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DWB · 04-21-2013, 05:32 PM

I have five scenarios for this:

1) Can we make it to the farm? If so, we're set and can live there forever. We have well water, can grow just about anything, have livestock and chickens, can trade with neighbors for anything we may not have.

2) Are we caught in the city where we spend a lot of our time? If so, we can be OK for a little while, a few weeks, but that's it. The goal is make it to the farm, which is a 10 hour drive.

3) Do we get caught somewhere else, like on holiday or in another country? If so, we're FUCKED.

4) Something big happens such as a massive earthquake. Supplies are lost and it is impossible to get to the farm. There are possible injuries. Our home is destroyed. We're on our own. No idea how that one will play out, as it is going to depend on how the community handles it. If things went south, I'd do what I had to do.

5) The worse case scenario, the entire power grid is down for whatever reason and an EMP or massive solar flares have knocked out all electronics. We would have to travel by foot, bicycle, or animal to the farm, and that would be a trek. There is no telling what we may encounter along the way, such as others trying to take what we have. I would do what I had to do.

There are always things you just can't prepare for. No matter how much you try, you can always be caught by surprise by something. The only wrong move you could ever make it thinking nothing could ever happen to you.

That said, where I'm at is mostly farmers. So for food I think we would be OK, as the rural areas are still pretty rural so they could lose power and not miss much. My girlfriends village just got electricity about 20 years ago, so these types of people, survivors, know how to live off the land and have been doing so for 1000s of years. Be it from homemade medicine from plants and certain tree bark to knowing what plants, grasses, roots, and berries you can eat from the jungle. It's impressive.

04-21-2013, 05:32 PM
DWB Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Encrypted. Access denied. Posts: 31,779	I have five scenarios for this: 1) Can we make it to the farm? If so, we're set and can live there forever. We have well water, can grow just about anything, have livestock and chickens, can trade with neighbors for anything we may not have. 2) Are we caught in the city where we spend a lot of our time? If so, we can be OK for a little while, a few weeks, but that's it. The goal is make it to the farm, which is a 10 hour drive. 3) Do we get caught somewhere else, like on holiday or in another country? If so, we're FUCKED. 4) Something big happens such as a massive earthquake. Supplies are lost and it is impossible to get to the farm. There are possible injuries. Our home is destroyed. We're on our own. No idea how that one will play out, as it is going to depend on how the community handles it. If things went south, I'd do what I had to do. 5) The worse case scenario, the entire power grid is down for whatever reason and an EMP or massive solar flares have knocked out all electronics. We would have to travel by foot, bicycle, or animal to the farm, and that would be a trek. There is no telling what we may encounter along the way, such as others trying to take what we have. I would do what I had to do. There are always things you just can't prepare for. No matter how much you try, you can always be caught by surprise by something. The only wrong move you could ever make it thinking nothing could ever happen to you. That said, where I'm at is mostly farmers. So for food I think we would be OK, as the rural areas are still pretty rural so they could lose power and not miss much. My girlfriends village just got electricity about 20 years ago, so these types of people, survivors, know how to live off the land and have been doing so for 1000s of years. Be it from homemade medicine from plants and certain tree bark to knowing what plants, grasses, roots, and berries you can eat from the jungle. It's impressive.