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Post by Ausprep on Jul 6, 2014 13:17:22 GMT 10
Me, government issues resulting in a martial law state of life.
Whilst im not a violent person, self defense of my family and personal protection is high on my list.
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Post by graynomad on Jul 6, 2014 13:34:48 GMT 10
For me (at first anyway) it's general independence from the system, working on the assumption that said system will still be in place albeit more broken and more expensive whether in real terms or just in relation to my somewhat dwindling finances.
This means homesteading in the bush, still having inputs from the system but able to go fully self-sufficient if needs be. I have/will have measures in place for protection from the average schmuc(s) that think they can rip me off but not much real serious at this point.
Will it get worse? In Oz I'd say it's possible but not probable, never the less my next phase is to prepare for real a SHTF and/or WROL scenario. As to how far I can go in that regard I don't know as it could get pretty expensive and I doubt it's even possible for me to properly defend my current property with just myself and 'er indoors. Too many acres and not enough people.
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Post by Jason on Jul 6, 2014 17:51:32 GMT 10
Financially I see things getting worse with either a gradual or rapid collapse at some point, with the associated social upheaval. My goal is to get me and my family away from it all before that happens.
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Post by Frank on Jul 6, 2014 18:00:50 GMT 10
Nothing in particular, building up to be prepared for a range of situations eventually. Just starting out so short time issues are being dealt with first eg loss of electricity or water for short time, storms etc Would like to get enough stuff together overtime to be prepared for a financial/social collapse, government intervention, martial law, WROL type situations
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Post by StepfordRenegade on Jul 6, 2014 18:38:33 GMT 10
Initially I'd like to be able to survive off the grid at home for short periods of time, preparing for mains services being compromised (e.g power going out in a storm, water supply being contaminated) or waiting for a pandemic to blow over. Then while we are still in this house I'd like to be prepared for loss of income for an extended period of time (up my skills in medicinal, mechanical, electrical DIY, home handywoman etc). Long term my goal is to be completely self sufficient with land away from the city, much the same as what graynomad was describing. Ideally I'd be prepared for any sort of societal break down. What I'm NOT prepared for is things like a cyclone or earthquake (house would just disintegrate) but luckily we aren't in an area where that is likely.
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Post by overlord on Jul 9, 2014 20:29:12 GMT 10
Natural Disasters (Solar Flares, Storms, Earthquakes because the big one is overdue here), War with China
Not yet into the Pandemic stuff although I do monitor events like these
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Post by sentinel on Jul 10, 2014 10:38:05 GMT 10
Natural Disasters (Solar Flares, Storms, Earthquakes because the big one is overdue here), War with China Not yet into the Pandemic stuff although I do monitor events like these Have you been looking at the earth quake activity on that continental plate between us - there has been a marked increase in activity and intensity and frequency over past 6 + months.
The www.ga.gov.au/earthquakes/
and the 'Australia and region — Last 7 days ' is the one I mostly rely on.
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Post by overlord on Jul 10, 2014 12:39:26 GMT 10
actually I have and even created an analytical model using one of the Business Modelling tools I sell. There is an increase in the frequency and strength over the past years. Based on the graphs (plotted using 4 years of data from 2010 to 2013), earthquake season starts around June then begins declining around September.
There are normal adjustments throughout faultlines and adjacent plates. It is when one faultline is affected or a major plate moves while the others around it do not, that is when we should start worrying since the stress is building up.
I would be okay with a bunch of minor earthquakes from time to time because I know that the stress and pressure on the plates and lines are being relieved. If there is no movement anywhere else after a strong one on one part of the world, a pretty stronger one is in the works.
I have this Philosophy on earthquakes (to paraphrase Jules Verne's book title) called "Around the World in 6 Months". When a quake hits in one side of the world, this pressure wave will go around the world within the next 6 months. This is just my observation and opinion regarding earthquakes.
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Post by myrrph on Jul 10, 2014 19:52:42 GMT 10
EMP, CME and polar shift.
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Post by beckles on Jul 12, 2014 19:45:05 GMT 10
Initially just general preparedness for storm, cyclone, weather event which was kick started with the Qld floods a couple of years back. No power for 3 days and we were just fine because I listened to gut instinct and hits the stores for battery powered lights, spare batteries, food and water the morning before we were cut off. I thought I was being paranoid, until I noticed all the pensioners in Coles doing the exact same thing lol
These days, preparing more for pandemic or events that impacts on food supplies/daily life for an extended period of time. Been watching reports on earthquakes/volcanos - wouldn't take much for a major volcanic eruption to happen in south America or Indonesia that would cause a 'nuclear winter'. Happened in the middle ages - all you need is one year of harsh temps to have a cycle of failed crops, food shortages.... Which in turn would also affect people's health, more susceptible to 'super bugs' etc.
