How the Unprepared Will Act After SHTF
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2024
- After a major SHTF event, people will act in predictable ways you should be prepared for. In this video, we'll take a look based on past historical events to inform you of your own preparedness. Sign up at bit.ly/34futCW to get member-specific content in our weekly newsletter.
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I'm so glad we moved out of the big city and now live in rural usa.. Our neighbors 2 doors down are horses, so that gives you and idea
Breeched hell, The army corpse ( mis spelling intended) Blew up the levee. Which they have done in previous Hurricanes like Betsy and Camille in order to save their cash cow New Orleans. Mayor Nagin let a huge fleet of buses FLOOD. We did fine during Hurricane Katrina, we still had electric, gas, water, phone. ZERO water accumulation in the streets until we hear a loud BOOM, then here comes the high water.
I've always said it's good to be prepared,I've to think about myself I'm not helping who choose not prepare alot of these people are users and will be looking to come and live off your hard work I say 👎 no
@@mashondaknight9132 Exactly..After surviving not so much katrina but the govt, they were truly the biggest threat..prep prep prep for you and yours. be able to defend what you have
@@winniethepoohandeeyore2 I went through hurricane Katrina too one of the main reasons I prep it could happen in anytime.
If the L.A. riots taught me anything, it's that the safest place to be is in a book store. I drove along Sunset Blvd. after the riots and all the stores around the local Crown Books had been looted, yet that store was intact. But apparently all night long, not one person wanted a book or knew anyone else who wanted one either.
@Shadow.dragon D ditto, for also farmer encyclopedia books, recipe and from scratch books, edible plant snd medicinal property books and old timer homesteading books as well.😌
Reading this gives me hope 😊🥂
@@tancosta1286 Yeah, now everyone that comes by this will know that libraries will be sage
Life in the Big City
Looters in general don't strike me as the reading types. The reading types likely already have their survival manuals.
Some will doubt what you say about who people will become. After 3 days of snow and no power or water, a normally rather pleasant neighbor came to our door crying, screaming, and cursing like an angry Marine. She *demanded* immediate assistance since our lights and heat ran on generator. A minor event made her crazy. I'm a believer.
Did you help her?
@@Robnord1 ugh. I'd tell her: "No, you won't be getting fuel from me until you run out of everything i told you to get to prepare for. If you don't have it to begin with, then you get ZERO help from me. Your failure to prepare does not constitute an emergency on MY part. However, if you DO complete preparing with the MINIMUM that I suggested to you, then I MAY open my door to you."
@Robnord1 So is this where you shoot her on sight and leave her dead corpse in your yard to warn others to stay away, because you know she’s told other people what you did to help? Wow! And you were being that good neighbor I want to be around... I live in the north. We have to be prepared here... Instead of being wise, she put a target on her forehead...be safe, my friend...
@@Robnord1 Wooww😳
@@traingear9578 if you can make it the first 24 hours, then you can make it forever. You'll figure out how much clothing you'll need on, you'll know how to eat and maybe even how to cook without electricity, and you'll figure out that lighting in your home Doesn't have to be electricity.
Even the most rational and kindhearted parent will start to do things that are unimaginable if they have starving kids at home.
Unfortunately that also includes eating their kids. I`ve heard accounts from people who witnessed their neighbors doing that back in the height of communism in Russia and the surrounding countries.
I think they will be the most dangerous people out there ..people with young children are going to do anything and everything to put food on the table for their children.. parents I'm not saying all parents but I'm going to say a lot of them are going to be very vicious.. they wouldn't hesitate to sold it your throat for that can of beans to feed their kids..
@@karenlee3372 glock and boom! what a lost human species cause if i encountered that.
Eat them before they starve. The Russians ate their children during Stalins reign of terror. Makes sense. If the parents starve the children will starve to death anyway. You can have more kids.
I pray, for your children's sakes, that you never experience such circumstances.
I have a friend who survived the Bosnian War. She said that if people even smelled you cooking food they would do a home invasion and rob you. So they would cook things that don't smell much, were fast to cook, and would keep.
