Sometimes the sky does fall. Sometimes a little.
And somtimes the whole damned thing falls down on you.
Posted on 06/23/2012 7:47:45 AM PDT by Kartographer
1. No Law Enforcement 2. Fake Law Enforcement 3. Law Enforcement and the Military Will Try to Take Your Guns. 4. Gangs & Raiders 5. You need to be able to Defend Yourself. 6. Garbage will become a Killer. 7. You have to Stock up on Sanitation Items 8. Maintaining a Positive Mental Attitude during a Survival Situation 9. You must be prepared to face a number of physical and mental challenges. 10. You will be cut off from the outside World.
(Excerpt) Read more at offgridsurvival.com ...
The advantage we have over the pre-WWII Jews is that we have the advantage of hindsight of the Statist horrors of the 20th Century, and as Americans are generally well armed as a people, such that we would heed Solzeneitzn’s warning. See his quote on my FR profile page for that.
Meh, I'll just build a trebuchet in the backyard and rotate it a few degrees every couple of days... ;-)
Yes, separation from urban areas is the most important safety action one can take. I did it 3 years ago with all this in mind. It’s already proven to be the best move I ever made.
I was really surprised to see companies like William Sonoma selling things like chicken coops and bee keeper kits.. Sign of the times..
When I was growing up, my grandparents lived out in the country but Grandpa worked in town. Always had that 55 gallon drum burn barrel out back. Kitchen organic waste went into the chicken coop (they did keep chickens and grew a large garden). Almost everything else went into the burn barrel.
That works until your neighbors do the same. ;-)
When life gets down to the lowest common denominator in simplicity, garbage SHOULD tend to also diminish. - Much of our garbage now is elaborate packaging, and for many newspapers and magazines - which should also diminish. (We take our old newspaper stacks to a local auction house for people to use for packing material for their purchases.)
When I was a kid, garbage was real sparse. Meat packages were either simple or just plain burnable butcher’s paper. We used few tin cans and glass jars. Daddy burned our trash in a big old metal barrel. We didn’t get newspapers much. Fast food was limited to a local Dairy Queen ice cream cone every now and then. Didn’t have paper towels or paper napkins and toilet paper (used Sears & Roebuck’s catalogs).
I’m still reading to see if anyone yet has figured out a barter item that is worth more than its weight in gold, and that many of us have on hand. Hint; it’s under lock and key in pharmacies and doctor’s offices.
My wife has pain killers beta-blockers, and tranquilizers that she uses in less than prescribed doses. We reorder when we calculate that the stuff wound be gone if used to maximum dosage. We stay ahead.
Takes up very little space, light weight, and I’ll bet it’s literally more valuable than gold in SHTF.
Bleach has a relatively short shelf life. Read up on storing pool shock sodium hypochlorite to make bleach.
Military factions will want all of your food and resources, and will really really prefer you join their faction.
If we collapse into war, the factions who matter will be fighting to develop and control resources while depriving their opponents of the same. If they control medicines, food, and fresh water, they can keep their opponents from being able to hide within the populace.
This is rudimentary military logistics, not some esoteric theory.
What’s “Fake Law Enforcement”, K?
Do a Sweeney Todd — make meat pies and sell ‘em.
“What’s “Fake Law Enforcement”, K?”
I figured it out; sorry to sound stupid. I’m sleep-deprived and a little slow today... working on fixing it.
You pillage the local Army Navy surplus store provide your ‘posse’ with uniforms then you set up a road block which looks ‘legit’ to any law abiding ‘sheeple’ refugee and proceed to rob, rape and murder them when they stop for it would be one scenario.
It decreases in strength about 50% every 12 months.
Hydrogen peroxide is completely 'flat' and useless after 12 months.
I don’t know of many preppers who are prepared for an artillary duel.
Or even something small like 60mm mortars.
If a military faction wants your resources in a war for all the marbles, you ain’t squaring off like in Bosnia or Afghanistan. You are getting World War Two or Desert Storm and they won’t give a crap if the building you were in has to be leveled or not, so long as they don’t risk taking casualties.
There is a fine book called “Castigo Cay” which will give you a lot of ideas and particularly mentions fake LEOs.
Yup.
That's the way to do it.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.