Little BaBy JESUS
m8
+394|6119|'straya
Living on a military base is about the extent of my preparedness
rdx-fx
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+955|6562
Couple of blankets, few MREs, first aid kit, basic tools, OBD-II scan tool, oil, brake fluid, chemlights, deck of cards, etc
That's in the trunk of my car. Habit from Alaskan winter driving. Car fails halfway between nowhere on a sub-zero winter night, I have the tools to fix the problem, or I've the gear to hang out until help arrives.

Besides having the knowledge and materials to get through a lack of modern conveniences during a disaster,
don't be in a large city.  Too many people, too small of a space - mob mentality is going to get ugly the moment the magic supermarket shelves stop producing food.  Katrina, anyone?


mtb0minime wrote:

Just bum disaster kits off the people who actually made theirs. They'll feel too guilty if they don't help everyone else out. And they're also too paranoid to want to become the enemy or that guy who won't share anything.
Bullshit. "A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part". Given a choice between providing for you or my daughter, you're hardly worth the ammo expenditure. I'd help whoever I could, but priority would be those that are skilled or useful or family. Healthy young males with no skills, no equipment, no kit, and no clue are at the absolute bottom of the queue.

And you don't have to plan your life around the Apocalypse, either.
Natural disasters, wars, bullshit, and drama happens;  Have some skills to get you and yours through a few weeks or a few months of such events.
Civilization isn't going to just up and disappear one day. It may get put on 'pause' for a while, in your general area, but it's not going to go away permanently.  Mad Max world is not a probability worth planning for.
Reciprocity
Member
+721|6551|the dank(super) side of Oregon

rdx-fx wrote:

Mad Max world is not a probability worth planning for.
What's the fun in that?


mitch -you're gonna need guns, lots of guns.  lots of  ammo.  at least a couple dozen spam cans of east-block surplus buried in the front yard.  and don't forget the night vision optics.




and toilet paper.
oug
Calmer than you are.
+380|6490|Πάϊ
do you have a bunker mitch? cos all that shit is useless if you don't have a proper bunker


pics will be appreciated
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krazed
Admiral of the Bathtub
+619|6751|Great Brown North

mtb0minime wrote:

Just bum disaster kits off the people who actually made theirs. They'll feel too guilty if they don't help everyone else out. And they're also too paranoid to want to become the enemy or that guy who won't share anything.
another option

find people who have no guns and take theirs
rdx-fx
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+955|6562

Reciprocity wrote:

rdx-fx wrote:

Mad Max world is not a probability worth planning for.
What's the fun in that?
Oh, right.  Sorry, forgot where I was for a moment.

Convert a missile silo into your home.
Doesn't need to be abandoned.
Nuclear warheads are good for keeping you warm at night.

Get a tanker truck full of diesel fuel, and a badass 1970's Ford (Aussie model, of course)
Don't forget the sawed off shotgun. And spiked leather - if you don't look like a member of Judas Priest, you're wrong.

Plan for nuclear war, teach your kid how to be The Resistance Leader when Skynet takes over.
Watch out for rogue robots.

Have an AK-47.  Carve kill hash marks in the stock.  Yell "Wolverines!" at the top of your lungs each morning.
Eat lots of oranges - they're good for you.

Memorize every scene from Rambo, the first movie.  He was a Green Beret and stuff.  Priceless survival info in that movie.

reciprocity wrote:

and toilet paper.
Good god, don't forget toilet paper.
Look at the middle east - no toilet paper. Civilization can't exist without toilet paper.


Spoiler (highlight to read):
I'm having a Joaquin Phoenix kinda week.  Blow me
jord
Member
+2,382|6649|The North, beyond the wall.
I enjoy your monthly threads mitch. How's it going with your acquistion of your step mothers paper route? Making a lotta dolla yet?

As for the thread, meh. I'd try to download some porn before the wireless networks go down...
DonFck
Hibernator
+3,227|6602|Finland

jord wrote:

As for the thread, meh. I'd try to download some porn before the wireless networks go down...
The power grid just went down, your emergency generator is out of fuel and Freezer's battery-frankenstein is out of juice.

What do you do?

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You can cut the sexual tension in the picture with a knife.
I need around tree fiddy.
Doctor Strangelove
Real Battlefield Veterinarian.
+1,758|6439
I heard that the best thing to have is an SKS in a woods.
SEREVENT
MASSIVE G STAR
+605|6078|Birmingham, UK
nothing bad happens in the uk
FloppY_
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+1,010|6257|Denmark aka Automotive Hell
Meh.. Nothing bad happens in Denmark either (except politics )...