@Pancho Lopez So true. On the other hand, you could use it as bait to catch long pig... makes good tacos al pastor... ;)
@Pancho Lopez For a day after as well. LOL
She would be fascinating to talk to. It is horrible that people have to live through these things, but there is so much you can learn from people like her. I'm honestly curious what that whole experience must have been like.
@@melissasmith1562 She is traumatized and hoards food now... but hates guns... go figure. But her family survived by building a fake wall up against front of the real wall and stacking hundreds of small bags of flour (bleached, unbleached goes rancid) in the space between the studs and the drywall. They put their couch and some shelves in front of the fake wall, to hide the small holes wherever they needed to reach in and grab a bag of flour. (Her mom quietly bought and extra bag of flour or two every time she went grocery shopping to avoid attracting attention) They often only had bread and jam, or bread and water to eat. It worked. But they were still home invaded and robbed of food and valuables several times, by the local militias(Military men think of themselves first, and have no problem robbing the civilians they are supposed to protect, you know... because they are "special" and "giving the ultimate sacrifice" so they "deserve" to steal from others. And they have the guns that civilians do not...). And were VERY lucky nothing worse happened to them. But the white flour hoard was never discovered. Her family bugged in, typical middle class, so they did not have Selco exaggerated tall tale adventures of mayhem. They avoided conflict like smart people, and most of her neighbors were decent people, so she does not have many stories.
@Sharon Bice Most people are not so fortunate.
I’m 54 years old. When we were growing up we had the cabinets full and freezers full also. Had gardens and chickens. We never had money. People have gotten so us to convenience. Having food and water in the house was called commonsense
"Somebody told us Wall Street fell but we were so poor that we couldn't tell" - Song of the South by Alabama
@Alex El Baconator LOL, funny to think of people looting whipped cream for their "survival."
I’m 55 and grew up the same way. My parents lived through the Great Depression and were always prepared for the worst.
So true. Not long ago I had a long conversation with a young man at work who had just gotten engaged about his responsibilities as head of the household. That included safety and security of the family. I asked how much no perishable food, drinking water and extra hygiene products he had on hand. He had none... and argued that he didn't have anywhere to stow it in his small apartment. Told him to make room in a closet and correct it immediately. I then explained how to use the hot water tank as a potable water source, fill up the tub if possible etc.. I could tell he was skeptical and was concerned that his GF would think he was crazy... but he addressed the issue that very night. Two weeks later, C19 hit. The next month a water main break caused their whole complex to be without running water for a week.
@Shadow.dragon D don't underestimate them.
They be buying up properties and supplies..many have armed security hired set up already..
In 1906, Alfred Henry Lewis stated, “There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy.”
3 days of hunger, all bets are off
As shallow as many people are these days, I would say it is more like 4 meals.
I only just heard that quote the other day, was about to say that..
People dont have 9 meals in their home.
@@tommysimmons3258 good point.. i don't. never really do..
We used to live in a high-end neighborhood in SW Florida. Even so, two days before Hurricane Irma hit Florida in 2017, my wife was at the grocery store getting a few things for lunch; people were grabbing things out of her cart and pushing her away from the shelves, and she called me because she was terrified. I told her to just come home because we have plenty of food.
My wife is an anti-gun person, but, when she got home, I showed her the guns that I have owned for years. She had never known that I owned them, so she just stared at me . . . then, I told her, "If you think people are "friendly" now, just wait until the power is off for a week and "their food" is in our house and they won't mind ki!!ing you for it. I don't have guns to hurt other people. I have guns to prevent them from hurting us." Sometimes, the people you think are your neighbors and friends become animals when the food and water get scarce. We now live 10 miles outside of town just to avoid the dog-eat-dog mentality that happens even when something small disturbs the norm.
Good thing you were prepared. Anti-gun people have had the luxury of society protecting them and cannot foresee that protection ending has been my experience. 100 years this was not a concept. Many didn't live in large population centers and before Ford you had to wait for someone with a horse to get to you. You were dead, you stuff stolen and your house razed with fire before anyone showed up. Then if it wasn't people you had wolves, bears, snakes and a bunch of other stuff. A firearm is just a tool, it can be used for good or bad. Better to have one as a good person and never need it, than need it and be waiting 5-10 minutes for police with NO emergencies just for them to make it through traffic, during emergency's expect hours or days... This goes back to the mentality of the people 100 years ago, you have to protect yourself.
