SHTF. Are you ready?

[meketrefe]

Very interesting in deed.

I think nobody knows for sure that can happen but better to have some planning than zero planning.
There are two words that are very important in order to have contingencies in place.

These words are IF and THEN. Rationalize around them.

ALSO IMPORTANT...

I ran out of options for the multiple choice above but if you don't mind
please also tell me about the following. No need for long answers. If you have a BOB but don't know the answers yet just say
don't know yet or something like that. It is important to be honest here. Cut and paste the below and add what you can.

1) Do you carry some form of shelter or protection against the elements?


2) Is your plan to drive somewhere, walk, or what else? you can list them in the priority you plan them.


3) How far is where you are going?


4) If you are not going anywhere is your plan to go into hiding to come back ?


5) How much water and food do you carry and for how many days?


6) Do you think you have a good plan for a short term situation?


7) Do you have a plan for a long term situation?

 

[GOPerfect]

1) Do you carry some form of shelter or protection against the elements?

Yes, nearly everywhere I go, I have something. I have a small hammock in my jeep, a blanket and a tarp.


2) Is your plan to drive somewhere, walk, or what else? you can list them in the priority you plan them.

This all depends on what is happening around me. I would prefer to stay home. If I must leave, I will drive to my land. I have multiple routes to get there.


3) How far is where you are going?

Perfect driving conditions, 1.5 hours. Again, all depends on what is going on.


4) If you are not going anywhere is your plan to go into hiding to come back ?

I plan on staying home and staying low. I am no hero. Just the want and will to stay alive.


5) How much water and food do you carry and for how many days?

Sorry, cannot answer this one. Way too many variables to contend with. I have provisions in a few different places.


6) Do you think you have a good plan for a short term situation?

Short term, yes. I think my ideas and my plans are pretty solid


7) Do you have a plan for a long term situation?

Yes, but no matter how much I plan, I believe most of the long term will be "Winging it".

 

[Bananabandit]

Im not going to say im able to survive years on what i have. I have very little space but make due with it. I can bug in and survive the initial disaster no problem and then some. When I get out of this cesspool, i can get more.

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

One thing I forgot to consider is where you live.

If you are downstate I think after a shtf event things would spiral out of control much faster there than upstate. There are way more people, in a smaller area and those people generally are more likely to not have enough food and supplies. Everything needs to be brought in to NYC and the typical apartment doesn't have much room to store food. Good luck finding safe drinking water 48 hours into shtf. I think the city and surrounding area will spiral out of control sooner than later. The one thing I will say about NYC, if there is some form of government or fema left, aiding NYC would be at the top of the list.

 

[MilesTeg]

1) Do you carry some form of shelter or protection against the elements?

I currently do not but want to when funds come available. I'm thinking maybe just a military sleep system will be the way I go.
2) Is your plan to drive somewhere, walk, or what else? you can list them in the priority you plan them.

The current plan is to pack my home and go to my fathers (where I'm building my new house). This is 20 min drive and I have the totes and other means ready to back up is a moments notice. I will require me and the wife with full cars then 2 more trips my self with a truck to grab everything.
3) How far is where you are going?
20 minute drive. I'll add all back roads. There is a plan B but that is a much farther drive and won't be done on a whim.

4) If you are not going anywhere is your plan to go into hiding to come back ?
Plan is to lay low and farther develop the surrounding neighbors in to a more cohesive community. Within a 2 mile stretch everyone as told me they plan to work together as a small community when the time comes. Some have even hinted at being preppers. I have pushed this farther or developed this due to lack of time and money.

5) How much water and food do you carry and for how many days?
Currently none see question 1. When funds do come available I hope 3 days supply of food. 1 day of water with multiple ways to filter more.

6) Do you think you have a good plan for a short term situation?
I have an OK plan but lack funds to take it farther.

7) Do you have a plan for a long term situation?
It depends on how nasty and long it is. We have the land and know how to grow a very large garden. We are looking into a way to grow wheat at a small scale. Lastly we already make maple syrup in quantity enough to barter for a lot of things.

 

[Blimey]

I chose A2, B2. I think in our area the biggest chance of an SHTF is an extended blackout due to massive damage in the grid, affecting millions for a long period of time due to a cartington-type event.

And as for BOB I don't have one. My house is decently stocked so my intention would be to not leave it. I have small bags in the car with a single 24 hour food ration, some matches, candles, emergency blankets, a paltry amount of cash.

 

[gun_slinger_boy]

Ha ha ha. No plan. No kit. No shelter.

Maybe i die 1st day. Maybe i live for years.

Ad lib has been my method in life (and maybe death)

I figure A3. My plan is to hide out and not move for 7 days (yes, i will be hungy. Plenty of water to collect on the way. Enough food in my house to last.....or i will be hungry.

I figure most chaos will be in the 1st week. Then it will settle down (people will die). Look at how fast the jerks in NJ fell apart during sandy. Like 3 days. And that only affected a small area.... Not all the usa or the entire east coast. And they flew in supplies from the west coast. And peple still fell apart at yje gas stations.

^^^ Realistic

 

[Robin]

You will never be ready, but you can become prepared.
Robin

 

[meketrefe]

You will never be ready, but you can become prepared.
Robin

I don't know anyone who is wishing for anything bad to happen. But you see how unprepared the people
are even in the most basic situations. Just question 10 random people on the street and ask them if they know how to replace a flat tire. In terms of being ready for anything we will never be perfect but I prefer to be a 7 over 10 than a 1 or even a zero.

