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How long can you survive?
odentheviking
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OK, I have read alot of posts here about EMP attacks, the Y2K thing happening again, basiclly we loose all power, etc... and must live "off the grid", for a lenth of time.
So, How long? How long would we have to survive on our own?
Example: Y2K, People bought generators, emptied thier back accounts, stock piled fuel, food, TP!, Gold!, Ammo, etc... but most felt it would be back to normal within two weeks.
What about a natural disaster? What about EMP? What about when China calls in our debt???
So, How long? How long would we have to survive on our own?
Example: Y2K, People bought generators, emptied thier back accounts, stock piled fuel, food, TP!, Gold!, Ammo, etc... but most felt it would be back to normal within two weeks.
What about a natural disaster? What about EMP? What about when China calls in our debt???
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A month. Either you survive, or you don't.
all the beans and rice in the world won't help when the water runs out.
Depends, will Domino's still deliver in 30 minutes or less?
They'd better... or its free.
I'd estimate my house could survive for a month or longer as long as we could maintain our freezer.
Do any of you have an idea of how much wild plants and food grow all around you and you have no idea about them ? I suggest you start studying the wild plants around you and what good they will offer you in nutrition and medical. I think most of you would be surprised.
this is true...you be surprised how much food is growing a few hundred yards from your back door and you may not even know it.
How much gas for the generator or inverters to run off the car motor using its gas. One can operate the freezer for 6 hours a day to keep it cold enough to keep what food you have.
Then, do you have gas/propane to cook with.
One needs to use up perishables.
It is this time most will find a way to have food but as time goes on you will not want to attract the attention of people by cooking.
So, you have used up your fridge food and must be cooked stuff and now is when you go black, hunker down, lay low.
You have been complaining to the neighbors about no food, going hungry, do you have any, please help us blah blah.
My point is to run this through your brain and see how much you have and what you need.
Within 4-6 weeks extreme violence will set in if order has not been restored.
I don't care how good you are in a firefight bad luck alone will assure your injury or death even if you are the stronger.
Stealth, staying hid and if violence comes exterminate the opposition not just drive them off, take out everyone.
Personally i don't see how that could get to the I am Legend or Zombieland stage as the feds will use such a scenario for a complete Soviet style take over and crush the opposition like Stalin did.
If the world has ended ala "The Road" or "The Book of Eli" well, let me wish us all good luck because good planning will amount to a 1 in 4 chance and luck will be the main ingredient for survival
Wulfmann
"Fools learn from their own mistakes. I learn from the mistakes of others"
Otto von Bismarck
do an internet search on edible wild plants in the state you live in.
Download and print out for future reference.
Do another internet search on plants with medical value in the state you live in.
Download and print out for future reference.
Invest in a good wood saw and axe and you should be set for a life outdoors.
and for a lot of other folks as well.
the worst disasters in human history (plagues etc) took up to 40% of various populations, but the majority survive.
in a modern day catastrophe the filthy rich would survive, 90% of professionals would perish (lawyers, mba's, stockbrokers etc) and 90% of farmers, ranchers, carpenters, mechanics, etc and 100% of hillbillies and rednecks would survive.
survival of the fittest.
and anyone that owns a still will survive.[:D]
tom
quote:Well will just say it will be at least a 6 month camping trip for me.
and for a lot of other folks as well.
the worst disasters in human history (plagues etc) took up to 40% of various populations, but the majority survive.
in a modern day catastrophe the filthy rich would survive, 90% of professionals would perish (lawyers, mba's, stockbrokers etc) and 90% of farmers, ranchers, carpenters, mechanics, etc and 100% of hillbillies and rednecks would survive.
survival of the fittest.
and anyone that owns a still will survive.[:D]
tom
I do not own one but I sure could put a still together in a day and have it going............
EvilDr235
Most likely until you died.
Bird flu/HXN1 is a bigger threat.
A month. Either you survive, or you don't.
Agree with you ... that one would be relatively quick.
On a par with or worse, than the 1918-1919 flu. It whipped out the majority of family members often times ... sometimes killed entire families.
It hit different regions of the World at different points, or times, but went all around the World.
I would expect that if a major happening occurred, 3-4 months would be minimal time wise. [:0] [:(] [V]
I grew up off the grid and am a better animal than a civilized man.
[:)]