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

Originally Posted by Wullie

That's a start, but what about the second week?

I know how to grow potatoes and make vodka using a simple still.

Originally Posted by Wullie

That's a start, but what about the second week?

Anne for MLA: "Whisky!"

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!!

Originally Posted by Cangooner

OK, so I'm in the mood to play Devil's advocate here. Assuming that one does not live in a region prone to natural disasters, what exactly are folks preparing for? Don't get me wrong - I have a bag ready to go at a moment's notice, but that's really only to deal with an emergency need to spend some time in a tent.

Maybe it's my Historian's perspective that has be a little baffled. People have been expecting/preparing for the end of the world in a WIDE variety of forms really for as long as we have been recording history. Hasn't happened yet. There are of course 'disasters' of all kinds ranging from relatively minor inconveniences to what has happened recently with Katrina, the Hatian and Japanese earthquakes, etc. But these disasters tend to occur in places where one would expect them to occur. I.e. in hurricane, earthquake, tornado, volcano, etc prone regions. If I lived near the Gulf of Mexico you bet your booties I'd be prepared for a hurricane. If I lived on the Pacific 'Ring of Fire' you better believe I'd be prepared for volcanoes/earthquakes/Tsunamis.

But if one lives in a part of the world that takes a high probability of such natural disasters out of the equation, what exactly are folks expecting to happen?

Not trying to stir the pot here, I'm genuinely curious.

P.S. All that having been said, the Snafflers are secure...

Not all "Preppers"(I'll use this word in a broad terms) are preparing for a natural disaster, EMP, industrial accident or a national financial meltdown. We just get the extreme examples of individuals (nuts) pushed across the media into our faces. Many are preparing for these types of situations but overall their numbers are few. Think about your friends and ask yourself, "are any of them "Preppers?", probably not.

Let me give you a real example of a "disaster" that happens in every town, in every major city, every day. A working man living honestly payday to payday. He's been given the news that he no longer has a job. He has little in savings & not much in collateral to liquidate. He still has rent/mortgage to pay, electricity to power the home, city water, food to get for the family, gas to run the car. Finding a new job to cover these necessities might take a while. ----So a "Prepper" can also be a person who has stored water, food, possibly gasoline, all account contracts/contacts ( a lot of vehicle/mortgage contracts allow for a 1 or 2 month deferment, electric companys are approachable to agreements in payment delays, if told before the bill becomes past due), $10.00 a payday, over a period of 9 months to a year, can go a hell of a long way to preparing a family for disasters . Do you have a resume on hand, your education/training documents readily available? Is your occupation such a specialized one, that finding another employer would be difficult, if so, do your know where that possible employer is located?
Answering these questions under the stress of just being fired, can sometimes tip the mental wagon. Answer these questions now, when life is good,,Prep, be a "Prepper".

im prepped per say i have more than enought live stock that would thrive on verry little feed other than what they get on there own. and i hunt and trap and always have my equipment ready to roll. i have about 45 mrs in my closet that i use for hunting but thed work well for survival ( there real mres too i got them from a friend in the army) i also have learned many basic skills that would be useful later in the survival games.

I garden and can so i know how to work the land to my advantage. so bring on the survival games because im ready

Sorry Hirlau, but that just reads like being a responsible adult to me. Why does it have a special name? Is there a "preppers" society? Sounds to me like someone is making money off teaching people common sense.

James.

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!!

Probably last for quite a while. Even longer if you "capped/filled" the bucket with nitrogen gas.

MRE's are OK. LRRP's are better. It's my understanding that are freeze dried foods that will last 25 years available. Not sure what the life span of MRE's and the like are.

One source I hear advertised on one of the radio shows I listen to is
Units (Buckets) | Freeze Dried Food and Emergency Preparedness Items | freezedryguy.com

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Sorry Hirlau, but that just reads like being a responsible adult to me. Why does it have a special name? Is there a "preppers" society? Sounds to me like someone is making money off teaching people common sense.

James.

I don't know who makes money off of common sense, James. I take my son to school, go to the Duncan Donuts, look at talent I'm too old to catch, go home to surf SRP & clean my lighters , then pick up the boy from school. If you can come up with a business plan for this common sense income, please share it with me.
One thing that I do know is that "common sense" is not so common these days. I know that I see people standing in lines every disaster waiting for items that common sense should have told them to have on hand. I know that home economics, wood working & auto mechanics are not taught in most high schools anymore. I know that my son's new English teacher is not happy with me; I told her in front of the guidance counselor last Thursday that I wanted my son to learn English in her class, not the social media B.S. that was requested in her class syllabus (open a Gmail account so he could learn to communicate online with his peers & have them grade each other). I told her that I wanted my son to be able to complete a job application & speak in a interview. I told her that I couldn't give a damn if he could Tweet. I told her that my son would attend a tech school or might possibly end up in the military, fighting a war in Egypt that her social media started. I hope he passes English this year.

Originally Posted by Wullie

Probably last for quite a while. Even longer if you "capped/filled" the bucket with nitrogen gas.

MRE's are OK. LRRP's are better. It's my understanding that are freeze dried foods that will last 25 years available. Not sure what the life span of MRE's and the like are.

One source I hear advertised on one of the radio shows I listen to is
Units (Buckets) | Freeze Dried Food and Emergency Preparedness Items | freezedryguy.com

The Belgian army still uses corned beef that was canned just after WW2. Or at least they did 12 years ago.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger...

Originally Posted by Deerhunter1995

...I garden and can so i know how to work the land to my advantage. so bring on the survival games because im ready...

Yeah! Bring on the survival games and we'll all go gardening!