1.Not everyone will survive. Ouch.
2.For many, circumstances will trump preparedness.
3.Preparedness will cost money. There’s no way around it.
4.If you talk about preparedness, you’ll be ridiculed. If you keep your mouth shut, you’ll miss out on establishing a support system that is 100% necessary to survival.
5.A rural retreat won’t save you. The federal government has you in their crosshairs, as does the United Nations.
6.Stored food runs out, eventually.
7.Even the best prepared survivalist Navy Seal can be brought down by an infected ingrown toenail.
8.You probably aren’t tough enough for what’s coming.
9.Gold and silver may be useless if a world currency is established. Their use may even be criminalized.
10.In a time of plenty, it’s impossible to imagine the reality of true scarcity.
11.Survival is easy for armchair quarterbacks.
12.Most survivalists and preppers are overly optimistic when it comes to how much food store, what scenarios to plan for, and their ability to survive off the grid.
13.TEOTWAWKI will change the way you and your children and grandchildren live. Forever.
14.The minute you bug out, your chances of reaching your retreat destination are slim.
15.You’re kidding yourself if you think your hidden caches won’t be found by others, eventually.
16.You won’t know if you’re ready for TEOTWAWKI until you’re in the middle of it.
17.Ultimately, a too-powerful government will be the biggest threat to your survival.
18.Life will become cheap.
19.Free time will become a thing of the past.
20.There’s nothing wrong with preparing for natural disasters, but if you’re not ready for a collapse of the American economy, you’re not ready.
21.Coming tough times will threaten even the best of marriages and other close relationships.
22.Growing your own food is a bigger challenge than you ever thought possible.
23.A green garden can be spotted from miles away, thus endangering your food source and your family.
24.Dealing with human waste and trash will become your new part-time job.
25.You’ll discover exactly what you’re capable of when your family is threatened.
26.Formerly strong and capable people will escape their new reality through booze, drugs, and/or suicide.
27.Protecting and nurturing close family ties will become one of the most important things you can do.
28.Those who can accept and adapt will find survival easier than those who hold on to the past or have unrealistic expectations of the future.
sounds like a "seat of your pants" lifestyle eh? Just a tad scary JustABear 😯
Russell Coight....outback legend
As simply as I can say it... there will be no social safety net as there is now in one form or another. We will be completely on our own except for others we have joined with. EVERYONE will be "on their own"... not seat of your pants.... just reality of the new normal I think.
Many sobering points there Bear for those approaching this as a fantasy exercise. There's way too much emphasis on bugging out, Red Dawn and Call of Duty and not nearly enough on your next meal.
I think your best plan is to be inventive, adaptable and lucky.
Unfortunately, these unfortunate truths are unfortunately true... 🙁
A real wake-up call for some...... all 28 points are very true, unfortunately. Excellent post!
Many sobering points there Bear for those approaching this as a fantasy exercise. There's way too much emphasis on bugging out, Red Dawn and Call of Duty and not nearly enough on your next meal.
I think your best plan is to be inventive, adaptable and lucky.
Agreed Perfessor. Sadly food isn't seen as being "sexy". In another post one of the things I said that would have to be gotten rid of at the beginning was ego... Red Dawn and Call Of Duty are all about ego.
Not optimistic but nevertheless realistic.
Its the end of the world as we know it, and I feel...HIC...fine. 😛
"We 'Prep.' to live after a downfall, Not just to survive."
Love this.
Nice post JAB!
I agree, it will be do or die pretty much, and only the strong (minded) will survive the long run.
I would add to this that if you are a woman, teen, or young girl and there is a prolonged period of time with no law and order, prepare for the probability of rape if you are in a populated area with not much security. Happens/happened a lot in the Haiti tent camps after the earthquake.
Here is an excerpt of a paper I wrote some 20 years ago,(not published) Call Armageddon, I know used many times but...here is a bit on why a defendable shelter.
Why a defendable area, like I said, anarchy. Its not just the bad guys that are going to get slaughtered during the breakdown. There are a lot of sickos out there without the leash of Law. They will rob you, rape you, enslave you, torture you, and mutilate your body just for fun. Some, if your lucky will just kill you and rob you…in that order. Cannibalism a possibility also
"We 'Prep.' to live after a downfall, Not just to survive."
JAB,
Excellent work. Not for the faint of heart. (Sorry, I'm so tardy to this discussion.)
You are very, very correct - people will die. The first big survival period in a really big disasterincident will be the "Die Off" of the majority. I expect 3 to 6 months after "The Event" the unlucky ones will be out of the game. If the "Die Off" occurs in the Canadian Winter, the next survival period will be after the frost and snow leave in the spring - those dead bodies will have to be burnt, buried or left to rot. Urban areas will be a den of disease and a swarm of rats. Not a pretty picture.
This topic will be reviewed and discussed more in the near future.
Cheers,
Mountainman.
Wow, Just a Bear
I read and reread this post. I completely agree. Bleak but true. My mind set is as long as I can get through the worst of it with my family ( hoping 6 months to a year ), we should be okay to start the new normal way to life.