Wow I appreciate all the insight. I'm hoping we don't get into a SHTF type scenario for another year or two at least. Any earlier than that and I am screwed.
I'm actually actively trying to downsize my possessions as I have too many useless things lying around that I haven't looked at or used in years.
Lol , I am good then , LOLOriginally Posted by Noble Savage
When I was younger and my most inquisitive daughter would point to scars on me and asked what happened , I would tell her , and usually started out with ' I was lucky " , she would look at me , like she was not so sure I was lucky . I think she gets it now , I should have been dead .
Save enough money for a plane ticket and a passport.
There won't be anywhere to go, not that a first-world American would want to live, anyway.
People, preparing for an end-of-civilization shock will impoverish you to no end. It's going to be a long, long slow grind downwards, marked by various local and regional wars - which a broke USA will not be able to keep under control - breaking out all over the globe.
Any disruption to civil order will likely be relatively brief, although a month or two of that with a rough barely-ordered equilibrium afterwards is not out of the question.
Your future is far more likely to look like Japan or Argentina, than some modified Mad Max scenario. Plan appropriately.
“If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.”
- SAMUEL ADAMS
Buy a shotgun. Even if you have to sell something to get one, do it. Not only is it good for protection, it can feed you. They make shot to kill everything from small birds and rodents to large game. After that start stocking ammo and nonpersishable CHEAP foods (rice, canned goods, etc.). Do it as you can afford it, even if you only spend $10 to $20 a week. It's what I've been doing and I've got a nice supply now.
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Sound personal relationships, barter skills, trade skills, nomadic mobility. You'll be just fine.
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The most important thing in life is WATER, then FOOD. If you don't want to end up being a refugee dependent on the Govt., you need to secure WATER & then FOOD.
This. Don't worry too much about being able to afford gold and silver, if you can't get clean water and food, you're dead. Learn to grow food in your yard. Oh and learn to shoot!
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