Gas Masks for the whole family

[lonewolf]

if your thinking of nukes or even conventional bombs, no city is safe.

 

[Silent Earth]

it might be because preppers are a little paranoid,,,,,,,,,

Hey we are not paranoid, we KNOW they are out to get us

 

[lonewolf]

it might be because preppers are a little paranoid,,,,,,,,,

no not paranoid, just got a bit more of life's experience. sods law(murphys law in US) says " if something CAN go wrong it WILL go wrong".

 

[user 6493]

no not paranoid, just got a bit more of life's experience. sods law(murphys law in US) says " if something CAN go wrong it WILL go wrong".

lol,,,,,well maybe not you but the rest of us hmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[user 6493]

got to go play

 

[Maverick]

The way I see it, if one locks the doors at night one is paranoid. There is a very very fine line between precaution, suspicion and paranoia.

 

[lonewolf]

some who dosent lock doors is an idiot, with all the crime there is these days and no cops(in rural UK at any rate)???

 

[lonewolf]

back in the 50s and 60s nobody locked their doors, you could trust people in your community/town/ city but not in the 21st century, someone will take all you've got and then some.
we don't get much crime out here in rural UK but I still wouldn't not lock my doors.

 

[jontte]

GP, so you dried those acorns,then made flour of them?
just the average acorn??
did you use the standars recipe for hardtacks?

 

[GaRp58]

Hey all, hi Daniel8 and jontte. There a several videos and recipes in the internet and you tube for hardtack. Take a look.
I have a few basic recipes for basic breads and such. Not all acorns are as edible as the big ones I took. They all need to be leached for use though. The Indians used to put them in woven baskets and leave them in a running stream or hang them in a waterfall for a few days to leach them. We just cook them in water and change the water at least 3 times and always reboil them each time. After that, sun-dry, oven-dry, whatever and roast for tea/coffee or grind for flour. You can mix it about 30-40% to regular flour and bake whatever. It is just stretching your flour. If you have access to corn, cattails or goldenrod plants, use the pollen, (shake the plant well and catch it) to upgrade the flour for making breads, biscuits and other bakeables. Adds color and vitamins. Biscuit dough laid in the ashes on the fire and surrounded with coals makes a great ashcake. Brush most of the ashes off, not all, they add flavor and minerals. Indian recipe also.
All hardtack recipes only use salt, I add bouillon and other spices since the hardtack is sometimes crushed and put in water to make a soup. With only salt, the soup is rather disappointing...Live free, GP

 

[jontte]

Thanks, seems like it's still live and learn.

 

[KateMTx]

it might be because preppers are a little paranoid,,,,,,,,,

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're NOT out to get you. And besides, it's only paranoia if you, without basis in fact, believe that they are in fact coming for you right now. Acknowledging the possibilities doesn't qualify as paranoia; that's only realism. And if it's possible, I want to be ready for it.

 

[Redneck]

I need to get masks but need to finish my bunker first and get the air purification system running....digging a 30x30ft hole 40ft deep (roof of bunker will be 25 ft underground and a 5 foot thick roof....nothing gonna get through concrete, re bar and lead, been working on it for 4 years now sunk every penny i could into it the lead lined door is gonna be a bitch to install its over 600 pounds not counting the entrance hatch

 

[Redneck]

I need to get masks but need to finish my bunker first and get the air purification system running....digging a 30x30ft hole 40ft deep (roof of bunker will be 25 ft underground and a 5 foot thick roof....nothing gonna get through concrete, re bar and lead, been working on it for 4 years now sunk every penny i could into it the lead lined door is gonna be a bitch to install its over 600 pounds not counting the entrance hatch

 

[GaRp58]

Hi from Germany, Redneck, one of the guys here put up a theory I'd like to share with you. You are in your bunker, the S has H T F. Someone knocks on the door. (pounds on your 600 lb. Dreadlock door). Question: "Open up and let me in, hungry and thirsty" Answer: F*** off! Q: "last chance, open up" A: FO, only got enuff for the family. Why didn't you make a plan B? Answer_: "This is my Plan B, open up or I'll weld your 600 lb. door shut and you'll never get out..."
Do you or have you planned a Plan C? A soft wall, 2 shovels to get through the 25 ft. of earth over your head? Could you shoot him through a little hole next to the door? Have a Claymore fixed outside for this scenerio? Flame-thrower mounted outside?
Play with the idea and Live free, GP

 

[GaRp58]

Daniel8, Ask the odd family what they do with the acorns...They might have a lot to teach and would help you learn. You can feed the pigs with acorns and chestnuts. Use the acorns, pecans, walnuts and such to get more squirrels to move into your territory. If you break up walnuts as they are still green, the green husks soaked in water can be poured into the ground and it will drive the earthworms out into the open if you need some fishing bait. If you smash the green husks and throw them into a body of water, the chemicals in them will make the fish's gill stop functioning and they will choke to death and float belly up if you have no other means of fishing after the SHTF. You will never stop learning if you are a real prepper...GP

 

[lonewolf]

Hi from Germany, Redneck, one of the guys here put up a theory I'd like to share with you. You are in your bunker, the S has H T F. Someone knocks on the door. (pounds on your 600 lb. Dreadlock door). Question: "Open up and let me in, hungry and thirsty" Answer: F*** off! Q: "last chance, open up" A: FO, only got enuff for the family. Why didn't you make a plan B? Answer_: "This is my Plan B, open up or I'll weld your 600 lb. door shut and you'll never get out..."
Do you or have you planned a Plan C? A soft wall, 2 shovels to get through the 25 ft. of earth over your head? Could you shoot him through a little hole next to the door? Have a Claymore fixed outside for this scenerio? Flame-thrower mounted outside?
Play with the idea and Live free, GP

that's one good reason why I don't have a bunker, second is cost.
someone only has to block up the ventilation holes and your done for.
me, I prefer to be above ground where I can see what is going on (I'm a nosy bugger ) and take avoiding action.

 

[GaRp58]

Final drying of the hardtack ( 3rd round) Beef jerky before the dehydrator and in the same....YUMMY!! GP

 

[Daniel8]

IF i were to have a bunker.... I would use it to store food and ammo and such, not to hide in but to hide stuff away

 

[Daniel8]

GP, that's some interesting stuff. I'll rem the thing about the acorns and feeding pigs!

 

[lonewolf]

IF i were to have a bunker.... I would use it to store food and ammo and such, not to hide in but to hide stuff away

that would be one enormous cache!!

 

[DrHenley]

open up or I'll weld your 600 lb. door shut and you'll never get out..."

Which is why I call such a bunker a "Death Trap"

IF I were to have a bunker, you can be sure there would be multiple points of egress, most of which will be hidden on the surface (as in covered with dirt and/or foliage).

 

[Gazrok]

FFP3 disposables only. Anything more than that, and we've got far greater worries. Mostly these are for a pandemic scenario.

 

[lonewolf]

FFP3 disposables only. Anything more than that, and we've got far greater worries. Mostly these are for a pandemic scenario.

yes same here, also got a few ordinary dust masks with filters for emergency use, better than nothing but only just.