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Post by grumble on Jul 15, 2016 19:23:29 GMT 10
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Post by grumble on Jul 14, 2016 11:11:46 GMT 10
For me there is only one movie that gets close to giving movie goers a taste of reality and to be honest even today its a movie that I find more horrifying then anything Hollywood has vomited out in the last 30 years
You know a movie is good when they have to put a disclaimer at the start of it
That looks a bit like the pommy movie Threads, from the early 1980s. Special effects etc look crap now, but apparently it was only shown once on TV in the UK and never again due to scaring everyone so much. I rewatched The Day After Tomorrow a few weeks ago. Dumb story, but OK for a disaster movie. A couple of interesting facts about the Day after
1. It nearly never got aired anywhere as the director and producers refused to put in the move a statement claiming the Russians used Nukes 1st against NATO forces so the US government wanted the pull pulled on the whole thing
2. Before it was allowed to be aired the US president had ot have a private viewing and had to give the nod as to if it was to be aired or not
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After
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Post by grumble on Jul 10, 2016 19:22:23 GMT 10
Some interesting posts there so far
The way I have addressed it is to have 3 zones dirty zone interchange/decontamination clean Then enter the building
I have put a side some plastic to line the windward side of the house and the windows on the opposite side. I have a 3small hot houses that I have converted into a decontamination system so you walk in to one end and strip off your dirty clothing then wash down in the middle one then change into clean clothing in the last one water is supplied via a hand pump that does a pretty good job
sure its nothing like the emergency services have but in a pinch it will suffice
Most contamination is reasonably easy to prevent form being carried in its biological that's a bit harder that's where foot baths and showers come into play
my set up wont stop everything but it will slow down a potential threat buying valuable time
I mean just say there is a pandemic and you have to slip out for a bit and you walk past someone and the spit on your clothing everything you have done with social distancing and face protection will be undone the instant you unknowingly touch that spit once your home
I look forward to reading a few more peoples thoughts on the subject
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Post by grumble on Jul 10, 2016 16:34:06 GMT 10
Ok so here is a question and a post I expect to die and fade quickly but if it makes people consider the subject then it has worked
The question I ask is how do we all intend to deal with environmental contamination and preventing it from contaminating your BOL
Now say its dust from a volcanic eruption and there is lots of it around have you thought of how you would prevent its entry into the home?
What if its a virus that's caused a global pandemic how do prevent it from entering your home
you get the idea right
Do you have a plan and resources set aside to deal with decontaminating people, surfaces and clothing? Do you have a dedicated decontamination zone? Do you have a method of dealing with contaminated materials ?
Think of all the different manners that hazards could be accidently brought into a safe clean zone
So am I alone in this field for having set up a set of plans and resources and a couple of mods to the house to serve as decontamination zones or have others done the same
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Post by grumble on Jul 9, 2016 22:23:04 GMT 10
Now on topic
The potential is there for a flash point but how much of a flash point remains to be seen
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Post by grumble on Jul 9, 2016 21:59:10 GMT 10
......... as long as they wait until October 15th - that's when I return from my SE Asian holiday!!!!! But in all seriousness, I hope no one puts their fingers on the trigger, let alone pulls it! You should be fine, Both US and Russian elections are after that.... You get a better chance to suffer from food poisoning in SE than war at the moment, I have been to 3 continents, even saw UN troops outside an airport once, never been shot at but have had runny belly from all 3 continents (I love street food especially things I have never tried before, bad prepper me) Have fun! funny thing I travelled all over south America and Mexico never had a problem got smashed and at cricket tacos in Mexico city I got to the USA got detained got robbed and got food poisoning I guess it was like undoing wheel nuts saved the worse for last
