“How Far Do You Want To Develop Your Preps?”

[Skean Dhude]

(7 June 2013, 09:22)NorthernRaider Wrote: So in an effort to get people talking and debating with each other rather than arguing as we have been doing I want to raise the subject of
“How Far Do You Want To Develop Your Preps?”
Fortunately this topic is one with no wrong answers as everyone’s idea of preps is different and equally valid.
Can we discuss your long term objectives in relation to your preps, I would like to hear opinions from people about stuff as diverse as;
(Chaps, Chappeses and SD if there is any question you feel intrusive or an opsec issue please just ignore it, I’m just trying to push debate forward not intrude)

I have been prepping for years and I have most of the basics. Food, water, Medical stuff, books, water filters for 1M L, etc.

(7 June 2013, 09:22)NorthernRaider Wrote: How much money you spend each year on prepping as a percentage of income or amount and do you consider it realistic.

I spend 20% of my salary on preps, every month. I also sometimes spend on special projects or something I found that I liked.

(7 June 2013, 09:22)NorthernRaider Wrote: How far you intend to go to be self- reliant and off grid

As far as I can go and keep off the radar.

(7 June 2013, 09:22)NorthernRaider Wrote: Do you want to live off grid full time permanently if you possibly can

Yes

(7 June 2013, 09:22)NorthernRaider Wrote: Do you / are you developing substantial veg plots and life stock preps

Building them up but hampered by lack of space

(7 June 2013, 09:22)NorthernRaider Wrote: How many PV panels do you own and how many to you actually want

About 6 atm. Aiming to have one for each service and a larger portable unit for general use.

(7 June 2013, 09:22)NorthernRaider Wrote: Are you planning on laying a 12VDC circuit in your home

Already there

(7 June 2013, 09:22)NorthernRaider Wrote: Do you have an auxiliary water storage treatment plan in place and how much water can it contain

Yes. II have several thousand litres of stored ater. I can treat through filters about 1M litres. I also have components for a sand filter. As a final resort I have bleach tablets.

(7 June 2013, 09:22)NorthernRaider Wrote: How much time do you consider as being realistic each week for your preps

I only get about 10 hours a week and most of that is looking after the sites.

(7 June 2013, 09:22)NorthernRaider Wrote: Are you planning for a whole family group or just yourself.

Family group plus extended family.

(7 June 2013, 09:22)NorthernRaider Wrote: Are you adapting your normal lifestyle to integrate your preps or are they kept separate (are you trying to live the preppers lifestyle now)

I have chickens and don't buy any eggs, I eat what I am storing, I'm looking at integrating the PV panels with my home. I'm growing food in the garden. I'll add more to that as I can.

(7 June 2013, 09:22)NorthernRaider Wrote: Do you have auxiliary heating systems like wood stoves separate from grid supplied gas and electric if so may I enquire without damaging your opsec approximately how much wood / coal/ oil/ gas have you set aside ( probably easy for some to say “ I have XXX months supply of firewood)

Heating systems are gas and wood. I have a few months supply of gas but don't have a large store of wood but live within a few hundred yards of a large wood.

(7 June 2013, 09:22)NorthernRaider Wrote: Do you have a food stockpile or cache

Yes. Food stockpile but no remote caches.

(7 June 2013, 09:22)NorthernRaider Wrote: Have you got or plan on getting a micro wind turbine (sub 1500 doofahs) if so is it erected and in use or cached for after TSHTF

Looking at it as a futue project. There is a 1KW one I'm looking at but it is an OPSEC risk after TSHTF so may assemble now and make it deployable.

(7 June 2013, 09:22)NorthernRaider Wrote: Have you / are you planning on moving to a more sustainable location in the near future

Only if the lottery is good to me.

(7 June 2013, 09:22)NorthernRaider Wrote: And heres one that does not actually raise its head here very often

What event or incident are you prepping to survive??

All that are survivable. Limited capability for nuclear.

(7 June 2013, 09:22)NorthernRaider Wrote: Respects NR (now sitting under his desk waiting for the issue to get derailed or side tracked)

If it does we will delete them.