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I'm a prepper, (not a hobby prepper), being very aware of the things you prep for is the backbone of being prepared!
I think very-very few truly grasp the level of prepared some are. For starts it would be good to be well aware of the huge extensive mega billions of dollars, of tax payer money, that has gone into the bunker systems for the "elite", over the past several decades.
We in the prepping community are impressed with levels of prepping that would be considered a silly joke to those who have hollowed out huge mountains of granite and built elaborate environments for decades of survival by those chosen.
Those who have been seriously prepping for fifty or sixty years, are actually hobby preppers when held to a genuine standard of prepping. The prepping movement of the 50's and 60's was hi-jacked and diverted into a flawed direction through commercialization, and greed. People who consider them selves "serious preppers" would be well advised to study the history of the prepping movement.
I totally agree . Also in my tool bag is trying to predict the future as it pertains to preppers . Staying ahead of the crowd to scoop up things ahead of the crowd has saved me big bucks . Even those that consider themselves in the prepper community , I often see reacting to what is already happening . They should have already prepared before it even happened . ---- Even the military used to train certain personnel into developing what they called " animal instinct " . I was in such classes and took it seriously .
Sure. But I've also seen preppers spending all their time 'predicting' their future only to find out they where totally wrong about all their assumptions. (this is almost always the case)
As we always say. Don't scenario prep.
Work on capabilities, not predictions.
As we always say. Don't scenario prep.
Work on capabilities, not predictions.
The "maybe it will never happen" way of thinking will leave one Ill prepared! Things are being spelled out for us, I don't want to be steps ahead, I want to be miles ahead!
If there was only one 'road' miles ahead could be a thing. What is more likely is for someone to end up 'miles past the turn they should have taken'
I agree capabilities are high priority things. Skills if you will. But I also realize as I've gotten older and have 2 bad disc in my back, my capabilities aren't and never will be what they used to be. I still work on them to keep what I can sharp. But I also work on other things as well. What can I use to make food production easier. Things I can use to help source firewood. Those kinds of things.
But having all the knowledge you can gain, whether new skills, or early warning knowledge of something on the way is priceless. Even if it's 10 minutes, that's 10 minutes more than the hoard. Being prepared (Boy Scouts Motto BTW) entails a ton more than just buying stuff, or even hoarding stuff. But that is a part of it to.
Bottom line to me is just the way we choose to live.
But having all the knowledge you can gain, whether new skills, or early warning knowledge of something on the way is priceless. Even if it's 10 minutes, that's 10 minutes more than the hoard. Being prepared (Boy Scouts Motto BTW) entails a ton more than just buying stuff, or even hoarding stuff. But that is a part of it to.
Bottom line to me is just the way we choose to live.
I think most preppers, are delusional (intentionally) about the danger of being in the location, where they figure to ride out, whatever needs to be rode out. And yes.......that include myself.
Having abundant food, water, renewable food and water, abundant fish and game and waterfowl, simply leaves a prepper exposed to human predators. As far as I have been able to figure, there are only two possible way to mitigate this. 1.) having "more" then required security personal to repel the attack. 2.) be far from human predators, so as the mitigate the probability of exposure to repeated attacks.
Having abundant food, water, renewable food and water, abundant fish and game and waterfowl, simply leaves a prepper exposed to human predators. As far as I have been able to figure, there are only two possible way to mitigate this. 1.) having "more" then required security personal to repel the attack. 2.) be far from human predators, so as the mitigate the probability of exposure to repeated attacks.
Sure.
For that matter, most of us NEVER had the physical capabilities others have...or conversely, no matter how old and broken we eventually become, will still be better off than some people. What our bodies are....is just what it is.
But what I mean by capabilities....is to increase the scope of things we can handle.
Everyone wants to see the future. Some people think they can. But almost nobody who has said they knew what was going to happen, ever has.
So instead of depending on your crystal ball, I say simply to learn as much as you can, about as many things as you can, and prepare yourself to handle as many different things as you can.
And most importantly, prepare yourself to be able to prepare yourself.
Adopt the kind of mindset that when presented with something completely unexpected that you where completely unprepared for, that you can quickly see what is front of you and adapt to it.
Good stuff right there. Agree 100%. The unexpected will almost always happen. Being able to adapt and change course quickly is critical. I consider that a high level Critical Thinking skill. Some of that can be taught and learned, a good deal of it. But some is also just something thats there inside you. I've known so really smart fully functional people that would freeze up anytime the unexpected knocked. To me that is super dangerous
One man did. Dwight D. Eisenhower did and 90 some percent of our current hell is because we ignored his warning.
