Posted on 03/23/2013 6:34:00 PM PDT by Kartographer
Imagine if suddenly, and completely without warning, the world experienced a total blackout – no electricity, no mobile phones, no banks, no internet, no TV, no emergency services. Nothing. Highways quickly become jammed with cars that have ground to a halt; an aeroplane falls from the sky; a satellite view of the planet shows it rapidly plunging into darkness. As it becomes apparent that the lights are never coming back on, nations are plunged into chaos, mass riots break out in major cities and, without electricity, governments are toppled. Into the vacuum step ad-hoc militias, armed and ready to enforce their own rule of law. This is the apocalyptic premise of the hit American TV series Revolution, which begins on Sky 1 this week. In the first episode, viewers are pulled through this nightmarish chain of events.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Of course “They Live” with Rodney Piper rules all post America dystopia movies
Perhaps you will have neighbors you can assist with your life experience.
/johnny
I have that book and you could have mine unless I junked it the last time I cleared out books. It can't compare with “Eating Off the Grid”. If we lost power for a long time, that book would be by my side and right now it's on the table by my chair. I've recommended it many times to people needing that type book.
“not to mention the situations where everyone else in the area having their eyes on what YOU have, and they do not.”
No one would know unless you told them. I’m just a little ole lady who lives by herself in a little house - I’m so old, I have nothing.
Water shutting off in the middle of cooking for or cleaning after a meal... that... I can't stand.
I rotate my water in the kitchen on a regular basis because sometimes that water is just closer than than sink, and I can refill it later.
I also use 2 liter bottles of potable water in my cold frame to smooth out temp changes and keep my veggies from freezing if we get a really cold snap.
44 liters of drinking water keeping my 'maters warm.
/johnny
Like hell. I'd 'HELLO THE HOUSE!' waving a white flag and getting permission to proceed before knocking on your front door.
/johnny
Eneloop makes D and C batteries but we don’t see them in America, just as we won’t see the generation 4s for a couple of years when they come out, although Japan will have them.
I believe in using AA and AA batteries anyway and having D and C adapters (they hold AA batteries) for emergency use, UNLESS you have money, and then owning and using D batteries is cool indeed because some luxury items like very bright lanterns, use a lot of D batteries, as long as you also put out the money for for the greater charging needs.
A D battery can be 10,000MaH and would never charge on a small solar charger that can handle 2000MaH AAs, and 800MaH AAAs.
The AA is the most common battery on earth, and the AAA is second, so most of my survival gear and flashlights use the AA for power.
Smokin Joe, the Eneloops are LSD (low self discharge), meaning they can sit in the drawer for many years in between charges and still operate at 4 degrees below zero.
“eneloop (3rd generation)
In October 2011 the batteries were again improved to hold their charge for up to 90% after one year, 80% after 3 years and 70% after five years. In addition to the lower self-discharge rate, the batteries can be recharged up to 1800 times compared to 1500 times in the previous revision”
I’m close to Dodge but not ready to get out. I will take my chances with my supplies, my allies and my defense. If you think your chances are better being a loner I have no problem. Just don’t put everyone in your boat or a lot of weapons will be lost.
I've done intensive research on this and written articles about it as to what batteries to buy and what solar charger to get. If you want this info., send me a Freepmail and I'll direct you to those articles.
“I’ve got 50 gallons in the kitchen...”
That’s the amount of Ozarka water I keep on hand.
That was in Japan, the generation 3 Eneloops didn't start being sold in America until just recently, that is why almost all the ones you see everywhere and at Amazon and Costco, etc, are generation 2. Amazon does sell the generation 3s BUT you have to look for "1800" cycles, not "1500" cycles, ignore the words, "newest generation".
I hope they won’t be counting too heavily on me. My neighbors on either side of my zero lot are both single middle aged ladies. There’s a young Marine up the street, a veteran of Fallujah, but he’s got his family to worry about, not mine. We’ll just have to see how this next chapter of Americana evolves.
/johnny
rats got into my ramen. make sure u put in 5 gal bucket. also buy good rat poison from feed store.
“A tornado is an isolated and short term event and one can only prep by having a tornado shelter.”
Bovine scatology. If you are in the area of one and it hits ground, you won’t have power or anything else for a while. You know nothing.
All I can do is what I can do, and be mindful. On that point, we all start from the same place.
/johnny
Thanks, I love the book and especially all the shelf life information.
I’ll send you a Freepmail where to go to read the articles I wrote on batteries and chargers. I’m sure there is information there you do not know.
Thanks! The -4 functionality is important in this neck of the woods—roughly 5 months out of the year.
“believe in using AA and AA batteries anyway and having D and C adapters (they hold AA batteries) for emergency use,”
Part of this post of yours is misleading, but I won’t go into it. Smokin’ Joe can read about batteries as soon as I send him the links to the articles about batteries.
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