For Wandy Rayne

[ILG]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

We watch Doomsday Preppers every week, even though the majority of people now featured are, shall we say, on the wacky side. Did you catch the last episode featuring Hawaii Guy? Before that was the infamous "Greta" episode where the lady of the house (a typical hippie type) constantly spoke to Greta who was warning her of the massive coming tidal waves! Most fans of the show agree that one or both of these episodes represents the shows "jumping the shark" moment(s).

No, I've only watched a couple of youtube episodes. It's reality TV, which usually has the wack factor!

[ILG]

Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

So, who knows what lies ahead, although we do know that the financial situation of our country is in a shambles, and it would behoove us all to at least have several weeks worth of food in case of a national emergency of any kind.

Yes, I think that makes good sense.

[AreYouReady?]

I saw one youtube episode where a family stored a massive amount of food and medicine. The woman and her daughter are diabetic and she had a massive amount of insulin stored also.

They had firearms in case people showed up at their door to take what they had prepped all these years.

This was a true reality show though. It turned out that the enemy was not 'out there'. The enemy was each other.

They got divorced. The judge gave him the land and house, she got all the prepped items. She only had to go and get it from the land, which he was guarding with the guns!

Did it do them any good? I'd say it did for the man.

[RandyWayne]

One of the thing that irritates me about the show is that each featured prepper starts with "I am preparing for......", then they go into their preps, and finally end their segment with "Experts generally agree that the possibility of <fill in the blank> is unlikely." I guess that is fine for some of the more outlandish things that some are worrying about, but when it comes to financial collapse and/or hyper inflation, I could care less what their "experts" say, it is a certainty. The only question is when.

[RandyWayne]

I would get on the show IF I was allowed to start off with "I am preparing the imminent threat of our Sun going nova!"

[ILG]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

Sprinkled throughout are some real people with genuinely good idea's for being prepared. One family happens to live just a few miles from us in Tempe and was featured on season 1. They converted their outdoor swimming pool into a Tilapia pond and between a garden, small flock of chickens, and the fish, can literally provide for 98-99% of their own food, all from a very small backyard.

I think that sounds great. I do some things like this morning I tapped a few trees. I have a number to go.

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by ILG

I think that sounds great. I do some things like this morning I tapped a few trees. I have a number to go.

You need to use your resources.

Now if I could figure out how to tap one of THESE, I would be all set! (They are everywhere here!)

[ILG]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

Depending on where in the country you live, just having a couple of WEEKS of food puts you ahead of over 90% of the local population. Right now we have about three months of freeze dried stuff in what we call our "survival closest". I am really trying to get into container gardening to having fresh stuff by the time our stored food is running out but the problem here in the desert is water so we have to jump through all sorts of hoops to get a rain water catching system installed as well. . . . .

Of course besides food I am also stock piling things like ammo (and guns), rechargeable batteries and a couple of solar panels capable of charging them, several walkie talkies as well as a small HAM radio, and MANY ways of starting fires.

You'll need that ammo if there is a food run. I try to do things that are very practical. I would not buy survival food personally, I would get stuff I will use anyway and rotate it.

[ILG]

Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

One thing I've always wondered about these preppers who actually are being filmed, and are showing off their preparations... what do they think is going to happen if things go down? All the people who have not prepared will be headed straight to THEIR place! Doesn't make much sense to me to tell the world what you have prepared....

Yes, I think even on here a person should think about that!

[ILG]

Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

We have gone with the mylar bags, and plastic buckets... Rice, beans, sugar, salt etc.

It is VERY hard to have a garden here in the north. You need a greenhouse. I hope to get one for this summer. I did put up a LOT of vegetables last summer that we bought at a local produce stand for next to nothing. Makes me wonder if gardening here is worth all the trouble, when I can get such great veggies down the street and can them.

Have you ever tried dehydrating? I was listening to a lady speak about the fact that with dehydration that you keep about 80% of the nutrients, while in canning, you lose about 80% of the nutrients!

It is just that dehydrating is so time consuming, which is why we haven't tried it.

Re: gardening. I watched this last night. Sometimes, ya just gotta wonder....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf0khstYDLA