Posted on 11/13/2013 6:58:21 AM PST by Teotwawki
What’s with the sarcasm?
At least get a Life Straw from Cabelas and other places. For about $20 you can filter the bad stuff from just about any water source including puddles. Will filter over 250 gallons.
They’ve always rioted in the cities and not once have they flowed out to ravage across the land.
Your urban monster is more afraid of you than you are of him.
I’m more afraid of your normalcy bias, and so should you be.
Welcome to The List.
Well, do something about it and get unscrewed or where you’re at least not as screwed.
I believe it’s AAM who tells an anecdote about relatives helping control the bridge over the Chattahoochie to Atlanta after the ‘68 event in your list. WWII and Koean War vets with M1s are not to be trifled with.
I have said it before, but it needs to be said again and again. I'm less afraid of dying from something like this than I am about surviving.
My generation. And all the GWOT troops as well.
Why wouldn't they have preps when storms, according to a thread yesterday, hit the islands 3 times a year? Generation after generation after generation has known forever that another storm is always on the horizon yet it seems no one prepares for it. Fine, they're poor but they aren't so poor that they can't constantly repair their huts. It doesn't take much effort to salvage building materials from brick and cinder block building debris from buildings that are being remodeled normally or those damaged by a storm to build your family a more sturdy home. There have been reports of tvs and such being looted so it's not just food. It's Katrina all over again. If they can loot tvs, they can certainly cart home useful trash to make their families safe/safer.
Roads are still there so there wasn't that much soil washed away so there's no reason they can't bury a stash. Granted, the water level would probably mean a shallow hole but there are ways to protect it for a short period of time. They have plenty of warning of bad weather so a week out wouldn't cause buried canned goods to rust. There will be plastic sheeting and plastic buckets thrown away after all the repairs and construction post-typhoon, so that's free materials for longer term stashes.
Just like in America, just because you're poor doesn't mean you have to be stupid and sit on the couch all day like so many tend to do. Being poor doesn't mean you can't be boy scout prepared or grow a garden. Here, I had several days warning of the first freeze of the year last night so went out and picked the garden rather than leave it to rot. From what I understand, fruit trees grow wild in the Philippines so there's no reason mothers couldn't have sent the kids out to pick fruits and vegetables to wrap and bury before the storm hit.
Last I heard, there are fish in the ocean. Sure, the fish might not be biting the first couple days after a storm but by day three there should be fish and sea creatures. No, you don't need a boat to drop a line. I'm not Gilligan but I think I'd be able to patch a hole in one of those damaged boats if my kids were hungry. And, if I'm not mistaken, fish swim around in water. Surely, some neighbor or relative remembers how to desalinate ocean water. I'm not just talking about this storm of the century but every storm they've had generation after generation.
So, instead of 10,000 dead bodies on the streets in one town, there might only be a couple thousand but they'll take aid for the full 10,000. Prayers for the dead and injured. Yesterday, a woman was complaining when "you" are going to bury them. Well, la te da. How about she stop griping and help out. There have been reports of staged photo ops of the dead which there is no excuse for. Yes, it is devastating there but there are far too many exaggerations and too much bs.
Amazingly about 11 or 12 years before that when the lights went out, they had a night with some of the least crime they ever had.
Something bad changed in America between 1965 and 1977
1965- far less crime than normal, people help each other
1977- widespread looting
2014- Mad Max
Good list Sahge ... thanx for the synopsis
Hey Old Sarge,
Long time no see. I’m going to organize a prepper meeting in early January and hope you can make it .. so keep an eye on the ol’ email. I’ve finally (after 3 years of working late into the night) got my preparedness book completed and would be delighted to provide you a complimentary signed copy in recognition of the good you’re doing.
-TD
You’re far too kind, and I accept!
We’ll be watching the mails for the word...
Glad to hear it. Thanks for the info.
My pleasure entirely sure. You can see a preview that includes the table of contents at ‘nofema.com’. :)
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