Technology Fail, Food Preps and Defending Them

[Outpost75]

Most folks haven't a clue how terribly fragile our civilization has become. Less than 2% of our population produce all of our food. That production is absolutely dependent upon electricity and petroleum and to an ever-growing extent the internet and GPS.

Disrupt the delicate balance of production, processing and distribution and our population centers will be WC (Without Chow) in a matter of days.

In any prolonged emergency; the two greatest threats we face are starvation and people behaving badly.

Those two threats are like fire and smoke; one goes along with the other. Hungry people become desperate people and desperate people have a tendency to behave badly.

How do we insulate ourselves from these threats?

First, have a substantial larder. Lay in a LOT of chow.

How much and what kind? Get a copy of the LDS Preparedness Manual and read it and take action.

Second, distance yourself from disorder. This means don’t live in the "hive." Cities are unsustainable without JIT delivery, the power grid, and a viable transporation system. An EMP can take all that out in a heartbeat.

For most folks this is a tough nut. If you were born and raised within 50 miles of any major east coat or west coast city, leaving is probably inconceivable. I get it. But if you stay in the hive and something goes terribly wrong, you’ll eventually fall victim to number two. There’ll be no pleasure in saying, “I told you so.”

If your plan is to “Bug Out” I’d urge you to reconsider. It’s not a good option. Running under duress and becoming a refugee is not a viable solution. If you are an East Coaster who didn’t “Bug Out” on 9/11/01 you’ll probably wait too long when the time comes.

Of course, your best bet is to become part of a small rural community in flyover country far from major population centers, where you are unlikely to see hordes of the unprepared in denial members of the dependent welfare class staggering like Zombies toward your village.

(Still it’s not a bad idea to have a pallet of concertina in the barn just in case.)

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[bmortell]

true, especially since were actively killing off all the bees and insects needed for our food to grow, people have to hand pollinate in some places now. but id probably still put my list of worry,
1. AI, from the unkown factor impact and speed and certainly wont be regulation until something is too late
2. becoming a multi planet species, maybe not immediately needed but if you need it and don't have it the downside is extinction so it needs high priority
3. your stuff. food loss, societal collapse ect.

[jdfoxinc]

Beware the socialist govt. Taking your larder "for the good of the many".

[Outpost75]

All the above true.

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[GhostHawk]

Pay attention to what Outpost75 says. I've yet to see him proven wrong.

Bugging out is perhaps every young man's dream but is no good long term answer.

True one person can build a shelter. One person can till, plant, water and weed enough garden to feed yourself.
One person can cut split and stack enough wood to get you through a rough winter.

So your already triplets, and when are you going to sleep?

Community is the way, preferably small, but large enough to defend itself.
With enough members so that those who are not as strong or skilled can watch through the night.

We know the sun throws out coronal mass ejections that can cause an EMP here on earth. (Carrington event) Can also be caused by a nuke in space. The really big transformers can and will fry in such an event. Production of those transformers has shifted from here to elsewhere. And they take time to build.

We might be looking at decades before the power comes back on. Do you have food, water, ammo for that long?

[truckjohn]

Absolutely true. Big close knit families live - The lone wolf dies every time. The best thing to do is to go where the family is.... That may mean "Bugging out" if you live alone in a different state... Or it may mean "Bugging in" if Grandma and Mom are all close by....

The absolute worst position you can possibly be in is being forced to RETURN back into a war zone a month later because you ran out of money and have no job/means of support anywhere else.... This was/is EXTREMELY common in Bosnia, Iraq, Venezuela, and Syria....

Another important thing is learning how to cook food that's halfway "off"....

Remember the Old Timer's cooking methods from pre-refrigeration days...
They fried or boiled stuff HARD forever... They cooked it into submission... Even reheating food - they BOILED it hard for 20 minutes.... Nothing will live through boiling that long... Microwaving/warming left overs has probably lead to more food sickness than any other single thing in the last 50 years....