Pigsaw Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 (edited) So, what do you think about survivalism and disaster preparedness(natural, war, economic, biological, TEOTWAWKI(The End Of The World As We Know It) Both long and short term. Short term would usually mean having few weeks of food and water in the house, bug out bag, staying in shape, etc... Long term would mean months if not decades. That would include growing your own food and protecting it, or having means to do so when necesary, having a shelter, BOL(bug out location) if you live in a city, knowledge of hunting, fishing, bushman skills and so on. So, what is your opinion on being prepared for disasters, and being able to survive off the grid and without walmart. Edited March 25, 2012 by Pigsaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairnet Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 I won't do most of that stuff because it would be a waist of my time. Given most of the disasters named by those kinds of people will kill me anyways I won't devote large portions of my life and resources to perparing for a situation I will probably die in anyways. It is the governments should and can deal with a lot of those disasters anyways. So let our tax dollars prevent disasters instead of my private wealth preparing for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 Both long and short term.Preparing for a short term problem makes sense. Some natural disasters can knock systems out for a week or so -- an earthquake if you live in California, a bad blizzard in many other states, floods in some others... ... or even something like the East Coast power failure. The likelihood of "end of the world" type societal breakdown is nearly zero. Some of the "preparation" can probably be fun (learning to hunt and eat squirrels) for some folks. There's no objection to deriving that type of value. However, realistically, one is not going to use those skills. So, doing it primarily for "preparedness" would be a waste of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigsaw Posted March 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 The most common reasons for being a survivalist are: Economic collapse Natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding, fire Draught for several years Pandemics NBC warfare Complete electronics failure, and the panic that will result (possible 2013 solar storm) With oil getting more difficult to extract with each passing year, lack of oil and insufficient transportation of food( and everything ), also the riots it will cause. Global warming Ice age Zombies IMHO, it is not that irrational for being able to live off the grid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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