Zombie Squad

The problem with the grid in CA is worse than the actual repair/construction expense to upgrade the system. There is a very motivated group of well meaning people that believe any development in forest area is unacceptable. They believe any attempt at maintenance or repair is a trick by large corpor...

I'm seriously considering investing more money in American oil producers. Seems a reasonable part of prepping for the middle east going up in flames. On the plus side, it's kind of nice seeing Israel and most of the muslim world in agreement on something. Israel's vocal offer to help Syria with huma...

The connections I have in the military give me the strong impression that they expect everyone to sit back and start a big betting pool on what all the ridiculous politicians do. I don't think the military would get involved other than the National Guard getting called in for riot control. If things...

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3. How do we replicate this elsewhere?

I'm honestly more concerned that I would need to take in refugees than become a refugee. My home is located in a place that I don't think would be prone to large scale civil disturbance. Many of my loved ones live in places that would much more easily fall to disorder. Many of them fall on both side...

When you add up the effects of soil degradation, deforestation, draining of aquifers, heat island effect, and the terrifying impacts of ocean acidification due to CO2 increases; we don't need to have much of an impact on the climate to have catastrophic results. The world has repeatedly had periods ...

Mixed luck: the world currently has quite a surplus of oil stockpiled at the moment. When SA anounced repairs to their facilities would be done in 10 weeks, everyone I work with laughed hysterically at that nonsense. They will still be assessing damage in 10 weeks. Some of that equipment has a one ...

I'm concerned the hostile rhetoric will motivate eco terrorism in my region. There's numerous facilities near me that an idiot on a crusade could attempt to sabatoge and unwittingly spark explosions that could literally kill thousands. Nothing more than chain link fences and a few aging security gua...

Mixed luck: the world currently has quite a surplus of oil stockpiled at the moment. When SA anounced repairs to their facilities would be done in 10 weeks, everyone I work with laughed hysterically at that nonsense. They will still be assessing damage in 10 weeks. Some of that equipment has a one y...

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Sat Sep 21, 2019 9:29 am

Reminder: Los Angeles is the city with the 2nd biggest Iranian population outside of Tehran.

Do you think we could convince them to keep it?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4808790/ Looks like different types of poisons work better on different types of fleas. My family must have gotten lucky in picking the right poison to wipe out the specific type of fleas we had. We've never had much trouble wiping them out with retail fo...

I noticed the article also said he packed in half a pallet of canned food to start with. So he had a heck of a stash to start with.

I am seeing exactly the same thing around here. Our county basically has zero unemployment. Last spring I tried hiring an English major in a college town for a full time job with benefits and typically 12% match for retirement (employee owned company). I gave up. Three placement agencies and postin...

I am seriously considering moving armor up to the top of my wish list. I try real hard not to make sizable impulse purchases though, so I'm going to consider it for a few weeks. Plates and a plate carrier are pretty handy to have and not too hard to buy at the moment. I have a Shellback Tactical Ba...

Building a home in a rural area seems easy. Unless you are doing the work yourself you have to find trades people who will be willing to drive a ~2 hour commute or find a local who can do the work. Then there is the issue of getting power run to the site getting the roadway bulldozed and the site p...

When the fracking first took off, you could have hauled in old used RV trailers and rented them to the roughnecks for ridiculous amounts of money. It may still be worth looking into what rents are going for and what it would cost to run utilities onto the property. A few coworkers and I seriously co...

None of us would believe they were real zombies till it was too late. We'd be massacred. Now, if we could somehow tweak the scenario to magically bypass the fatal period of disbelief, the massacre would be in reverse. It would take an incredible number of zombies to overrun my extended family. Espec...

I am highly suspect of the researcher's sample. I also suspect that there is a closer tie between prepping and the economy than prepping and who is in political office.

So where are we at on prepping for this? With the current political climate and the in general lack of respect of law and. Sane behavior by segments of population . I'm feeling rather anxious ( haha or maybe its the fact my phone is exploding with storm alerts as I type this ). What other than norm...

In general I agree that precious metals is a good part of diversifying investments. Another way to look at it is that we're at or near a good time in the market cycle to sell gold while it's near peak price and be ready to invest back in stocks when they crash. I wouldn't argue definitively one way ...

You've got a good point about a small tent. I have stuff in the car for sitting on the ground, so I don't feel a need to keep it in my bag. I can also see the value in a good sleeping bag, especially in the winter. There are multiple scenarios it might be worth napping in my car. It's also far less ...

I'm glad you are doing all right tac. I refuse to ride a bicycle on a public road for that very reason. These days you would be lucky if they even stopped to render aid. With all the illegals in the country with no driver's license and insurance (and often intoxicated behind the wheel) they run off...

I don't have kids, so I don't think I'd bother doing much different. I had enough people go after me when I was young and stupid that it doesn't seem that unusual to me in theory. Now, that was a long time ago and my brain and emotional states have evolved enough that I might be surprised at my own ...

I'm glad you are doing all right tac. I refuse to ride a bicycle on a public road for that very reason. These days you would be lucky if they even stopped to render aid. With all the illegals in the country with no driver's license and insurance (and often intoxicated behind the wheel) they run off...