Do we keep Lebby if the grid goes down?
OT: Are you prepared for emergencies, such as the grid goes down?
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It still blows my mind that natural gas was being distributed to some homes all the way back in the early to mid 1800's.
True enough. Eventually. Not gonna have much gas to be driving around tho. I got a few trigger pullers and ample tools
This is all one reasonably needs. Maybe some spare bottled water.
Where do you think all those folks in Jackson are going to looking for food once it runs out in Jackson? Think they are just going to sit there and die once it runs out? They are going overwhelm you by numbers, and they will be at least as heavily armed as you.
How much gas you think they will have buddy ? Maybe they will walk. I might need to invest in some yard gnomes filled with tannerite and ball bearings
I had an aunt live to 97 primarily on peanut butter and crackers. I’m going to stock up on that, water and whiskey. I’m good.
Man this is sixpackspeak, we carry around several months worth of sustenance. Stay ready, never have to get ready.*
I should prolly keep more water on hand, but id say we could make it a week or so pretty well, after that sol on water.
Related hijack: what’s the going rate on installed whole house natgas generators these days? Have the large batteries or other technologies become a reasonable alternative?
I should prolly keep more water on hand, but id say we could make it a week or so pretty well, after that sol on water.
Related hijack: what’s the going rate on installed whole house natgas generators these days? Have the large batteries or other technologies become a reasonable alternative?
Plenty of examples where folks dont walk. Take some of the African nations for example. Cant griw food cause they live in a desert. They walk 12 miles for water. God forbid they move that grass/dung hut closer to the water
Never thought about that. That's a great idea. Inexpensive too. Sounds like a good plan I may adopt.
Ya'll forget....A country boy can survive.
Out of starving millions, some of them will get to you. Don't forget the locals either. They will know you have food and if you won't share........Also the armed military will take what they want. Back in the Cold War days I always said if the worst ever happened I hoped I was directly underneath the first bomb. "Surviving" would not be all it was cracked up to be. A total longterm grid collapse might be worse in the long run. The millions of deaths would be prolonged. You obviously haven't read enough science fiction!
Not prepared. Not in the least.
Almost nobody is actually prepared for a permanent(or even long term) grid shutdown because others would just take their resources.
Preppers who are alone would be some of the first to be targeted because they are alone and easier to overpower.
Almost nobody is actually prepared for a permanent(or even long term) grid shutdown because others would just take their resources.
Preppers who are alone would be some of the first to be targeted because they are alone and easier to overpower.
- Where the water is and where the arable/grazing land is, are often different.
- Additionally, moving close to waterways that experience widespread seasonal flooding isnt smart.
- Many water sources dry up seasonally, so moving close to one then means you are even further from another once the close one is dry.
- Land ownership is real. A village cant just plop down on land they happen to like.
So the above 4 reasons, and more, should help you to better understand why rooted villages dont all just move closer to the water.
...or perhaps you are correct and decade after decade, everyone in the rooted villages are too dumb to have even thought about moving.
A quick death would be a blessing. But now armed military is a very real threat. Such as what the Yankees did during the Civil War. Took what they wanted and burned and slaughtered the rest. Most folks will look for easy targets. There will be plenty of those out there.Out of starving millions, some of them will get to you. Don't forget the locals either. They will know you have food and if you won't share........Also the armed military will take what they want. Back in the Cold War days I always said if the worst ever happened I hoped I was directly underneath the first bomb. "Surviving" would not be all it was cracked up to be. A total longterm grid collapse might be worse in the long run. The millions of deaths would be prolonged. You obviously haven't read enough science fiction!
You are giving them a lot of credit for intelligence and foresight they don't have. It takes time to walk 10 miles. They are not going to get on google maps and try to identify potential strongholds ahead of time. If you are easily visible on a major road, yes, in a truly **** hits the fan scenario, you are going to get raided. But plenty of people have small cabins and 50 acres that are not going to be just wandered by. You'll have to deal with local people that know what's out there, but if you're not advertising you have a compound and don't do the type of construction that will get talked about, then you are going to be in much, much better shape than people in or near the city.
Including you. Your biggest threat will be your local authorities, or whoever managed to kill them. You better hope it's the local authorities who come for your stash. They will probably leave you your "fair share." The others won't.
Who said anything about thinking ahead or planning? This will be starving people roaming looking for food wherever they can find it. If your hide out is in a place where it would be a struggle to survive NOW, then you probably could avoid them. That's basically in the middle of the desert or high up in the mountains miles from anywhere. If it's in a settled area, even if you are out in the sticks, they will find you. It ain't gonna be one roaming dude either. No where in Mississippi would be immune.
If you haven't, read One Second After. Damn good book.
Just dropped the coin for one of those 11,500 watt predator generators after they sent me a 25% off coupon to use on anything in the store. Going to get a generlink transfer switch and a boatload of propane to run it.
But if worse comes to worse, I have a shotgun, a rifle, and a 4 wheel drive.
But that was for temporary weather downtime like last winter. Not an extended period. It is beyond me why we have a electrical generation system that is ultimately connected to the internet through the system. There is someone at a power generation location at all times, why can't the grid operational system be independent from the systems connected to the outside? That has always blown my mind. And we run some of these systems on friken windows which has been vulnerable since the first copy was sold.
They are going to attack the grocery stores first. They will try to loot/steal locally next. Really depends on availability of gas and whether gas stations get run out before all power is lost or whether there is gas in underground tanks for industrious people to figure out how to access without electricity so they can have something of a stockpile. But you can can get to pretty rural land in 15 miles in most places in Mississippi.
That is a lot of ground to cover to try to figure out who to rob when there are plenty of random gates with no clear indication of whether the road behind them leads to anything.
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This is a random gate I picked off Google Street view that's 20 miles outside of Jackson. How many of these are you going to be exploring? And exploring quietly enough that you don't just get shot by the landowner, if there is in fact a cabin or house back there and it isn't just hunting land.
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That's why you prop the dead up and leave one alive. So they can go back and inform the rest that they know of one place that's a no go.
For my great aunt, it was cigarettes, Hershey Kisses, and Boston Celtics basketball. Lived to the ripe old age of 99.
I've got all those plus a decent lithium battery power station that can be recharged with the generator as needed.
I keep about 50 gallons of gas around for the generator plus 4 vehicles that I can take gas from if needed.
The gas heat needs electricity for the fan to blow and the thermostat to work. It was hard wired previously but a male plug was added to the heat system and an outlet in the heater closet so now I can unplug it from the house power and plug it into my battery power station to have electricity for the heater as needed. Highly recommend this to everybody.
I have a gas instant whole house hot water heater, but again, it has to have electricity for the thermostat and fan to work. It also has a plug and outlet in the closet like my heating system for it and I can just unplug from the house and plug into the battery power station when I need hot water.
I've got some gas logs in one room but they are "unvented" and stink when used. I think I'm going to just buy a Big Buddy heater to supplement the whole house HVAC as needed.
I have a LifeStraw water filter that is good for 5,000 gallons of water purification whether its from a lake, ditch, or even in one of the ads, stagnant water and cow pi-ss from a feed lot. Dude captures a bunch of pee and crap infested water from the ground in the feed lot, filters it and drinks it. That sold me..................
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Saltines one day, Club Crackers another, Wheat Thins the next, living high on the hog especially if you find a can of Vienna Sausage
Lots of good answers in this thread. My new plan is to make a list of which posters have supplies. **
I hope you resilient folks remembered to stash your insulin and BP meds with your saltines and hallow points. I doubt FedEx is operating during the zombie apocalypse.
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