Kinda just did this, went a month without AC cause I refused to add anything else to credit and dint have the 7k to replace the unit off hand. So as I saved the rest up we lived pretty much sweaty and tired of staying home and not going out to eat, and bored out of my mind with the kids on the weekends. So just that little taste tells me that the rest of my life like that and worse would definatly suck.Originally Posted by O.S.O.K.
A/C and TV is why we don't have neighborhoods anymore. Used to sit on the porch and visit while us kids played in the yard or in the street. Everybody that walked by got in on the visit. Pretty soon even newcomers were part of the clan. Even now my house has a wrap around porch and a lot of our visiting is done out there in the heat just because its good to be in the fresh air. Lose our power grid and everybody who doesn't have a porch will wish they had one.
Things get tight and you have to depend on your neighbor and he on you that visit time you don't get now will be crucial. Sitting in the local Burp and slurp just isn't the same thing. Helping each other dig out a cistern or repairing a fence shoulder to shoulder is when we get back to civilization again, even if we do miss 'The Price is Right'.
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If the SHTF tomorrow, I'll probably go outside and cry like a lil bitch cuz I know the whole thing will really suck.
Then...once that's out of my system, I'll just do whatever I have to do.
Being a city dweller, I wouldn't have time to cry. Just do.
I will continue to do everything I can prepare and make sure my family is safe. Moving has really made this a challenge; being away from so much of my kith and kin has forced me to rethink several things. That, and now having to possibly take on an aging pacifist preacher (though an excellent farmer) with several health issues.
Analyze, adapt, and overcome.
Because you suck. And I hate you.
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Yeah, if it happened today, I would be screwed.
I commute 100 miles one way to work in the city. I only know a handful of people around my house. Most of my hand tools are sold off or traded for power tools. Food/water/medical is only a 70 day supply tops. I'm only in my mid 30"s, but i'm not 100% fit or healthy. If it lasted a year or two, I could pull it off.
I'll end up crying myself, because I know I would end up losing at least 60-80% of my family that live in the big cities.
The 2nd Amendment : Washington didn't use his right to free speech to defeat the British, he shot them.
I figure my area would be similar to what happened in New Orleans after Katrina hit. You'll have the haves and have nots running around trying to scrounge. The local government totally clueless and ineffective and making things worse. I'd have to team up with my neighbors and try to get by but my major issue is finding clean drinkable water.
I'm somewhat set for a limited time as it's common practice to stock up on some supplies due to hurricanes and other events. We had power outages for 1 month (Hurricane Wilma) and it sucked. No A/C was a biggie for me, frigging hot and no refrigerator made it tough. Funny how you become acustomed to the creature comforts.
But seriously I'm getting to old and busted up to go Mad Max so I figure eventually I'm toast.
I'm smack dab in the middle of Philadelphia and Trenton A.K.A. the proverbial "rock and a hard place". I just hope traffic wouldn't impede my bugout.
Survival isn't as cool as it seems on TV. Ever see how ripped those bushmen are on the Discovery Channel? That's because they work all day, every day. They don't need a gym membership.
You know what else sucks? Winter. Waking up in the middle of the night to put more wood on the fire, if you're too close you wake up with your pants on fire, too far away and you wake up freezing.
Yeah.... i'm looking forward to my first PA winter.
The 2nd Amendment : Washington didn't use his right to free speech to defeat the British, he shot them.
PA's got some screwed up weather. You could be wearing a T-shirt one day and shoveling snow the next.
Same goes for north Idaho! The motto is, if you don't like the weather, wait 5 minutes. 2 and 3 winters ago were epic in coldness and snowfall, last winter was 8-10" of snow, total!
I get pneumonia about once every two years, but get a bad sinus infection at least once a year. I'm not looking forward to the doctors office closing. Or of running out of disposable contact lenses and fluid.
Step one: buy sturdy glasses.
I've got a nebulizer that could be used if there was no medicine, but if the power is out I can't use saline either.
I'm a strong young man, but when I get sick, I get real sick.
Michigans worse,you can do that in 1 afternoon,and the snow will never stop falling,,lake effect for hours
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If TSHTF tomorrow, the only thing that would bother me is that my wife isn't very good with shooting yet, & I need to know she can protect herself while I go hunt down some food. Otherwise bring it on!
They work at surviving all day which keeps them lean and hungry. Their weapons are light and never out of ammunition.
The aborigines are a testimony to no matter how much you stockpile in time it will run out and there will be plenty of time.
How about heading out to find something to eat?
You say that, yet you'd probably be among the second wave of casualties.
Because you suck. And I hate you.
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"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression." - Thomas Paine
Brutus was a prophet.
Great thread.
Who knows how long any of us would last.....that's like predicting next week's lotto drawing.
In the end though we'll all die, it's inevitable
You say that, yet you know nothing about my personal capabilities. Being a pessimists myself; I won't let it get me down.
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Not a porch but it works!
My house has a nice spacious carport that is actually under the roof of the house. This is where I hang my laundry to dry (weather permitting).
Ready and Moebrown20 - it is always easier to put enough on to stay warm, but you can never get enough off to get cool!
Ol Dirty Bastard - if your wife isn't that good, leave her the shotty which will be more "forgiving" if poorly aimed. That will also make them reconsider while she then gets the rifle or handgun after emptying the shotty.
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This usually happens on one of your worst days for some reason...no matter how good you are.
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