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Post by grumble on Jul 9, 2016 12:47:54 GMT 10
For me there is only one movie that gets close to giving movie goers a taste of reality and to be honest even today its a movie that I find more horrifying then anything Hollywood has vomited out in the last 30 years
You know a movie is good when they have to put a disclaimer at the start of it
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Post by grumble on Jul 1, 2016 13:37:16 GMT 10
Lets get a couple of things straight
A Maunder minimum is not the same as the normal solar minimum maximum that goes on an 11 year cycle
briefly a Maunder minimum is a prolonged decline in solar activity that results in a cooling effect of earth. It has happened before and it does bring about very cold winters that have cause famine in Europe we are not talking about something that goes on for hundred's of years but rather something that suddenly kicks off and then ramps up again in a period of a few decades but its still enough to bring about geophysical change on earth in terms of climatic conditions
This has very serious ramifications for the next 30 or 40 years if the data is correct Even with modern farming practices global food shortages will on the increase until the worst is over or several billion people starve to death
This coupled with much more volatile weather condition does paint a pretty rough picture
Now lets not make this into a pissing contest about global warming This is an event that has been documented to have occurred several times before
Here is the bright side of the coin we potentially have a pre warning time frame to adapt or relocate ahead of the masses For an example if its true then you can now start planting fruit trees that prefer a cooler climate and they should be at a fruiting stage by the time things cool down there is always something to look forward to
Also the term mini ice age is a bit alarmist it should be Its going to be a bit cold for longer then normal and more places will have ice and snow then normal but hey the world isn't going to turn into a snowball
a bit of interesting reading
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_minimum
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunder_Minimum
www.livescience.com/51597-maunder-minimum-mini-ice-age.html
solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/SunspotCycle.shtml
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Post by grumble on Jun 10, 2016 7:09:05 GMT 10
A couple of times the generator has sparked on start up and blown a big puff of smoke. It then won't start. I usually leave it to rest for an hour before I try again. This morning, sparks, a loud bang and wouldn't start. I've only had it a few months and started using it in the last fortnight. I bought it new. It's done this twice in the last week. It's not white smoke and only lasts a second. I'm in the middle of trying to fix the solar system after a storm killed it, so needing the generator as a back up. What the heck is wrong with it? What sort of engine is it 2 stroke petrol diesel
where are the sparks coming from?
can you post a link to the generator online ?
is it a small pull start genny or a larger key start model ?
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Post by grumble on Jun 4, 2016 17:37:53 GMT 10
I find the concept of rebuilding society and the timeline that things will take place as mankind moves into the new world after the fall of modern civilisation quite interesting I personally feel it will be a lot quicker than most people think in some parts of the world
Now I make no claims to be an expert on the subject I just look at what data there is and look at known facts
Sadly massive loss of human life is unavoidable in any larger scale collapse of a civilisation and given the heavy dependence we now have on modern agricultural practices without this we simply can not produce enough food to feed the population of any modern western and some eastern countries Countries with smaller populations and still have a foot in each door modern/old ways of doing things will probably fair better then most for an example
PNG vs japan PNG still very tribal lots of places still rely on old farming and hunting practices and a small population something like 7.4 million
japan everything is very modern and a massive population something like 126 million people
Now not taking into account cultural values who do you think would face the biggest losses from famine and starvation and which one do you think will rebuild the quickest
Now why do I think humanity would rebuild civilisation quickly ?
