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I would take them in. Give us strength in numbers. With more people, we can gather more food and basic needs. But they would be gone in an instant if they even thought about being the freeloader.
Scenario-What would you do?
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I guess it all depends on your prepping plan. Do you live in a bountiful area, own land and have plenty of capability to gather food and sustain yourself, or are your initial plans just to stash
a bunch of food in your basement and take it from there. If you don't own much land and just have a big stash of food in your basement, there's not going to be much an additional member
of the group will be able to do except act as a drain on finite resources.
Unless they have hunter gathering skills they can teach you...
a bunch of food in your basement and take it from there. If you don't own much land and just have a big stash of food in your basement, there's not going to be much an additional member
of the group will be able to do except act as a drain on finite resources.
Unless they have hunter gathering skills they can teach you...
People can be TAUGHT skills that are needed. If we had the room, and they were willing to help with tasks, we'd take them in, we'd just watch them like hawks until they proved loyalty, etc. I imagine if they were in dire straights, and now living a decent life, they'd become pretty damn loyal. Also assuming we had room.
I support those of you who offer to take them in, they make good help and that is important for rebuilding some form of society.
Of course, the major caveat here is the fact that you yourself must have ample resource.
I would like to but depending on the disaster, I might not be able to take them in.
If its an EMP type event, yeah I would. I have sufficient resource with the river below my apartment to fish and have water to feed my parents, my wife, the domestic helper. My mom's apartment 30m away from mine, can grow vegetables because of the ample sunshine it gets. I have seeds for vegetables.
But if its a Waterworld kinda calamity and my 9th floor apartment can hold me and the wife, then no way.
So the major considerations are, 1. the calamity 2. how much resource do i have?
Of course, the major caveat here is the fact that you yourself must have ample resource.
I would like to but depending on the disaster, I might not be able to take them in.
If its an EMP type event, yeah I would. I have sufficient resource with the river below my apartment to fish and have water to feed my parents, my wife, the domestic helper. My mom's apartment 30m away from mine, can grow vegetables because of the ample sunshine it gets. I have seeds for vegetables.
But if its a Waterworld kinda calamity and my 9th floor apartment can hold me and the wife, then no way.
So the major considerations are, 1. the calamity 2. how much resource do i have?
I think I would have to be a little harsh in theory and ignore/let them go. But thats easy to say having never been put in that situation
To be honest, no matter WHO comes to the door, I'll suspect it's a trap first, but hope for the best. I plan on posting some pretty clear rules on the fence near the entrance, on how to approach, what to do, etc. We're speaking via a handheld radio (that we'll send out to them via a remote control truck), before we ever put someone in harm's way. We'll see how that conversation goes before making decisions....and even then, it will be with the idea that it could still all be a trap.
ANY visitor is going to have the whole place on red alert for the duration. But, hopefully, such a person/s would either be on their way soon, or join up with us if it works out that way.
Initially, we'll have room and a place where we can ensure they don't pose a danger at night, etc. (we'd convert unused stable stalls to rooms).
ANY visitor is going to have the whole place on red alert for the duration. But, hopefully, such a person/s would either be on their way soon, or join up with us if it works out that way.
Initially, we'll have room and a place where we can ensure they don't pose a danger at night, etc. (we'd convert unused stable stalls to rooms).
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Assuming that I make it to the BOL...
I will be in a position to render aid to travelers, and take in a limited number of children, but there will be a price. Bountiful food grows wild most of the year (greens, blackberries, muscadines, mushrooms, persimmons, walnuts, palmettos, etc.), and several crops will grow in winter (collard greens, wheat, etc.) it just has to be harvested. There will be plenty they can do to earn their keep.
Due to the location of the BOL and features of the surrounding land (swamps, sloughs) it is hard to conceive of anyone just stumbling across the BOL. The closest thing to a public road is a river levee a mile away and on the other side of a swamp. I can imagine some people following the levee (but not many). So the only scenario imaginable for running into people is on the levee. I can intercept small parties at the levee for trade, recruiting workers, rendering aid, etc. There will be deer rifles trained on them that they will never know about unless they try something stupid...
I will be in a position to render aid to travelers, and take in a limited number of children, but there will be a price. Bountiful food grows wild most of the year (greens, blackberries, muscadines, mushrooms, persimmons, walnuts, palmettos, etc.), and several crops will grow in winter (collard greens, wheat, etc.) it just has to be harvested. There will be plenty they can do to earn their keep.
Due to the location of the BOL and features of the surrounding land (swamps, sloughs) it is hard to conceive of anyone just stumbling across the BOL. The closest thing to a public road is a river levee a mile away and on the other side of a swamp. I can imagine some people following the levee (but not many). So the only scenario imaginable for running into people is on the levee. I can intercept small parties at the levee for trade, recruiting workers, rendering aid, etc. There will be deer rifles trained on them that they will never know about unless they try something stupid...
