Preppers for disasters

Rose65 said:
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Is anyone here at all prepared for disaster, do you know people who are really well prepared?
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Well, the best "Real World" apocalypse novel is "Lucifer's Hammer" meteor strike on earth. The fight for survival, cannibalism, and aftermath are quite scary. (Toss in a nuke war China/Russia/crazy preacher)

I understand some may "Punch out" then. I agree if you REALLY feel you can't contribute to others survival. The part about "Preppers" is. Long standing commitment to "Being Prepared"

Having food storage, reloading supplies, reading material and an above basic knowledge of first aid, plus some medical books. Propane, charcoal or wood stove for cooking/heat

Knowledge of hunting, skinning/butchering plus very much basic hygiene. You could raid hospitals for some drugs, but narcotics would be first to go.

Those living in the country, would be more prepped then any city dweller. But those in the cities who survived, would be constant alert for food, protection and safety.
 

hollydolly said:
that's what's been stopping me buying one tbh.. not knowing how effective thay are..I would only need a small one, but it could well sit unused for years before I need it, so I don't know how trustworthy they are to still work after years..or maybe after just one or 2 uses
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I don't think a solar generator could run a furnace or a full size refrigerator. I need to do some reading.

I have a windup powered radio and lantern and I do think it might be good to have some solar lights on hand. They are inexpensive and would be handy even in an ordinary power outage.
 

Rose65 said:
We got a taste during the first covid year or so about how people behave even at the rumour of trouble. It is very scary.
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I agree. We heard a lot obout supply lines and such during that time.

I saw you in another thread talking about avoiding the news for peace of mind and then I saw you here reading a prepper novel. I love that, Rose. You make me smile in a happy way. 😁
 
Myrtle said:
I don't think a solar generator could run a furnace or a full size refrigerator. I need to do some reading.

I have a windup powered radio and lantern and I do think it might be good to have some solar lights on hand. They are inexpensive and would be handy even in an ordinary power outage.
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yes I have the solar lights and wind up lanterns too... I used to have a wind up radio.. but in all honesty it was rubbish... let me know if you find anything worthwhile about the solar generators
 
No, sadly I am no longer prepared since moving here five years ago. I was what I call a "modern homesteader" and that is how I lived and what I wrote about. The problem with living that way was as I got where I could not walk very well my jobs became too difficult to do. I tried my best to be as sell-sufficient as I could. Power outages never affected my house since we were not on the power grid.

If my circumstances were different I could live that way but better since I am alone and could do things the way I wanted to do them. I am still friends with many of my homesteading friends and most of them do store enough food and supplies but are not prepared outside of using a generator. Getting solar refrigeration was a big step to independence for me in 2013. Up until then I used first a propane refrigerator and then after taking that out I lived for 6 years with none at all.

I can't prep here in a studio apartment. It is easier to do in a country home. Those tiny houses look like they would be ideal but on your own land with a well. Solar and wind power not connected to the grid would be my choice.
 
I must say, as I read this novel I feel very uncomfortable about the preparation of guns and ammunition, even by the Christian very prayerful family upon whom the plot centres, in a time of danger. I mean I am reading a scene where the small son is helping his daddy to stock 'ammo' - this is awful. What is the child learning?
Not as cosy a read as I expected!

That it is normal to them to be a hunting fishing family who carry guns at will alarms me.

This is utterly alien to me as an English citizen. We just have no experience of this. To store up items that are made for taking the lives of others is unthinkable. I understand about self defence but, I do not think I could touch or use a gun if I had chance. I can't bear to think of taking any persons life.
 
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On another note, the book mentions reusable toilet paper. I have never even considered such a thing. So how does that work - from a Preppers point of view?

Also, why would they need tinfoil hats?
 
Rose65 said:
I must say, as I read this novel I feel very uncomfortable about the preparation of guns and ammunition, even by the Christian very prayerful family upon whom the plot centres, in a time of danger. I mean I am reading a scene where the small son is helping his daddy to stock 'ammo' - this is awful. What is the child learning?
Not as cosy a read as I expected!

That it is normal to them to be a hunting fishing family who carry guns at will alarms me.

This is utterly alien to me as an English citizen. We just have no experience of this. To store up items that are made for taking the lives of others is unthinkable. I understand about self defence but, I do not think I could touch or use a gun if I had chance. I can't bear to think of taking any persons life.
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No..most of us wouldn't be in the least bit comfortable at the thought of killing... but in the event of a nuclear war and mass looting .. it would be kill or be killed potentially
 
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We would have been more prepared if we still had our house off grid like it was when we first purchased it but we do have a generator for needed electricity and a lot of stored gas with a stabilizer in it. We have a storage room filled with canned goods and everyday supplies like TP, toothpaste, soap, shampoo etc. We have a lifetime supply of wood and a good wood stove which heats our entire house. Our house is well insulated .

Water? We are on a well but there is a natural fresh spring just down the road in case we need it. My husband doesn’t hunt but does a lot of fishing and would hunt if necessary.
We don’t have our own chickens but have neighbours that do.

We grow our own seasonal vegetables and have some canned but not many. Vegetables in the wintertime might be difficult. We do some foraging for mushrooms and other edible things. We have a large supply of candles and kerosene lamps. We’ve done a lot of interior camping so have experience roughing it so believe we’d manage. if we don’t, I’m ok with dying. It’s all a natural part of life.
 
I have a good supply of food & household items, but this is more for the inflationary standpoint. We are always buying in multiples. I guess this started during the pandemic. I look every day at a survivor forum, but really just pick & choose what to read. One thing I did take away from it is to have something to barter if things do get bad. It can be a trade, have chickens to exchange eggs, etc. I thought that I can sew or at least mend items. You'd be surprised the younger (& I mean like our kids ages) that do not know how to sew a button, etc. I know I must have failed in teaching that to mine!
 
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I have a good supply of food & household items, but this is more for the inflationary standpoint. We are always buying in multiples. I guess this started during the pandemic. I look every day at a survivor forum, but really just pick & choose what to read. One thing I did take away from it is to have something to barter if things do get bad. It can be a trade, have chickens to exchange eggs, etc. I thought that I can sew or at least mend items. You'd be surprised the younger (& I mean like our kids ages) that do not know how to sew a button, etc. I know I must have failed in teaching that to mine!
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yes I agree, and it's the same with cooking.. there 's a huge population of Gen X's and younger simply do not know how to cook, and rely on take-outs, and Ready meals....not my daughter who is 47 who knows how to cook and sew , but a great deal of her generation and their offspring... simply don't cook and or, are not interested..
 
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I remember passing through Wyoming in the early 70's. I recall places like Laramie, Rock Springs, & Cheyenne. There seemed to be a lot of open spaces without much people. If something really bad happened there, the death toll would be a lot smaller than in other places of the U.S. But anywhere there is a loss of life, would be tragic for Americans.
 
Preppers may survive a localized incident =like a flood, etc. But for a national incident, without the nation's infrastructure, there's no way to support a large population. Even the best preppers will eventually run out of provisions. There probably will be a tiny population of hunter gatherers left.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
Preppers may survive a localized incident =like a flood, etc. But for a national incident, without the nation's infrastructure, there's no way to support a large population. Even the best preppers will eventually run out of provisions. There probably will be a tiny population of hunter gatherers left.
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Absolutely . Nobody, however self sufficient they think they can be, can possibly survive isolated.
We need cooperation, sharing if resources, to survive and thrive. Humans have to pool talents, information and supplies.
Just having food hoarded and guns will be of no use if for instance you get really sick, need an operation etc. We need others.
I put my trust in the authorities and common sense.
 

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