JeepHammer
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It is Saturday morning at 5AM and the event is major. You woke up early because of the dogs barking.
Doesn't matter what the event is, but come Monday, no one is going to work and by then the stores will not have much to purchase because of panic buying.
Everyone does a quick inventory and you have enough food and supplies for 3 weeks for all 5 adults.
The guns you own are a 22 rifle and pistol with 500 rounds, a 12 gauge shotgun with 300 shells and a 9 mm pistol with 300 rounds.
you forgot about 100,000 to 500,000 5.56 NATO cases, several AR clones, an SR25 with night vision that's a tack driver at 800 yards, a couple M40 rifles in 7.62 NATO and several thousand brass, the list goes on but you get the idea.
In the situation you describe, a bow & arrows, sling shots, etc for small game,
I would do my best to surround the house to bring anyone intent on harm within range,
I would barricade windows & doors, at least on ground level, and limit access to the house.
What you going to do?
I would feed & water the neighbors to the extent I could, many hands make for lighter loads.
Yard barns & campers make for portable/emergency housing,
Anyone trustworthy & willing to do an honest days work, defend the place would be welcome.
Strong backs are enough, but pooling resources will make things go MUCH easier.
Doesn't matter what the event is, but come Monday, no one is going to work and by then the stores will not have much to purchase because of panic buying.
- The power will fail in 24 to 36 hours.
- I have solar power and everything is backed up. I have two big generators, both are propane powered. I'm already off grid.
- You have two extra family members with their own cars for the weekend and they have to stay with you for the duration.
- We have two extra bedrooms, plus the living room has sofas.
- You own a car and a pickup truck.
- I have a full size Jeep wagon, a little old Jeep CJ, two older tractors & old, smaller farming tools, plow, disk, harrow, cultivator, etc.
[*]The electric golf cart is basic transportation that doesn't rely on fossil fuels and is an extra battery bank for the house.
- Your house has a septic system and 220 volt well.
- I also have a stainless steel hand pump in one of the wells, just in case...
- No aid to you area for months and things won't be normal for at least 6 months.
- Today is October 5th to help you put yourself in the right mind set.
- I buy propane off season in summer, 1,200 gallons and in fall tanks would be full.
[*]Since it would be canning/harvest season, all the smaller tanks we take out for canning would be full too.
[*]Since we home can and have a large 'Root Cellar', there is probably 2 years worth of food in there already, and the crops would be in full harvest, we simply wouldn't do the usual selling of harvest and can or trade until the garden gave up. - You live on 7 acres with few neighbors, 7 miles from a town of 1,600 with an older style Walmart and smaller grocery stores.
- I'm already 17 miles from town, and I hate China-Mart...
- Your house and property is not in danger from the event.
- Of course it's not, 17 miles out of town, bordered on two sides by a river, state fish & wildlife area as a neighbor, and it's a mile off the nearest county road with people on it.
- You have some chickens, dogs and cats.
- Don't forget the groundhogs, coyotes, squirrels, rabbits, racoons, migrating water fowl, etc...
[*]The deer & turkeys are so thick the crap is a problem on the beach & side yards.
[*]Also, consider turtles, eels, fish, and anything else that creeps up & down the river or lake banks. - The stores are taking credit cards, checks and cash.
- If the banks are open, and the credit card machines are working, how bad can it get?
- You have a wood stove, chain saw, ax and an assortment of tools normally encountered with someone who owns land with equipment.
- Naturally, along with a wood pellet & corn stove, with a grain bin full of off spec corn that reproduces, can be replanted.[/quote]
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[*]You won't be able to travel to escape the disaster.
[*]It's a 'Sustainable' over 'Survival' thing, why would I want to leave my little slice of paradise?
[*]Fruit trees instead of decorative, gardens instead of 'Landscaping' & flower beds, more in home canning equipment than I have in reloading supplies, and I have a crap load of reloading supplies/equipment.
Everyone does a quick inventory and you have enough food and supplies for 3 weeks for all 5 adults.
The guns you own are a 22 rifle and pistol with 500 rounds, a 12 gauge shotgun with 300 shells and a 9 mm pistol with 300 rounds.
you forgot about 100,000 to 500,000 5.56 NATO cases, several AR clones, an SR25 with night vision that's a tack driver at 800 yards, a couple M40 rifles in 7.62 NATO and several thousand brass, the list goes on but you get the idea.
In the situation you describe, a bow & arrows, sling shots, etc for small game,
I would do my best to surround the house to bring anyone intent on harm within range,
I would barricade windows & doors, at least on ground level, and limit access to the house.
What you going to do?
I would feed & water the neighbors to the extent I could, many hands make for lighter loads.
Yard barns & campers make for portable/emergency housing,
Anyone trustworthy & willing to do an honest days work, defend the place would be welcome.
Strong backs are enough, but pooling resources will make things go MUCH easier.
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