26 March 2014, 05:23,
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Jace
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What are you prepping for?
As per the title (and apologies if this has been asked before), what situations are you prepping for?
Myself, I have both long-term (possible) and near-term (probable) scenarios in mind.
Near-term (probable):
* Weather related: where I live, we are far enough north to get snow in winter (have had overnight falls up to 30cm in the past few years) and far enough south to have localized flooding from tropical storms / typhoons. While the snow and flooding don't affect our accommodation etc, transportation is usually buggered for a day or two, meaning food can be hard to get.
* Food security: as I guess most people know, China (where we live) is pretty polluted, with regular food safety scares. In the last year we have been subject to poisoned water supplies (TPTB didn't bother to alert us till a few days later though), and there are regular notifications of food being contaminated with chemicals etc. This is when our food and water stores come into play.
Long-term (possible):
* Epidemic: close to a thousand people died from SARS in late 2002-2003, with TPTB only taking action after they couldn't keep covering it up any longer (thank god for the Hong Kong newspapers' coverage of the issue). At the time, people were shit-scared to go out in public, while tens of thousands of people were locked into their homes as a quarantine measure (me included). While SARS hasn't made a come back, most of the 20th century flu epidemics are thought to have originated in Asia, and this is the big one I am most worried about.
* Climate change: I won't want to get into whether or not it is man-made, but the climate is obviously changing. Last year we had a record-breaking 35 days in a row with temps over 35 degrees we I live. Electricity supplies were pushed to the limit, although luckily the slowdown in the economy meant that the closure of factories and industry meant there was less usage overall and we didn't have any power failures. However, living in a large urban area (population 5 million or so), in built-up apartment complexes not designed to be easily heated or cooled, I see our situation getting grimmer with every passing year. I imagine that if we did have a power shortage for whatever reason in summer, many thousands of people would die from heatstroke etc around the country. Obviously this will get worse as time goes by.
So, what situations are you prepping for?
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26 March 2014, 10:11,
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Scythe13
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RE: What are you prepping for?
Financial Meltdown.
WW£.
Food Shortages - probably by climate change.
Dissent is the highest form of Patriotism - Thomas Jefferson
Those who sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither - Benjamin Franklin
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26 March 2014, 10:18,
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bigpaul
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RE: What are you prepping for?
What you got? Economic collapse, breakup of the EU(I hope), Power down, empty shelves in the shops, empty filling stations, Pandemics, Rioting, Looting, Arson, complete societal breakdown, WROL.
Some people that prefer to be alone arent anti-social they just have no time for drama, stupidity and false people.
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26 March 2014, 10:21,
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NorthernRaider
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RE: What are you prepping for?
Winter storms
Summer Storms
Out of season storms
The conversion of the EU into its true form the EUSSR
Economic collapse
Terrorism
Industrial action causing shortages
Drought / Flood
Labour getting re-elected
A Carrington Event ( natural EMP)
Long Term unemployment
Islamic trouble
America starting yet ANOTHER war proxy or otherwise.
Add Mad Vlad Putin to the list now
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26 March 2014, 14:48,
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Spandex228
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RE: What are you prepping for?
Hi I would say I'm prepping for all the above, I think any prepper who disregards any potential threat would not really be a prepper would they ?
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26 March 2014, 14:55,
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bigpaul
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RE: What are you prepping for?
"prep(are) for the worst, hope for the best"!!
Some people that prefer to be alone arent anti-social they just have no time for drama, stupidity and false people.
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26 March 2014, 15:00,
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Devonian
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RE: What are you prepping for?
I agree with all of the above, though the one thing that hasn't been mentioned yet is a potential large meteor strike.
We had the Russian meteor last year and there have been others, what's the chances of a direct hit on planet earth with a larger meteor??
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26 March 2014, 15:17,
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NorthernRaider
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RE: What are you prepping for?
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RE: What are you prepping for?
I agree with all of the above, though the one thing that hasn't been mentioned yet is a potential large meteor strike.
Ah but that's only feasible if its got zombie dinosaurs riding in on it
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26 March 2014, 15:30,
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RE: What are you prepping for?
(26 March 2014, 15:17)NorthernRaider Wrote: Ah but that's only feasible if its got zombie dinosaurs riding in on it
Or Buck Rogers!!
But what would have happened if the Russian one had hit land, rather than the lake??
Or it was 10 times bigger?
OK having reread NR's post, I am not talking about a world ending Bruce Willis in a Space Shuttle type of event, but "is it realistic" to consider the potential of significant (car or bus sized) meteor hitting the UK??
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26 March 2014, 20:52,
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MaryN
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RE: What are you prepping for?
Anything that adversely affects me and mine.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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