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Survive The Coming Meltdown
In article >,
says...
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>"Fudge" > wrote in
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>> O.K. trendsetters, the U.S. economy is in trouble. The dollar is
>> dropping, factories are closing, several states are flat busted broke,
>> Arnold is governor of California, the U.S. treasury has a 6 trillion
>> dollar debt and Bush just might get re-elected. Massive economic
>> upheaval is possible. A jar of Skippy Peanut butter may cost $1,000.00
>> if you can find it. Huge mobs will be foraging for food and fuel and
>> anarchy will prevail.
"And it's just another day in Paradise..."
>> Now, all you foodies, gourmets and just plain
>> subsistent eaters, how are you going to survive?
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>> Farmer John
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>This belongs in misc.survivalism, where I'm sure there are people who
>will be only too happy to answer your question in more detail than you're
>likely to want.
(cracks knuckles)
You betcha!
>Also, google for urban agriculture.
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>And if there's an sf bookstore in your area, they will have a good many
>books which deal with survival conditions which you've probably never
>thought of -- fatal collisions between universes, the literal death of
>God, an ill-advised decision to give cats human-level intelligence....
Why would we want to bring cats down to our level? ^_^
Anyway, as for surviving The End of The World As We Know It
(whether you're feeling fine or otherwise...)
Everyone should have enough supplies to survive at least
3 - 7 days if you've completely cut off and all utilities
fail. This is not paranoid lunatic raving; rather, it
is the minimum recommended by both FEMA and the Red Cross.
In fact, on their websites, both of these organizations
have checklists of things it is good to have in emergency
that you can download and follow to prepare an excellent
cache of survival supplies that may mean the difference
between being comfortable instead of miserable. Not to
mention life, or the alternative...
Longer term, many people - and not just those who belong
to the Latterday Saints - store food in large quantities.
This can be preserved garden produce, a full pantry (rice,
beans, fruits and vegetables and meals in cans), or even
dried grains in buckets. You can last a long time on
those.
Even longer term, intense gardening/farming (as long as
you have the water for it), hunting and fishing (although
this may not be very successful, since a lot of hungry
people are going to be out searching for food. This is
why those whose planning consists solely of running for
the hills may be in trouble, because that what LOTS of
people apparently plan to do. And there are only so
many hills out there...), and gathering (wild edible
plants, insects, worms (fried worms definately do NOT
taste like chicken)...): With such techniques, you
can withstand a LOT of trouble.
Assuming somebody more desperate doesn't shoot and eat
YOU...
FW
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