after 50 cans of beans I think the explosion is going to be in the basement!We have a room in the basement stocked with a few snacks and 50 cans of beans in case of a nucalure explosion. Should hold us for at least a couple weeks so we should be set. Ya cant eat gold!
For this reason it’s why I always crack up when i read “ya gotta have stockpiles a guns n ammos! Gonna bees shooting every Tom Dick n Harry thets creepin round my place! Gunna be just like the wile wile west I tell ya!”OP, there's something which is in much more demand in discussions of this type...
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Unless you have a group of family/friends, you'll never defend your home, so being on a constant move is the only thing that will keep you alive. So, all the "preps" in your basement, were all for naught, but I'm sure someone will appreciate them.
Regardless of how well equipped you are, others will have you beat, hands down.
Depending what this "catastrophe" is, you and your home may not even survive, ditto on your band of bros.
I plan to do my part for humanity, find the first 30 year-old Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, and begin to repopulate the planet.
I'm always impressed by peoples shortsidedness. Are we never going to rebuild society after this scenario? Are we not going to require a currency in this "new" society? When we HAVE to restart an economy, what will we use?
The same thing we've always used that works perfectly fine until the fiat pushers get their way again. Gold and silver.
So after you folks get done shooting everything you see out of fear, those of us spending the equivalent of your beer money on Friday each week to stack silver and hide out during the ensuing idiot fest will be your new overlords.
You can bow later peasants.
So just how many of your shekels are you willing to exchange for a gallon of water, bag of flour, or block of cheese.....or even your life?
You seem to think civilization means "civil". Have you looked-around lately?
As someone who thinks about the whole picture, I'm not going to surround myself with piles of silver and starve to death or be taken advantage of. A well rounded and thought out survival plan includes PMs AND food, water and yes, a little ammo in case.
I love this "turning into the purge" theory. Are you trying to tell me the fat lazy people I see around me every day are going to turn into murderous maniacs and raid my modest home for some Ramen? Most people are scared little puppies with no survival instinct at all. After all, a scared populace is easy to control, right?
Yeah, I look around constantly. I see a bunch of scared chickens with their heads cut off running around worrying about fake terrorists and being PC while their government collapses an already fragile economy by printing fake "money" on my dime like it's going out of style.
If SHTF having gold and silver won't really help. Not enough people have it to ever be used as currency.
Everyone who had precious metals there would have converted them to a stable countries dollar.
What's funny is how some can currently ignore the fact of what the have-not's are currently doing to acquire things. Good to hear your preps and fortress will be invincible.
Tell you what, take a walk through downtown Detroit or Chicago some evening...get back to me.
Yep, it's obvious you have a complete and total grasp on things.
Bigger question is, why would I want to walk through downtown Detroit or Chicago at any time? You don't go in areas you don't want to be...
Seems pretty simple. There's no reason for anyone to come to my house looking for anything. It's just like everyone else's house in the area. Are we all going to just switch and ransack each other?
Yes, I'm well aware nobody would ever consider violating YOUR space. I bet you have a No Trespassing sign or two, to let them know you mean it
So, when your food and supplies are exhausted, and Uncle Sugar has failed to rescue you......you're just gonna lay down, give up and go to sleep, right?
Most men I know have a survival mode.
In hurricane Irma I lost power for 5 days and I saw almost fist fights starting to get gas and police escorts. It only hit us as a CAT1. I can't imagine if we were ever nuked. Survivors would probably kill each other to survive.
Last summer when Irma came I took a picture of the flashlight isle of a walmart. It was empty. Zero flash lights for sale. I found the last one at a home depot. A mag light.
Funny thing is, most of the talk on this subject is about dealing with other people...
When the safest thing to do is get away from other people.. Leave them to deal with themselves, you should be worried about the environment, momma nature, and yourself, not the other guys. While they are all defending their property, or looting someone else's, I'll be working towards a new life, away from all that chaos..
30 miles a day if that's what it takes..
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Prep and planning go hand-in-hand with practice. I know people who have purchased a nice flint and steel fire starter that still sits in it's package and some, out of the package they may be, but with no strike marks.