Worldwide, there has been a lot of chatter about emergency preparedness. I usually never give such things much thought, but with a family of 6, this gives me pause. Do you do anything and if so, what?
OT: Are you prepared for emergencies, such as the grid goes down?
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The chaos would be so bad it wouldn't matter what you did
I have some life straws, fire starters, gold, silver, and a TON of Brass. If ya know what i mean. Me and mine will be fine
If the grid goes down for any length of time there really wouldn’t be much you could do.
As long as the electricity and water keep working, I’ll be fine.
I live out in the sticks and have a fireplace and plenty of wood. Ample investments in cheaper metals also. Its always smart to have a water supply and canned goods. Anything can happen. People in the Jackson area will be 17ed if we have a massive power failure lasting weeks+. Along with most cities. Hungry people get crazy.
Don’t think living in the boonies will protect you.
If the grid shuts down across the entire US it would get bad within days… full scale humanitarian crisis. Big cities would be the worst place to be. Water is your first issue. Gas and food shelves could be empty within a day. Humans don’t act well towards each other in these situations where societal norms go out the window. All the comic con military bros who think they could survive it all holed up in their houses… not sure how that strategy works for more than a week
Yes, short term. After the April 27th tornados cut us off from civilization for half a day, and we came back online in time to see Tuscaloosa get hit, and then helping clean up one of the smaller towns north of Birmingham that was flattened and hearing their stories, I decided we needed something.
So, we've got emergency food for at least two weeks, two different types of water purification options, always try to have a full spare propane tank, and a small supply of camping-style fuel, with a stove to use it. Home defense is in another category, but it's there as well.
I figure if we've got an emergency lasting more than two weeks, short of a bunker that I can't afford to build or stock, I'm going to have to get creative. State fans will be welcome in whatever benevolent dictatorship I'm able to establish.
So, we've got emergency food for at least two weeks, two different types of water purification options, always try to have a full spare propane tank, and a small supply of camping-style fuel, with a stove to use it. Home defense is in another category, but it's there as well.
I figure if we've got an emergency lasting more than two weeks, short of a bunker that I can't afford to build or stock, I'm going to have to get creative. State fans will be welcome in whatever benevolent dictatorship I'm able to establish.
At least we will have something interesting to read in the new SPS magazine this week while we get pummeled by Texas.
If the scenario of the whole grid going down happened I’d say if you’re in a big city or metropolitan area you’re going to have civil unrest pretty quickly. Maybe less than a day it’s all going to break down.
Living in the rural areas buys you a little more time but not much.
Living in the rural areas buys you a little more time but not much.
No because I don’t spend my life worrying about unlikely scenarios. The best part is, if I’m wrong, ya’ll can’t get on here to tell me I told you so.
This gets pushed every few years because of some kind of military edict to bases or because of global events, if it happens it’s gonna be madness. Better to be prepared for short term things such as tornados, ice storms, hurricanes with food/water and be prepared with Jesus for long term events.
Like Bill Burr said "if you're storing food supply in your house for a crisis but dont have a gun, then you're just stroring food and water for the people that do"
For a few weeks sure. Assuming no riots where I'm murked for my few weeks cans, rice, beans, and water. I'm not naive enough to think I can fend off a desperate population with a pistol and a shotgun though. It would be a numbers game in a true long term emergency. A handful of people with well hidden and secure bunkers might be able to get through something significant.
Apparently two things are the main drivers of the uptick in concern - 1 is the Chinese and other bad actors (Russians, Iran) have gotten into many of our control systems like utilities, banking, health care etc. and have the capacity to cause some chaos if they so choose. There's been some recent evidence that they're trying hard, or it could be we've just recently gotten better at detecting them. 2nd is the El Nino weather patterns this year could bring extreme weather/flooding, etc. to areas that don't normally experience those events so are less prepared to deal with them.
The British are officially pushing citizens to develop preparedness plans/supplies in the immediate and that's the one that is freaking me out a bit - for it to be coming from the government suggests there's a real threat they are seeing that they don't have the ability to deal with effectively.
