A fortress against fear....

[Maverick]

A fortress against fear In the rural Pacific Northwest, prepping for the day it hits the fan

"The Bradways are among the vanguard moving to an area of the Pacific Northwest known as the American Redoubt, a term coined in 2011 by survivalist author and blogger James Wesley, Rawles (the comma is deliberate) to describe a settlement of the God-fearing in a lightly populated territory that includes Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and the eastern parts of Washington and Oregon"

A fortress against fear In the rural Pacific Northwest, prepping for the day it hits the fan


The Bradways are among the vanguard moving to an area of the Pacific Northwest known as the American Redoubt, a term coined in 2011 by survivalist author and blogger James Wesley, Rawles (the comma is deliberate) to describe a settlement of the God-fearing in a lightly populated territory that includes Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and the eastern parts of Washington and Oregon.

"In response to all the uncertainty, more and more preppers are not simply stocking up at home. They are moving their homes — to the Redoubt, a seldom-used term for stronghold or fortress"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/na...ble-main_americanredoubtnew630:homepage/story

 

[Brent S]

A fortress against fear In the rural Pacific Northwest, prepping for the day it hits the fan

"The Bradways are among the vanguard moving to an area of the Pacific Northwest known as the American Redoubt, a term coined in 2011 by survivalist author and blogger James Wesley, Rawles (the comma is deliberate) to describe a settlement of the God-fearing in a lightly populated territory that includes Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and the eastern parts of Washington and Oregon"

A fortress against fear In the rural Pacific Northwest, prepping for the day it hits the fan


The Bradways are among the vanguard moving to an area of the Pacific Northwest known as the American Redoubt, a term coined in 2011 by survivalist author and blogger James Wesley, Rawles (the comma is deliberate) to describe a settlement of the God-fearing in a lightly populated territory that includes Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and the eastern parts of Washington and Oregon.

"In response to all the uncertainty, more and more preppers are not simply stocking up at home. They are moving their homes — to the Redoubt, a seldom-used term for stronghold or fortress"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/wp/2016/08/27/2016/08/27/a-fortress-against-fear/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_americanredoubtnew630:homepage/story

Interesting people. I think the n.w. Would be a great area to settle, except for the winters! I'm a wuss with the cold! The natural resources and beauty of the area is spectacular though. I'll stick to the hot summers myself though.

 

[Gazrok]

There's a reason our forefathers often DIED in the winter, in such places... Here in FL, not so much....hehe....

 

[Brent S]

There's a reason our forefathers often DIED in the winter, in such places... Here in FL, not so much....hehe....

Yeah, alone in the mountains during winter is an unforgiving place when you make mistakes.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Yeah, alone in the mountains during winter is an unforgiving place when you make mistakes.

You just have to prepare for it. When I built my last house in the mountains, almost 20 years ago, I was in an area that wasn't unusual the receive up to 30' of snow over the course of the winter. I had about a 1/2 mile long road to plow. My first plow was something I built and pulled behind a team of draft horses. It worked OK but then I bought a tractor to help with loading the sawmill and started using it to plow with. I still used the horses for logging and pulling a bobsled to gather firewood in the winter. Our place now only gets about 4-5 feet of snow, so plowing shouldn't be much of an issue.

 

[Brent S]

You just have to prepare for it. When I built my last house in the mountains, almost 20 years ago, I was in an area that wasn't unusual the receive up to 30' of snow over the course of the winter. I had about a 1/2 mile long road to plow. My first plow was something I built and pulled behind a team of draft horses. It worked OK but then I bought a tractor to help with loading the sawmill and started using it to plow with. I still used the horses for logging and pulling a bobsled to gather firewood in the winter. Our place now only gets about 4-5 feet of snow, so plowing shouldn't be much of an issue.

I love to see snow, occasionally. We get 4 to 5 inches here. After three days it's back to normal. Seriously, snow dosent bother me. Ice is another story.