 

[Marine Cpl]

I chose A2, B2. I think in our area the biggest chance of an SHTF is an extended blackout due to massive damage in the grid, affecting millions for a long period of time due to a cartington-type event.

And as for BOB I don't have one. My house is decently stocked so my intention would be to not leave it. I have small bags in the car with a single 24 hour food ration, some matches, candles, emergency blankets, a paltry amount of cash.

You should have one. You never know when a fire, flood, riot, ect can force you out of your home. You cannot stay and hunker down with your rifle and food in all situations.

It doesn't cost hardly anything. Any backpack from Walmart will do filled with a change of clothes, power bars, money, loaded magazines, ect.

 

[Phauxtoe]

if it happens, around here, the Weather will be the biggest factor for most.
Most people have ZERO skills to stay warm or get food in the cold or winter.

Winter is Natural Selection in action!
it is also the time when things are more likely to happen.

 

[meketrefe]

Yes. Winter would be deadly w/o shelter and heat.

 

[meketrefe]

What about medication? This is one of the items seldom discussed?
I am not talking antibiotics or any other medication that is nice to have in case of emergency. I mean the type of medication that if you don't have it you either get very sick or even might die.
My wife needs medication, if she doesn't have it she will get very sick over time.
What about people who need insulin? What if the supply chain is interrupted by an undetermined period of time?
We give the oxygen for granted. We should not assume the medication is going to be there for us to buy or that someone will be looking for people in need of it.

 

[Phauxtoe]

life Long NYC folks would die quickly if it was a giant power grid destroying regional heavy snow storm.

 

[Bananabandit]

Problem with meds is the longevity of their usefulness. They expire at some point. But, I do keep my stock rotated.

 

[MilesTeg]

What about medication? This is one of the items seldom discussed?
I am not talking antibiotics or any other medication that is nice to have in case of emergency. I mean the type of medication that if you don't have it you either get very sick or even might die.
My wife needs medication, if she doesn't have it she will get very sick over time.
What about people who need insulin? What if the supply chain is interrupted by an undetermined period of time?
We give the oxygen for granted. We should not assume the medication is going to be there for us to buy or that someone will be looking for people in need of it.

I'm in the same boat. My wife requires daily medicine if she misses it she will get worse as the time goes on. Because her medicine isn't useful for much (getting high or healing), I'm hoping to be able to raid the local drug store after it's been sacked for more enticing medicines.

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

The problem with needing daily life sustaining medicine depending on what the shtf scenario is, if the supply chain breaks down it will quickly become unavailable.

That means people who need insulin, blood thinners, heart medications etc... Will be in a tough spot.

A,gone who gets an infection that requires anti biotics is in a tough spot.

If you can stock up now, go for it. I know, easier said than done...


However, on the other side are people who have personality disorders, bipolar, aggression, psychosis etc.... If they don't get their medicine it's bad news for others.

There is a whole group of people on anti viral hiv medicines that seem to work on to keep the virus in check. If they miss medication, odds are they are toast because the virus will begin replication and by that point their previous anti viral therapy may no longer work again.

People who have bad allergic reactions to bee stings, peanut butter etc... Stock up on epi pens.

Reading one second after went over many medical issues I hadn't thought of.

 

[Phauxtoe]

so it will be a combination of preparedness and LUCK, in some cases.

 

[Marine Cpl]

Antibiotics can be stocked up on at Petco. Those on blood thinners can take aspirin every 4 hours.

It's not as strong as Coumadin but it's better than nothing

 

[4excal]

I'm guilty of whittling away at my tylonol 650s and aspirins out of my BOB..cause I'm to lazy to by them everytime I go shopping..may have snagged a lighter or two also..

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

Antibiotics can be stocked up on at Petco. Those on blood thinners can take aspirin every 4 hours.

It's not as strong as Coumadin but it's better than nothing

What's the deal with fish antibiotics?

 

[Marine Cpl]

What's the deal with fish antibiotics?

They are the same strength and quality as FDA approved ones but are cheaper and able to be bought without a prescription.

 

[Phauxtoe]

I'm guilty of whittling away at my tylonol 650s and aspirins out of my BOB..cause I'm to lazy to by them everytime I go shopping..may have snagged a lighter or two also..

haha GUILTY, i took a lighter out of mine!

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

Here is a recent article that a guy posted on why he wouldn't go to the more common bug out locations.

Where NOT To Go When It’s Time To Bug Out And Why!

 

[4excal]

oooh snap.. @meketrefe s on a crack "like-ing" binge..get em while he's giving em!

 

[meketrefe]

Take advantage of this October sale!.
Zero hundred thousand zero hundred and zero zero / each.
I don't give them away easily but I feel generous! lol.

 

[4excal]

I feel generous! lol.

So is your avatar chick..

 

[meketrefe]

Rony is hard! ...he has been always hard anyway. lol

 

[Marine Cpl]

Take advantage of this October sale!.
Zero hundred thousand zero hundred and zero zero / each.
I don't give them away easily but I feel generous! lol.

You must have been playing with your Gunner round.

 

[4excal]

Rony is hard! ...he has been always hard anyway. lol

Straight comedy there!