Originally posted by kenny71
Everybody wants to be ready so they can say to the other folks who weren't prepared "I told you so!" Me being one of them. It;s just not going to
happen.
I agree that 'it' isn't going to happen.... however being prepared is something I have been for a very long time. In fact we teach people skills to
survive and they don't include eating bugs
At home I have a pantry with about a years worth of supply, a wood burning stove with lots of firewood and a pool that holds 40,000 gallons will a
walled enclosure. John Lear's house, five minutes away is a fall back compound
As to weapons, (this is Nevada
) machine guns are on the list
but many of arsenal don't require buying ammo. A crossbow is just as effective for deer hunting
Never know when you might face a natural disaster that takes down the grid
Plan B, in case we would have to leave town in a hurry... our group has an old 14foot Uhaul truck that has our 'bug out kit'. If we had to run for it,
its ready to go. One hour and we would have all the food from the storage loaded as well
Now that is in case of emergency, but we use this setup
all the time for recreation. In two hours we can set up a camp for 40 people comfortably. We have had 80 (the capacity of the feast hall) but they
bring their own equipment as well.
Yes the Crown in my avatar is real
As for cooking... no bugs for us... there is lots of game even in the Nevada desert... Quail by the hundreds, and big rabbits. For emergency we have a
location that is deserted only 3 hours from Vegas that has a spring for water that was used as a camp area during the depression. The dessert also has
Yucca roots (like potatoes) and prickly pear cactus. These are even sold in grocery stores here.
BTW, the fellow on the left is Jerry our brew master. He had a car accident and is now a paraplegic in a wheel chair. But he still enjoys the
lifestyle The other Monk is Karl, Jerry's appointed Nurse from workmen's comp. I mention that to show that handicapped doesn't mean you can't have fun
We even have our own loom, hand made for us in original style. Here is my wife demonstrating it working on our groups Tartan
I would recruit
But ATS seems to have rules against that for some odd reason
As for support, the group has over 40,000 members world wide, even had one Barony on the USS Nimitz. There are also many smaller local groups
around.
My Duke, Sir Camillo di Lombardi knighting Governor Kenny Guinn of Nevada
My personal body guard at the time... with Channel 3 News team
Sue Manteris, Governor Kenny Guinn, Bjarki the Black, Nate Tannenbaum
so if the SHTF Bring it on I say
Its time this country gets an enema
Christmas at Camelot 1998
Leading the troops of Caid to the battle field, the king and Queen of the Kingdom of Caid (I am just behind the queen) That was a glorious time... you
would have to know the history of why that was significant
So you see, being prepared can be a lot of fun. The group teaches skills such as brewing, cooking in the field, armor making, blacksmithing and
combat. And Master Atar, the worlds best sword smith, lives a few blocks from John's house
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