FerFal's Lessons of SHTF in Argentina - True Story

[rambone]

Another good post about Argentina from Techres from a different thread...

I will say this about raiding parties: it will happen. Remember that it happened in Katrina and at least one man kept his generator from a raiding party of 5 (armed with machetes) only due to his 1911.

In Argentina (an extended SHTF even if not a full Jericho), those raiding parties became large enough to overwhelm farmers who were well armed (attacks came in large, well armed groups of many vehicles).

What does this mean? It means that if you are going to be remote, even just on a farm, you need better protection than a 5 person family can provide. Dog? In Argentina the precursor to attacks was the poisoning of the guard dogs and the assault would come before new guard dogs could be procured. And what happened to the farmers was so bad that many in the crime ridden cities felt lucky.

So, to the rural types: you will not be able to stand without help. To the evacuees: if you are able, willing, and connected there may be a place for you as a security guard/force. For the raiders: the poorly defended farms will fall fast, but the well protected ones will be your graveyard.

If the S truly HTF then our only protection will be each other in groups. So, if you have not one in mind already, think about it now. And if your is in Colorado, think about a backup one in case you cannot get there or it is gone.

And if nothing more, train now. Why? Because training, learning, skills all cannot be taken from you. And they are also very important to a new employer - even if he is an under-protected farmer.

 

[cosermann]

Ferfal has edited his writings into a book, Amazon has it.

$25 ouch. - Amazon.com: The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse (9789870563457): Fernando "FerFAL" Aguirre: Books

I read the posts on the forums (not ingo) last year. I wonder if the book is worth it, since I have copies of all the public posts.

Can anyone who has the book (and ideally has read the forum posts) comment?

 

[TheDude]

Tag

 

[rambone]

$25 ouch. - Amazon.com: The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse (9789870563457): Fernando "FerFAL" Aguirre: Books

I read the posts on the forums (not ingo) last year. I wonder if the book is worth it, since I have copies of all the public posts.

Can anyone who has the book (and ideally has read the forum posts) comment?

I haven't read it but I am tempted. I enjoy what he has to say about it all.

 

[dave29]

Good read, thanks!

 

[SavageEagle]

Tagging for reading

 

[tuocs]

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"Society must go on." Its one main purpose of preparedness. The reason why individuals should still act as part of society even and especially during times of disaster.

 

[HeadlessRoland]

Bump for one of the worthiest threads ever to appear on INGO.

(+1 to thread resurrection)

 

[pudly]

Definite +1 on the book. I purchased a copy from Amazon and am a couple of chapters into it right now and it is very good info. Ferfal's English isn't perfect, but the book is very good and easy to read. Argentina has a history of fiscal mismanagement leading to crisis that provides a guide to what might occur here.

 

[actaeon277]

Thanks for the zombie resurrection. This thread was years before I joined so I missed it.

 

[buckstopshere]

I've heard some interviews with FerFal. Great stuff.

 

[Loco179]

The book is pretty good. You have to understand his first language is not English.