Hi,

Since I am new to this forum I am not sure how much contact people have with each other.
Given that this is the only response in a month it looks like it's just you and me. 🙂
I'm okay with meeting up with others but it would seem the usefulness (for me) will depend on how close you and others are to the Upper Fraser Valley.
For the sake of morale and sharing locally relevant information though just about any contact would help.

I have found very little in the way of preppers/prepping in BC over the last 2-3 years but I've made a little more progress lately.
One other big hurdle is time.
If I were a "hardcore" prepper I suppose it would just be the thing that I do with my time.
As it is I am pretty much an average guy; a job, lots of kids and friends much like me.
I guess I'm known as being inventive, a bit of an outdoorsman and always up to something but really just an average guy.

As an average guy it is tough to squeeze in the time, effort and money to properly prepare, whatever that is.
My wife has always known me to be resourceful but is just starting to come to terms with being married to a prepper.
She started out by realizing that it sure is handy to have extra groceries and stuff around.
As the preps aim to address deeper, more enduring problems she become much less comfortable with the topic.
It will be of little comfort to see some of my worse concerns come to pass and hear how I was right and "I wish I had believed you".
If nothing else I'm glad she can shoot well and thinks that a 7mm Rem Mag " doesn't kick all that much".

I expect that things will go way down and a place to hunker down will be needed.
My most solid option for a retreat is several hours, bridges and mountain passes away and it is just a location so far, not a facility or a group.
A pretty decent location is possible closer but the son of the owner is a beginning prepper and the owner is somewhat cynical about it all.
Ah yes, where to place my few and precious chips.

I get most of my angles from Survivalblog but can't see myself getting even nearly that far.
I am more about ways of sustaining at least minimal levels of the hardiest most valuable technologies.
I would be glad to hook up with people who fill the (many, huge) holes in my game.
I have been on another, national forum but it seemed to fizzle badly.
Part of the problem is that in such a big country like Canada it is hard for a national forum to be local.
I'm hoping that more comes of this one even though BC is still bigger than many countries.

Well, I think I may have strayed a bit on the subject or at least expanded it significantly, but all in good faith.

Cheers,

Groundhog

In Vicoria there is a new survivalist type meetup group... http://www.meetup.com/Greater-Victoria-Serious-Survivalists/

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I am from Kamloops, and have been doing what I can on little resources.
Gardening, and storing food, water filter etc.
My son and I like to go out into the bush and practice a variety of survival skills.
I also have not come across many Canadian preppers.
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PeterAV
Every word of God is pure:

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Feel free to check out the main forum page...I know there are a couple of BC people there who post on a regular basis. Don't give up...you have many friends here.

peace

Helloooooo BC preppers!

Its pretty quiet in here that's for sure!

Hi

My first post here...Yes it's very quiet!

From BC here...Would love to meet other preppers!

I just think there is lots of preppers here in BC, we're just quiet about it.

What area is everyone at?

Southern BC 🙂

Oh you guys!

I won't even volunteer for my condo committee, let alone meet complete strangers preparing for teotwawki.

Sorry, but while I prepare for a 9+ megathrust earthquake, or a global financial meltdown, global depression, emp, etc. I am doing it on my own. I live half a city away from my son, my dad, and my best friend, who live all in the same area, if it all goes to shit that will seem like a hundred miles. I will beable only help the most important people to me that are nearest to me. Right now that is my daughter who lives with me, and my cat. I am trying to help prep my best friend because, among other things, my son may need a bowl of soup. By helping prep her she will help her family and my son. My dad is probably ok for food, for a short term emergency, and he definitely ok for everything else. But I can't see being able to help anyone else outside my family and friends. Maybe if I was 10 years younger...