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  1. It may not be a bad time to get iodine pills

    meh. they have been saber rattling nukes for decades. I'm not much more worried about it today than I was a few weeks/months/years ago. that said if it does pop off, I'd rather just go out in the initial blast.

  2. surprise water test adventure

    I have them set up that I can plum to either the gutters or the hose if I want to. I had a system like that before in texas, but I was MUCH more worried about dehydration there than here.

  3. surprise water test adventure

    @jaxyaks i do have a bunch of options to both boil and filter, but was trying to see how far I could go before it got a little more tricky. My wife was like “how long are we good for?!?” And I said something to the effect of “approximately 3 months of it never rains again before we have to...

  4. surprise water test adventure

    yesterday we got a "boil water" notice to possible contamination in Cobb county. Map was bad so we weren't sure if we were covered or not, but decided to err on the side of caution and put water preps to a test. I passed, but it was annoying. From making coffee to brushing teeth with bottled...
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    I know I am an old fudd, by today's definition...but I am curious...

    meh, he's in jail for life and the new neighbors are lovely. **** can happen anywhere, this is a no-crime, $500K+ neighborhood in good schools. And the likelihood of it happening again are statistically zero
  6.

    I know I am an old fudd, by today's definition...but I am curious...

    I might not start them, if someone brings me a fight I plan on being better prepared to survive it than not. kind of. Soft armor like in the movie is mostly pistol rated, so shot with a rifle and it will breeze through. they also don't make much bulletproof stuff in sleeves and pant legs. Just...
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    I know I am an old fudd, by today's definition...but I am curious...

    I was happy to throw on my armor when my next door neighbor became an active shooter and killed 2 police officers in my yard as I stood between him and my kids.

  8. Idea: Multi-caliber survival revolver

    no you can get them short and rifled: https://www.gunadapters.com/12-gauge-to-9mm-luger-rifled-zombie-series/ or longer. this has an 8" barrel so even better ballistics than some pistols https://www.gunadapters.com/12-gauge-to-9mm-pathfinder-series/...

  9. Idea: Multi-caliber survival revolver

    came to post this. the idea already exists for 410 shotguns (or revolvers) and 12 gauge shotguns as well. Basically it allows you to shoot whatever ammo, but yeah you need one of these tubes for each type of round. You get crap accuracy because it's mostly "hotdog down a hallway" after the round...
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    Oil lanterns...everbody should have a few.

    with the advent of solar chargers and LEDs, I'm thinking these are nice to have but not required. I have young kids so the fire risk is the biggest negative for me, and living here in Georgia I don't need the warmth they provide. still cool though

  11. Freeze Dried Meals

    @Allsmiles I looked into buying one of those but the start up cost is tough to stomach for how much I'd use it. I don't hike/camp so it's really just prepping food production. It was cheaper to just buy rice/beans and mylar to put back for emergencies for me.

  12. Freeze Dried Meals

    I keep a dozen ice cream sammiches in each vehicle. Perfect emergency food with kid. Stocked up On some MH at home too. Salty and expensive per service but the convenience is there.

  13. In doubt of 9mm being best for prepping

    Who says we can’t have both night vision and a ton of food?

  14. In doubt of 9mm being best for prepping

    Sure. But some of us will have ordered NV/thermal and cans before the collapse…

  15. In doubt of 9mm being best for prepping

    those trails are also accessible by foot, and with thermal scopes being "order on amazon and have them delivered to you today" and cheap, and hunting rules out the window, I imagine any animal larger than a mouse gets poached within a month. Many will be gut shot to run off and die, and many...

  16. Preparedness checklist?

    @Timber Cruiser It's 3 hours without shelter. That's basically how long it takes to be debilitated in cold/rainy or hot/humid weather. If it's sunny and 75* you can go a lot longer but I've lived in the hot and lived in the cold and you will be smoked in no time without shelter from the...

  17. Preparedness checklist?

    yeah the cool thing with freeze dry (no pun intended) is that it doesn't need any electrical stuff after it's prepped. A lot of energy to get started but this gives you the ability to basically make your leftovers into Mountain House. lasts 25+ years and much cheaper per meal once you amortize...

  18. Preparedness checklist?

    take your basic "rule of 3s" and then expand from there. Basically you can do 3 minutes without air 3 hours without shelter 3 days without water 30 days without food. Now think about how you'd get those things if there was no power/utilities and be self sufficient for 3 days. That's easy, a...

  19. Lessons learned from last weeks tornadoes

    glad you're ok, that's the most important part. I've been near a few and lost my office in Texas to an EF3 (thankfully after I had put in notice, cause otherwise I would have quit anyway). one thing I do now with storm warnings is to gear up with whatever I'd need to be self sufficient for 24+...

  20. In doubt of 9mm being best for prepping

    also a good option. I have one, fits in the back of the truck in a cubby and you'd never know it was there. Holds 50 rounds in the stock + spare mag. Keep it loaded with 10 rounds, too. Will also have enough room to be a grab-and-go emergency kit, with a lighter and tools stuffed into the...
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