Anybody else brand new to doomsday prepping?

Im not a "prepper", though there are a couple of prepping channels I sort of follow on you-tube, just b/c I find them entertaining , and so that- when shite really go sideways- I wont be caught totally off guard ... in general I prefer the channels that aren't so 'sky is falling' all the time, but just give you food for thought, and gets your gears turning in terms of exactly what would be your first, second, third steps when power grid goes down, water runs out, etc .

For yrs Mormons have stockpiled supplies for 6 months. They have published numerous pamphlets on the subject.

If you want to ease into the practice this might be a place to start.

What you do will depend on where you live, urban or rural,

Real preppers prep in such a way that it can benefit them in both normal and abnormal circumstances..

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What you do will depend on where you live, urban or rural,

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I live in on a hill in the boonies about 5 miles out of town. If the town starts burning, I'll be able to see it from my house.

I’ve been “prepping” for a little over 10 years. I consider myself to be a survivalist, more than a Prepper. There’s a bunch of resources out there on the subject. I recommend “Survival Theory” by Jonathan Hollerman, and “A Navy Seals Guide to Bugging In”.

I’ve believed all along that the biggest threat to the U.S. is an attack that wipes out our power grid. Most folks simply cannot function without electricity. So, I’ve kind of used that as my reason to acquire resources, learn some handy stuff, and train from time to time. Beans, bullets, bandaids….of course it’s a little more than that, but that’s a good place to start.

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Anybody else brand new to doomsday prepping

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Only prepping that helps is to have a very large garden.

Get to hoeing

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If AI wanted to wipe out humanity, wouldn’t it know wiping out the power grid and access to communication infrastructure be like cutting its own arms and legs off.

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Unless it's on a satellite.
Not my field though, so I dunno if trans atmospheric solar could supply enough power to keep it running indefinitely.
And of course, it would be limited to satellite network traffic. As well as the limits that creates.

Back to the solar power. If it can't support it indefinitely.
There's something about the thought of a genocidal machine consigning itself to a slow suicide that gives me the jollies

I know there’s a balance between having more stuff to get you through tomorrow at the house and having six months of shite and supplies buried along an escape route.

But nothing in fifty years has told me I need to do this shite, and I’m not starting now.

I know, I know - “what if” “you never know”. We’ve been on the verge of collapse since the day I was born, yet we keep finding ways to push through.

Knew a guy who bought a house off the grid, set up his own prep site. Had literally everything taken care of. All of these easy stuff like food stocks in a special food shelter. Bomb shelter.

He had even gone to the point of setting up his own gasification unit to power the home once the grid goes offline. He had cut the power to the home and tested it mostly successfully. I was highly impressed but also thought he was nuts