if they’re bringing the food, I’ll let them choose their seat.
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if they’re bringing the food, I’ll let them choose their seat.
its a slight bit different over here, non prepping people keep food for a few days, maybe a week at most, not for a month or more, they dont expect anything really bad to happen so why should they? even panic buying for the pandemic it was only toilet paper and milk. I'm probably the only one in my area who does a "big" shop once a month.
our road system is a little bit different to your American highways, once you get off the motorways the roads are all narrow and with lots of bends and blind areas.
British people arent used to evacuating so will mostly stay where they are and the really big cities are a long, long way from my rural enclave.
as for lonliness and lack of communication with others, I revell in the peace and quiet and not having to deal with stupid people/sheeple. I dont DO people. I've always thought of myself as being a bit "different".
our road system is a little bit different to your American highways, once you get off the motorways the roads are all narrow and with lots of bends and blind areas.
British people arent used to evacuating so will mostly stay where they are and the really big cities are a long, long way from my rural enclave.
as for lonliness and lack of communication with others, I revell in the peace and quiet and not having to deal with stupid people/sheeple. I dont DO people. I've always thought of myself as being a bit "different".
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I have had several people tell me since this shutdown that if SHTF gets bad they are coming to my house. And my response was that will not work...not many people are willing to do the work it takes to not go to the grocery store! Gardening, dispatching, clean water and conserving and maintaining energy needs is a very foreign concept to most! I have a few select I would be willing and thankful to invite in but most just don't have what it takes.
I'm quite confident how I will respond in a SHTF scenario (or at least a range of responses I might have). I am confident that I will be content with what I see in the mirror. Life will be hard, I will have to make some hard decisions, but I prep so I don't have to resort to tyranny, marauding or other evils to survive. What I will not like is what the rest of society will look like, what I think my neighbors and community members will resort to (but that's on them).
I think I've posted about this already on this forum, but one of my prepping crew had a hilarious response to one of our neighbors who (in a social crowded setting) made the comment to my buddy that she was coming over to his house if SHTF. She's very openly liberal, anti-gun, and very much thinks government will provide for all in SHTF, BUT she's actually a generally friendly neighbor who hangs in our social circles. My prepping buddy (part of my MAG) is very private and tells no one about his preps, but the liberal neighbor knows some of his background and skill sets (he used to live in an off-grid cabin). My buddy's response to her when she said "I'm coming to YOUR place" was brilliant. He replied with "Good, if the SHTF, that'll be one more liberal body to use as sandbags to stack in front of my front door". It was said half-jokingly, but the liberal neighbor hasn't mentioned anything since, hasn't encouraged anyone to go to my buddy's house, lol..
I am quite confident how I will react once TSHTF, I have lived off grid before on my own so that in itself is not an issue.
the rest of the family(in laws, my family are mostly deceased apart from a cousin) are not preppers and I dont expect them to survive for long post event, they are far enough away that they wont even think of coming here, like the rest of the population they will die where they live.
the rest of the family(in laws, my family are mostly deceased apart from a cousin) are not preppers and I dont expect them to survive for long post event, they are far enough away that they wont even think of coming here, like the rest of the population they will die where they live.
I have debated on this one with more than a few people on multiple occasions.
A few things I have always wondered about:
1) When will people realize it is time to leave their homes in the larger cities and towns? People tend to stick close to what is familiar or that which gives a sense of security. How many days, weeks or even months would it be before they hit the road? And, by that time, what would the infrastructure look like? If what fuel you have in the tank is all the fuel you have, and the possibility of refueling a few hundred miles down the road is questionable, unknown territory, would you chance it?
2) Which direction would they go? More moderate climates with longer growing season? Areas with fresh water? Parts of the deep south would be pretty uncomfortable without AC.
3) If they have to hump it, how far could they get a days hump? Thinking not of preppers, but more like people pushing shopping carts with what they think is valuable on a highway.
thats the point I think.
most people over here are so blinkered("walking around with sh#t in their eyes" we call it) that they will not realise anything bad is happening for some time-especially in a slow event not everything will be one big bang event over- probably not until the lights go off and by then its far too late for them to do anything.
even if they think of leaving-most wont- where do they go? which direction? and why?
if they have to "hump" it (as said above) how far can they do that? how many days-days not weeks -? most here are too unfit and unhealthy-we have an obesity crisis in this country-too many take aways and ready meals.
Hey, I am here for you!
But seriously, after 6 months to a year of the going it alone kinda thing, and a young girl goes missing, get the dogs and trackers and form a CSAR.
I would have thought in a post SHTF world any young girl is going to be closely monitored!!!
Yup, this has been the topic of discussion often amongst our MAG. We have several options for remote cabins within a couple hours drive. But we also have a neighborhood plan for bugging in. We live in a suburb near a larger city. But we're the last suburb before it gets sparse, and it's partially still a farming community. It's not ideal if it gets bad, but the majority of our preps in our homes. The decision of when to BO is tough, but I'm thinking we'll know it when we see it (hopefully). But yup, you don't want to wait too long.
Another way to look at it: Last year, when did you decide to stock up on things with regards to COVID?
Us, first week in FEB. A few weeks later, pull all our assets out of the stock market. Saved us from a 16% loss.
Us, first week in FEB. A few weeks later, pull all our assets out of the stock market. Saved us from a 16% loss.
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We were already stocked up when covid hit. We've been prepping for years, and it's how we live. But I did warn two families I know to stock up end of February.
I watch my neighbors across the street head to the grocery store every week. Eventually the food supply chain is going to break and those people are going to be in a world of hurt.
I live in a very small town my street is somewhat ok. We have alot of elderly but they barely hardly ever go outside. We now do have 3 houses that are either halfway houses or sober houses not sure but they are mostly all very loud people. 1 of the guys that lives in 1 of those houses next to me I swear he's a drug dealer or something everyday he comes home he has a new car or truck but he works as a host at denddy's so i know he's not making all that much he the only neighbor I really don't trust at all.
