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Lets give some thought to those of us who will be bugging in. I know a lot of people say they will bug out, but when push comes to shove, most will not, unless forced to, fire, flood, earthquake etc. So, for all of us planning on bugging in lets decide what we need to do in order to survive the long haul.
Water. Water will be THEE most important thing that should be on your list. If you have a well, do you have the means to power it without benifit of the grid ? If not, do you have the means to acquire it whenever needed ? If so, do you have the means to purify it in order to make it safe to drink and cook with ?
Food. We all like to eat right ? Ok, so how many of you stock or at least try to stock what you already like and eat ? What are your plans for re-stock when there no more stores to go buy it at, or your money runs out and you cannot buy a loaf of bread because of lack of money ?
Lets just suppose that it is a world or at least a nation wide event. That would make your present abode most likely safe from eviction or foreclosure right, so what can you do to make it safer ?
Can you grow enough veggies etc to sustain you over the long winter months ?
Will you have a sure method of cooking any said food , all year long?
How will you or do you plan on securing your abode from bad people ? Remember this, bullets travel through walls with ease. I built a log home for a good friend about 16 years ago. He was of the opinion that the logs (8") thick would stop bullets. I assured him they would not. Since most of the new log homes are made out of pine, they have no stoping power whatsoever. After I finally convinced him to obtain a scrap of the logs his house was built from for a test, he was amazed at the varity of bullets and calibers passed right through them. He now prepares a little differently then before.
This is an area that most people tend to overlook . So, lets all put our thinking caps on and see what we come up with.
Water. Water will be THEE most important thing that should be on your list. If you have a well, do you have the means to power it without benifit of the grid ? If not, do you have the means to acquire it whenever needed ? If so, do you have the means to purify it in order to make it safe to drink and cook with ?
Food. We all like to eat right ? Ok, so how many of you stock or at least try to stock what you already like and eat ? What are your plans for re-stock when there no more stores to go buy it at, or your money runs out and you cannot buy a loaf of bread because of lack of money ?
Lets just suppose that it is a world or at least a nation wide event. That would make your present abode most likely safe from eviction or foreclosure right, so what can you do to make it safer ?
Can you grow enough veggies etc to sustain you over the long winter months ?
Will you have a sure method of cooking any said food , all year long?
How will you or do you plan on securing your abode from bad people ? Remember this, bullets travel through walls with ease. I built a log home for a good friend about 16 years ago. He was of the opinion that the logs (8") thick would stop bullets. I assured him they would not. Since most of the new log homes are made out of pine, they have no stoping power whatsoever. After I finally convinced him to obtain a scrap of the logs his house was built from for a test, he was amazed at the varity of bullets and calibers passed right through them. He now prepares a little differently then before.
This is an area that most people tend to overlook . So, lets all put our thinking caps on and see what we come up with.