Prepping

[William67]

*raises hand*

I am, but I don't do it for religious (doomsday) reasons. I happen to think it's just practical. You never know when you're going to lose a job, or something happens in your area that effects your ability to do the basics - like have food to eat.

So if I'm flush I stock up on stuff.

Thats as good a reason as any. Prepping is just being ready for whatever comes your way.

 

[Gnarwhal]

I have no problem whatsoever with people preparing themselves and their homes to make it through bad weather. Like if people live in hurricane regions or massive blizzards (like what Buffalo just saw).

I've been telling my dad for a while that it'd be nice to have a generator wired into the house just in case some bad weather knocks out the power. Where we live though, we don't see many gnarly storms - the weather is very predictable and stable. Even when the rest of the city loses power, our subdivision still has power.

We usually keep a few cases of bottled water and our pantry is full of canned food (for daily use but it also comes in handy for other situations).

 

[SnowyMacie]

Outside of making preparations for a major storm or life change like a job loss or major medical emergency, I'm not much of a prepper at all.

 

[keith99]

Decades ago I was an avid backpacker.

One year my hiking partner and I were the first ones through Elizabeth Pass in the Sequoia/ Kings canyon area. But only because the 3 marines out for some winter hiking took an overland route.

I've been to the top of Vernal falls when it meant hiking through 8 foot deep snow drifts only the be one of over a score of people.

There are perhaps 100 mines close to Los Angeles. I'm a bit of a troglodyte. I've explored a few. Most have but one entrance, making them death traps in a dog eat dog situation. The Big Horn and The Dawn each have an entrance and a dump hold to drop tailing out, but one cannot exit through that. There is actually a Mountain called Magic Mountain and there is a mine there. A vertical shaft and a horrizontal entrance according the oteh Topo maps. You can still find where that entrance was, it is where the section of track comes straight out of the side of the hill. The Native Son mine is actually in a pretty nice location. Only problem is the roof has caved in at least 3 times in the first 20 feet. Assuming one can still find the entrance, that was 20 years ago. Last time I checked the Black Crow and Black Cargo mines were being worked again because gold was up. The Allison and the Stanley Miller might be promising.

So 2 possibly good choices for how many million people in the greater Los Angeles area?

Good luck. I might have been OK back when I could cover 20 miles a day barefoot and naked save a loincloth. Of course there were also about half as many people here that long ago.

 

[William67]

Decades ago I was an avid backpacker.

One year my hiking partner and I were the first ones through Elizabeth Pass in the Sequoia/ Kings canyon area. But only because the 3 marines out for some winter hiking took an overland route.

I've been to the top of Vernal falls when it meant hiking through 8 foot deep snow drifts only the be one of over a score of people.

There are perhaps 100 mines close to Los Angeles. I'm a bit of a troglodyte. I've explored a few. Most have but one entrance, making them death traps in a dog eat dog situation. The Big Horn and The Dawn each have an entrance and a dump hold to drop tailing out, but one cannot exit through that. There is actually a Mountain called Magic Mountain and there is a mine there. A vertical shaft and a horrizontal entrance according the oteh Topo maps. You can still find where that entrance was, it is where the section of track comes straight out of the side of the hill. The Native Son mine is actually in a pretty nice location. Only problem is the roof has caved in at least 3 times in the first 20 feet. Assuming one can still find the entrance, that was 20 years ago. Last time I checked the Black Crow and Black Cargo mines were being worked again because gold was up. The Allison and the Stanley Miller might be promising.

So 2 possibly good choices for how many million people in the greater Los Angeles area?

Good luck. I might have been OK back when I could cover 20 miles a day barefoot and naked save a loincloth. Of course there were also about half as many people here that long ago.

Look at what happened during Katrina. Most people are going to evac to relatives, but a large portion are going to sit back and wait for FEMA to come and save them. That didnt turn out so well for alot of folk in NO.

I learned a very long time ago that I could only rely on myself and a few other people. And they are all related to me. So, now Im going to make sure me and mine survive.

