Any "Preppers" Out There?

[ACamp1900]

If anyone else wants an invite to the I.E. Bunker social group, just let me know. The admissions standards are very low. After all, we let ACamp in.

 

[blueNDgold44]

Hook a brother up

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

Hook a brother up

Done! Welcome!

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

Hey everyone! I just put a quick post up in the Bunker. Sorry I have been MIA. Between the Stanley Cup playoffs and work blowing up on me, my writing has taken a bit of a back seat. I hope to be back on track this month.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Nice. There are quite a few Brazilians who will be needed your advice this week.

 

[jmurphy75]

Invite please

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

Invite please

Invite sent. Hope you enjoy and join the discussion.

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

Hey everyone! Latest post is up in the Bunker! Sorry it has been so long between posts. Please read and lets get some discussion going. I would love to hear your thoughts and ideas.

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

Keep an eye out in the Bunker. There is going to be a contest soon. Lots of vBucks up for grabs.

Thanks for reading the I.E. Bunker!

 

[ndfi78]

cool!

 

[FLDomer]

may I please get an invite?

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

may I please get an invite?

Invite sent. Hope you enjoy!

 

[ginman]

Add me if you don't mind - thanks

 

[Old Man Mike]

My views of these things aren't in synch with yours in any "political" or security threat way, but I have spent the last forty-plus years of my life researching "sustainable living detached from dependence upon large systems." So, with the olde prof instincts still operating, I'll say that such survival depends mainly upon Energy and sufficient food and water. The energy issue is "solvable" obviously because non-technological peoples have done so for thousands of years. Because we have hi-tech we should be able to turn "survival" into "thrival" if we're clever and modest in our uses. The non-dependent technologies are easy to list: a). PV solar cells if the area is heavily Sun provided; b). windmills if the area is heavily wind provided; c). methane-digester gas if one is husbanding animals; d). geo-thermal heat-of-the-Earth utilization anywhere if willing to put down wells [very small diameter wells] and use heat-pump tech to also get cooling out of it. The geo-thermal reduces the overall demand for space-heating dramatically and if well done can eliminate the need for a furnace almost anywhere --- even in Michigan the dreaded Februaries can be dealt with by Geo-thermal plus super-insulation plus a small electric-resistance space heater in one or two critical rooms. {see Amory Lovins' Rocky Mountain Institute}. The electricity can come from any of the "a b c" technologies. Water heating via passive solar systems is pretty much a no-brainer.

Energy therefore is defeatable by technology and design. Food is more complicated. You have to become a "farmer/gardener" in some serious sense. And unless you want to go severely vegetarian, you must raise some stock [I'd suggest chickens and lambs, although goats are easier than lambs, and you can make cheese.] The livestock is necessary to power any serious garden without trips to access some other high nitrogen source [translation: fertilizer]. Because of this necessity to become a farmer/gardener, few people are truly serious about off-the-grid out-of-the-system living. Frankly farming is hard. Most fantasizers about these matters wave their hands and think that they can store away food tonnages and never do the hard work. Well, the "disaster" better be pretty short [in the area of a few months unless one is a multi-millionaire and building an underground complex or a personal floating city.] The real "solution" to non-dependent living is NOT to go it alone. The real solution to this is to find 60-120 like-minded people who are willing to do some real work and form a sustainable living ecovillage. Then not only can the Energy systems become relatively easy, but the food systems manageable.

If all one wants to do is temporarily dive down into a rabbithole, then I'd rather have a "fly to Costa Rica" plane ticket and save the hassle. If one wants to distance oneself from the big systems, then you're in it long term and "welcome to the soil."

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

Add me if you don't mind - thanks

Done. Welcome!

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

I.E. Bunker contest will be starting October 1st. Instructions are up in the Bunker now. Check it out!!!

Thanks for reading!

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

Sorry everyone. Contest got delayed. I was in a pretty bad car accident last Friday that kind of threw my week in to tailspin. I am okay and unhurt, but I was hit broadside, spun and then rolled. Car is totaled. My guardian angel was working overtime. I will get the contest up in a few days. Sorry again for the delay.