Yes. Prepping is good. Most all of us here are prepped.
But pushing the panic button every time you read something online that some paranoid person has put on some website, is not.
"A massive double CME has been reported and a catastrophic EMP will strike Earth in 2 days!! It will wipe out 'tha-grid' for 7 years!! Make sure you have enough gas to run your grill for 7 years or you will be forced to eat raw food!!!
Nothing happens.
We hear this one every couple of months, and the doomsayers never get called on the carpet.
I'm reminded of the old fable of the boy crying 'wolf'.
If you do it enough, when it finally IS real, everyone will just toss it in the 'ignore box'
.We hear this one every couple of months, and the doomsayers never get called on the carpet.
I'm reminded of the old fable of the boy crying 'wolf'.
If you do it enough, when it finally IS real, everyone will just toss it in the 'ignore box'
To ME it just triggers a practice run, a kind'a fire drill. If nothing happens I will have practiced becoming fully alert. I wish we would have serious SHTF events weekly, scattered randomly across America.
In my opinion what you "constantly" are harping about, seriously endangers members of the forum. I suspect it is mostly bravado.
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No, serious threats should be given a front seat, not just one in the crowd.
If you get tired of 'practice drills', move down here.
This is how we 'drill':
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Be totally prepared!
Question.........If you are totally prepared........How large of a team assaulting your Fully Prepared" position can you repel day after day.......???
135 rounds before I even change a single mag... you tell me.
https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/thats-a-weapon-cache-lol.5593/post-164287
Question for you: If there is radioactive fallout around your place, can you measure if it is deadly, dangerous, or safe? I can.
Show us some pictures of your meters.
It would be very dangerous to have 'no clue'.
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Actually we had a serious radioactive fallout issue when the nuclear reactor melted down in the Russian Ukraine in the 70's or 80's. The government kept us posted as to when to stay indoors, as the earth rotated through the cloud. We were told not to eat the Caribou that year.
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Football team? Girl Scout troop? The morons commonly running around the hood? Are they carrying their .40 loaded with .380?
The future is an immovable object heading toward us at the speed of reality, we are unable to deflect it or get out of its way, to that end, I spread my arms wide with a ragged grin and say:
Bring it b1tch.
Bring it b1tch.
How many body bags are we talking about? I like heads on spikes myself to warn off the others.
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Yep......add to that the ability to hide and good mobility.......and you are a lot safer than almost everyone else.
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I like spikes, but would likely leave the the bodies where they lay, I'm kinda lazy. All that beheading and spiking sounds tiring.
LOL feed them to the hogs!
I got a drunken idea, get a bunch of biohazard signs and put them on the road to your retreat with yellow warning tape draped all over the road and a big sign reading:
Black plague outbreak, protective suits and vaccinations required, then scrawl GOD HELP US ALL! on it in red krylon.
Black plague outbreak, protective suits and vaccinations required, then scrawl GOD HELP US ALL! on it in red krylon.
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besides ones location, its critical to have neighbors, family, friends to support and defend one another. everyone knows they cant go it alone and survive for long. we need each other. we need some form of community and above all, we needs Discernment from GOd to learn who we can and can not trust.
i do not believe things will be getting any better any time soon. i figure im gonna do my best whatever comes, im either gonna be here when Jesus comes back or ill be coming back with him, i know irt sounds goofy but each of us were born for these days and challenges and God has some kind of plan for each one of us its not just about surviving.
i do not believe things will be getting any better any time soon. i figure im gonna do my best whatever comes, im either gonna be here when Jesus comes back or ill be coming back with him, i know irt sounds goofy but each of us were born for these days and challenges and God has some kind of plan for each one of us its not just about surviving.
That might be true for some , but actually I can't recall ever being wrong on my prediction but certainly remember the many times I have been right , sometimes years ahead of the projected event . I will not post on here the various items that I projected would be unavailable or hard to get in the future and stocked up on years ahead . --- Now I will different between a strong projection and pure speculation . On a speculation I likely will not take action on , but a solid projection I will .
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I agree with @dademoss . If there are decaying corpses in my front yard, I'm not going to be worried much about "wave-2 or wave-3" of attackers.
(Just getting in the Halloween spirit
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Good night y'all let's see what happens tomorrow. If coms get cut it's happening. I'm hanging up my Ranger Tomahawk and Marine Raider Bowie for the night. Skynet will go online soon , then the Purge and Hunger Games begin. May the odds be forever In your favor.