- Hostile alien invasion: fuck it, if they can travel here we are screwed already...
- Zombie outbreak: lock doors, barricade windows and pray these are slow, dumb zombies that will die of starvation in a week.. (Maybe locate a cricket bat aswell)
- Social/Political collapse resulting in anarchy and/or failure of public services like water, police etc.: Try running to Sweden or Germany and find someplace remote with running fresh water.
- World War 3: Go outside and hope to die from the flash of the nuclear explosion rather than radiation sickness.
- Solar flare completely obliterates all tech on earth: Die from boredom or enjoy the fact that my car is 20 years old and as such, has nothing more complicated than an analogue clock...

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Trotskygrad
бля
+354|5970|Vortex Ring State
My kit includes a couple new nalgenes of fresh water, water replaced every month or so, a lot of iodine tabs, 2 MREs, 5 cans of baked beans, 3 cans spam, 5 road flares, 2 smoke grenades (don't ask me where I got them), small first aid kit, a zippo and lighter fluid, a blanket, a M9 bayonet, and a leatherman.

That's about it. I think I'm covered other than the guns and ammo aspect.
Spark
liquid fluoride thorium reactor
+874|6645|Canberra, AUS

FloppY_ wrote:

Meh.. Nothing bad happens in Denmark either (except politics )...

- Hostile alien invasion: fuck it, if they can travel here we are screwed already...
- Zombie outbreak: lock doors, barricade windows and pray these are slow, dumb zombies that will die of starvation in a week.. (Maybe locate a cricket bat aswell)
- Social/Political collapse resulting in anarchy and/or failure of public services like water, police etc.: Try running to Sweden or Germany and find someplace remote with running fresh water.
- World War 3: Go outside and hope to die from the flash of the nuclear explosion rather than radiation sickness.
- Solar flare completely obliterates all tech on earth: Die from boredom or enjoy the fact that my car is 20 years old and as such, has nothing more complicated than an analogue clock...
Solar flare frying all the tech would fry the magnetic field and possibly the ozone layer first. So you'd be microwaved (almost literally) anyway.
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
Trotskygrad
бля
+354|5970|Vortex Ring State

Spark wrote:

FloppY_ wrote:

Meh.. Nothing bad happens in Denmark either (except politics )...

- Hostile alien invasion: fuck it, if they can travel here we are screwed already...
- Zombie outbreak: lock doors, barricade windows and pray these are slow, dumb zombies that will die of starvation in a week.. (Maybe locate a cricket bat aswell)
- Social/Political collapse resulting in anarchy and/or failure of public services like water, police etc.: Try running to Sweden or Germany and find someplace remote with running fresh water.
- World War 3: Go outside and hope to die from the flash of the nuclear explosion rather than radiation sickness.
- Solar flare completely obliterates all tech on earth: Die from boredom or enjoy the fact that my car is 20 years old and as such, has nothing more complicated than an analogue clock...
Solar flare frying all the tech would fry the magnetic field and possibly the ozone layer first. So you'd be microwaved (almost literally) anyway.
plants too... we're fucked!
Hunter/Jumper
Member
+117|6325

Mitch wrote:

Does anyone else here prep for a shit-hits-the-fan scenario? I've just gotten into it. Found a great forum with other preppers.
I already have weapons, an indoor well and a generator. ( the power goes out here a lot )
My plan is to Dress up in a " Mad Max " type of costume and raid the people who live around here. I haven't really picked out a theme yet but I feel It should incorporate some of my riding equipment - Chaps, Boots etc. Any suggestions ?

My youngest boy is absolutely on fire for an alien invasion He is constantly pressuring me to
OK him on my M1 Carbine should they come. lol

Last edited by Hunter/Jumper (2010-09-30 06:20:01)

M.O.A.B
'Light 'em up!'
+1,220|6194|Escea

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MacGyver that shit and fly somewhere safe.
13urnzz
Banned
+5,830|6468

Hunter/Jumper wrote:

My plan is to Dress up in a " Mad Max " type of costume and raid the people who live around here. I haven't really picked out a theme yet but I feel It should incorporate some of my riding equipment - Chaps, Boots etc. Any suggestions ?
that's just great, the world's ending and you want to have 'dykes on bikes' parade . . .
Hunter/Jumper
Member
+117|6325

burnzz wrote:

Hunter/Jumper wrote:

My plan is to Dress up in a " Mad Max " type of costume and raid the people who live around here. I haven't really picked out a theme yet but I feel It should incorporate some of my riding equipment - Chaps, Boots etc. Any suggestions ?
that's just great, the world's ending and you want to have 'dykes on bikes' parade . . .
Basically Yea ! Roll with the punches. Get back to my Viking Roots and Have some fun. For the record - excluding the Hairy arm pits and Fat ones. I like the " Dykes on Bikes " look. Particularly the ones with jet black hair.

