Thursday, April 28, 2011

90 Days: Part One

Here is a post I have been working on off and on. I think that if I wait too long to post it, some of it may become too late to implement. So here it is as currently written.

Ninety days.

Huh?
What about it?

After ninety days, or thereabouts, most of the unprepared sheeple will have died off from a lack of food and possibly adequate shelter.

Not all will be dead at this point. There will be those who survive, those who banded together and withstood the onslaughts of the displaced and starving masses. They were prepared to turn back those who had no important skills to offer, no supplies to share. They will be located in areas where ingress and egress can be controlled tightly.

The others that survived, the raiders, they are mostly the strong and the predatory. They were the shady characters that inhabited the inner city, preying on the weak there. They have no morals against taking what they want and killing those who stand in their way. Gang members and such come to mind.

And then the worst of the worst: those who have turned to eating their own kind in order to survive. They will be hated and killed when discovered by all other groups of survivors.

Within 2 weeks of the crash the cities will begin to tear themselves apart as different groups of people fight for precious dwindling resources. Only the very adaptable will be able to survive there. Things will most likely hold together until the first paycheck welfare check fails to materialize. Then watch out!

In the beginning the government may try to bring the chaos under control, but they will be vastly outnumbered by desperate people, trying to get food. Eventually they will retreat back to critical infrastructure in an effort to protect it from the destruction.

The first to die will be the sick and elderly who are dependent upon healthcare workers and caretakers for their daily existence. After the end of the 1st week, they will be left to die by those same workers, as they leave to see to their own family’s welfare. Perhaps not all will have left, but those who remain will soon be overwhelmed trying to take care of just a fraction of those needing care. After the second week, a large portion of the sick and elderly will have died. There is no one left to bury them. Their rooms become their mausoleums.

Because of just in time inventory management, all stores concerned with disbursement of household consumables will be empty in record time. One has only to look at what happens just before a hurricane or a Black Friday sales event to imagine what it will be like come the collapse. As soon as the sheeple become aware, the stampede to “get some” supplies will empty store shelves. Two weeks after the collapse, the store owners will not even go there anymore as there will be no resupply and to be out on the streets is to invite swift death at the hands of the roving gangs.

Most available food will be consumed by week three and people will begin to hunt the small creatures that live in their neighborhoods. Dogs, cats, various non-standard pets, birds, rats etc… If it moves, it will be considered for the stewpot. Expect the city pigeon population to dwindle quickly.

Even if the Government manages to open a few stores to ration out supplies, the gangs will post lookouts at the stores and they will report what vehicles loaded what supplies to the raider groups that will follow them home and steal it from them later, or perhaps immediately depending on the location and situation.

If you were to evacuate your home for at least ninety days, you might be able to come home to a semi-intact structure. If you are lucky, only your unprotected windows will be broken out. If you are unlucky you might find your home a burnt out shell. A possible strategy might be to leave a little food behind so that those who will break in (and they will) might be appeased and not vandalize the structure.

Now how does one survive these ensuing 90+ days? You will need to be mobile after the crash.

So the plan would be as follows:

Cache the greater part of your survival goods in various locations. Include in these caches, a large quantity of vegetable seeds.

In your main cache, store materials and plastic for a greenhouse(s). Not only can you raise food in it, you can also shelter in it if needed.

Acquire good quality hiking gear for each member of your family; shoes, packs, sleeping gear, mess equipment, etc… Army surplus is good durable equipment, built to last but heavier than civy gear for the most part.

If your group is larger than two, carry a variety of weapons. First consideration should be the crossbow, a compound bow, an air rifle (1000+ FPS) and a slingshot. Their ability to kill nearly silently is a great benefit. Since your ability to remain undiscovered is imperative to your survival, remaining in the deep forest is your best choice. Fancy scoped bolt rifles are of not much use in areas in which visibility is limited to under 50 yards. Here is where the lever action rifle comes into its own. It is also a good area for the shotgun and .22lr. Whatever you choose to carry, have the appropriate ammo for it in a sufficient quantity.

You need to have a series of caches with enough supplies to sustain you for these ninety days. Your food should be high calorie as you will need the fuel to sustain you as you move about. At least 1 of each days meals should require no preparation as you may need to eat it on the move. More would be desired if possible. Each cache should supply your group with 2 weeks worth of food and other essentials.

If you are pursued, those following you may have little or no food, thus limiting their energy expenditures. Since you are able to eat on the move, you gain precious ground with each hour. Hopefully they are weakened by hunger and unable to pursue for long.

