PREP Mongo - Hoofbeats Approaching...

33dInd

33dInd

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Samuel Adams said:
I “prep” for my grandkids and those who need an example.

The “days of glory” you refer to may never come.

Prep as though “they” are going to shut down everything that belongs to “them”……and that we will all live outside their gates in the raw, for a long, long time.
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I wish you the best in this coming s show as you should me
I’ve been preparing since that commie jimmy carter
At least I may outlive him
There’s no glory to it
Just fatalistic reality
I see the train a comin
It’s rolling round the bend
 
Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams

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33dInd said:
I wish you the best in this coming s show as you should me
I’ve been preparing since that commie jimmy carter
At least I may outlive him
There’s no glory to it
Just fatalistic reality
I see the train a comin
It’s rolling round the bend
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That’s just it.

I realized, long ago…..that I am not “prepping” for some big event on the horizon.

There ain’t no “train coming”, unless your train is just tomorrow being a little bit worse than today, insofar as “their” negative influence over mankind…..if you find yourself subject to it.

This is life on earth, and today’s decisions are our opportunity to make life a little bit better, tomorrow…..world finances and presidential elections be damned.

Jimmy Carter and his successors included.

Remember…..you may be called to LIVE, and not die in a hail of gunfire.
 
Sacajawea

Sacajawea

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Samuel Adams said:
Got your soil intensely fertile, a foot deep or more ?

Fresh water source within quarter mile (or a mile) ?

Permanent close access to firewood ?

House set up to go without electricity or any other utility indefinitely ?

Root cellar or suitable basement for food storage ?

Smokehouse built ?

Permaculture fruit and nuts forest established ?

Self-sustaining livestock pastures with water ?

Well-stocked ponds, on-site or close on friendly (like-minded) neighbor ?

Intimate knowledge of wild edible and medicinal flora well secured ?



Costco don’t sell that shit.


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Maybe 85% of that. And other things not on the list.

We are managing/stewarding wildlife, as well as minor livestock, around here. Keeping the resources maintained and removing nuisances, as needed. That is a full time job (along with several other hats I wear around here) and if I didn't have help - my D & her BF, my sweetie - a lot less would be getting done. We NEED tribe! If my ankle decides to take off for Cancun, who's gonna run my errands? We also know who will/won't be welcome around here should they be looking for a bugout location to run to, when SHTF where they are. Some are locating on their own property near us. Which is ideal, I think. Builds in mutual support along with the community "relationships".

I do need to start soliciting names for my mini-country soon. LOL.
 
Sacajawea

Sacajawea

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OH, and since I'm dealing with healthcare for sweetie on the regular - I will say that increasing chaos, incompetence and not caring, along with having to kowtow to "insurance rules" - means we already need to wean ourselves off running to a doc, for every little thing. If I ain't bleeding or have a broken bone or need surgery... I keep a lot of distance, for myself. Learn to take care of yourself and yours.
 
rob0126

rob0126

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Mushroom said:
Preparation H for bug bites or Tucks. I am allergic to Tucks but would use them if I could. Those two items are designed to numb itching. Lidocain patches work too just cut them into small squares but save them for the really bad itching. Fels Naptha soap for poison ivy. DO NOT USE ALCOHOL!!!!! unless you drink it to help keep your sanity but moderately.
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Apple Cider Vinrgar is good for bites too like fire ants and such.

As for Mongo's video, for sure.

Ive been giving out a tract on the coming famine for about 6 months now because I felt it necessary.
Its even a bumper sticker on my car now.
( Somebody or 2 will listen.)

Water:
Let me stress about water. Have for certain, ways to purify water and ways to procure it. (rain, ponds, lakes, streams, ground, etc)
It will get you way before starvation will. Store it up beforehand.(boiling water sterilizes it)

Food:
We are planning to get a grain mill and grain to mill because its extremely nutritious.(organic wheat, kamut, spelt, etc.)
Lookup sue becker and learn about her ezekiel bread recipe.(its on her website bread beckers.)

Mongo's video just gives me more resolve to step it up.

No fear of whats coming, just fear God and He will get you thru it all.
 
