Karnie
Veteran Member
I had a few moments of heart palpatations yesterday, thinking we were in a SHTF moment and I didn't have a clue what had happened!
Here's how it came down:
We have a once a month coop delivery that requires me to drive from the Tulsa area to Oklahoma City in the AM. I then spend several hours sorting orders, load up the Tulsa area orders and drive back. Because I loose my normal stations 1/2 way to "The City", as it's known in Oklahoma
, I had my IPOD plugged into the car stereo.
Having been without news all day (and worse yet, no TB2K!!) I pulled off at 122nd and I-35 go get a cold drink at Sonic. I immediately noticed that cars were lined up to buy gas at both stations at the intersection. I was amazed at the number of cars lined up and was really starting to wonder what was going on. However, the heart palpatations came when I was trying to leave Sonic to pull back out on the road. The drive was blocked for more than five minutes and in the three or four minutes I'd been in Sonic, the gas lines had grown from being contained on the parking lots to now being several blocks in all directions.
I instantly jumped to the conclusion that TSHHTF. The bad news was, a) I didn't yet know what had happened and b) I couldn't find a radio station carrying any news and c) I was about two hours from home. On the good news side, my pickup and trailer were filled with about 30+ ice chests full of food.... really really good food.
What would you do at this point?? How do you determine what happened? What are your first steps? (My first step was to check my gas gauage. Second was check my ammo.)
As it turned out, nothing big had happened other than the two stations seemed to have dropped their gas prices about a dime below the pervailing market price in the area... so they were having their own mini-gas war. But I had about two hours to drive home and think about what I'd have done if it was a REAL SHTF scenario.
There are some wonderful preppers on this board. I'd love to hear what you'd have done in my shoes or a similar scenario.
Here's how it came down:
We have a once a month coop delivery that requires me to drive from the Tulsa area to Oklahoma City in the AM. I then spend several hours sorting orders, load up the Tulsa area orders and drive back. Because I loose my normal stations 1/2 way to "The City", as it's known in Oklahoma
, I had my IPOD plugged into the car stereo.Having been without news all day (and worse yet, no TB2K!!) I pulled off at 122nd and I-35 go get a cold drink at Sonic. I immediately noticed that cars were lined up to buy gas at both stations at the intersection. I was amazed at the number of cars lined up and was really starting to wonder what was going on. However, the heart palpatations came when I was trying to leave Sonic to pull back out on the road. The drive was blocked for more than five minutes and in the three or four minutes I'd been in Sonic, the gas lines had grown from being contained on the parking lots to now being several blocks in all directions.
I instantly jumped to the conclusion that TSHHTF. The bad news was, a) I didn't yet know what had happened and b) I couldn't find a radio station carrying any news and c) I was about two hours from home. On the good news side, my pickup and trailer were filled with about 30+ ice chests full of food.... really really good food.
What would you do at this point?? How do you determine what happened? What are your first steps? (My first step was to check my gas gauage. Second was check my ammo.)
As it turned out, nothing big had happened other than the two stations seemed to have dropped their gas prices about a dime below the pervailing market price in the area... so they were having their own mini-gas war. But I had about two hours to drive home and think about what I'd have done if it was a REAL SHTF scenario.
There are some wonderful preppers on this board. I'd love to hear what you'd have done in my shoes or a similar scenario.
Sounds like you were prepared as could possiby be.You had food gas and ammo which means your a guy who takes tshtf scenerio serious ,good for you!! No matter even if you run to the local 7 eleven always be ready you never know when its going to happen.You don't want to get caught with your pants down so to speak.I never allow my tank to get below half and I carry 1 case of bottled water ,jerky ,a bag of trail mix my kimber 45 and ammo where ever I go in my truck.
