up in a house will be picked off sooner or later by an attacking group. This is why one needs the support of your neighbors.
I’m not sure that I would want to be a marauder and raider in America after a collapse.
We are a people that pull together, we are armed to the teeth, many of us are hunters and outdoors men and about 25 million of us are military veterans.
That collection of the best armed, most cooperative, biggest mass of military trained Americans is also the biggest collection of good guys and sheep dogs that are the biggest believers in order, and largely eager for the chance to be unleashed from the restraints of never being able to hunt the bad guys themselves, and they generally live among their own kind.
Throw in a military that will probably be hunting the packs of bad guys and looters, and I’m not so sure that a Road Warrior America would result from a great national emergency.
The great urban raiders may find that they have few options when the rules are gone, because the reality of the rules truly being gone basically puts middle America where it was when it was building this nation, back in charge of effective vigilantism and healthy communities.
My emergency water supply would come from a pond. Since pond water is not your standard-issue water, as it contains all sorts of stuff, I would like some advice as regards the type (including brand name) of water purification tablets that I could use as I dip out water from it. Thanks.