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Hfcomms

Hfcomms

EN66iq
As Mongo was intimating during disasters and societal breakdown a lot more people perish from mundane things like malnutrition, unsanitary conditions, lack of clean drinking water etc, than they do of violence or direct kinetic action. I know people too that have enough firearms and ammo to equip and sustain a dozen people but would be hard pressed to feed themselves and take care of their families for more than a couple of weeks with the food and supplies they have on hand.

Firearms and ammo are a tool (albeit a very important one) but you can’t eat them, wear them or take shelter from the elements under them any more than you could with bars of silver and gold. You need everything including the skills to use them.
 
Seeker22

Seeker22

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West said:
Also a simple bug bite or cut can go septic with in a day or two as well. Especially if there's no water or sewer system.
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Crawling around in these Texas Hill Country Cedars (Ash Junipers) you may get bit by something called a Deer Tick. They carry Lyme Disease. Nasty stuff and will make you an ineffective war fighter, or most anything else. Other areas have their endemic critters and diseases. Know those and how to avoid or treat, and you are better placed for what is coming. It's not all preps and gunz-n-stuff.
 
Raggedyman

Raggedyman

Res ipsa loquitur
rob0126 said:
Water:
Let me stress about water. Have for certain ways to purify water and ways to procure it. (rain, ponds, lakes, streams, ground, etc)
It will get you way before starvation will. Store it up beforehand.(boiling water sterilizes it)
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a most excellent post - lets talk about bulk water storage IN the house . . .
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do you have a cellar or a garage that doesn't freeze? here's a suggestion to avoid having to tote your potable water providing you have room (the footprint below is 33 X 54) :


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325 gal of potable water contained in two reservoirs set up on 2 courses of concrete block topped with 3/4 plywood. that configuration is high enough to get a 5 gal bucket under the ball valve at the bottom of each tank. the reservoirs are plumbed into the house water supply. the water is rotated and chlorinated every 6 months.

assuming the grid is absent but you have back up power - either solar and/or generator . . . the need for prioritizing power exists - in a long term grid down situation you could run your freezers and refers 45 min twice a day - once am and pm. I'd top of those tanks at that time and only when they were about 1/3 full. any water needed to flush toilets with comes off the roof - two 125 gal rain barrels at the corners of the house gets you that.
 
Hfcomms

Hfcomms

EN66iq
Excellent! I am on a shallow well. In case of power outages I can run the pump off any of three generators. If something happens to the pump I have a new one in the box to install. If I run out of gas or it is too cold out to keep the well house heated I can pull the pump to keep it from freezing. I then switch to my submersible 12v water pump at the 40’ level powered by a small one panel solar system with two deep cycle batteries. If that pump goes bad I have a new submersible pump in the shed I can install. If all four pumps are bad I have an old fashioned well bucket. If the well goes bad there is a hand pump on the property next to mine about a hundred meters away. There is also a river a half mile away.

Living in the U.P. there is abundant fresh water which is one of the reasons I relocated here but I don’t take it for granted. Available water and wood for cooking and heating are two of my favorite words. In just about any thing you have to prep for a a minimum shoot for a primary, backup and contingency (backup to the backup) sources.
 
Tristan

Tristan

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Sacajawea said:
OH, and since I'm dealing with healthcare for sweetie on the regular - I will say that increasing chaos, incompetence and not caring, along with having to kowtow to "insurance rules" - means we already need to wean ourselves off running to a doc, for every little thing. If I ain't bleeding or have a broken bone or need surgery... I keep a lot of distance, for myself. Learn to take care of yourself and yours.
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Much wisdom there.
 
West

West

Senior
I've been bit by deer ticks every dang year! And the red cedar in my area gives me the most wonderful rashes ever! It's all out to get me, the bugs, dust, pollens, weedy thorns, mites, etc....

The first 5-6 years I lived here had to get steroid shots sometimes twice a year. Finally adjusting to the crap, after 15 years. My skin is finally turning to leather.

:D
 
Dobbin

Dobbin

Faithful Steed
Hfcomms said:
If something happens to the pump I have a new one in the box to install.
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Is it a deep well pump? (at the bottom of the well casing)

Owner's first well was 80' below the surface. 30 years of domestic water use left Owner with a pump capacity of less than one gallon a minute: flush the toilet twice and the well would run out of water.