It would be wise to carry a small radio capable of receiving AM/FM/Shortwave/NOAA bands so that you can try to stay informed on what is happening. There is no guarantee that broadcasting will continue on the commercial bands, but shortwave will hopefully continue.

The use of mapping software can greatly help in planning routes and locations, and can download this info to various GPS devices. Electronic devices should not be relied upon solely to do your navigating, so a good compass and maps should be part of your gear. If you don't know how to navigate by compass, yesterday is a good time to start learning. Find and make friends with a Boy Scout. Look for local classes, perhaps a class at your local hiking group or Search and Rescue group.

End part one.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Updates

The blogosphere has been rockin and a rollin with the world-wide unrest forming everywhere but the US. Some sheeple are waking up but the majority slumbers on, steeped in their own stupidity. Come crash time, good riddance! They will only show some backbone when they personally are affected. When it is too late.

Welcome to FEMA Camp “SUCKA”!

Some a-hole made the statement to me that he wasn't going to worry about what was going on because he couldn't make a difference. Most certainly not with that attitude, assjack! I have to laugh at him though. Both he and his wife are on the go all the time, and are teaching their daughter the same values of go go go. Last year he bought a half ton extended cab chevy 4x4 PU. 6 months later his wife wanted a new rig. Her Subaru “just” didn’t have enough room and so she wanted a new rig, a Dodge Dakota to be exact, a crew cab 4x4. She bought it, trading in her “paid for” Subaru on it. Now they both face Gi-normous monthly fuel costs because of their choices. What a bunch of Sheeple!

It is snowing this morning as I sit and write this on my break. So much for Gorebal warming! Anyone who still believes in that drivel deserves to be sold a bridge in the Sahara desert.

I have been working on a layout for my garden this year using the sq. foot gardening method. If it ever warms up and dries out a bit that is. The soil is too cold and wet to expect anything but rotten seeds if anything is planted yet.

Buy seeds. Buy Heirloom seeds to save in your freezer or refrigerator and buy the hybrid to practice your gardening skills. Save those heirlooms for when you have a green thumb rather than a brown one. Buy new seeds every year. Better seeds than gold or silver. Buy the materials to build a greenhouse, even just a small one like this one:

Westside Gardener Hoophouse
http://westsidegardener.com/howto/hoophouse.html

Greenhouse Plastic
http://www.greenhousemegastore.com/product/4-year-greenhouse-film/plastic-greenhouse-film

If worse comes to worst, you can live in the dang thing while starting your guerilla garden. An expedient shelter to be considered is one of the portable garages that are available from Sportsman’s Guide. They will set you back a couple of hundred dollars but are sized 10’x20’ and have walls.

Shelterlogic™ 10 x 20' Instant Garage / Shelter.
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=332977

$229.97, club price $206.97.

Here are some good links for you.

Safely Gathered In
http://safelygatheredin.blogspot.com/

Honeyville Farms
http://store.honeyvillegrain.com/

The Internet Grocer
http://www.internet-grocer.net/index.htm

StorableOrganics.com
http://www.storableorganics.com/Index.asp

Wise Foods
https://www.wisefoodstorage.com/store/

Cope’s Distributing
http://www.copesdistributing.net/index.php?cPath=198

Grandpappy’s How to Survive Hard Times
http://www.grandpappy.info/indexhar.htm

Be prepared.
Be safe.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Some Texas Humor

Three men - a Canadian farmer, Osama bin Laden and a Texan are all traveling together one day.

They come across a lantern and a Genie pops out of it.

'I will give each of you one wish, which is three wishes in total', says the Genie.

The Canadian says, 'I am a farmer and my son will also farm.
I want the land to be forever fertile in Canada .'

POOF! With the blink of the Genie's eye, the land in Canada was forever fertile for farming.

Osama was amazed, so he said, 'I want a wall around all Muslim countries so that no infidels, Americans or Canadians can come into our precious land.'

POOF! Again, with the blink of the Genie's eye, there was a huge wall around those countries.

The Texan says, 'I am very curious. Please tell me more about this wall.'

The Genie explains, 'Well, it's about 5,000 feet high, 500 feet thick and completely surrounds the Muslim countries. Nothing can get in or out; it's virtually impenetrable.'

The Texan sits down on his horse, cracks open a beer, smiles and says, 'Fill them with water.'

God bless Texans.