PREP so what will you do when you hear something has happened?

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allmycats

Senior Member
Just wondering what you plan to do when you hear that TSHTF :siren:... whether it is a bomb going off in Iran..or Israel... or a ship down in the Strait of Hormuz... ???
Would you race home from work? Call in the rest of the family , hunker bunker down??? Would you calmly just monitor the news? Would you not go into work??:rolleyes: Sure would be interested in others ideas...
Peace
ALLMYCATS:kat:
 
Hognutz

Hognutz

Has No Life - Lives on TB
allmycats said:
Just wondering what you plan to do when you hear that TSHTF :siren:... whether it is a bomb going off in Iran..or Israel... or a ship down in the Strait of Hormuz... ???
Would you race home from work? Call in the rest of the family , hunker bunker down??? Would you calmly just monitor the news? Would you not go into work??:rolleyes: Sure would be interested in others ideas...
Peace
ALLMYCATS:kat:
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As long as it looks like everything will stay overseas, I wont alter myself to much. But once it comes here, I will shelter down with family.
 
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more ammo

Contributing Member
I am more concerned about the day after election day if
the kenyan loses. A lot of pissed off obama supporters with
nothing else to do but riot.
 
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hammerhead

Veteran Member
Check on whereabouts of family.
Verify information.
Evaluate immediate threat.
Check on whereabouts of family and take appropriate measures to gather them in. (I'd do scheduled comms checks during this movement phase.)
 
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Halfdar

Cold and pissy
First I will run, then I will scream, then I will calmly monitor events. We do not expect TS to HTF here in Canada before it does in America, so we will no doubt have warning and time to do anything last-minute.
Should it happen here, though, our posture would change immediately. First the panic sex, then the snifter of cognac, then the loading of the magazines, then the hunkering down.
That said, we are far enough out-of-the-way that things will happen elsewhere before they happen in our backyard. We are lucky enough that we will enjoy a certain perspective.
 
Wildweasel

Wildweasel

F-4 Phantoms Phorever
Time to clean, lock and load and then stand by to repel intruders. With Islamburg only a few dozen miles away, I do have concerns about some homegrown Jihadies wanting to establish their own "mini-Caliphate" in the surrounding area.

WW
 
SIRR1

SIRR1

Deceased
This all depends on how bad the situation is!

If it's a major attack in Iran then the 1st thing I would do is top off my gas tank and cans near my office and head to the house from work as soon as I heard the News.

I can pretty much come and go at work so fuel would be first stop, then home to drop off the gas cans then off to Sam's club to top off the preps.

The fuel / home run ending up at Sam's Club would take 30 or so minutes.

Sam's Club run would be to top off everything for my BOL.

Cat food and litter, canned tuna and chicken, (lots of TP, trash bags, zip locks).

(Remember what the guy from Serbia said he wished he had when he was trapped!)

My wife knows to stop and pick up ammo and fuel then get to her office or head home once she knows what is going on.

This all depends on how bad the event is, different attacks or events will determine what I will do.

SIRR1
 
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lookingforthewayback

Contributing Member
Lock the gates and loose the dogs of war.
I am retired so don't need to go to work. Family is in Maryland and North Dakota so they are on their own. I have enough if some of them decide to come here. Clean the guns again, make sure gas and diesel storage tanks are locked and just monitor what is going on. I am currentlly building a small shed off my carport and soundproofing it the best I can so when I run the generator it is pretty quiet.
 
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AlaBill

Contributing Member
At anything like this...
whether it is a bomb going off in Iran..or Israel... or a ship down in the Strait of Hormuz... ???
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I'm immediately headed towards my hunker down location with attention to be split between monitoring the situation here and providing that last minute review and upgrade of any preps. All others will be on standby for arriving and I will monitor when they should come. I hoping I arrive by myself and stay by myself.
 
CGTech

CGTech

Has No Life - Lives on TB
I've made it a habit the past few months to top off my gas tank every single night. Just finished picking up more flour and sugar (on sale). 3 kids still in school are 5 and 10 min walk from coppertopmom's work, if TSHTF they would get texted to go there NOW, and wife would bring them all home ASAP. All depending of course on what is happening/time of day. I work from home, so unless I am at a client, I am set. If I'm on the road... well let's hope I'm not 2 hours away by car. But as Halfdar said, our situation up in Canada may be a bit different than CONUS, we may have some more time. Just have to jump on that horse, and ride it the best way we can.
 
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bobwohl

Membership Revoked
"Shopping"...as in topping off the last minute supplies, maybe get a few more boxes of 9's from WalMart,
fill up gas cans, etc. Most of my shopping is done...ljust topping off.
.....and watch the people scrambling down the aisles......
 
Cardinal

Cardinal

Chickministrator
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I won't do anything Xtra til the unrest happens here. As long as things remain 'normal' here, I go to work, come home, be a slave to the critters.
 
joyfulheart

joyfulheart

Veteran Member
Assuming it's something local or heading to local shores...

call family.
Fill up water bobs.
charge phones, laptops, etc...
cook a huge dinner and dessert (something we've always talked about doing if possible... long story)
wash dishes, do laundry.

If possible get one more propane tank. If not, ok.
 
MtnGal

MtnGal

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Pray. Probably just watch and be ready. Pray.

Once it hits the US everything goes into survival mode. Contact family if possible.