Because never in any point in history has there ever been such a wealth of information sharing like there is now At any point now even the common man can do a Google search , download and print pretty much any information they want to know
Given the proliferation of radios and sat phones amongst the general population you cant tell me that it wouldn't take long for clever industrious people to set up global communications again those telecommunications infrastructure will still be there for some time to come sure you may not be streaming net flicks but you could be holding a crackly conference call with other people sharing information on where things are and how to do things
Say all of civilisation collapsed tomorrow for an unknown period of time you would still be able to talk to people all over the world in real time via different methods this has never been possible before
civilisations would fall and collapse people would die cities and towns would be abandoned and in the past it would take weeks , months even years before others knew about it where as now anything happens anywhere and everyone knows about it within minutes
So yeah my theory is things will get rebuilt a lot quicker then people give think after the initial troubled times just after the collapse
That's my thoughts anyway
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Post by grumble on May 27, 2016 19:57:12 GMT 10
Honestly just put your stuff in the checked luggage its not worth the hassle once you step out of Australia things are just not the same
Spent 6 hours handcuffed and detain at the US Mexico boarder from trying to illegally enter the US yeah it was simply the customs and immigration guy didn't even know their own laws and had no idea that Australia is part of the visa wavier programme and because I didn't have the same visa as a Mexican I was detained handcuffed and tossed in a room until a supervisor came back from lunch and sorted it out in 3 minutes Oh yeah no sorry about that or anything just you are free to go
Flying out of LA last year I was detained questioned for 40 minutes by 4 police officers and TSA plus immigration officials had every thing swabbed including the cards from my wallet what a surprise my gun licence came up for explosive's my bags searched and swabbed then it was hand over your camera and phone unlocked and if you make us get a warrant you wont be going anywhere tonight
yeah I strongly recommend not taking anything that gives them a reason to be jerks
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Post by grumble on May 27, 2016 19:43:39 GMT 10
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Post by grumble on May 27, 2016 18:29:17 GMT 10
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Post by grumble on May 27, 2016 3:24:32 GMT 10
To be honest I think what puts off a lot of people is the fact that far to many preppers feel they are some sort of super lone wolf Rambo and everyone else is just stupid sheeple that are dumber then them
I hate that word with a passion
Also I have met more um how do I put it socially dysfunctional preppers that even made me feel awkward to be around them with their rants about how the government is out to kill everyone and is all a great big conspiracy
this is why when I talk to people are about having some reserves in place just in case I never talk about anything even relating to conspiracies or the end of the world or use terms like SHTF
I say things like oh how did you guys fair when the power went off for a couple of days when that big storm hit or I use current news events like a cyclone in QLD fires in Vic and so on
Via this method I have managed to get quite a few on board with being more prepared and less dependent on emergency services
I think the other side of the coin is people within the preparedness community also have to accept that not everyone wants to survive either
I have a personal friend that is very intelligent is self made and is prepared for most of the little bumps in the road however he lives in the US and not very far from minuteman silos In his own words something's are just not worth surviving hence my home location
Then there are those that simply don't want to live in a dystopian world and would rather check out early on This doesn't make the lesser people its a choice they have made and are at ease with
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Post by grumble on May 24, 2016 20:45:24 GMT 10
for me it was growing up in remote areas and cyclone prone locations it was normal to have a few extra supplies on hand just in case so I never thought anything of it really
I never really looked at the human side of it all very much until my father opened up a shared with me the true horrors of his early life and what drove himself and my mother to risk it all to start a new life
in his own words its not until you walked to school past the bodies of men women , children and babies that have been torn asunder by high explosive bombs and burnt to a char by phosphorous bombs or until there is so many people bleeding and dying in the streets that the gutters are flowing with blood just like red coloured water do you truly understand the inhumanity that humanity can do to itself
I think it was him telling me the truth of what its like to live through a real SHTF did I start to look at other aspects of being prepared and asking myself what would I really do
Here is something to think on My father and one of his sisters would crawl around the bombed out city looking for dying soldiers to sit with not just to give them comfort but so they could take any food they had as well because the alternative was starve How desperate would you have to be to risk being blown up or shot just for some food? I hope I never have to find out
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Post by grumble on May 24, 2016 17:07:01 GMT 10
IMO each person needs to decide the limit of what they can achieve with regard to preps, and then set about achieving that. {snip} My plan is to move there should I ever see a major or prolonged disruption to society, and work with neighbours to form a mutual food production/defence network. Effective networking is one of the most important prepper skills you can have, in my opinion
Those 2 statements hold very dear to myself and the approach I have always taken to making plans for any disaster
For some reason so many people overlook the importance of the networks they should be building now before any crisis happens not after the event
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Post by grumble on May 23, 2016 22:05:43 GMT 10
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