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About a year ago, I got nervous and spent some money on some of those survival dried food packs, currently sitting in the basement (and hopefully not rotting).
by blisterpeanuts 3y ago
About a year ago, I got nervous and spent some money on some of those survival dried food packs, currently sitting in the basement (and hopefully not rotting).
I have a charcoal grill and a gas grill and probably should stock up on propane and briquettes. I have enough ammo to last a while. Chickens in the backyard, some vegetables growing in the garden. Solar panels but no battery, so, not off grid yet.
But realistically, if such a solar apocalypse happened, the panels and many other electronics will fail, communications will break down, marauding gangs will take over in many places, until the military can impose order. And there’s the issue of potable water.
There’s not much chance of surviving past the first week or so, at this level of prepping. Let’s just hope this flare never happens.
- Tepix 3y agoWater should be your primary concern to survive a couple of weeks or maybe months. Only if you're in the US also consider getting a tank, a flamethrower, grenades.
- blisterpeanuts 3y agoHow would Germans handle a breakdown in services?
- Tepix 3y agoBy complaining. Perhaps even by german efficiency. There are institutions like the THW, after all. But they wouldn't need guns.
- dqat3fas 3y agofound the american :)
- blisterpeanuts 3y agoExplain?
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- HelloMcFly 3y agoThis: "I have enough ammo to last a while" I also think the idea of "there's not much chance of surviving past the first week or so" is probably a bit more pessimistic than I'd offer, but what do I know.
- blisterpeanuts 3y agoOkay that explains the down votes. But it's naive to assume people will behave in a civilized manner when civil authority breaks down. Water is a major issue. We have some bottled water in the garage, maybe enough for a couple of weeks or a month if used carefully. We also have an underground stream that a pump drains about 5 gallons every 10 minutes to keep from flooding the basement. Unfortunately, it relies on the grid electricity. I'm not sure what would happen if it stopped for very long. If I could figure out a way to keep the pump going even during a prolonged outage, it would be an unlimited source of H20. But for most people, water is going to be a show stopper, if the municipal pumps and filtration systems fail.
- HelloMcFly 3y ago> Okay that explains the down votes. But it's naive to assume people will behave in a civilized manner when civil authority breaks down. I truly think it would take longer than a week for society to realize and accept that civil authority is actually gone, and running water would likely be among the last things to go.
- nonameiguess 3y agoThe North Texas "once in a century" ice storm from a few years back took out much of the electrical grid for longer than a week. At least where I live, which is spitting distance of Dallas City Hall, not all that remote, we had no Internet for about two days, gas was gone for about a week, electricity was totally out for the first two days, then came back for about two hours a day for the next two weeks due to the rolling blackouts. At no point did we have no water, but we had no hot water. Also, the city never plowed the street where I live, so we had no city services like trash pickup, and no deliveries, from any service at all, for two weeks. That certainly hurt, but civilization didn't just go down the drain instantly. Most people have enough food and water to survive a couple weeks. You might be uncomfortable, not showering, but it takes a while to get to the point of shooting your neighbors. Unless a formal announcement comes out saying the government has dissolved and laws no longer apply, you better be damn sure services aren't coming back, because it's not like you just get amnesty for murder and theft because you had no running water for a few weeks.