Posted on 03/30/2010 1:52:49 PM PDT by ChocChipCookie
If there was ever a major disaster in northern Virginia, Chuck Izzo's house is Greenville is where you would want to be. Tucked away in his pantry are enough tinned food and water to last for two months. In the basement an inverter hums quietly, charging batteries that could easily power most of his three-storey home's lights and appliances for nine hours. And for when that runs out, he has a wood-burning stove with a two-month supply of fuel pellets so he can cook and heat the whole house. Mr Izzo is a "prepper", one of a growing number of Americans who are preparing their homes and families to survive a major disaster they believe could arrive at any time. "We realise the frailty of infrastructure so if it fails, we're prepared to deal with a crisis like that," he explains. "It could be electricity, it could be a medical emergency. It could be something caused by a man-made disaster or a natural disaster."
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A BTT. You can either be self-sufficient or you’re stuck hoping that the folks who are running Amtrak and the Post Office can feed you. Best of luck with that.
Especially when UN blue helmets stroll in your neighborhood...
You need to lower your x ring about 2 inches. It takes one heck of a bullet to penetrate a genuine kevlar helmet.
My thoughts exactly. No one except my wife is aware of my preps.
OPSEC all the way, baby.
Please add me to the list. Thanks!
You missed good liquor
Here's hoping I never shoot aything but targets, milk jugs and the occasional deer or elk with 'em.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
At $120.00 for 1080 rds. of 5.45X39 it will be a while before I run out!
You're a good woman.
He need a sign that says come get my money food and energy..right here no sense traveling to rural areas...
“In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but the foolish man devours all he has.”
Proverbs 21:20
“Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest”
Proverbs 6:6-8
“A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.”
Proverbs 27:12
Ad me to your ping list Lady!
Especially if they're the Dutch faggots Gen. Sheehan was talking about in front of the Senate recently.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
ping me.
I had NO idea that today's HOARDERS are embarressed of being mistaken for survivalists. These people were in NO way prepared for a disaster, they simply were exhibiting classic traits of one version of obsessive compulsive disorder. Perhaps these OCD'rs are also embarressed about OCD????
Please add me to your ping
list.
One of the deals is though AFTER one of these weather episodes (like a week to a month) hit the local pawn shops.
You WILL find a generator there, and can probably get it on the cheap!
(just make sure it runs)
“SEIU-OBAMA Reserve Army...”
LOL, I can just imagine those vegetarian, malnutrition ridden poor saps. Any meat and potatoes kind of guy can sweep the floor with their dreads.
LOL
Think of how neighbors will view those persons who did NOT run to the store to strip the shelves bare.... If civilization comes to a standstill for a full week, plenty of people will get very suspicious of anyone who doesn't appear to be freaking out.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
A club or a spear.
Heck buy three, they’re cheap.
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