Do you have a plan for when TeH SHTF?

[Pyraxis]

I don't have a hole in the ground worth protecting. I would be happy to GTFO of dodge, but a long-term farming solution is still needed.

[DirtDawg]

I don't have a hole in the ground worth protecting. I would be happy to GTFO of dodge, but a long-term farming solution is still needed.

Getting the fuck out is a very short term solution. One can only carry just so much sustenance.

I do not not have an adequate plan for all contingencies either.

I have a generator (talk aboout short term!) but not enough fuel to last more than a week or so in winter. I have two wood burning stoves, but not much more than a few months worth or wood stored. I have about a years worth of dried goods, but again, not so much protein stored, AND seriously, only about a month worth of water for a family of four IF we almost die of thirst.
I am way less prepared than I wish I was.


My point for this thread is to get people thinking about What If!?!?!?!?  (dunno, hurricane, tsunami, tornado, worst case scenario? Dunno  Not the point! None of us can know what we should be prepared for.)

How prepared are you to live on your own and defend yourself for about a year or so if everything you hold dear and accept for granted ends tomorrow?

I am not prepared! I can defend our home with simple weaponry for many months. but not sure that there would be anything left to defend after a week or so.

[DirtDawg]

Instead of allowing my last negative-feeling post put you off, think in terms of, "Wait a damn minute! What is important to me? What can I do to keep myself and my loved ones alive and safe totally on OUR OWN.?!??!"

Kind of a "thought experiment,"   mostly, but not that far removed from outside possibilities.

AM I the only one thinking about this stuff?

My plan is to increase the amount of protein we have vacuum packed, store more drinking water, ensure that no one knows what I am doing (so I do not have to use my guns, except for bringing home protein) and just keep stowing away non-perishable food, spices, generator fuel, wood, salt, alcohol (mainly for medicinal and bartering purposes), gazillions of seeds and maybe, just to keep my life full, a few sets of replacement guitar strings.

[odeon]

If the zombie holocaust happens, I'll be able to defend our home for about a day or so. After that I'll start to worry.

[Queen Victoria]

This thread reminds me of some Civil Defense advice I read years ago.

If you were crossing the Mississippi River on a ferry and there was a nuclear attack, the ferry was supposed to turn downriver and head for the Gulf of Mexico. 

Now, there is this little ferry, limited fuel, no food or water, limited steering capability, etc. battling the monstrous sea going vessels and maneuverable tug boats to see who's going to go first.  The only good thing is that this ferry was the closest one to the Mouth of the Mississippi.

Even if we weren't run over, we'd soon die in the Gulf.   

[Gopher Gary]

This thread reminds me of some Civil Defense advice I read years ago.

If you were crossing the Mississippi River on a ferry and there was a nuclear attack, the ferry was supposed to turn downriver and head for the Gulf of Mexico. 

Now, there is this little ferry, limited fuel, no food or water, limited steering capability, etc. battling the monstrous sea going vessels and maneuverable tug boats to see who's going to go first.  The only good thing is that this ferry was the closest one to the Mouth of the Mississippi.

Even if we weren't run over, we'd soon die in the Gulf.

Yep, and if my plane crashes into the ocean, I can use my seat as a flotation device. 

[Semicolon]

If the zombie holocaust happens, I'll be able to defend our home for about a day or so. After that I'll start to worry.

If the zombies are Swedish, they'd be very uncomfortable getting within two feet of you.

This thread reminds me of some Civil Defense advice I read years ago.

If you were crossing the Mississippi River on a ferry and there was a nuclear attack, the ferry was supposed to turn downriver and head for the Gulf of Mexico. 

Now, there is this little ferry, limited fuel, no food or water, limited steering capability, etc. battling the monstrous sea going vessels and maneuverable tug boats to see who's going to go first.  The only good thing is that this ferry was the closest one to the Mouth of the Mississippi.

Even if we weren't run over, we'd soon die in the Gulf.

Yep, and if my plane crashes into the ocean, I can use my seat as a flotation device. 

[odeon]

If the zombie holocaust happens, I'll be able to defend our home for about a day or so. After that I'll start to worry.

If the zombies are Swedish, they'd be very uncomfortable getting within two feet of you.

I'm an equal opportunity zombie hunter. Swedish zombies, Finnish zombies, UK zombies... Just bring em on.

[Zippo]

yes, meat a buddy. who shail remain nameless. get some rifles. and his stash of API rounds. drop anyone who looks, sounds, or speaks remotely like the chinese. if i get my firearms license, it will be more then just me and buddy, and i will probably be doing it from a ways away with a .50 no need for AP there. uness they bring tanks, then ima run like a scared bitch.

["couldbecousin"]

This thread reminds me of some Civil Defense advice I read years ago.

If you were crossing the Mississippi River on a ferry and there was a nuclear attack, the ferry was supposed to turn downriver and head for the Gulf of Mexico. 

Now, there is this little ferry, limited fuel, no food or water, limited steering capability, etc. battling the monstrous sea going vessels and maneuverable tug boats to see who's going to go first.  The only good thing is that this ferry was the closest one to the Mouth of the Mississippi.

Even if we weren't run over, we'd soon die in the Gulf.

Yep, and if my plane crashes into the ocean, I can use my seat as a flotation device. 

  My ASS is a flotation device.   

['andersom']

This thread reminds me of some Civil Defense advice I read years ago.

If you were crossing the Mississippi River on a ferry and there was a nuclear attack, the ferry was supposed to turn downriver and head for the Gulf of Mexico. 

Now, there is this little ferry, limited fuel, no food or water, limited steering capability, etc. battling the monstrous sea going vessels and maneuverable tug boats to see who's going to go first.  The only good thing is that this ferry was the closest one to the Mouth of the Mississippi.

Even if we weren't run over, we'd soon die in the Gulf.

Yep, and if my plane crashes into the ocean, I can use my seat as a flotation device. 

  My ASS is a flotation device.   

I thought Weeble asses were the centre of their weight.

A keel it may be, keeping you upright. But it will not keep you buoyant. That's what the rest of your Weeble body will have to do.

[Yuri Bezmenov]

Let us be a little nervous for a moment, without going completely psycho.

Shit Hitting The Fan may have more meaning to those of us who have a lot to lose, but I understand if you have already met this horror in your own life. You are doing what we ALL NEED to learn to do.

If that is so, then your surviving proves that you can offer us couch sitters a lot to think about.

If not, then let us all discuss how we will deal with the possibility that things could go wrong for this comfy little world we treasure so much.

I think in terms of what happened in New Orleans when Katrina hit, or when the massive earth quake hit Japan a few years ago or that historic tsunami all over SE Asia. People killed for food and dry land.

Shit Hit The Fan!  To say the least! 

Even in LA in the late 80s,  a massive earthquake that hobbled that entire "well prepared" city, created a situation where people starved and killed each other for water.

DO you have a plan? Or are you so complacent that you think it could never happen to you or yours?


Do you have a plan?  Are you prepared to live for a couple of weeks with NO resources from your government, No electricity, No gas, No heat, No phone service, No ambulances, No police and No other outside help you might expect or NEED in order to just survive?

Are you prepared to defend yourself, your family and your resources from your neighbors if they become dodgy and decide to take yours?

Has any one else thought this through?

I have a few ideas.

I would love to hear yours!

I'm building a left-handed AR-15 in 6.5mm Grendel.   

[Queen Victoria]

I have no illusions.  I'm either the gang leader's fool or I'm dead meat.  Probably dead meat.

[Gopher Gary]

My mom will take care of me. 

[Minister Of Silly Walks]

I'm going to sound like a conspiracy theorist once I share my thoughts on this topic.