Thread: preparedness

Going through a hurricane or a flood is a likely event for many hurricane areas. Planning is essential.

A year aft er Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, Texas got another and got nailed with a tidal surge that wiped out a coastal area. The aftermath, are when survival skills are practiced. All of the basics are gone and it is you, your family sent back into chaos.

It was well noted that the people of Texas were well prepared, no looting and they survived without much media attention. One reporter asked the Govener, how it was that there were so much order in the days after the total destruction. He said" Here in Texas our residents pride themselves on being self sufficient. We always like to remind all our citizens to keep enough food and water to take care of themselves and there families for at least two weeks.....and to make sure they have plenty of ammunition on hand"

Just recently, Nashville Tenn was just hit by a flood that was considered one of the worst natural disasters in the last 200 years. Very little media coverage, but kudos to that community as well for helping each other, not waiting for the Gov't to do it for them. It took FEMA over 40days to even show up. Neighbors are still helping neighbors rebuilding each others houses in Nashville...

Seems like parts of our country are brought up as survivalists and that their respective communities work together and help each other afterward.

It is wonderful feature of the US, that we have areas of the country that include their community in their survival kits. If there is a Creator, the only instructions He left were to love each other. Love Him, yes, but we do that when we do for others too.

Kingfish, you have noted something that is simply fact and what is killing our great country. The predominate welfare regions were the ones sitting on their poopers waiting for help to arrive while the working class citizens just pick up the pieces and move on. I will admit that Texan's do have a self-sufficient attitude. Texas is one of the few states that "could" live without the rest of the states. (that should ruffle a few hairs!)

To get back on track though, the mind is the most advanced survival tool available for any of us. It's up to us to keep it from rusting and "shave ready"...

A sense of self reliance, responsibility and community, probably what this country as a whole is missing the most.

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

A sense of self reliance, responsibility and community, probably what this country as a whole is missing the most.

Amen brother, but I have to add the most important thing...GOD.

Originally Posted by shooter74743

To get back on track though, the mind is the most advanced survival tool available for any of us. It's up to us to keep it from rusting and "shave ready"...

I love this philosophy and the clever way you put it into words. Having been in the educational system for 30 years, I am deeply disturbed at some of the changes in it.

Survivalists work with their hands as well as their minds. Shop classes in many schools do not even exist anymore. I see so many young people in my chemistry classes that are very intelligent, but in the lab, they are three dimesionaly challenged.

I always try to make them understand the applications and possibilities of the theory they are learning. For example, how important being able to purify water through distillation, or how to make a simple cell to power up a radio. They are hungry for survival information, perhaps because we have been through hurricanes here on the South West coast of Florida or maybe the their natural will to survive.

On a positive note, look at how many young straight Shavers there are on this forum. They all share the self sufficient savey attitude of doing it themselves. Maybe this world and country are going to come out of this way better than we think.



Keep informed, get involved and vote!!! There are more of us than them. Timely thread Kevin.

If it does hit the fan on a global scale, friends will be easy to spot from people with bad intentions. No password needed, just look for the guys with BBS faces.