Anonymous said...
I don't see the Vice cameraman who got it showing ABC or CBS around the Ebola zone.... I though they sent him to Nebraska.
WRT prepping and surviving being hard, well YES. Most things worth doing are hard. Do it the same way you eat an elephant or start a journey of a thousand miles.
Aim for 3 days (the woefully inadequate FEMA disaster prep recommendation)
then
7 days (FEMAs new recommendation)
then
14 days (should cover almost any local or regional disaster)
then
30 days (big regional disaster, sick spouse, death of a loved one, loss of job)
then
45 days (same as above, plus self quarantine for flu or ebola)
then
6 months (economic depression, loss of job, death in the family, ease the long slide toward collapse)
then
1 year (Venezuela, Argentina, fUSA when the money collapses, ease the long slide)
then
2 years (F you and this shitty job, long slide, get thru ebola or other SHTF collapse)
then
5 years (until the rapture, or whatever the LDS church is expecting after SHTF)
Realistically, your time goal will probably be shortened by extra people on your doorstep, spoilage, charity, stone soup, etc.
Watch out for prepackaged freeze dried "kits". They usually grossly under provide calories for the amount of "days" they provide. Most of the food is pasta, and TVP which some people can't eat. You will be doing a lot more physical activity, you need more calories and water than "survival rations." WAY more water. Food and personal hygiene will require water. You don't want to start shitting yourself from food poisoning while everyone else has ebola.
I don't see the Vice cameraman who got it showing ABC or CBS around the Ebola zone.... I though they sent him to Nebraska.
WRT prepping and surviving being hard, well YES. Most things worth doing are hard. Do it the same way you eat an elephant or start a journey of a thousand miles.
Aim for 3 days (the woefully inadequate FEMA disaster prep recommendation)
then
7 days (FEMAs new recommendation)
then
14 days (should cover almost any local or regional disaster)
then
30 days (big regional disaster, sick spouse, death of a loved one, loss of job)
then
45 days (same as above, plus self quarantine for flu or ebola)
then
6 months (economic depression, loss of job, death in the family, ease the long slide toward collapse)
then
1 year (Venezuela, Argentina, fUSA when the money collapses, ease the long slide)
then
2 years (F you and this shitty job, long slide, get thru ebola or other SHTF collapse)
then
5 years (until the rapture, or whatever the LDS church is expecting after SHTF)
Realistically, your time goal will probably be shortened by extra people on your doorstep, spoilage, charity, stone soup, etc.
Watch out for prepackaged freeze dried "kits". They usually grossly under provide calories for the amount of "days" they provide. Most of the food is pasta, and TVP which some people can't eat. You will be doing a lot more physical activity, you need more calories and water than "survival rations." WAY more water. Food and personal hygiene will require water. You don't want to start shitting yourself from food poisoning while everyone else has ebola.