There are three types of people in the world when it comes to events.
1) The person who is prepared and can deal with most situations accordingly. Maybe that simply means getting the hell out of town.
2) The person who takes warning and leaves when the local authorties tell them to or takes shelter.
3) The person who has to be saved from their rooftop because they refused to listen to anyone, did not prepare, and didn't think it would ever happen to them. These people have what is called the
normalcy bias.
If I have a choice, I'm going to be person number one. If warning is given, I'm not going to be the guy you'll have to rescue from a tree top where I ate tree bark for several days to stay alive.
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Originally Posted by Fletch XXX
as i will continue to say, spoken by someone who has never seen an evacuated city or a destroyed one after a disaster.
really, your gold and silver will be worthless in the event something really bad happens. Hurricane katrina devastated the entire south end of america, complete towns without power for weeks we are still feeling the effects...
you guys think some gold coins and a backpack of tyvek suits will save you in events like that?
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I know you went through the Katrina situation and saw some shit, and I don't even live in the USA so I'm not taking a side here, because both sides are right. It just depends on the situation.
What you experienced was just devastation of a city and martial law. However, the city has slowly been coming back because there is still a state and federal system in place. There is still an economy. What many prepper prepare for is a total collapse. Not one where the federal government is going to fix it later.
During Katrina, there were still funds to pay the police and groups who were upholding martial law. During a financial collapse, there may not be money for this. Taking Argentina as an example, most of the police force no longer showed up for work after their collapse. No money means no one gets paid. Who's going to risk their life for free? Maybe the National Guard, but there are not enough of them to cover a national break down. The military would have to come in and even then there would not be enough of them to contain an entire nation, in every city.
What if the lights don't come back on? Your lights did and you know they would.
What if there is no more US Dollar to buy things with. You knew that you could still buy goods with your dollars even though your city was in ruins.
This is what smart preppers prepare for. A worst case scenario. A real situation where it's not going to be quickly fixed. Historically, during a currency collapse it takes 3 - 9 months to get something new in place. What are you going to do during that time if the dollars in your pocket (and in the bank) are totally worthless? Something will be used as currency until a new one is created. Be it bartering or something of real value, such as metals.
Then there are preppers who prepare for small things like an earth quake. I can tell you that I would rather have a "big out bag" full of a few days of supplies than no supplies at all in the event a devastating earthquake hit and I survived. A few days worth of supplies can be a matter of life or death in some situations.
You can be those people stuck on their roof after Katrina would have killed for a weeks worth of food, water, and perhaps some medical supplies.
And in terms of martial law, lets say it does happen. Well then be prepared for that too. The less you have to leave your house the better.
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Originally Posted by alextokyo
You rednecks crack me the fuck up, and I mean that in the nicest possible way.
That National Geographic series on Doomsdayers is always entertaining. It shows how people are getting armed with assault rifles, setting up solar farms and self-sustainable eco-systems in middle-of-nowhere-compounds from which they can pick veg and fish, stashing decades upon decades worth of canned food, etc. In reality... a massive pack of wild negros appear armed to the teeth, kill you and rape & kill your kids, then steal your shit.
If shit does go down for real, then there will be less Soulja Boy & Paul Markhams around and a fuck load more Joe Louis & Joseph Kittingers. It will be fantastic for the human race. Good luck to all the winners.  |
If shit goes down for real, and history says it probably will eventually, guys like you who laugh at those who prepare for the worst, are going to be the guys who are robbed, beaten, and probably killed for whatever it is you
may have. That much you can count on. I hope that never happens, but those who can not protect themselves are going to be the first targets for those who can protect themselves and want what you have, be it your shoes or your woman.