There must be isolated communities somewhere with a more localised food supply which have a higher chance of survival.
There are isolated communities, but they don't advertise. These people are survivalists. They know what would happen if word got out about their redoubt. Imagine an ocean liner is torpedoed in the Atlantic and a lifeboat full of people hears the cries of a thousand passengers shouting for help, what do you think they would do? They would row in the opposite direction to avoid being swamped and sunk.
It's probably too late in the game to find one now. If you could, only your skills would be evaluated for admission. Are you a medical professional? A carpenter? A tailor? A farmer? That's all that will matter. An extra can of beans won't mean anything.
Bud, when you panic, everyone else will be too!
Consider this to be Rule #1
I don't think it's completely ridiculous to think that this denial will continue, even as these events are _starting_ to play out (and are being downplayed by said media). Just being slightly more aware and being able to get to an airport a few hours earlier could be the difference between life and death.
Things already are in motion.
Anyway I better start learning how to make pemmican and grow potatoes. Out of curiosity, have you done your prepping? Or are you one of the fatalists
I plan to be mobile. I have survived dire situations. I have always regretted some of the places and events I put myself in. For a long time I had wished that I hadn't gone through them. But now, with the world on the brink, I believe that these traumatic experiences have left me psychologically prepared for what is probably to come. I never believed that one day the world would become so bad that my experiences would benefit me. That's how bad things might become. Imagine wishing that you had never been born, and really meaning it. That's how bad it got for me. That's probably how bad it will get for a lot of people. If you were under siege in Syria, you would might feel that way now.
Do I plan to survive? Depends on how bad things get.
Have I prepped? Not really. I've never been in a bad situation that allowed anyone to stay put. I have learned to be mobile. Redoubts are eventually discovered. So are isolated communities. Don't expect a happy ending. happy endings only exist in Hollywood movies.
Take my advice, bullets, beans, and bread won't help you if you break down psychologically. Mental strength has always been more important to survival than physical strength.
Also, reliable friends. One reliable friend is worth more than a thousand untested people. You might have to cut loose friends and even family members if you want to survive. That's harsh, but that's what life has taught me. If you don't trust someone, get away from them immediately.
Ask a Bosnian Muslim refugee what it is like to live in a country that is is utterly obliterated around you; that ceases to exist, that's currency loses all value, where national and local governments fail, and ask them what it is like to be trapped there and what they had to do to survive. That will be you.
[quote] There must be isolated communities somewhere with a more localised food supply which have a higher chance of survival.[/quote]
There are isolated communities, but they don't advertise. These people are survivalists. They know what would happen if word got out about their redoubt. Imagine an ocean liner is torpedoed in the Atlantic and a lifeboat full of people hears the cries of a thousand passengers shouting for help, what do you think they would do? They would row in the opposite direction to avoid being swamped and sunk.
It's probably too late in the game to find one now. If you could, only your skills would be evaluated for admission. Are you a medical professional? A carpenter? A tailor? A farmer? That's all that will matter. An extra can of beans won't mean anything.
[quote]Bud, when you panic, everyone else will be too![/quote]
Consider this to be Rule #1
[quote]I don't think it's completely ridiculous to think that this denial will continue, [b]even as these events are _starting_ to play out[/b] (and are being downplayed by said media). Just being slightly more aware and being able to get to an airport a few hours earlier could be the difference between life and death.[/quote]
[i]Things already are in motion.[/i]
[quote]Anyway I better start learning how to make pemmican and grow potatoes. Out of curiosity, have you done your prepping? Or are you one of the fatalists ;)[/quote]
I plan to be mobile. I have survived dire situations. I have always regretted some of the places and events I put myself in. For a long time I had wished that I hadn't gone through them. But now, with the world on the brink, I believe that these traumatic experiences have left me psychologically prepared for what is probably to come. I never believed that one day the world would become so bad that my experiences would benefit me. That's how bad things might become. Imagine wishing that you had never been born, and really meaning it. That's how bad it got for me. That's probably how bad it will get for a lot of people. If you were under siege in Syria, you would might feel that way now.
Do I plan to survive? Depends on how bad things get.
Have I prepped? Not really. I've never been in a bad situation that allowed anyone to stay put. I have learned to be mobile. Redoubts are eventually discovered. So are isolated communities. Don't expect a happy ending. happy endings only exist in Hollywood movies.
Take my advice, bullets, beans, and bread won't help you if you break down psychologically. Mental strength has always been more important to survival than physical strength.
Also, reliable friends. One reliable friend is worth more than a thousand untested people. You might have to cut loose friends and even family members if you want to survive. That's harsh, but that's what life has taught me. If you don't trust someone, get away from them immediately.
Ask a Bosnian Muslim refugee what it is like to live in a country that is is utterly obliterated around you; that ceases to exist, that's currency loses all value, where national and local governments fail, and ask them what it is like to be trapped there and what they had to do to survive. That will be you.