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If SHTF would you have a future
There was a line in 28 Days Later that got me to thinking. Its after the group leaves the city and finds their way to the house controlled by the soldiers. The commanding officer takes Jim (played by Cillian Murphy) into a courtyard where an infected soldier is chained up.
The commanding officer tells the Jim that the infected soldier provides a lot of information. Jim says something along the lines of “what does he tell you?” The commanding officer explains that the infected solider will never raise crops, he will never raise livestock, he will never bake bread, he has no future. And eventually, he will tell me how long the infected take to starve to death.”
This brings up the question, post SHTF, how many people will “have no future”?
Genocide during a long term disaster
Its about 800AD, in what will later become Sacred Ridge, which is just south of Durango Colorado. There is some kind of dispute between 2 or more cultures and 1 culture is wiped out. Men, women, children,,,,,, everyone is rounded up, tortured, and killed. There is evidence that suggest that hands were removed from the…
Saving pumpkin seeds from halloween
Halloween is a good time to stock up on pumpkin seeds. When your carving the jack-o-lantern for Halloween, take the pulp and seeds from the inside of the pumpkin, put into a strainer and wash the seeds to clean them. Getting the pulp off the seeds will help prevent mold growth while in storage.
Bug out location cooking solutions
Its one thing to have a remote camp that you and your family visits on the weekends, its another thing to have this camp prepped and ready to go for a disaster. Having the camp prepped means the difference between having a bug out location, or having a weekend get away. One of the comforts of modern life we take for granted is the ability to cook. We walk into the kitchen, and turn on the oven, stove, microwave, crock pot, or toaster without ever giving it a single thought – until the power goes off that is.
What are your plans for cooking with no electricity? Some people might have a grill on the back porch, some people might have a wood burning stove, with others may have no cooking options at all. Some people might have natural gas – but natural gas requires pumps to be working between your house and the natural gas supplier. When those pumps stop working, the natural gas stops flowing.
Lets divide cooking into three layers:
Personal cooking
Family / Unit cooking
Communal cooking
Personal cooking – this is a small camp fire, or maybe a single burner stove, something just big enough to cook for 1 or 2 people. Examples could include a Vargo stove, camp fire, Coleman 533 dual fuel stove, single burner propane stove,,, something just big enough to cook for 1 or 2 people.
The Walking Dead Episode One First Impressions
The first episode of “The Walking Dead” aired last night on AMC. And I must say, I was impressed. Unlike a lot of other zombie movies out there, The Walking Dead is not a 90 minute movie, its going to be a series. This gives the producer time to develop relationships and build characters to…
Berkey Water Filter Contest
Interested in winning a Berkey Water filter? Then check out this thread on the forum – Berkey water filter contest. Prizes Include: First Prize: Berkey Light System & PF2 Fluoride Filter set Second Prize: Big Berkey System Third Prize: 1 Emergency Seed Bank 25 Runner ups will receive 3 Sport Berkey Water Bottles That is…
Bulgarian AK-74 Review
This article was originally posted by Heckler&Coke on the Survivalist Forum. Special thanks the Heckler&Coke for giving permission for this article to be reposted here.
Review of the Bulgarian AK-47 Review
As some of you may know, I recently got a AK74. It’s the Century M74 sporter. I got this one locally for about $400 out the door with a sealed case of 5.45 mil-surp, and 4 Bulgarian 30 round magazines after some haggling. It seems to just be relatively new Bulgarian parts kits built on a proper Nodak spud receiver. Big plus there imho. Also, worth noting, they seem to be assembled pretty well for Century.
After the first day I realized without a heat shield the hand guard was useless, as the plastic literally began to melt during my specialized mall ninja training routine, so I just refinished some wood furniture I had lying around and slapped it on.
My first impression wasn’t too good to be honest, and I was second guessing myself the whole time but as an AK fan I knew better than to reject it outright. These have the absolute worst AK furniture I’ve seen in my life. Cheap plastic, no heat shield, no hand guard bulge, heats and melts easily, and it has a cheap look and feel. The finish isn’t all that great either. It’s just a really flat grey pseudo parkerized finish. I’ve already scratched it up pretty good in a few hours of hard use.
…but for ~$350 what can you really expect?
October 27 2010 workout
Its gotten to the point where I am ashamed of my weight. In all, I’am about 25 pounds over my ideal weight and that is 25 pounds too many. My great grandmother always told me to watch my weight, stay slim, stand up tall, and keep my back straight. I have let her down. Over…
Fear and rumors during an epidemic
The story looks like its straight from a history book about the dark ages. Doctors without Borders tried to setup a clinic in Haiti to treat cholera patients. Instead of being welcomed by the local people, the doctors were met with fear, a small riot and rock throwing. The situation got so bad that armed troops had to be brought in to protect the clinic and doctors.
Cholera fears spark anti-clinic protest in Haiti
During the middle ages, people that did not understand the plague looked for groups of people to blame for the outbreaks. Finger pointers would pick someone in the village that had a bad reputation, brand them a witch for the outbreak of the plague, and burn them at the stake. An unknown number of Jews were murdered and burned during the Dark Ages for “supposedly” spreading the plague. There are stories of people being rounded up, locked in a barn, and the barn set on fire – because it was believed the people were witches, or were Jews and were responsible for causing the plague.
Sean Penn on the Cholera outbreak in Haiti
Sean Penn talks about the Cholera outbreak in Haiti. By the latest number, over 250 dead and over 3,000 infected. Until people start getting safe drinking water, the problem is just going to get worse. Once Cholera gets into the drinking water supply, the water has to be chemically treated or filtered to remove the…
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