 

[Nanopants]

^^That's awesome. I've been spelunking a few times, but not around L.A. I'll have check it out some time.

 

[Cearbhall]

Every scenario has a different set of odds. But, when you combine all the scenarios, the likely hood that something dramatic will happen increases. The trick is to try and be ready for any disaster. Whether its a solar flare, an outbreak of tornadoes, earthquake, eruption of one of the 2-3 super volcanoes in the US...doesnt matter. Just be ready to protect yourself and those you love.

Meh, still not nearly high enough for me to care. The worst that's happened in my area in the past several generations is minor flooding.

 

[William67]

They have alot of Augason Farms dried foods on Walmart's website. Free shipping on orders of $50 or more.

 

[redblue22]

does anyone prep for divorce?

 

[RobertMerton]

i'd consider it but im not rich lol.

 

[KitKatMatt]

Minor prepping makes sense.

Major, "build yourself a bunker with fifty years worth of food and learn a very obscure language to throw off ninja criminal assassins who might break into your house" prepping, not so much.

I tend to keep a case of water in my car just in case something happens and I need to high tail it, like if another hurricane hits. I think we're overdue, and the last one was a doozy. Really need to get a new first aid kit and set up some non-perishable food there (last emergency stash was... ruined by a case of water that inexplicably exploded. I really wish I knew what happened so I could hopefully plan to avoid it next time apart from sealing all other items in plastic bags).

 

[William67]

Minor prepping makes sense.

Major, "build yourself a bunker with fifty years worth of food and learn a very obscure language to throw off ninja criminal assassins who might break into your house" prepping, not so much.

I tend to keep a case of water in my car just in case something happens and I need to high tail it, like if another hurricane hits. I think we're overdue, and the last one was a doozy. Really need to get a new first aid kit and set up some non-perishable food there (last emergency stash was... ruined by a case of water that inexplicably exploded. I really wish I knew what happened so I could hopefully plan to avoid it next time apart from sealing all other items in plastic bags).

Been watching Doomsday Preppers?

Most preppers arent like the ones on tv. The tv people go out of their way to find nutters to provide "entertainment value".

 

[KitKatMatt]

Been watching Doomsday Preppers?

Most preppers arent like the ones on tv. The tv people go out of their way to find nutters to provide "entertainment value".

Yeah, I saw it a few times when younger family members were over.

I hate reality tv for that reason. I can't find a decent show on ANYTHING interesting because it's going to include only the extremes :/ Ah well, this is why I disconnected my cable.

 

[Nanopants]

I can't see myself ever building fortifications, unless it's a tree house... an extraordinarily formidable tree house.

 

[Nanopants]

Ok, I take that back. If I ever got my hands on a cannon or a ballista of some sort, I imagine I should build some sort of a rampart.

 

[MehGuy]

No, I am not crazy..

No one cares about Minnesota anyways.

If we live no one will even notice. To be a Minnesotian is to be one step above the grave.

 

[Gnarwhal]

No, I am not crazy..

No one cares about Minnesota anyways.

If we live no one will even notice. To be a Minnesotian is to be one step above the grave.

You should come to California bro, it's just... better.

 

[William67]

No, I am not crazy..

No one cares about Minnesota anyways.

If we live no one will even notice. To be a Minnesotian is to be one step above the grave.

I bet you stockpile grape salad.

 

[Blue Wren]

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[Gnarwhal]

What's a "prepper"?

It kind of covers a broad range of people, but generally speaking it's anybody who dedicates some of their time and resources to preparing for potential disasters.

On one end of the spectrum, it's a smart thing to do. Especially if you live somewhere that's prone to natural disasters like blizzards, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, etc. Having equipment and provisions in your home to help you through extended periods of being cut off from supermarkets and basic utilities isn't a bad idea.

However there's a small group of people who, in my opinion, take it way too far and believe the Illuminati and New World Order are out to get them personally. So they spend thousands of dollars on bomb shelters and assault rifles and military grade survival gear so they can raise a small army and wage war against some kind of post-apocalyptic cabal of atheists.