Posted on 08/25/2015 12:55:14 PM PDT by Kartographer
Preppers are the ones that'll survive long after the rest of us have gone
These days the world is a scary place to live in.
If there's not an asteroid on its way to obliterate us or terrorists plotting our imminent downfall, there's the dangers of giant online data hacks or complete economic collapse.
But when the end does arrive, there are a few people who aren't just able to cope with the apocalypse - they've been actively preparing for it.
These people call themselves 'preppers' or 'survivalists' and they belong to a vast underground community. When the ATMs stop running or the internet goes down, they'll be the ones that make it out alive.
"Its a huge community, especially in the States. But in the UK it's becoming more and more recognised," explained Steve Hart, the man behind the UK's top prepping website: ukpreppersguide.co.uk.
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
So I ask considering the financial situation and the damage being done by hackers is it really to much to do the following from the article?
Top tips to start prepping
Keep at least a week's worth of food in your house. Tinned foods are best
When it comes to vehicles, anything built pre-1980 is a better choice. It will be easier to repair in the event of an emergency because it's mechanical rather than technological
Get hold of the basics: A good sleeping bag, water filtration tablets and a decent knife
He also suggests limiting your reliance on technology, filling up a couple of spare jerrycans with petrol and learning how to filtrate water. Seasons can also play a part - if it's cold, how are you going to heat your house?
Preppers’ PING!!
Hipsters everywhere:
“Instagram is down, just explain what your lunch looks like!”
‘If the internet goes down, half the planet will have to get out of their chairs...
Nice one, LMAO!
We got a small taste of internet loss last week.
My fiber optics box took a lightning strike and fried the device that converts to the coax output. We had no internet for 3 days. Had to rely on watching DVDs and locally stored streaming video.
Try using your ATM card during a power or Internet outage. No Starbucks for you.
“Preppers are the ones that’ll survive long after the rest of us have gone”
Nope. It will be the government and the military. They will
confiscate everything and kill anyone who stands in their
way.
Correct. Internet down pull up to the gas pump and pull out you debit/credit card and get nothing.
Would we have to get Al Gore to reinvent it?
LOL
I started off this year with my internet and cable dead. I’ve got DVDs and books. I survived.
cash is king......stash cash as much as you can keep out of registered accounts...Remember rodents, and not the ones in DC
No doubt we’re way too dependent on the internet. People don’t realize it. They drive up to the gas pump and put in their debit card and pump the gas. As soon as they hang the hose back on the pump the money comes out of their account. Most people don’t even think about what would happen if the power went off indefinitely.
I remember 911 the day the jets hit NYC. I was in the supermarket and all the registers went down. The folks working there were lost. Also no ATM machines. Its good to have some supplies and cash on hand.
I remember the world before the internet (kind of). barely.
....if you “shelter in place”....
and
what real prepper keeps all is stuff in one stash?
The Internet is self-healing. Governments could shut it down by forcing companies that provide the backbone communications and servers to shut down, but no hacker could do it.
P.S. Totally agree that if the Internet were to be shut down that society has become so dependent on it and has removed all other processes that chaos would result. We far fewer paperwork processes, fax processes, phone ordering, etc.
Me too my mom worked for CSC back in the early 80s she got to bring home this thing that was hooked up to the phone line i think it was called min tell it was the net it was fun most folks just talked crap and it was kinda fun
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