Owner could solve that problem by pulling the deep well pump (it's 80 feet down) and cleaning the screen which surrounds the cylinder pump. He would find the screen plugged with "fines" which were coming in from the "horizontal strata." He'd clean the pump and it would be good for another couple of months.

But he soon grew tired of the periodic cleaning. Especially in the winter. It's a lot of PHYSICAL work to pull up 80 odd feet of 1" plastic pipe filled with water with a 40 pound pump attached to the bottom. But that deep he could do - if he had his wife put a jorgenson clamp on the plastic pipe half way up to give him a rest and catch his breath.

To get past the continuing issue, he finally had ANOTHER well drilled nearby. Possibly different strata. Certainly a different depth which is nearly 160' - with the pump at 120'. He now has 40 gal/min.

Owner says professional well pullers use a large "wheel" to pull the pump - the wheel is powered by a motor and makes pulling effortless.

But - Owner at least proved he could pull his own pump - which may be a valuable skill in times of short labor supply.

Find a drawing online of your "pitless adapter" so you'll know what you're dealing with when you install your "T-handle" for pulling. Everbilt 1 in. Brass Pitless Adapter Fitting EBPA100NL - The Home Depot

Dobbin
 
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toxic avenger

Senior Member
Amazon has a stainless steel stove top water distiller for $104. Worth it’s weight in gold in a grid down scenario.

If your health insurance offers a flexible spending account and there are funds remaining, you can purchase first aid items. Bandages, antibiotic ointment, splints, extra prescriptions…better than forfeiting the balance when the new year hits.

A pair of baofeng radios can be had for $40 and invaluable if needed.

A few fire extinguishers to help prevent your alternative heating/cooking method from burning up your shelter and supplies.

Just a few quick and easy last minute things.
 
marsh

marsh

On TB every waking moment
On Latrines, I was just thinking that it might be helpful to know where not to dig (utility lines.) I guess sawdust or peat moss might be good. lime?
 
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genrim

Veteran Member
marsh said:
On Latrines, I was just thinking that it might be helpful to know where not to dig (utility lines.) I guess sawdust or peat moss might be good. lime?
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Lime will help keep the odor down and the flies away. Might have other uses in a latrine also. Not sure.

If using in an outhouse vs. an open latrine, be careful not to get any lime on the seat. Lime can burn the skin.
 
rob0126

rob0126

Veteran Member
West said:
I've been bit by deer ticks every dang year! And the red cedar in my area gives me the most wonderful rashes ever! It's all out to get me, the bugs, dust, pollens, weedy thorns, mites, etc....

The first 5-6 years I lived here had to get steroid shots sometimes twice a year. Finally adjusting to the crap, after 15 years. My skin is finally turning to leather.

:D
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Somebody needs to make a drone that goes around killing mosquitos and knats.

They can be maddening on a hot breezeless day.

Would save on essential oil repellants too.
 
Sacajawea

Sacajawea

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Re: fire extinguishers.
D had a chimney fire last winter when the wind was howling. We both heat with wood with propane backup. Luckily we stopped it in time. She's replacing chimney parts right now.

Since then, we've acquired new extinguishers and some chemical concoction to clean off creosote in the chimney and another to extinguish the fire in the chimney.
 
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Marthanoir

TB Fanatic
Sacajawea said:
Re: fire extinguishers.
D had a chimney fire last winter when the wind was howling. We both heat with wood with propane backup. Luckily we stopped it in time. She's replacing chimney parts right now.

Since then, we've acquired new extinguishers and some chemical concoction to clean off creosote in the chimney and another to extinguish the fire in the chimney.
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Don't forget a couple of big bags of baking soda. Great for putting out chimney fires
 
Hfcomms

Hfcomms

EN66iq
Plusses and minuses no matter where you live but I don’t think many of the illegals from central america are going to want to relocate near me and a lot of the inner city types are terrified of the remote woods as they are totally out of their element.
 
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Marthanoir

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Hfcomms said:
Plusses and minuses no matter where you live but I don’t think many of the illegals from central america are going to want to relocate near me and a lot of the inner city types are terrified of the remote woods as they are totally out of their element.
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Yup same here but then we were swamped by lefty artsy Euros wanting to get back to nature and then came the big wigs looking for remote rural retreats.
 
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