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Post by Ausprep on Jul 12, 2014 19:54:20 GMT 10
Good to see your still around beckles
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Post by AKM. on Jul 13, 2014 23:46:20 GMT 10
General preparedness and building resiliency for those unexpected things; my list of things tends to put likelihood over possible severity- sort of like those risk management matrix you see in OHS.....mine runs something like sudden job loss(I'm most likely redundant from my .Gov job in 12 months unless moved sideways-), storms, floods, loss of electric power/water for a few days at least, loss of buying power due to economic changes or short term disruption in food supply, bigger economic disruptions to medical systems, etc(like a pandemic), I figure getting the basics sorted for the most common smaller things will set me up well as a basis for the larger, more impacting but less likely things like wider societal upheaval, war, huge natural event, etc. That American blogger/podcaster Jack Spirko sums it up for me with his opening and catchy spiel " Helping you live a better life if times get tough, or even if they don't" He's a bit OTT at times, but a fun listen.
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Post by beckles on Jul 18, 2014 19:36:40 GMT 10
I'm still around Just been busy with work with a new promotion
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Post by pheniox17 on Jul 19, 2014 0:14:38 GMT 10
my turn, I'm prepping, not for anything but because I DONT want to be on the news crying there is no food for my baby, or asking WHY WONT THE GOVERNMENT HELP ME!!
I look at all possible events (from insane to better chance if winning lotto, to that's actually quite common in my neck of the woods) and attempt to have a broad way to survive it... why?? cause I rely on NO ONE
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Post by Nex Socius on Jul 20, 2014 10:29:29 GMT 10
1. General preparedness, food and water for a week, loss of service supply etc. 2. Future employment - my job will only last another 2 - 3 years roughly (bosses mental health is slipping), so I'm studying part time uni to be prepared when job falls thru.This will increase financial security in the long term as well.
Things I want to prepare for as well:
3. World war effects 4. Pandemic 5. Natural & nuclear disasters
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Post by myrrph on Jul 22, 2014 11:08:23 GMT 10
Things I want to prepare for as well: 3. World war effects 4. Pandemic 5. Natural & nuclear disasters These are very relevant and pertinent. All 3 are coming eventually. Good one Nex
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Post by Frank on Mar 5, 2015 20:07:59 GMT 10
With a few newer members kicking around, thought I would give this thread a bump.
So......What are you preparing for?
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Post by peter1942 on Mar 5, 2015 21:26:00 GMT 10
I personally do not believe that those of you who mention the term 'self sufficiency' have any idea of what it means.
To be self sufficient you must produce and make all that you need for your lifestyle, housing, food, clothing, tools and you can add here what ever else you would like to maintain your way of life. Argue with me only if you made the pair of boots you are wearing or the tolls that you use to grow your food.
Self sufficiency is not possible for an individual or a single family. If you look at history self sufficiency was obtained by communities of around 30 families living in a village type situation and every person in that community contributed. There were builders, thatchers, farmers, butchers, foragers, weavers, spinners, herdsmen and a number of other skills that would have been required. Even though throughout history we know that many peoples lived in many countries in village type situations and had survived doing so for many thousands of years about the best many of them could do was lead a subsistence type lifestyle. The lifestyles many of of enjoy today has been brought about by our ability to plunder the earth of its resources with out any true regard for our or our children's future. There are family names even today that date back to those early days that reflect what their forebears skills were, Butcher, Baker, Farmer, Cheesman and Fletcher are a few.
Just a note about families, a family would have been three or even more generations living in the one dwelling and if the male was a thatcher so would his father have been before him and so on. Skills were passed from generation to generation and family members from the different generations living in the same dwelling would have looked after their elders who in return would help with basic household chores, child minding and educating the children.
What many of you should be talking about is sustainability and I serious believe that many of you would be unable to truly say that you are sustainable in many of the things you do or hope to achieve.
I am always intrigued when people who are supposed to be preparing for future turmoil are concerned about the loss of electricity. Do you really believe that after a SHTF scenario hits that electricity or any electrical item is going to be of any use to you in any way shape or form unless of course you have your own private network. We live entirely off the grid, we have a sizable solar power system but if, and when, it fails we are prepared to live without it. Refrigeration is our single greatest user of the electricity we produce but by altering our food preservation methods we would still be able to store the additional seasonal food we produce. We have an automatic washing machine which is a great time and physical energy saver but I have plans on how to build a manual one if ever the time to do so eventuates.
The loss of petroleum products would hit us harder and many other people as well as we use those products to pump water, run the saw bench, run the chainsaws and a myriad of other labour saving devices. I read some time ago that in developing countries a litre of fuel is equal to 1,200 (one thousand two hundred) man hours when used in basic machines like a rotary hoe or small tractor.
Is that the sort of 'bump' you were hoping for?
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Post by Frank on Mar 5, 2015 21:37:43 GMT 10
Well considering you didn't answer the question and just went on a rant, no its not what I was looking for. Pull your head in, don't be arrogant and the attitude isn't needed
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Post by Peter on Mar 5, 2015 21:58:39 GMT 10
I'm concerned the most about the following (in order):
1) Economic collapse (whether by its own failure, or brought about by another issue). I believe this to be imminent, 2) Power grid failure (mostly by hackers/terrorists, although CME is also a potential threat), 3) Medical epidemic.
My preps are so far behind at the moment. Thanks for the thread bump.
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