Well, I was putting the shelter so far out in the wild no one will ever hear the generator running. It is very unlikely they will even see the smoke from my fire.
All the above, plus a lot of luck. Friends and neighbors that you can depend on are key. You can’t stay awake 24/7 you can be watching the horizon and digging tatters at the same time. and two or more sets shoulders hold up the world a lot better than one.
As for me in a ‘Mad Max/Book of Eli’ scenario luck will have as much as anything to do with your survival. Me I am looking gearing up more to survive a ‘Running Man/Max Headroom/One Second After’ type situation.
No I am not saying that its impossible to survive in a ‘Mad Max’ world many of our fore fathers made their way with not much more than an axe and a gun, but even then luck had a lot to do with things.
Like I said for me I am just trying to lay enough aside to make it thought something like the collapse of Argentina’s ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yerKMQc7-w&feature=grec_index), but a much more violent version. We have a larger entitlement minded population and a much more violent and armed population than Argentina and I see many many small business wiped out by flash mob looting, and see rape, robbery and murder for murder sake. Many of these ‘yutes’ will think no more about killing you than most people think about stepping on a roach. That will be the test of many. Most preppers I know are Christian people and they will hesitate to do what they might have to do the ‘yutes’ won’t in fact they will smile and laugh about it.
Think of this quote which is one of my favorites:
“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Siege of AR-558 (#7.8)” (1998)
Quark: Let me tell you something about Hew-mons, Nephew. They’re a wonderful, friendly people, as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those same friendly, intelligent, wonderful people... will become as nasty and as violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon. You don’t believe me? Look at those faces. Look in their eyes.
Now go look at some of the videos of the riots in the UK and of some of the flash mobs here in the US and look into there eyes.
For those who are just starting or are old hands at prepping you may find my Preparedness Manual helpfull. You can download it at:
http://www.tomeaker.com/kart/preparedness1i.pdf
For those of you who haven’t started already it’s time to prepare almost past time maybe. You needed to be stocking up on food guns, ammo, basic household supplies like soap, papergoods, cleaning supplies, good sturdy clothes including extra socks, underwear and extra shoes and boots, a extra couple changes of oil and filters for your car, tools, things you buy everyday start buying two and put one up.
As the LDS say “When the emergency is upon us the time for preparedness has past.”
Or as the bible says: A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
NIV Proverbs 22:3
Lastly this for the doubters and the scoffers.
“There is no greater disaster than to underestimate danger.
Underestimation can be fatal.”
If you found it, so will hundreds of others if SHTF.
IMO, 99.9% of people do not have the slightest concept for envisioning what they would face under really adverse SHTF conditions.
Again just IMO, but in a SHTF scenario, attempting to defend a piece of ground, dwelling and goods is a fool’s course of action. You merely become a stationary target where fire can be brought to bear from all points of the compass.
Well, at least until TSHTF and everyone runs from the citys to the wild.