Thread: Doomsday Preppers unite...or segregate, whichever is safer.

"Tight knit community?" Well, be prepared to hear the word "NO" when you go begging for food. They are not going to share because they'll not have enough for themselves and their own kids and family.

LOL. I already told you I'm a goner anyhow. But your post does lean a bit towards the cynical. A man who can hunt, can't always make electricity. I'm not saying I'm gonna start begging for food. I'm saying I can provide valuable services to those who can provide valuable services to me. And being in a community where everybody knows you, and knows what you can do, is a step in the right direction in that regard. If I lived in an apartment in NYC, how many of my neighbors would even know my name? Let alone my family reputation, my knowledge base, my skills in trade, or my generosity? Being where people KNOW you, is going to be important IMO. But as I said before, all they'll be doing is lamenting my death, cause I was standing outside running a buffer when it all went kaput. lol. I've been destitute before, and managed to get myself out of it without begging. I don't imagine I'd find much use for it this time around either. Hell, if the corporations went under, there'd be the opportunity for a whole new generation of JP Morgans, Rockefellers, Grants, Kennedies, and Fords. Right now small business can't break through because they've got the whole thing on lock down. Give me an end of the world moment, and you'll find a rich man on the other side. But then again, I do lean a bit towards the optimistic. It should be mentioned I pretty much speak entirely tongue in cheek. I'm smart enough to know....that I don't know anything really.

All you guys come off it. All of us, unless you live under a rock somewhere or a cave are products of the world we live in. Turn off the electricity for 24 hours and people panic. In a true disaster, a protracted one there would be anarchy and total breakdown. Unless you gather you things and head for the hills far away from other people all the prep in the world ain't gonna do you a lick of good.

Originally Posted by donv

Hey guys, a serious question. I see MRE's for sale everywhere, and, yeah they are great; and expensive. What about dry, bulk beans and rice? If you sealed it up good, how long would it last? And Wullie, I'm full blooded Portuguese, give me a couple barrels, and a still, I can keep you in hooch for quite a while!!

If you seal them in Mylar bags with oxygen absorbers and keep them in relatively stable temps most folks say 15+ years.

Breedlove foods sells bulk buckets of dried foods ready to go for rather reasonable prices and they claim a 25yr shelf life.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

All you guys come off it. All of us, unless you live under a rock somewhere or a cave are products of the world we live in. Turn off the electricity for 24 hours and people panic. In a true disaster, a protracted one there would be anarchy and total breakdown. Unless you gather you things and head for the hills far away from other people all the prep in the world ain't gonna do you a lick of good.

got you beat i got a 8 foot fence with a solor backup for my electric fence and i have a hell of a nice roof rest to start the shooting wars off of. expect lots of anarchy and the worst thing is illl have to find someone to sharpen up my razors eventually i just cant use the rotten coti to my favor but the barber hone works well. i think i have some where around 3,000 rds for my rifels and shotguns and probly 20 arrows for my bow.

Originally Posted by Deerhunter1995

got you beat i got a 8 foot fence with a solor backup for my electric fence and i have a hell of a nice roof rest to start the shooting wars off of. expect lots of anarchy and the worst thing is illl have to find someone to sharpen up my razors eventually i just cant use the rotten coti to my favor but the barber hone works well. i think i have some where around 3,000 rds for my rifels and shotguns and probly 20 arrows for my bow.

Ha! I KNEW I wasn't crazy when the rest of my associates looked at me awkwardly when giving my answer to what kind of dream home would you have! All I said was, at least a hundred acre plot at the base of mountain, large lake w/ my dehavilland beaver docked securely, 100 yards of clear view from the house to the tree line, 8-10 foot chain-link fence w/ concertina wire, automated machine gun nests every 100 yards or so, total self-sufficient power/air conditioning/etc, underground escape tunnels from my underground gun vault/hobby shop/fallout shelter that are well-ventilated and run in 8 major directions on the compass rose to prepared bug-out vehicles of varying types awaiting me with plenty of rations for a week.

That's all I said and you should've seen the looks. Wimps.

Even the Alamo finally fell under the onslaught.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Even the Alamo finally fell under the onslaught.

Well, DUH! It wasn't constructed to withstand a siege!

Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

Well, DUH! It wasn't constructed to withstand a siege!

Even castles designed to withstand seiges will eventually fall. Better to avoid that seige in the first place!

..and it still took Santa Anna 13 days.

...and on the flip side of that coin, Sam Houston whipped Santa Anna's butt in approx. 18 minutes, give or take a few minutes. I heard from good sources that Sam Houston was a "Prepper".

Originally Posted by Cangooner

Even castles designed to withstand seiges will eventually fall. Better to avoid that seige in the first place!

But there are things the besieged can do to lift the siege: midnight forays into enemy lines, for example.