It's started...

[CrazyAJ]

I would stay at home. During Hurricane Isabel people were without power for weeks. People were scrapping over water at the Wal-Mart that was open a few hours a day on generator power. It was hot and people would wait for hours if they thought an ice truck was coming. The lines were crazy for the ONE gas station that was open, at least a mile long. Generators were impossible to find. The telephone lines were down so you couldn't use credit cards or ATM's even if you could find anything open, you had to have had cash before it started. After day 4 I saw things that made me decide to not leave the house without a gun.


I was lucky. The day before the sh*t hit the fan I filled up my truck and my car with gas and made sure I had propane, water and CASH. The big break came when a friend in the US Army drove 6 hours from the north with a new generator and 5 gallons of gas for me. I chained it and my propane grill to one of the only 2 trees left standing in my yard (there were about 12 more before the storm) and kept my riot shotgun handy in case somebody heard it running and tried to lift it.


I took that storm experience and have learned what to do so I will not have to leave my home in an emergency. I could last weeks at home now with electricity and everything eles as normal and be able to protect it.

[v8interceptor]

To do the job I need 5 gallons of diesel, and some high octane gasoline...

[Anklecranker]

In December of 2002 the Mid Atlantic states of the US were flatened by an ice storm.


Freezing rain fell on everything and cast a 1" ice shell on everyhting in its wake. This icy weight snapped trees, power lines, and roofs. In my state of Carolina we had 1.6 MILLION people without power. I was without power for 7 days. I lost 246 large trees, and had 100 cypress trees flattened. I worked 3 hours with a chain saw to clear a path out my driveway.


The night landscape was surreal. To see so much darkness was unsettling. Heat was the main priorty for me. Daily low temperatures made living a chore. As extended family had their power restored I sent y wife and daughter to stay with them. Undaunted i stayed several nights in a remote house with no power. I slept light and had my Winchester Defender Riot Gun within reach. The post-apocolyptic feel was present. You are right ...hunker down.


"The first step is defend the fuel"

[bike]

Defend the fuel...


If your homestead is where you can survive, then stay there but be prepared to fight off the nomad tras0h and the human flotsam who are not mentally strong enough to deal with the reality of life. Kill them all or let your family go under too. No room for sentiment here, look after your own as you must and should.


Don`t know what i mean? ever seen The Day After or 28 days Later?

[camchain]

Quote: Originally posted by bike on 16 December 2003


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Don`t know what i mean? ever seen The Day After or 28 days Later?

Yeah, I've seen 28 days later and i Know what you mean. It would be a time of very tough choices. The problem for me would be no way to communicate with my family and the 200 odd miles between them and myself. It's one hell of a risk to go to them, but on the other hand, I don't know if I'd be able to not go. Personally, I wouldn't take the roads. To obvious and far too dangerous (gridlock, unfinnished roadworks etc), I'd take the route that England was founded on. The canals and rivers that are fairly easily navigable and more difficult to set traps on. I was unable to sleep one night, so I set about designing and system for jury rigging a boat to run on batteries and it's necessary charging system, so it'd be quiet enough not to attract attention. If I couldn't go by river, then see my post above about my plans for a car.





I'd also try and find the nearest deserted but un-looted farm. Farmers are the few people in this country that can still have shotguns legally and due to the way the law is, it shouldn't be too difficult to find their gun cabinet (just look for a metal cabinet that's locked and secured to at least one wall and the floor). go through the farmers keys to find the ones for the gun cabinet and that's personal armament.





Now all I'd need is to get some ordinance survey maps from the nearest national trust shop and a compass and I'd be set.

[Thunderdome]

CrazyAJ,


Where do you live in the states? Based on your Hurricane Isabel experience you sound like you could be my neighbor.


Thunderdome