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| Preparations
For Failure |
| by JD Nutt, IG Web-Editor |
| Report last updated on
Dec. 19th, 2011 -
Oklahoma City, OK. |
| At the minimum,
failing to prepare is preparing to fail. |
| Hearts fail, students fail tests, and
governments fail. These are facts that have been written into history. The
old adage of "Not knowing history, you'll be doomed to repeat
it" applies here. |
| Surely you have heard
this advice before. Maybe a radio advertisement or a TV
commercial. As chicken little said. "The sky is
falling, the sky is falling". Be advised: It is time
to prepare! |
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However, none the less... we have a very simple and short list of
things to do to insure you are prepared, in the event failure of our system as we
know it today does fail.
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Stage One...
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- Cash is King - Join a local
credit union and keep cash on hand. You may even revert back
to paying cash for your monthly expenses. Old habits are hard
to break, and the debit card in your wallet has simplified
life. However, it can also be your demise.
- We Gotta Eat - If you
want your family in a panic when you're incapable of feeding
your clan imagine this. Tell your family you have no food or
water until the streets are clear or the grid gets restored.
Devastating! So make a trip to the grocery store now. Buy what
your budget will allow. If it's for four days or four weeks
supply of food, some is better than none. Think canned goods
and water. Tell everybody not to touch the back-up food and
they'll respect you for making preparations.
- Heat - The human body can
tolerate extreme heat. It cannot cope with constant freezing
temperatures. Insure you have a stock of blankets or sleeping
bags. A cord of firewood is also a must to keep stockpiled.
Even if you have no fireplace to burn the wood, you can always
dig a hole outside to keep a fire going for hot meals and body
warmth before going to bed.
- Fuel - Keep five to ten
gallons in reserve at a minimum. If you don't use it during a
winter storm outage, you'll need it in the spring for your
lawn mower or other purposes. Ten gallons of fuel can take you
one hundred miles or more down the road if you have to abandon
your home.
- Protection - Their will be people
that are not prepared and they will want what you have. Just
the sight of firearms and ammo will be a deterrent to protect
your property. If you hate guns, buy a couple of baseball bats
to "swing away" if needed. Join forces with your
neighbors. Their is always strength in numbers.
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| It's that simple. Food, clothing,
shelter and a little bit more will get you thru the coming troubled times.
It may be climate related, or an electromagnetic pulse. This small
preparation list will surprise you on the comfort scale when you find
yourself in need. |
| Now let's take it up a notch... |
| In the event of some form of national catastrophe,
you'll want to be ready to go "Rambo". |
| Stage Two... |
- City Dwellers - Get out of town.
Go to Grandma's house in the country. Perhaps you have a good
friend that is a country boy. Go to his location immediately
with all of your supplies. In the event of chaos, the city is
the last place you want to be. Bringing your supplies with you
makes you an asset, not a hindrance.
- Protection - With the threat of
losing what you have in the event of some foolish act by a
criminal element aka; terrorist group or even worse, you are
going to need to be able to protect yourself and your clan. If
you have no military experience, may I suggest shotguns. They
hurt, they are loud and they will inflict much damage on your
opponent. Every adult in your group should be equipped with a
standard twelve gauge pump shotgun. Ammo is preferably double
odd buck-shot. If you do not wish to kill your opponent, use
the skip method. This is when you fire three foot in front of
the bad guy's feet, with a round of OO-Buck. The projectiles
will traverse upward at knee high level to disable the threat
in front of you.
- Rally Point - If you are
over run, you and yours must have a predefined location that
you will rally to and join back up as a unit. Maybe it's the
neighbor's house or one hundred yards down the road. Unity is
important.
- Communications - Field
radios or even CB's come in handy at this point of aggression.
If the world has gone crazy, cell phones will be useless.
Consider creating an authentication code or a password so as
not to be duped by your aggressor when using common
communication equipment.
- Medical - Purchase a well
stocked first aid kit. In the event you are shot, make sure
you have tampons available. In order to stop the bleeding,
insert a tampon into the bullet wound. Remember; stop the
bleeding, check for an exit wound, and protect the wound with
dressings.
- Again, Cash Is King - In the
event you need influence with another group or force, having a
stash of cash will allow you to buy your safety. In addition,
scavenging can be much easier if you offer cash for an item
that you are in need of.
- Survival Kit - And last but not
least, buy a quality survival kit. I repeat, a quality survival kit.
Don't go cheap on this item. This kit will determine your
immediate future.
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| If the world comes apart as you know it,
you can only depend on yourself and your preparations. Can't say I didn't
warn you. -Good Luck-
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