My reply for far to long was always "Get Out Of Dodge" which was a disgraceful cop out by me, thankfully others pulled me up about it and encouraged me to explore the possibilities of urban prepping, I'm glad they did.
Hell my weakest subject is organising others !!!!
Agenda
Security 1st so
1 Try upgrading the doors to composite high security doors on the individual flats, or uprating the locks at least
2 Can the residents afford to hire a concierge even part time
3 If the main door is resident access controlled can they agree not to just press the open button without checking who is calling
4 Arrange one parcel delivery drop off point, or one resident to take parcels in.
5 Create a Neighbourhood block watch
6 Help the elderly / housebound etc to become silver surfers and get more stuff delivered rather than the residents having to venture out
7 perhaps if 6 wont work someone does communal grocery shopping and escorting vulnerable to shops or post office.
8 Consider buying off IE asking the young chaps if they know anyone who can get cheap, baccy, booze, grub, etc so you become their reliable friendly clients rather than future targets.
9 create a need / want barter board in the lobby / foyer
2 Sufficiency
Encourage folks to spend a couple of pounds a week extra on tinned and dry stuff, encouraged them to keep and reuse empty pop bottles to store say 10 litres of water each, ensure everyone has light sticks / candles IN LANTERNS, find out who has useful skills, encourage people to buy a fire extinguishers and first aid kit and flashlight.
Intel comms, the prepper at least in the block must get a PV unit and a couple of batteries to charge up so they can recharge the blocks residents mobile phones , I pads etc if the power goes of.
Food
Encourage everyone to grow stuff on their balconies, landings, windowsills, spuds in bags, tomatoes, peppers, courgettes etc.
Is the roof flat can it be accessed, can you grow crops on the roofs, set up a CB, store or catch rain water, lay out pv panels.
I could expand into the prepper creating communal cooking, one person to take block rubbish out etc, but I think I've done a little bit.
Can I add I don't consider the dudes in flat 12 as a risk, rather than as an unexploited benefit, they can possibly be asked to "Obtain" stuff in return for say, baccy, booze, hot food, car loan or other.
Sounds a bit like Coventry or Warwick, both places would benefit from being nuked
Its far from easy organising others especially non preppers who very often cannot see the threats the way we perceive them, I personally doubt how effective it could be compared with the generation that cooperated to survive the blitz, most of todays people have a better understanding of welfare and social security than they do of self reliance in a crisis, I fear most Brits ( non preppers) would simply expect the state to bail them out, and would likely turn on ant well equipped well stocked prepper who tried to help them. BUT I'm not saying it cannot work or wont work but it will take very skilful persuasion to unite people whose only commonality is they live in the same block. Hell I could not even manage it with other preppers my efforts to cooperate with others did not work out with any success.
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