gosh I was worried I was the only one with a half assed bug out bag. they say lots of cordage including parachute cord is important and a cheap water bladder from the army surplus store. I also keep water purification tablets. Im not into trying to live off a ton of MREs but they come in packs of 12 and you can keep 3 in your bag 3 at home 3 at work and 3 in your truck. even if you just broke down on the side of the road one day a space blanket and a meal with a bit of water would be welcome for sure. I joke around about becoming the Lord Humoungous from road warrior in shtf but now I feel bad about joking about it. I do like movies like The Postman. after giving it more thought even in the most SHTF situation more than likely after a short time you will team up with others who are like minded and have something to offer like was said earlier the woods would get pretty crowded fast. I think people would start communes in the hills outside Boise here and big cities would look like mogadishu but for the most part even in places like that trade and life goes on and people still live together. you just might need to all band together for safety on your way to market or whatever. Oh and I was going to say. I have a friend who heard me and the guy I work with BSing about SHTF and he said he has been losing sleep over it. I told him that for me its a nerd hobby and fun but if its going to keep him up at night and make him miserable to just dont worry about it in the least. like the bible says: And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? 26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? for me some of my favorite books are dystopian or postapocalyptic so its kinda like reading a book. me and my partner in the tattoo shop joke about how were going to close the shop tattoo the faces of all our young punk rock clients and train them up and start a business escorting grain shipments and trade caravans but Its all in fun :lol:
Based on what Dmitry Orlov says, I gather the most important skill in a SHTF senario is the ability to sit still and shut the f@#k up! It's something a lot of people are unable to do. It's the reason why the army keeps it's troops distracted and exhausted with meaningless repetitive tasks. Orlov says the trick is to quieten down one's mind and not waste energy or attract attention to yourself. Most things afterall aren't worth doing. Once someone starts fidgiting and/or the talk turns to religion or politics (or God help us 'real estate') it upsets a group real quick! He said in Russia during the break-up...these people killed each other off pretty quickly..and it was far from 'Mad Max'
Ties into this lecture (US Centric) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc[/youtube] If you can't sit through the whole thing youtube has versions where you can skip through to the second speaker, a serving Police officer at the time who says that talking to the Police is a bad idea
Awesome Nugget! As an auditor I used to use the pregnant silence trick... go quiet, and they'll fill it with something, anything and always digging themselves into a hole and point me to stuff I wouldn't ever have found.
