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Inatree said:
I was there too, In a town called Manning.
That was one heck of a night wasn't it ?
I fought a german shepard for some clean water (melted ice) in the bottom of an ice chest in the back of his owner truck the afternoon after the storm. He got me good but I got that water
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It was an eye opener. I lived in Greenville and made a supply run down to North Charleston. Brother was in the Guard and activated there (but also a Sheriff's Deputy at that time) and his girlfriend's family had little reserve supplies at hand. I saw some things there that really opened my eyes as to the thinness of the veneer of civility that overlays our "society."
 
palmettomoon said:
It was an eye opener. I lived in Greenville and made a supply run down to North Charleston. Brother was in the Guard and activated there (but also a Sheriff's Deputy at that time) and his girlfriend's family had little reserve supplies at hand. I saw some things there that really opened my eyes as to the thinness of the veneer of civility that overlays our "society."
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Was in Lexington South Carolina.. We were really lucky our Medical Director of the ER had a 55’ boat that made the front page of the State the next Day that was pushed up and laying in the middle of like 526 near Sullivan’s Island... It was a war zone down there....
 
The war that the Chinese Empire is bring into the world will be fought without one single gun shot. And the US probably was sleeping, or maybe all people in Office has been bought by them. Watch this video:
(When you can, watch the entire interview with this General...)
 
I didn't run out of anything. What little I've needed was available in stores. I'm not a prepper/survivalist, but I live in the country so keeping stuff on hand is normal.

This really hasn't been that bad because stores are still open, utilities are working fine, and there's been no run on gas. A run on gasoline is the only thing I worried about and it never happened. I travel for work so the first sign of that crap and I would have gotten home and stayed there.
 
I was pretty happy with our preps. My family has razzed me for years, but now my Mrs has a different tune. Since working the Army’s side of Hurricane Sandy and reading reports of the Katrina Ops, I started building a “Storm Cache”. Back when Katrina hit, FEMA said we needed three days of necessities in case of an emergency. I noticed that these regional disasters resulted in approx three weeks for the normal distribution of basic necessities to be restored. So, I started by putting up one month of shelf stable food and water. All the time, I thought how bad it would be if it was nation wide... An ice storm in 2013 caused the power to my home (not a rural location) to go out for ten days. This showed me I needed a source of heat and more capacity to cook food than the meager propane and charcoal I had, so I increased that. A couple of gas pipeline disruptions showed me I needed more than a container of gas, so now I store and rotate enough to provide one tank of fuel for each vehicle. I’d like to have more, but not possible till I move. In the early part of this issue, I overheard the manager of a Circle K discussing the possible closure of gas stations. That did not occur, but I was not stressed, knowing I could keep our most efficient car mobile for a couple of months for necessary errands. Thank God this did not happen. We had plenty of food, TP, paper towels and cleaning supplies. My wife works home healthcare, and just left her company, so we saved the few masks we had for her to use at work with her new business. I ordered more in January before the panic started, but the Chinese hoarding already started. Still waiting... I started putting a little money aside for emergencies. Right now, after many arguments and temptations, we have enough cash and savings to pay all expenses for two months without cutting anything or selling body fluids. Longer if we adjust our spending. My lessons learned are:

-Get started now. Ignore the opinions saying you’re paranoid. My wife now says more than once a day that she is so happy that I put things aside. This includes the money and supplies. It builds up quicker than you think if you discipline yourself.

-Do a small garden. I have a tiny... 20x40 feet, back yard. I have been able to grow tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, greens, strawberries and herbs for me and my wife, with a little left over to share by container gardening. This year, I did not start the garden, because we were moving. The Wuhan changed our timeline, so I am a month behind, but it’s coming in. Looks like things are not too terribly bad, but...

-Get to know your neighbors and acquaintances, but remember OPSEC. I’m the only neighbor on our street that is armed, out of 13 houses. An attempted home invasion in late March awakened some neighbors to their vulnerability, but not before the panic buying cleared the gun and ammo shelves. I have offered to; take folks with me to the range, go with them to purchase guns and even offered to help one guy with a box of ammo and a few mags if he bought something. “No, I don’t have enough guns to loan you one.” Things are not that bad yet.

-I have a small amount of food and water set aside to help neighbors. Thank God things have not gotten desperate, but if the stores were unable to provide basic necessities, then I could help a family of four eat one meal a day for a week. Friends and some neighbors know I keep “about a month” of food, so if I shared a little, they’d believe that they need to go elsewhere for more. I have been asked about TP by one who did not make it past week one. My wife knows not to open the door for one neighbor.

- In March, my fridge started acting up. I had to run out at midnight on a Friday night, to get ice so I would not lose the food in the freezer. Nothing was open (not even Walmart) but I found an ice machine that took cash. There would be no repair techs to fix it. I was able to get it working and lost no frozen food. If I had lost the food, I would have the storm cache, for “about a month”, plus the week of food set aside for the neighbors...

-Our neighborhood is pretty nice, but we’ve had one home invasion, one attempted home invasion and a few burglaries over the 15 years we’ve lived here. This all when times are Good to not so bad. If things were to get ugly, there is no way forme and the Mrs to repel all zombies 24/7. Too close to bad elements and small yard. We must “cooperate to graduate” with some of our trustworthy neighbors. On that note, when things get back to normal, I will be getting a couple of inexpensive pistols, long guns and a little ammo for others to use/purchase, so I won’t worry about the firearm’s absence.

-Some jurisdictions have done confiscations (Katrina) and should things get ugly, some will in the future. I have no doubt that if we have leaders like Stacey Abrams when things get ugly, then they may try. We could also have a disaster (storm or fire) that destroys what we have. So... it would behoove me to have a few necessities set aside at another location.

-Thank God I hunt and stocked my freezer. I have not bought any meat other than sandwich meat since late February. I know where and when to find more. The unsettling meat processing/distribution situation will not affect me for “about amonth” unless we lose power.

-If we did lose power, I’m hosed right now. I need to get a small generator to keep the fridge and freezer going.

-The panic buying and the attempted home invasion showed me I need to get my butt in gear and get this house sold and get my little bit of land settled in for the next zombie invasion.

This little SHTF rehearsal has provided the motivation for Household6 to support the effort. Hopefully we won’t be running this thread again for a while. When we do, hopefully more of us can provide positive input for others to learn from.
 
Not much has changed here except my wife now works from home. We live in the country and have been prepared for years. We have a well, wood stove with lots of firewood, a large garden and the means and know how to can the crops we grow.
We have not run out of anything. We could survive with a power down situation for an indefinite term but it would be a bit more work involved.
 
Lacking on PPE and long term dry food stores, but recovered quickly. Got ahead on meds early when it looked like it could be a SHTF concern. Good woman by my side that is a better shot than me. She is sewing face coverings as I type this now. Certainly a keeper!
 
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