Pray.
 
johnswahoo

johnswahoo

Veteran Member
The severity of the issue could mean multiple different things for me. At all times I try to keep my gas full in our cars. I try to keep enough water in our house but I would make a quick run to Sams-Costco and Grainger just in case. Secondly, I would not use the hot water tank in the house because it will be a source of fresh water if needed. I will check to make sure that I have items and contacts in place. I will judge the rational of most on this board and the local community boards of my area to see what the perspective of the people around me are thinking. Lastly I'll talk with friends-family and neighbors to see how they feel or if they have any perspective on the current situation.
If it's worst case situation, attack in NY-Wash-LA or local--I'll head for the hills-either by car or foot in order to get to my destination. I will go quickly because the situation could be chaotic--minutes will count not hours. The first-48 hr will be critical but a decision to move should be made with in 120 minutes.
 
Burt Gummer

Burt Gummer

Veteran Member
I will calmly go strait home and monitor the situation. If there appears to be no effect near my location then I resume my daily routine with an extra sense of awareness.
 
Panner

Panner

Veteran Member
I'd call my family members, and then head out to top off supplies. Hopefully my oldest son will not be at sea with the Military Sealift Command. He just got back from the Iran area 3 weeks ago. Then I would just hunker down get online at TB and see what will happens next. I agree that when Obama loses his supporters are not going to like it. I was planning a trip back east around the election. I sure don't want to be around any cities right after the election, so I am holding off on that.
 
The Cub

The Cub

Behold, I am coming soon.
I expect a MAJOR false flag "attack" on US soil to precede the issues raised in the OP. At such time, I will contact the kids...check the Web.....and pray the rosary.
 
Firebird

Firebird

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Well, when it finally happens, I will probably wish I didn't live in Florida as there are a lot of wackos here.
 
colonel holman

colonel holman

Veteran Member
ME self-destructing: just sit back and watch (top off any tanks not already topped off).
If it spills onto US with widespread terrorist activity, esp if very widespread into the heartland and rural areas, then beef up carry habits to higher levels
 
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allmycats

Senior Member
Wow... some great suggestions and plans.....I LOVE my TB friends.....no one else tells it like it is.....
I will now be putting some empty gas cans in my car to fill up on last min. TSHTF scenario... as $ is always tight here, and will be spent last min. on gas unfortunately. I have things in a refrigerated storage I feel like I need to now move here to the home and will be working on that in the next few days which we hopefully have. I have heard that the 25th may be a GO day as it is Yom Kippur? I will look for the link if you want. Thanks everyone for taking the time to respond.... XOXOX
Peace
ALLMYCATS
 
annieosage

annieosage

Inactive
joyfulheart said:
Assuming it's something local or heading to local shores...

call family.
Fill up water bobs.
charge phones, laptops, etc...
cook a huge dinner and dessert (something we've always talked about doing if possible... long story)wash dishes, do laundry.

If possible get one more propane tank. If not, ok.
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Ha ha! We have talked about the same thing and have everything on hand to cook up everyone's favorite meal.

Truly it depends on what exactly happens. When all the bomb threats were happening on Friday I told Mike anything close to us and he would go pickup Katie at school. Melissa knows all I have to do is call her and say the code word and she leaves for our house immediately. I mean I would consider stopping at the store to top off a few things but for the most part I would just want to be home on TB2K watching the news unfold.
 
Hfcomms

Hfcomms

EN66iq
If I'm in the mood probably run into town and clean out the rest of the cash in my account at the ATM and maybe pick up a few odds and ends at the local store. Whatever the 'event' may be for the first 12 hours or so the majority will be glued to the boob tube and radio with a deer in the headlights look. It will take a bit for the unrest to really let loose. Everyone will be looking at everyone else wondering what to do. You don't know how long that small window of opportunity might be but you certainly don't want to squander it.
 
Lone_Hawk

Lone_Hawk

Resident Spook
I will carefully monitor what is happening, and where. I am at a high level of personal security at all times anyway. Depending on what happens, I will execute the plans that I have already laid out then adjust as reality and Mr. Murphy come to the party.
 
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Ronman2002

Contributing Member
not much change at all. Monitor the situation, access the possibility of local danger, and calculate the risks to my family/ friends. Adjust as the situation dictates. Same thing I did on that fateful day in sept of 2001. None of us new what to expect or how bad it was going to get on that long day.
 
psychgirl

psychgirl

Has No Life - Lives on TB
I'll just get home asap. I can't do or buy much of anything right now, but "might" be able to after I get paid tomorow. It won't be a lot but anything I can grab up will be helpful. Also keeping an close eye on the gas tank.
 
shinerbock

shinerbock

Innocent Bystander
Your reference to 9/11 made me feel suddenly and thoroughly thankful -

Ronman2002 said:
not much change at all. Monitor the situation, access the possibility of local danger, and calculate the risks to my family/ friends. Adjust as the situation dictates. Same thing I did on that fateful day in sept of 2001. None of us new what to expect or how bad it was going to get on that long day.
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DW & I will be able to BO in place and be at home together. On 09.11.01, we received a call asking us to drive 425 miles to pick up our six year old nephew because his parent was locked down on base for God knows how long [ended up being ten days]. While our nephew was and is precious to us, it was a wild and wooly drive there and back on the same day, trying to pull in radio stations as we went in and out of populated areas. We didn't know if the attack had progressed beyond the Pentagon [only found out about Shanksville upon our arrival @ the AFB]. We had thought to bring along a case of canned goods and e-z eats, a can opener, two cases of bottled H20 and two weapons. We had no idea of what to expect on the roads and took the long, rural route both ways to avoid Interstates and population centers.

Wouldn't want to do all that again on a day of such confusion and uncertainty. We no longer live within 1300 miles of any family member and we rest easy knowing we won't be pressed into service like that @ our advanced age. :spns:
 
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