Thanks.
Ping.
Simple answer: There are a lot more NP than you. They will eventually overwhelm any defense you have.
I can’t read all that. My attention span is too short today. But I read the title.
Here’s my thoughts...
non preppers will make not just their own lives miserable. they will make your life miserable too. Think about it. The ideal is if everyone is a prepper, then the disaster is not a disaster. The disaster is what happens when non preppers become desperate and do desperate things.
and that is the cliffs notes version of your article.
Add to my list : (more)Insect repellent.
People on the Gulf coast, smart people, know all too well about prep.
Insect repellent, can get it by the case at *Sams*, will never go to waste down here.
Deep Woods Off, pretty good.
As a result of Ike, the hurricane, Texas requires all municipal water systems to have adequte power generation on site to keep pressures up to snuff.
One of the best things we have done and you might want to contact your state legislators about doing the same.
Storms, floods, and other natural disasters are historically more likely than a national collapse into capability paralysis. Yet few people even prep for that, something that may call for only a couple weeks or so of roughing it.
Of course it’s an individual choice, and that ought to be honored. Maybe some people WOULD rather just quickly die if the poop impacts the propeller.
The Twilight Zone episode “The Shelter” comes to mind.
Are the Yankees playing today?
blam, been thinking about this a little more practically, lately. aven’t got the resources to puurchase one of those kits advertised, but do have some common sense + and some experience with long term winter power outages.
Here’s my preliminary list.
Be glad to have your input. Be kind.
a stash of:
rice
beans (maybe canned)
canned tomatoes
pasta
Oatmeal
Ballon water bottles
firewood
peroxide
bleach
bandages
colloidal siver
books + Bible &missal
matches
playing cards
aspirin
ammo
have a 9 mm w/ one magazine know how to shoot don’t know haow to get more magazines
glashight
basic tools
plastic bags
shovel
Something to consider.
In all of our (America’s) modern day experiences with disasters the calvalry is always ready to come riding to the resue in a few days or weeks.
It is only a matter of time before FEMA, the Red Cross or other relief groups show up with MRE’s, water and medical assistance. Usually local law enforcement or the National Guarrd show up fairly soon to restore some sort of civil order and work crews are right behind to clean up debri and restore utilities.
In a severe SHTF epidode most, or all of that support will not be there for extended periods, or maybe never.
When the supermarket shelves go bare and the utilities go down it may be for the rest of our lives.
The main problem I would have here is heat during the Summer. I have plenty of water around me and I have enough food for several months tho I would get tired of spam, rice, and beans.
I have a couple of generators. They would run my window unit, but not my central ac for a few days after a hurricane etc. but not permanently.
I have no where near the guns I want but actually more than enough for any purpose. More .22 rimfire including magnum, than I will ever use, also more 12 gauge. I only have a few boxes of 20 gauge.
Adequate supplies of 9mm and 40 S&W but only a few boxes of .380.
I only have around 200 rounds of 8mm Mauser and that is almost all corrosive but it will still do the job. More than adequate supply of 6.5X55 and most of it is either Norma or Lapua match.
I need more 30-06 and more .243 but with the others I will get by. Also I have more pellets and pellet rifles than I could ever possibly use.
Every other thing I can think of is more than what I need and most of it just from things I have accumulated over the years.
I do wish I had more gasoline tho.
The best defense is secrecy.
Thirty days until pretty widespread cannibalism.
Possibly less.
Puhleeeze.
Money can be spent on MUCH more useful objects than TP.
Whatever DID we do before TP? I, personally, can remember using magazine pages in an outhouse and I can tell you that in the Philippines the use of waste water for washing your behind is still an option.
If the bottom falls out, Americans will reorganize themselves pretty quickly to make sure things don’t fall into complete anarchy. The loner preppers out there will be disappointed to find that everything doesn’t just go to hell. No one will come to the them begging for supplies, nor will they be attacked. Mostly they will just be irrelevent, as already existing communities and associations step up and mobilize to make sure needs are met. It will be rough, but it won’t be a return to the jungle. The bottomless pessimism of the preppers will turn out to be false. Sooner or later they will come out of their hidey holes looking for things that only the local community can provide.
I have been talking about prepping since the financial collapse of 2008. Only now I have one sister who is getting around to the potential financial disaster and my older brother is starting to wonder. All my friends only one is starting prepping (he was from Russia) and one living in Baltimore is concern about the Martin trial and possibility the black community may invade the nice white/tourist/rich area if Martin is found innocent. My advice is to store enough food and etc to support immediate family members and another 10 or so people for six months to a year. Biggest hurdle to my prepping efforts is my unbelieving spouse.