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re: New DHS report: Citizens should prepare for prolonged period without electricity
Posted on 12/10/18 at 12:20 pm to bamarep
Posted on 12/10/18 at 12:20 pm to bamarep
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Bamarep just ordered that One Second After book.
Better follow it up with The Anarchist Cook Book then. shite'll get ya to thinkin bout stuff.
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Posted on 12/10/18 at 12:22 pm to scrooster
For water, one could always harvest rainwater as well.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 12:27 pm to bamarep
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Bamarep just ordered that One Second After book.
You're going to love it ... it's a word to the wise.
Can't wait for t movie to come out.
All of my kids grew up camping on Black Mountain.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 12:28 pm to junkfunky
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I have a water source close enough, and the only reason I've allowed my wife to bring home so many animals is because I'm hedging my bets. My wife and daughter might starve but me and the boys will be alright.
Going oriental on the dogs and cats? Solid thinking.
If we can eat a Terd Hawk (chicken) we can eat rover.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 12:31 pm to Noryev
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For water, one could always harvest rainwater as well
We do ... but you run into a problem with that if nuclear fallout is in the air or if the Yellowstone Caldera is dumping dust everywhere.
If you do go with a rainwater runoff system on your gutters be sure to use an Australian catch valve system. The Aussies are brilliant about how they use rainwater catch systems ... they've been doing it a long time in the Outback.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 12:31 pm to Mudminnow
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Basically 3 power grids in United States, I'm guessing the East Coast grid which Louisiana is a part of would be a target, correct?
Yep. better keep your Mudminners alive and stock up on Fat Lighter.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 12:37 pm to deltaland
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I’m pretty sure at least 30% of Americans could survive off their fat cells alone for 6 months
I am NOTgoing to resort to taking my residuals out of the bank for just a six month snowflake panic.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 12:39 pm to Themole
Unless you're a hundred plus miles from a population center it doesnt matter what you have. The mob will overtake you.
Better is to plan a strategy to get to that location. I have a fully gassed vl4 wheel drive vehicle in a shed with faraday cage. And enough extra fuel in the back to get most of the way to nowhere Rockies. Weapons and supplies for 2 weeks are in the vehicle. If shite hits, I'm gone pecan.
Staying is a bad bad idea if you're near a city
Better is to plan a strategy to get to that location. I have a fully gassed vl4 wheel drive vehicle in a shed with faraday cage. And enough extra fuel in the back to get most of the way to nowhere Rockies. Weapons and supplies for 2 weeks are in the vehicle. If shite hits, I'm gone pecan.
Staying is a bad bad idea if you're near a city
Posted on 12/10/18 at 12:46 pm to bamarep
Guess I will be buying more primers, powder, and bullets this week. Plus another pallet of already loaded ammo.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 12:50 pm to CptBengal
The issue I see is trying to make it that far while avoiding population centers. Also roads will be choked up with vehicles that won’t run due to EMP
Posted on 12/10/18 at 12:54 pm to bamarep
I have deer, a pond in my back yard and a propane grill. I can fire up the generator from time to time to charge phones.
I will be ok
I will be ok
Posted on 12/10/18 at 12:55 pm to deltaland
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The issue I see is trying to make it that far while avoiding population centers. Also roads will be choked up with vehicles that won’t run due to EMP
hence 4-wheel drive. And no, this is no mall crawler.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 12:59 pm to bamarep
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How many of you baws have two weeks worth of food and water?
10 days here.
Stored. Option to bump water to 14-16.
I work in an energy generation field.
The backlog to replace the massive step transformers is ridiculously long.
Measures are being taken now to reduce the effects from an emp type situation.
Our local area would be ok power wise I think. Transmission would be very problematic depending where and what would be hit.
This post was edited on 12/10/18 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 12/10/18 at 12:59 pm to Themole
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Bamarep just ordered that One Second After book.
Better follow it up with The Anarchist Cook Book then. shite'll get ya to thinkin bout stuff.
After One Second After get this one, it's a longer read but better IMO
and this one tops both of them
Posted on 12/10/18 at 1:35 pm to beerJeep
You own a couple of thousand acres? You plan to stay up all night, every night to prevent theft of garden/livestock?
Posted on 12/10/18 at 1:35 pm to bamarep
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I was a paramedic. In these conditions, my knowledge was my wealth. Be curious and skilled. In these conditions, the ability to fix things is more valuable than gold. Items and supplies will inevitably run out, but your skills will keep you fed.
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They say that you can survive up to 30 days without food, but hunger will get the better of you long before then. When hunger sets in, you will eat anything.
Real Life SHTF in surving the war in Bosnia
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As I walked into the apartment, I could smell the soup and bread, and my stomach grumbled. I knew that the soup was made from the last of the meat from my pet rabbit, but hunger knows no loyalty or sentiment.
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reiterate: no matter how much supplies you’ve stockpiled, they will eventually run out during a SHTF situation. The best thing you can do to prepare is to live near reusable resources.
This includes:
Water source like a stream
Yard for gardening
Woods with trees for fuel
Even this isn’t necessarily going to save you. One Sarajevo siege survivor talked about the garden they made on their apartment balcony. They had to decide whether to eat the tomatoes while they were still young and small, or wait for them to grow and risk having them get stolen.
Also note that within 2 months every tree in the city parks was cut down for fuel and warmth. The reusable resources around you will be in high demand, so don’t count on them being there for you. People tore up their floorboards to burn for heat!
Posted on 12/10/18 at 1:49 pm to lsufan1971
Thanks 1971. That was a sobering article
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:01 pm to bamarep
frick, it will be like SERE school all over again.
In all honesty it doesn't take a whole lot to "survive" for 2 weeks. It would just suck not having all the shite you're used to having.
In all honesty it doesn't take a whole lot to "survive" for 2 weeks. It would just suck not having all the shite you're used to having.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:09 pm to scrooster
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I recommend "When there is no Doctor" and "When there is no Dentist."
Should this be "Where there is no Doctor" and "Where there is no Dentist"? Those are the survival/village handbooks.
I'm honestly asking because I'm trying to get some stuff together.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 2:09 pm to cajunangelle
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what in the frick of fricks? I remember that congress critter that went off the grid; they did an article on him at his home in the mountains off the grid. He was vvv brilliant IIRC, and this was years ago... the thing that bothers me most is all of the govt agencies that stock piled a crap ton of guns, ammo and military tanks, jeeps, trucks... also if this were to happen, the sjw progs would be the worst off. I live in the middle of the woods in BFE and was pulled to do this from many other plans. this is sad though. call it crazy all day long, but this could happen and all of the elites have nice bunkers. we prep for hurricanes. Imagine a hurricane with 6 mos of no power/food.
Good to go here baw... It's funny all those SJWs that say we are stupid and ignorant, are the ones who will come out on top of a scenario like this. We know how to hunt, fish and be self sustaining.
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