are YOUUUUUUUUU REEAAADDDYYYYY!?!?!?!?!?!

[Le Pirate]

...for when the shit hits the fan?

http://whenshtf.com/

[Slag]

My parents found it funny when I bought a generator, fuel, and started stocking food. Then they went through Katrina in Pearl River Co, MS. Two weeks before the Nat'l Guard got to their house, and 6 weeks before power was restored. They had very little food, and were 20 miles from a town of only 1000 people. Luckily they had a hand pump on the wellhouse.

Not all people who prepare for this type of thing are crazies.

[MTBryan]

I don't think it's crazy at all. Just ask some of the victims of Katrina. Or hurricane Andrew back in '92.
When gas was all but gone here in Nashville over the fall, things started getting ugly at many gas stations that did have limited fuel.
If just a few resources are taken away from us (gas, oil, food, water, etc.), or a natural disaster occurs, things could get ugly just because there are people that will need to survive, and others that will have the excuse for anarchy.
It isn't a huge stretch for such a thing to happen.
For me: Extra water, rice, canned goods and ammo. Why not?

[Drjones]

all it takes is being without electricity for more than three days for the masses to start getting ancy . . .

[wbeck257]

all it takes is being without electricity for more than three days for the masses to start getting ancy . . .

and i'll be at work... lol.

i don't have to worry about preparing for these type things -- if shit goes down, i'll get called in...

[Rev. Millertime]

Hey now... I'm a member there.

Learned a lot of cool sh!t on that site.

[MendoDave]

I just read "The Postman"

They Hung all those survivalist types in the book.

[Rev. Millertime]

I just read "The Postman"

They Hung all those survivalist types in the book.

I haven't read that in years.  Now I'm going to have to dig that one out.


I guess the survivalists in the book didn't have enough ammunition stockpiled.

[Buckethead]

Everything I need to know I learned from

[Statler]

you know...the mean st. bernard kept us from needing the firearm during 911.   We lived in the city and people were literally beating on the window and door (hard) on the house because they knew we had a working phone (rough area of town then).

Out away from town years later the ten foot storm surge from Isabelle wiped out some neighbors' houses and we lost power for quite some time.   Water sources not safe for a bit.   generator and stocked water made a big difference.

Everything in moderation, including paranoia.  Moderate paranoia is just good preparation and part of any person's responsibility to be able to meet the needs of themselves and their family..financial stability, safety, etc.

admittedly the web forum cited is a bit on the edge...but that doesn't mean you can't take a glimmer of good ideas from it.

[cyrus buelton]

I just bought 50 more 00 Buck shells today

[Popeye the Sailor]

The house we're buying is up in the woods. We're buying a generator (it's already wired for one). We have our own well and wood burning fireplaces. Maybe just a 50 callon drum of beans and we'll be all set 

[Buckethead]

You'll be your own biofuel source. 

[TiNi]

Maybe just a 50 callon drum of beans and we'll be all set 

pm monsterlover 

we also live in the woods, and have a well.
we also said we would buy a generator when we bought the house,
we haven't gotten around to it yet 

i realized while in nyc a few weeks ago, how dependent i am on having a cell phone.
long story short, i got separated from my group in a large crowd and could not see over the masses to find everyone...

we used to determine a meeting spot prior to getting separated, and i still think this is a very good idea.

[the_Journeyman]

My parents live in the woods with a well for water supply.  They do have a generator hidden in the back of the garage.  Down side is they only keep enough fuel on hand to run it for a couple days.  I think it's time to keep the 500-gallon tank at my grandmother's place (inactive farm) stocked.  Maybe the diesel one too ~

JM