So what happens next?

[MaryN]

(23 February 2013, 19:49)Highlander Wrote: Heck there is a lot of question there Mary, I will do the best to answer them as I see them.

For a start, we should all try and do things as close to normal that is possible, life will be easier if we could achieve that,... so in our case we plan to remain where we are, in the area we know well,.. Our location we think is about as safe a place as we could get,... apart from chat on site, we have no plans or ideas about what happens with law and order, I am thinking that there will be a long difficult journey before we ever get to that

If the situation was as dire as your scenario describes, then there is going to be a lot less people around here than there is now, so wild life will increase rather than decrease,..so food shouldn't be a problem, if you know where to find it and bring it down,... the idea is to store as much as we can now, and supplement the stores with fresh food when we can,...of course the stores we save up now will run out, by that time I am hoping that we will be fine with our own grown food in the growing season, inc fruit trees.. and revert to the deer in the winter,... I sold a small farm to come to the location I am in now, so know the ways of animals and food,..I hope enough, I could certainly deal with sheep and poultry,... but I don't know a lot about your horses

Many people forget about toilets,.. the best way would to probably construct an `earth toilet` is that what they are called, when the waste is broken down over time, and can be used to fertilizer the fields/garden

I know little about medical matters but Bracken is a registered home carer, so although not a fully qualified person,.. knows enough I think to get by on this score

We have very little in the way of defensive weapons, we dont think that we would need too many up here,... we have some, but the `bigger` weapons were bought mainly for getting food, and you do need something a bit bigger than a pellet gun to bring down a deer

You are right, life would revert back to the Victorian way of life, but then I really wouldn't mind that, I was brought up in similar circumstances, with no electric, no services or any kind,... life would not be easy,... but we would all have to buckle down and do our best

Highlander, you have exactly got my point. It's that gap period between the unthinkable happening when everyone rushes around like headless chickens, and when things settle to what would be a new normality. I personally couldn't see the point in rushing around brandishing guns - I would be aiming to provide for my family in the interim period with the minimum stress and hassle. Nothing is instant, and that is the point, so knowing how to quickly get things moving and keep them moving would be my priority.

You sound as if you have had exactly the right background. I am sure you would survive.