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

One thing that many fail to consider, are medications, most Insurance companies and Pharmacies only allow for 30 days of most medications...

After 30-45 days anyone that can't live without their meds are doomed anyway, also think a second for just the US considering that by many estimates near 50% of the adult population is on some type of mood enhancers, you might verey well be dealing with people in many states of mental breakdown...

There was a well written book I read a year or so ago about an EMP attack and the aftermath of just no electricity/electronics, brought home the reality of the small things that need to be dealt with. Just the lack of basic hygine can kill you puts a whole new aspect on the term SHTF event

Found it

http://www.amazon.com/One-Second-Aft.../dp/0765317583

Originally Posted by Costabro

Thanks alot, people. You've just influenced me to buy 3 different survival magazines to determine which I'd rather subscribe to. I'm leaning towards backwoodsman or backwoods home. I looked at Mother Earth News and it looks to have gone completely mainstream w/ half of it trying to sell me something. I though that rag was written by hippies.....pshhhhh. Sellouts.

Backwoodsman magazine is quality and as you stated Mother Earth is crap. I subscribe to Countryside magazine, 10X better than Mother ever was. Covers all aspects of homesteading, in town or out and is geared towards people trying to learn. You can not go wrong with this mag.

Have you guys read "The Apocalypse for Dummies"? Or "Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Doomsday!!"? What about "Ravening Hoards: The Art of Negotiation When You Run Out of Bullets"?



James.

As far as prepping goes, we had a hell of an ice storm a few years back, the power here in my part of suburbia was out for 10 days. Cuddling up with the wife at night while wearing my Carhartt Artic bibs was a new experience. Burning the limbs in your yard for heat was an adventure as well. I think this is where the difference lies is mindset. You cant buy enough crap for every scenario, but you can be mentally prepared. A few good basics wont hurt either, grandma kept a years supply of canned goods in the cellar at all times, the smoke house always had something in it, there were always the apple trees, the garden and the woods along the river.

I do agree with the idea that should food become a problem most game will be wiped out by the new hunters in the woods(most of it wasted as well due to ignorance of field dressing and preservation).

I bought a book once entitled "Five Acres and Independence", my grandfather scoffed at the title and said, "you would be damn surprise what you can do on one acre." So for those of you in town with no where to go in the event of whatever scenario, learn to use what you have and then expand. buying crap for the sake of buying crap doesnt cut it. On my suburban lot{typical 1/5 acre) I have a garden, I have raised rabbits(way to easy to raise and have twice the protein of chicken, US navy study 1954), bees (honey is a very tradable commodity)and goats(milk, meat, butter) and I am thinking of doing it again. Plant fruit trees, ya cant go wrong. Encourage your neighbors to do the same it makes for a stronger community and help in a time of need, be aware of road warriors and the likes.

Feel free to PM if you have serious questions about any of this, I will be glad to help.

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

As far as prepping goes, we had a hell of an ice storm a few years back, the power here in my part of suburbia was out for 10 days. Cuddling up with the wife at night while wearing my Carhartt Artic bibs was a new experience. Burning the limbs in your yard for heat was an adventure as well. I think this is where the difference lies is mindset. You cant buy enough crap for every scenario, but you can be mentally prepared. A few good basics wont hurt either, grandma kept a years supply of canned goods in the cellar at all times, the smoke house always had something in it, there were always the apple trees, the garden and the woods along the river.

I do agree with the idea that should food become a problem most game will be wiped out by the new hunters in the woods(most of it wasted as well due to ignorance of field dressing and preservation).

I bought a book once entitled "Five Acres and Independence", my grandfather scoffed at the title and said, "you would be damn surprise what you can do on one acre." So for those of you in town with no where to go in the event of whatever scenario, learn to use what you have and then expand. buying crap for the sake of buying crap doesnt cut it. On my suburban lot{typical 1/5 acre) I have a garden, I have raised rabbits(way to easy to raise and have twice the protein of chicken, US navy study 1954), bees (honey is a very tradable commodity)and goats(milk, meat, butter) and I am thinking of doing it again. Plant fruit trees, ya cant go wrong. Encourage your neighbors to do the same it makes for a stronger community and help in a time of need, be aware of road warriors and the likes.

Feel free to PM if you have serious questions about any of this, I will be glad to help.

I guess that critter in your picture there will be history so you'll be OK in the grub department eh?

Originally Posted by shooter74743

...even when HE comes I'm prepared :-)

Boom. I thoroughly recommend this. I think you'd like it. It's out of print presently but the kindle version is available here: Reflections of Space and Time: Dr. Scott R. Forrest: Amazon.com: Kindle Store .

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I guess that critter in your picture there will be history so you'll be OK in the grub department eh?

If need be, him and the dog. But I dont see that coming.

Sadly, I'm completely unprepared provisionally. If something happened and I couldn't get to a stocked grocery, I'd be without food in about 5 days. I also don't have a firearm, so not much hope of jaunting into the woods for a meal. Although I can set snares, and rabbits are in no short supply around here. I AM lucky enough to be very near a tightly knit community where almost everyone has the requisite survival skills to endure. Perhaps not thrive, but at the very least endure. We are the breadbasket after all. I do happen to know that I don't need nearly as much food as I eat, in order to work twice as hard as I work. So if need be, i'd be good for about a month, which is almost enough time to sprout some radishes. Assuming the sun still shines. So anyhow, basically I'm saying that if I survive an apocalyptic event, it'll be pure dumb luck. I do have big plans in the future. I do read The Backwoodsman, along with several other homesteading/survivalist material. But I live in an apartment, don't watch the news, and don't usually even have an expectation for the weather from day to day. If something bad happened, I'd be the last to know anyways. Information being one of the keys to preparation. All the food in the world won't matter, if I happen to be standing outside when the bomb drops, contagion spreads, volcano erupts, etc.

"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.

Originally Posted by regularjoe

Sadly, I'm completely unprepared provisionally. If something happened and I couldn't get to a stocked grocery, I'd be without food in about 5 days. I also don't have a firearm, so not much hope of jaunting into the woods for a meal. Although I can set snares, and rabbits are in no short supply around here. I AM lucky enough to be very near a tightly knit community where almost everyone has the requisite survival skills to endure. Perhaps not thrive, but at the very least endure. We are the breadbasket after all. I do happen to know that I don't need nearly as much food as I eat, in order to work twice as hard as I work. So if need be, i'd be good for about a month, which is almost enough time to sprout some radishes. Assuming the sun still shines. So anyhow, basically I'm saying that if I survive an apocalyptic event, it'll be pure dumb luck. I do have big plans in the future. I do read The Backwoodsman, along with several other homesteading/survivalist material. But I live in an apartment, don't watch the news, and don't usually even have an expectation for the weather from day to day. If something bad happened, I'd be the last to know anyways. Information being one of the keys to preparation. All the food in the world won't matter, if I happen to be standing outside when the bomb drops, contagion spreads, volcano erupts, etc.

You are selling yourself short, Joe. You are actually prepared to a certain degree. Your post proves it. Realizing that a few things need to be done to better your situation, is the first step. A firearm is a good thing to have , but not the Holy Grail of equipment; your brain is. Your attitude attuned to the desire to survive. 90% of what you need to survive a major incident is already in your apartment. Information comes in many forms, not just the local evening news.

Spend 15 minutes a week, thinking only about this topic; you will be surprised how ideas around you will come to mind.