New from Joplin, MO

Hello all. I am a newbie, recent transplant from Colorado to Joplin, MO. Interestingly, I moved to Joplin exactly one year before the devastating tornado, May 22,2010 and discovered ATS as I struggled to find out information on what was happening with the tornado. I consider myself a patriot and a survivalist and believe Joplin to be a great place to be in these troubled times. Feeling out of place in Colorado I knew I wanted to live somewhere where conservative principles and community were appreciated and I found that in Joplin. Not thrilled about that tornado however! Although I have been perusing alternative sites for years, I find ATS to be far and away the best and have finally decided to stop lurking and join in. This is a great site for sure!

reply to post by mikey1957


Good Morning Mikey, and welcome to ATS.

I'm from Missouri, but temporarily located in Texas. You will find Missouri to be wild and beautiful. The circus side shows can be found in St. Louis and Kansas, worth a look if you don't mind the drive. Missouri is full of rugged individuals, the only State to vote for a dead man I believe. And no toll roads east of Joplin. I really hate paying for something that has already been paid for.

Anywho...have a good time.

Another Missourian here! Best state in the whole union! Some of the nicest people in the world live in missouri for sure. Best wishes to all of Joplin

Always great to have a conservative survivalist patriot!

Hope you brought your riot gear and tin underwear..



Some of these folks around here don't take kindly to folks that ain't from around here...

Good to have you on board!

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Thanks all. Having a blast. Working on my prep. My first garden was a pretty good success, some mistakes but have learned from them. Learned to preserve food by canning everything under the sun. Next step...Hand pump on the well head. This fall will be providing a place for chickens in the spring. Hope to eventually connect with other like-minded Joplin area peeps.

Good to see you join in the fun!

Let me know how you plan to put the hand pump on your well when the time comes, I have tried to get guys to do that for me and they always say it has to be done when you dig the well but I have always felt that answer was based in laziness...

Anyway, welcome aboard and see you around the campus.

Welcome Mikey, KC here, we've got another good member in joplin; Cloudinthesky. I've been trying to talk him into authoring a thread about the aftermath of the tornado and what he's seen/heard since. In KC we haven't heard crap about it since two weeks after it happened. Maybe you can help inform us. As far as your liberation into self sufficiency you'll find a lot of helpful info here.

reply to post by antar


Google Bison hand pumps. They make hand pumps that can be run down into the well right alongside the pump pipes. They need info on your statuatory water level, the depth of the pump and the diameter of your well head. I also find that no one wants to do it for you and we are now looking at attempting it ourselves.

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I'd be happy to help with the aftermath of the Joplin tornado as soon as I reach my post count in replies! lol.

reply to post by mikey1957


Another Mike from Joplin?

Great!

Welcome........Not sure why you moved here.........I know two people who moved to Colorado to get away from here........

reply to post by mikey1957

welcome, fellow missourian.
So whats your Joplin tornado story. Hope you didn't lose to much.....

Welcome! I'm from KCMO so more Missouri bros/sisters the better

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I know. Everyone I meet says I'd rather live in Colorado, but Colorado is so expensive. Land goes for in excess of 100,000 dollars an acre. Scenic land can be in the millions. If you need to work for a living there are only 2 real cities....Denver and Colorado Springs. Forget Boulder, no one on this site would want to be in Boulder. There are only three seasons in Colorado, July, August, and Winter. Don't get me wrong, I loved my time in Colorado, lived there 22 years in a lovely town west of Denver in the foothills. But eventually had to look for work elsewhere and Joplin came up. Really nice things about Colorado....no bugs, flies, or mosquitos.

reply to post by PutAQuarterIn


Tornado passed right over us. We watched it go by. Standing on our porch. Good thing too because we don't have sirens here in the country and our weather radio's batteries were dead. No TV or radio as our power was out.

reply to post by mikey1957


Hi Mikey, nice to meet you- Missouri here to but more central, nice to know there are so many of us on ATS.

Would be nice for us all to do a meet up sometime, not sure how that would work though

HAve a nice time, and enjoy ATS, I sure do
R.

Welcome to ATS from the UK. Hope you enjoy your stay.
See you on the Boards!!