 

[woolybug25]

Sorry to hear, homie. Glad you made it out ok.

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

Sorry to hear, homie. Glad you made it out ok.

Thanks! I did have one lesson learned in the accident. I need to get a plastic bin with a latching or locking lid for my car emergency kit. I drive (or rather, drove) a Honda Element and I had a Rubbermaid bin with all my emergency gear and preps in the back. When I rolled, stuff went everywhere. I am surprised I didn't get smacked with something like my folding shovel or camp hatchet. When I get my next car, I am definitely going to invest in a bin with a hinged and latching lid.

Gotta take a lesson anywhere you can, right?

 

[ndfi78]

Damn man! Prayers!

 

[woolybug25]

Hey doods. I got a fully stocked bugout bag for Christmas. It's soooo tight.

- Sweet bag
- sewing kit
- Solar radio
- 2 cool gerber knives
- led flashlight with solar charge
- heating blanket
- water purification straw and tablets
- SAS Survival Guide (a must read)
- compass
- plastic bags
- emergency mirror
- whistle
- cooking grate
- Thermos
- metal cups
- firestarters
- flint
- rope
- caribeners
- just add water meals

Too much other stuff to list. I'll try to get a pic up later. Best gift of the year.

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

Hey doods. I got a fully stocked bugout bag for Christmas. It's soooo tight.

- Sweet bag
- sewing kit
- Solar radio
- 2 cool gerber knives
- led flashlight with solar charge
- heating blanket
- water purification straw and tablets
- SAS Survival Guide (a must read)
- compass
- plastic bags
- emergency mirror
- whistle
- cooking grate
- Thermos
- metal cups
- firestarters
- flint
- rope
- caribeners
- just add water meals

Too much other stuff to list. I'll try to get a pic up later. Best gift of the year.

Wow Wooly! Someone must really love you!

That is a good load out. Can't wait to see some pics!

 

[ulukinatme]

Just saw a local news piece scheduled to come on talking about preppers preparing for the election fallout. Did anyone seriously stock up on anything?

 

[zelezo vlk]

Just saw a local news piece scheduled to come on talking about preppers preparing for the election fallout. Did anyone seriously stock up on anything?

Grits

 

[RDU Irish]

Gin

and candy but that was more a function of owning three kids and being one week removed from Halloween

 

[IrishinTN]

Beer, but I drank it all last night so now I need to get more, dammit.

I didn't stock up because of the election. But I am always stocked.

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

Beer, but I drank it all last night so now I need to get more, dammit.

I didn't stock up because of the election. But I am always stocked.

Same here. Sorted through some items that needed to be rotated and dropped some weight out of my get-home-bag. I did buy some ammo, but I only bought range ammo just in case prices did in fact go up due to panic buying if Hillary won. I can't afford to practice too much if range ammo would go above fifty cents a round more.

 

[BGIF]

Same here. Sorted through some items that needed to be rotated and dropped some weight out of my get-home-bag. I did buy some ammo, but I only bought range ammo just in case prices did in fact go up due to panic buying if Hillary won. I can't afford to practice too much if range ammo would go above fifty cents a round more.

Is Trump going to have a fire sale with all that DHS ammo?

 

[BGIF]

Hey doods. I got a fully stocked bugout bag for Christmas. It's soooo tight.

- Sweet bag
- sewing kit
- Solar radio
- 2 cool gerber knives
- led flashlight with solar charge
- heating blanket
- water purification straw and tablets
- SAS Survival Guide (a must read)
- compass
- plastic bags
- emergency mirror
- whistle
- cooking grate
- Thermos
- metal cups
- firestarters
- flint
- rope
- caribeners
- just add water meals

Too much other stuff to list. I'll try to get a pic up later. Best gift of the year.

Hmm, how long after he got the bag, did wooly bug out?

 

[GO IRISH!!!]

Is Trump going to have a fire sale with all that DHS ammo?

Gosh I wish! That would be pretty awesome. I also heard a rumor about a stockpile of surplus 1911's were going to made available but I haven't found any of those yet.