I would recommend that if you do have a BOL you might consider the first week of November to be a good choice in to stage a practice bug out. It can't hurt.
For those of you that a rural retreat just isn't possible or practical consider a couple options. Practice that week bugging in at your home. Practice your plans, test your equipment, use some of your supplies cook over a fire, use stored water, try going the week or 5 days or so without using power, gas, city water/sewer. Practice stealth see if you can spend the week at home without any one knowing you are home.
November 6th is a crossroads a good time to reflect, practice and pray.
Weekly Preppers’ Thread!!!!!
I live in a rural area and have everything I need except gasoline and food. During the Summer and early Fall, I have enough fruit to live on tho I would get tired of figs, Japanese persimmons, pears, pecans, apples, grapes, and plums.
I guess I should store some meat and spices and maybe dried meals. I have plenty of water and wood for fuel.
I once ran into an incredible deal on MREs at a gun show. Some guy had a pickup truck full of them he had obtained after Hurricane Andrew. I think he was just tired of hauling them around and he traded me 36 cases of 12 each for only $40. That may have been the cheapest anyone ever got MREs. Well I bet he got them for nothing.
That was roughly 10 cents per meal and these were the real thing with heaters.
Basically the best thing for me to do would be to stay home.
I agree.
I’m planning to soon take a week and go “off the grid.” I live in the woods, have a well and septic.
Sewer won’t be a problem. But water will be. My well has a 220 volt motor. Short of buying a 220 volt generator, I’m not sure how to handle this. I plan to catch rain water and filter it through a Big Berky-like setup. I’ve been buying five gallon pickle buckets for $2/each at Firehouse Subs, $$ goes to charity. Food grade plastic.
During my trial I will let the electric run the ‘fridge, but don’t plan to open it. No electric lights, no A/C, no heat.
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what the trial will be like. Simple stuff like how to keep track of time. Do you have a wind up clock? How about an automatic wristwatch?
My goal is to pretend we’ve been hit by an EMP. I guess that’s the worst case scenario.
I’m looking forward to taking lots of notes and learning a lot.
Absolutely - PRACTICE.
Get away from, move out of cities.
Either have a place snuggled away, gardens, know how to can, have own well - with all-weather hand pump, wood stove, 2-yr supply of wood, know your wild edibles, know who your area people are -
you are not going to be able to just hike off into the woods after TSHTF - Woods you may think are ‘unihabited”, aren’t. The locals won’t be waiting with open arms - “arms” yes, but not “open”
When an army arrives and tells you to leave your bolt hole, either just go or beg to join them if they match your ideology.
I know this isn't what you want to hear.
To damned bad. This is the only course that can save your life and the life of your family.
I say this as a military man that will likely be part of an army if TSHTF. I don't have time to mess with you, and nobody else will either. You will not be granted an encounter risking personnel to small arms fire.
Runs on propane and has the juice to power everything here at the "Gulch". We have three tanks with a total capacity of 2,000 gallons to keep the cabin warm and run power for quite a spell.
NOTE! These units are not cheap! Yet we found a package that includes the generator (all self contained weather/rust wise), the 100amp 16 space automatic transfer switch, a free interstate battery to kick start it and best of all... Free shipping and no tax!!! Put it all together (plus a maintenance package and warning labels) for $3700.00!!!
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As you will see they cover most all generation equipment and I'm sure you will find what you are looking for. The Kohler's use natural gas and/or lpg. This is a very smart investment having a standby generator for shtf as well as power outages during the inclement months!
On Drudge today is a headline about Iran’s space port becoming operational next spring. They say they will be launching satellites for themselves and the Arab world.
Read: Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP). A detonation 250 miles above Chicago and the entire USA grid goes down. Dr. Graham, Chair of the 2008 EMP Commission report to Congress estimates a 90% die off. Yes, read that again 90% of our population will die. The Arab world salivates at the thought of it.
Under those brutal conditions staying out of sight for as much as a year might be the only solution for most. You will need food, unlimited water, a means of handling waste and cooking fuel. If starving bands of thieves do not know you are there, you will never have to fight them.
How: Undetectable basement below a fireproof house. An earthbag “cave” built into a side hill, covered with dirt and planted with grass with a secret entrance is another way to go.
If you “Bug Out” from the city with your gear with or without a car and no long term place to go, you will die. You will be a refugee. All refugee’s in these conditions with no help coming from anywhere, will die. Even if you can’t afford it, get a place where you can hide within 50 miles of your city. Do it with a group if you have to. Get guns of course in case your are found but staying out of sight is the way to go.
Hunting with a gun takes time and makes noise but even deer can be taken with a snare. Stock up now on all sizes.
After that year and you start again it will not be unlike those on the Mayflower starting a life. Get a shortwave to communicate AFTER the die off.
Good luck.
I have had to use my preps after hurricanes took out power, so I don’t need to practice, however, I’ll be aware of what is happening if Hussein loses the election that week.
Never in my long life have I had to worry about major civil unrest after a presidential election.