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re: SHTF plans for your area?
Posted on 5/9/24 at 9:05 am to Bistineaubengal
Posted on 5/9/24 at 9:05 am to Bistineaubengal
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Would I rely on a sheriff's department
Power is out, banking is dead. People in the Sheriffs department won't be getting paid and they have families too.
Their loyalty won't be to you unless you are personal friends and family.
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Posted on 5/9/24 at 9:07 am to Captain Rumbeard
I’ve given a great deal of thought to this. I’m convinced the open seas will be the best place to ride out a zombie apocalypse. Next the swamps. Then the mountains. Stay away from big cities. Be prepared to do things you need to do in order to survive. Think like a special forces operator. Be prepared to act fast and with extreme prejudice. Plan ahead with survival supplies and guns and ammo. Water will be worth more than gold.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 9:17 am to Captain Rumbeard
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Pretty safe to assume the urban centers are going to go full zombie apocalypse in their cities until they run out of food and stuff to loot. .
I work in downtown Houston. We are already there.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 9:20 am to TrueTiger
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Would I rely on a sheriff's department to control access? No.
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Power is out, banking is dead. People in the Sheriffs department won't be getting paid and they have families too.
Their loyalty won't be to you unless you are personal friends and family
I can see Benton closing access to Bossier tho. lol
Posted on 5/9/24 at 9:32 am to Captain Rumbeard
Hi Fed!
Posted on 5/9/24 at 9:39 am to RCDfan1950
quote:Why not both?
Some say buy essentials, while some say buy lead,
Posted on 5/9/24 at 9:42 am to Captain Rumbeard
keep a years worth of toilet paper with your go bag
Posted on 5/9/24 at 9:43 am to Captain Rumbeard
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Is your area actually defensible?
I would like to think so. The nearest city with 100k+ population is over 100 miles away. We own land with goods we could trade with neighbors. Power runs on propane, have a water well, couple fishing ponds, arable land, cattle, deer, and a whole bunch of other wildlife. Stocked up on ammo so I think we’d last longer than most. It’s definitely an interesting topic to think about.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 9:54 am to Bistineaubengal
I was thinking the same thing since I live in the Benton area. If they got across the river there's thousands of baws between me and them. They'll never make it to Benton.
And yeah, the Sheriff's department will have the same problems every other government agency does, but the people would support the Sheriff's department. Nobody is going to care if the clerk of court's office quits at that moment but the SD would be getting all kinds of support and volunteers I imagine. The Sheriff is the most powerful person in the parish and he has the power to deputize so he could keep the department together with volunteers if need be.
As for being a fed. I was probably on their list before you were born.
And yeah, the Sheriff's department will have the same problems every other government agency does, but the people would support the Sheriff's department. Nobody is going to care if the clerk of court's office quits at that moment but the SD would be getting all kinds of support and volunteers I imagine. The Sheriff is the most powerful person in the parish and he has the power to deputize so he could keep the department together with volunteers if need be.
As for being a fed. I was probably on their list before you were born.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:14 am to Captain Rumbeard
build a capable/knowledgeable community where you live. If you're in a city you're probably NGMI. Bugging out can be a viable option but I feel like if the scenario your describe ever does happen we will fall back to feudal like systems where skills are traded like currency.
I don't think there will be an all of a sudden SHTF event but rather a slow spiral into lawlessness. I could be wrong. Each year as a civilization we produce less, are less educated, and more reliant on big bro gov.
I don't think there will be an all of a sudden SHTF event but rather a slow spiral into lawlessness. I could be wrong. Each year as a civilization we produce less, are less educated, and more reliant on big bro gov.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:16 am to Captain Rumbeard
Have a fully stocked cabin with a storm shelter in rural Wilcox county Alabama. I can fish and hunt to stay alive for a little while at least. Plenty of ammo.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:22 am to Captain Rumbeard
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the local sheriff has told some of them that if this goes down, they're going to deputize people with their skills into a posse
In a true breakdown of society, public employees are no longer being paid, so why would the sheriff even be working and doing his job at this point?
You might hope that a sense of duty would prevail, but I'm not so sure.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:22 am to Captain Rumbeard
I have a lake condo about an hour south of Dallas. Lots of fish surrounded by rural land. Not ideal, but there's only one entrance by land and the cove is easily defensible from amphibious assault.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:03 am to Captain Rumbeard
Since I live inside Holman Prison outside of Atmore, I should be pretty good.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:04 am to Bjorn Cyborg
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so why would the sheriff even be working and doing his job at this point?
Because they were elected to do it and the one's I know of that are talking about this behind the scenes are assuming they're still running a department. The money argument is worthless because the money will be worthless. At that point it's about survival and tribalism dictates what generally happens then. We tend to band together to fight whoever the "Them" is. And the Sheriff has the power to make that somewhat legal.
Closing four bridges or just setting up roadblocks on them would be simple to accomplish with just a handful of people. I'd go sit down there for a shift if they need it. Beats digging graves.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:05 am to Captain Rumbeard
What do you think we’ve been training for in these hills.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:07 am to Captain Rumbeard
Maybe the sheriff will keep trying to work. But the deputies probably won't.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:31 am to Bjorn Cyborg
The one's living in the cities, yeah. I'd go home too. They've got first order problems in that their family and property are not safe. In those cases you're right, they'll go deal with their own problems first. But remember, cops are completely insular and protect their own. That will definitely come into play and that being the case, if you have the option of being on the Sheriff's team or just another plebe out here hoping to make it through this alive, I'd stick with the guys with the APC's and a trained police force.
If I'm the sheriff, that's one of the things I'd be thinking about right now. Maybe have a place where you can bring the families of deputies who don't think they're safe where they are.
If I'm the sheriff, that's one of the things I'd be thinking about right now. Maybe have a place where you can bring the families of deputies who don't think they're safe where they are.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:40 am to Bistineaubengal
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Bossier is not Shreveport, but there are pockets that are getting progressively worse.
Would I stay where I'm at? Yes.
Would I rely on a sheriff's department to control access? No.
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It doesnt matter how your community is now, you could live in a sanctuary. It will not matter as food grows scarce, information is unable to be relayed, and people panic. The most God fearing, law abiding person will cut your throat for a pop tart in day 3 or so of his family being hungry and scared. My plan is whiskey and bullets and vinyl playing off my generator until the bullets, whiskey or music run out.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:42 am to Bjorn Cyborg
quote:Not to mention no fuel for patrols, no courts to process folks, no food to feed em in jail. This thing goes south, everyone will be out there looking out for themselves, not arresting folks for stealing your figs off the trees.
In a true breakdown of society, public employees are no longer being paid, so why would the sheriff even be working and doing his job at this point?
You might hope that a sense of duty would prevail, but I'm not so sure.
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