The British are officially pushing citizens to develop preparedness plans/supplies in the immediate and that's the one that is freaking me out a bit - for it to be coming from the government suggests there's a real threat they are seeing that they don't have the ability to deal with effectively.
If your living on that continent you always need to be prepared
In my former residence, I was prepared. Since we’ve moved I no longer have 15,000 gallons of fresh chlorinated water stored in the back yard nor an ample supply of fresh game animals. I know a guy who has several years of food and supplies stored in a basement bunker. He would not be an easy target but since we’re friends he’d never suspect me! I have a motorhome, it’s never not full of diesel fuel. It has a generator and 80 gallons of fresh water onboard. If the roads were still passable I could get to a place that I could live off the land. Might have to fight my way there but I’m at least prepared for that.
If I have to live in a bunker for several years just come shoot me.
i have photon lasers to protect me and my property and i always keep 2-3 replicators on standby, so no problems here.
Got a life straw, water filter 3 months of emergency food, and like an another poster said...a good supply of .556, 7.62, and 12ga.
If it is not extended term, I'd be fine. Have Nat gas, , gas logs for heat, A couple of small to mid size generators,
for some use, and to charge batteries....400AH of Lifepo4 batteries, and power inverters.
Back during Katrina, my cousin was out of power, for 14 days, said things were ok, till he could not get gas
for his generator. But, he ate well, from the freezer stuff.
for some use, and to charge batteries....400AH of Lifepo4 batteries, and power inverters.
Back during Katrina, my cousin was out of power, for 14 days, said things were ok, till he could not get gas
for his generator. But, he ate well, from the freezer stuff.
We did 11 days without power due to ice years ago. Couldn’t go anywhere other than on a four wheeler. Our house was all electric but I did have one emergency propane heater and a built in gas grill with side burner on a covered patio fed by a 100 gallon propane tank. We heated the den, kitchen and one bathroom. We never lost water pressure but had a pool so water wasn’t an issue either way. We moved our mattress into the den floor for sleeping and cooked everything on the grill or side burner. We had a freezer in the garage well stocked and since it was below freezing food wasn’t an issue for a while anyway. We made it fine. We’d even heat enough water for a bath every couple of days.
funny you ask......This has crossed my mind in the recent past.
Short term, yes, all good.......Long term, I would need to get creative
Self defense, fully prepared.....stock pile of food, not really.....ability to get and make food yes. ability to harvest water and filter water, yes, but slow methods
Short term, yes, all good.......Long term, I would need to get creative
Self defense, fully prepared.....stock pile of food, not really.....ability to get and make food yes. ability to harvest water and filter water, yes, but slow methods
Invest in a Generac whole home generator. As long as the natural gas keeps flowing even if the grid goes down your house doesn't have to lose power.
Hopefully it happens during the week so I can have off work to go fishing rather than using one of my already planned days off.
I’m in the process of doing something similar but not quite as expensive. I’m adding a manual transfer switch and buying a tri fuel generator big enough to power the whole house I have natural gas stubbed out nearby so rolling a generator out of the garage and hooking it up will take 15 minutes tops. I can do this for about 1/3 the cost of a generac while house system. It’s not as convenient but it gives me the option to run the generator on NG, LPG, or gasoline plus I can transport the generator for service.
Going to open my last can of baked beans, sit under a tree and wait for the sweet release of death.
In theory how long would it keep flowing though? Isn't natural gas a part of the grid too?
Yeah. Suburbs just outside of Jackson would be much safer. Are you serious ? I live on 218 acres. Think about it. Cows creeks land not many neighbors. Good Lord.
I'm headed to the mountains where I'll starve to death with some beautiful scenery.
Yes but some states pressurize the gas lines with natural gas powered turbines. Much of Mississippi is pressurized this way.
The urbanites will form gangs to raid the rural areas. A variety of ranged stand off weapons and several trigger pullers will be essential.
Baked beans and sweet release don't mesh
We were out of power for, I think it was, 7 days after the 2011 tornadoes. The only thing open was places who had generators. Fortunately, the weather was perfect and not heat or cooling was needed. We did fine but it was a pain. We have to remember that until maybe 150 years ago, nobody had power or any other utility that we have now. It was that way for thousands, millions of years.
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