PREP Apocalyse - so, what are YOU doing?

day late

money? whats that?
Unless you have your cell phone in your pocket and speak out loud.

In that case, you are telling him. As a locksmith I can tell you, security IS NOT a sometimes thing. You pay attention, or you don't. There is no third option. Caution at all times. Failure to do so means bad things for you. And you did it to yourself.
 

Griz3752

Retired, practising Curmudgeon
I just turned 65. Realistically, there's not a lot I can do. I got out of debt, moved to a small town in the middle of the country, and I try to be a blessing to my neighbors, while living the best life that I can. The rest is up to God.
I'd say you're on a good track . . . .
hopefully the neighbours are in a reciprocal frame of mind.
 

Hfcomms

EN66iq
Several new back-to-the land communes and couples have asked about low-cost methods of drilling a well. Here, from the April Popular Mechanics, is about the lowest-cost solution to the problem that we know. It won’t work for everyone, but it might for you.

Real expensive to put a well in. When I first got my property I tried to drive a sand point. Got down to about 10 feet and that was it. Took a back hoe and tried to pound if further with the bucket and it was a no go. Come to find out it was all sandstone underneath me and needed to have a well drilled. Cost me about 3K for a hundred foot well with 6" casing and that was back in 2000. I can't image how expensive it is to drill a well today.

There are some things prepping wise you can't do for yourself and you have to pay for and that was one of them.
 

Coulter

Veteran Member
This Monkey Wrks youtube video - I think everybody should hear what he says in clip below

Listen to what his opinion is at 1:36 to 3:10 (I agree with what he thinks). Scary times ahead

A few people have mentioned his youtube videos on the 320,000 invaders flown in by Biden thread.

Total RT 38 minutes
View: https://youtu.be/QzW2aICCxEQ
 

jward

passin' thru
Real expensive to put a well in. When I first got my property I tried to drive a sand point. Got down to about 10 feet and that was it. Took a back hoe and tried to pound if further with the bucket and it was a no go. Come to find out it was all sandstone underneath me and needed to have a well drilled. Cost me about 3K for a hundred foot well with 6" casing and that was back in 2000. I can't image how expensive it is to drill a well today.

There are some things prepping wise you can't do for yourself and you have to pay for and that was one of them.
yup, definitely depends upon geology in the given spot the well is attempted- the OP had a shallow water table, so hopefully her luck extends to include better soil.

I'm actually surprised it didn't cost you even more- wells are one of those things I just assume are so expensive that I don't even want to know the numbers ::eek::
 

jward

passin' thru
I have looked for this "on your own". I used to just come here to argue a few yrs ago, but have since grown up a little. I am very interested in the well-digging. Can you help me? I have a very high water table in my area (semi-rural). I also have lots of farming and nearby truck traffic.
This couple is one that is actually out there walking the walk instead of endless chatting about it and have set up their own self reliant systems: they just put out video on testing the water from their self drilled shallow well with 3 different systems.
Think they also link to their shallow well building episodes, but iirc they were not as educational a s is this one.

I thought it might be of interest to you:

I dug a SHALLOW WELL and was told I can't use it...
Ambition Strikes

527K subscribers
RT<21m
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbhKx9307ZM
 

OldArcher

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Depends. If it’s like a flash flood through a mountain pass, or if it’s like a turgid flood through a sewage treatment plant. If fast, then try and find some place that can use my talents. If slow rolling, I’m minded of a line from Heinlein’s Jubal Harshaw, in Stranger In A Strange Land. ”I’ve got a little black list, that’ll never be missed.“ Don’t YOU have a list of miscreants, poltroons, blackguards, thieves, liars, and traitors? I sure do. If the world is coming to an end, I’d prefer Him to rebuild without substandard materials,,, Ambrose Bierce called the above listed types of trash, as “worm food.”. Apropos, don’t your think?

OA
 
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