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FloppY_
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+1,010|6257|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Hunter/Jumper wrote:

burnzz wrote:

Hunter/Jumper wrote:

My plan is to Dress up in a " Mad Max " type of costume and raid the people who live around here. I haven't really picked out a theme yet but I feel It should incorporate some of my riding equipment - Chaps, Boots etc. Any suggestions ?
that's just great, the world's ending and you want to have 'dykes on bikes' parade . . .
Basically Yea ! Roll with the punches. Get back to my Viking Roots and Have some fun. For the record - excluding the Hairy arm pits and Fat ones. I like the " Dykes on Bikes " look. Particularly the ones with jet black hair.
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13rin
Member
+977|6450
Hmmmmm....

I have a several propane tanks (for the big grill) and then a case of the smaller coleman one's used camping (grill to go along with it).
I usually keep about 20+gallons of gas in cans...
I have a generator that will power my fridge and many other appliances.
I have a ruger  mini-14 ranch and a few thousand .223 rounds.
Many canned goods in the pantry and many many gallons of water in plastic jugs. 
I keep some changes of clothes in an airtight tupperware containers.  Personal documents are in a firesafe.
Have three weather radios.  Also a compliment of batteries, and flashlights.  I also have several bags of 'tea lights' and a few gallons of lamp oil (lamps too).  First aid kits are a given...
Oh... I keep kerosene too along with a big heater.

I know I'm forgetting shit...

On the horizon at the current casa is having an electrician install a kill  switch for power so that I can get a 'widow maker' 220 plug and be able instead of using an extention cord to power shit, I'll just be able to flip switches.  When I build my home, I will have a guardian generator installed and a 500gal propane tank sunk in the yard to power it.
I stood in line for four hours. They better give me a Wal-Mart gift card, or something.  - Rodney Booker, Job Fair attendee.
eleven bravo
Member
+1,399|5230|foggy bottom
I have a shotgun.  I could steal someone elses stuff.

Last edited by eleven bravo (2010-09-30 07:58:42)

Tu Stultus Es
13rin
Member
+977|6450

eleven bravo wrote:

I have a shotgun.  I could steal someone elses stuff.
Yea... I thought of that.  I don't think I'd use that generator much as it is very loud and could draw a crowd.  I had given it some thought long ago and would probably head to the national forest a few miles outta town.  Then its fucking Eagle Scout time.
I stood in line for four hours. They better give me a Wal-Mart gift card, or something.  - Rodney Booker, Job Fair attendee.
eleven bravo
Member
+1,399|5230|foggy bottom
I live a couple hundred feet from my buddy from the reserves.  he is armed well too.  if society collapses we'll probably start a militia.
Tu Stultus Es
eleven bravo
Member
+1,399|5230|foggy bottom
or a thieve's guild
Tu Stultus Es
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Da Blooze
+111|6624
12 ga. with lots of ammo
Scoped .22 mag rifle with lots of ammo
Reliable pistol with lots of ammo (Ruger GP100 .357 mag for me...)
3.5" folding knife
Skinning knife
Filet knife
Machete/hatchet
Whetstone

Zippo and 2 cans of fluid
5-pack of Bics

Several sets of long underwear
Carhartt parka
Sweatshirts, etc.
Raincoat/Poncho

Lots of canned food/MREs
Lots of uncooked beans/rice
Lots of water
Portable water filtering device

First Aid kit (with ace bandages, guaze, alcohol, etc.)

Blankets and several sleeping bags

2 Fishing rod/reel combo's (sturdy baitcasters), lots of 4lb and 8lb line, tacklebox with lots of cheap, sturdy jigs/worms

Loyal dog(s)

Organic Chemistry, Calculus, University Physics, and Spanish textbooks

The Lord of the Rings

Atlas Shrugged

Gravity's Rainbow


You're set for a couple of months.  If it's worse than that, you're just prolonging the inevitable anyway.
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