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I have plenty of flour and yeast, bees for making honey (sweetener and booze, and making bread), seeds, and thousands of pounds of lead and powder and reloading equipment.
I just got two more cases of peas delivered, no problem finding them. Had another 60lbs of flour delivered today, pounds of yeast on hand, plus more preserved in alcohol.
Gasoline degrades over time, I'm not counting on it lasting very long. Many horses are available nearby. In any event, there are tanker trucks less than 10 miles away, and numerous sources (storage tanks) within 3-10 miles, at least 100,000 gallons.
Diesel lasts longer, plenty of that, and vehicles available too.
But, if instant delivery was available, a couple of M1 Abrams tanks and 10,000 shells for the main gun might be nice.
How much yeast would I need for 100 pounds of flour
Things like activated charcoal, medications/suture kit, good knives for hunting/cooking, and things I’d use but could also barter with like booze/coffee, hygiene products, and batteries.
OP
Your question brought back my memory of the day I watched the twin towers hit by planes. Sat by myself in front of the TV in disbelief and went to the grocery store, don't know why, maybe to try and feel normal. Don't think I owned a cell phone or if I did it was for emergency only.
So what would I do if yet another disaster comes, the big one or maybe the biggest one? There have been so many (last 20 years of Florida hurricanes add up). Our food storage is higher but not 1 years worth, but seeds for 3 years bought, garden growing well.
The real crux is "knowing" that this time it's the real thing and there is no timeline of things getting OK.
We do not own a years worth of toilet paper, my husband resists so I may have to buy and hide it, a barterable item.
I would like to have solar chargers for important electrical items (phone, Ipads), have put off buying due to lack of urgency or maybe corona fatigue.
I should really buy a case of the wine I drink and some vodka. No loss if the disaster never comes.
I'd head to the local gun shops and area outdoor retailers not to buy a weapon, but to find as many detailed area maps as I could possibly find. It's not the gun I would need so much as extremely detailed knowledge about certain areas. I'm an avid hiker and have good ideas about where the most defensible, inaccessible, and lightly trafficked areas are. I'd want more detailed knowledge to supplement what I already know from years of hiking and ridge running. I'd definitely prep a bug out bag to these locations, largely within thirty to sixty minutes of my home. From there, the closest college city would be an easy raid.
If the world didn't look like it was ending from some global cataclysm, I'd stay at home. I live in a condo community that has at least five law enforcement officers out of maybe fifty occupied units. These cops are on the HOA. Everyone here I know of is pro law enforcement. Many of us are gun owners. There has been no unrest here and no reason to believe we'd run into any local trouble. If there was major unrest, I could easily citizen groups teaming with local and regional law enforcement to restore order.
I think we're looking at major civil unrest coming over the next few years. I'm not a doomsdayer nor a prepper, and I think better days will come, but I would not want to be in a megacity now. With that said, Appalachia is not the region to start the garbage you see in Portland.
Here in Appalachia, there is a certain pride in circling the wagons with your own. There is definitely a certain bitterness in many circles for out of area opportunists (even Trump) trying to capitalize on us. That doesn't mean those people are Democrats or Republicans, but there is a strong suspicion of the rest of the nation here in these hills. I have a healthy of suspicion of Trump and even people like JD Vance.
Our state governments (NC, TN, VA, KY) don't do anything to pay attention to the Appalachian portion of their states.
We'd honestly be better off as the "State of Franklin" than dealing with the existing state governments. We'd be better off on our own than under the existing state system.
OP
Your question brought back my memory of the day I watched the twin towers hit by planes. Sat by myself in front of the TV in disbelief and went to the grocery store, don't know why, maybe to try and feel normal. Don't think I owned a cell phone or if I did it was for emergency only.
So what would I do if yet another disaster comes, the big one or maybe the biggest one? There have been so many (last 20 years of Florida hurricanes add up). Our food storage is higher but not 1 years worth, but seeds for 3 years bought, garden growing well.
The real crux is "knowing" that this time it's the real thing and there is no timeline of things getting OK.
We do not own a years worth of toilet paper, my husband resists so I may have to buy and hide it, a barterable item.
I would like to have solar chargers for important electrical items (phone, Ipads), have put off buying due to lack of urgency or maybe corona fatigue.
I should really buy a case of the wine I drink and some vodka. No loss if the disaster never comes.
At least you have some food put away.
Clean water to drink and yes wine and vodka will help with anxiety too !
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