Family members too.
Yup. The 2020 BLM riots are what did it for me. I realized I lived a short drive away from a major population center with lots of homes and stores to loot. Got my 2A on point and never looked back.
I'm here in Southwest Florida with you. I feel exactly the same. Things and people will change immediately when desperation hits. We have to be realistic.....
Thanks for sharing .. it has prob helped many .. people don’t understand the Lucifer effect .. pun not intended .
Living in the south, whenever a snow storm comes, people clean out the perishables in the grocery store. Every single time. It’s amazing to me how unprepared people are. I’m not one of these preppers that gloats about how I will get rid of any unprepared person who comes to my door. It’s honestly sad but 2-3 days of no food and no power and people will do anything to get what they need, even if it comes at the expense of you or your family’s life. But when we try to talk to people about preparing ahead of time they look at you like you’re crazy
Most peoples morals are already bankrupt.
That's so true. I work in a general/grocery store and lot of the time I have a long line of customers I'm helping one customer at a time then you have these inpatient, rude, cussing, and ill-mannered people wanting you to help them first when they're not in line and try to cut others that have been waiting in line properly. I tell them you need to be patient and learn to wait in line like everyone else. I also tell them there are people who are in line before you came. They don't like it I just don't care when they are acting selfish and rude they need to wait like everyone else. Their cussing and intimidation don't work on me it may work on others. They get scared when I tell them off. I've been doing it for years. Just because I'm nice don't mean you can walk all over me, intimate, and harass me.
And they like it that way.
Years ago I was in line at Walmart in the garden center. There was one line & 2 cash registers. Everyone understood that you stand in the one line and whichever register opens first, that's the one you will check out of. This very rude woman walked right past the line and to the register that just opened up. I was like fifth in the line and brave enough to say "Excuse me ma'am. We are all in line for the next open register. You should step to the back of the line." She used a bunch of explicit language with me, basically telling me that nobody was at that register so go screw myself." I responded with "EVERYONE IN THIS LINE HAS BEEN WAITING TO CHECK OUT LADY. What makes YOU so special that you can bully the rest of us?"
She turned to the cashier who said "everyone has been waiting in line ma'am' to which this rude woman SLAMMED down her items, yelled out a bunch of curse words and walked out.
Everyone in line thanked me for being brave enough to speak up because they were all intimidated by this woman who thinks the world owes her something.
If there is one thing I have learned in life it's this: If you do not show fear, people will back down eventually. Sure, it could go sideways, but I'm sure that the 12 people in line with me would have assisted me and forced her to comply. Obviously, nobody was going to come to her rescue & side with her.
If I were the only one in line I may have changed that judgement call and let karma handle it, but I will never allow a bully to shove their way in out of fear.
@@deedieducati2272 I would have done the same thing. I have a loud voice too. It startles people whenever I raise it.
Mine are not and have not been corrupted or bankrupted. And that has made things more terrifying. Because all I see are Human animals giving away their composure. 🙂
It is a shame but never spoken about that most of us have family members who laugh at this now but will expect us to care for them in the event of a SHTF event. We are way off grid and do not even give our address to anyone who is not in our circle. I pray that everyone opens their eyes.
Do they let you use their 1k iPhone, take you on vacation, let you drive their $800 car payment? Nope. F them!
I am a Mohegon
We have no family within 800+ miles. 😉 By the time they wake up it will be to late.
Take a lesson from the Little Red Hen. They didn't help build the fences, or till the garden, or pull weeds, or raise livestock, or learn primitive skills, or procure munitions when they had the chance so there is no sanctuary for them when they need it.
Know that feeling - I prep for 4 people, but live alone. My family looks at me like crazy. Well - if I would not have to prep alone for that many people, then I would not look crazy. I need to calculate everything for at least a year, so it adds up pretty much and no "normal" single person would have such amount food, water, supplies etc. I wish that they could at least appreciate, what I do also for them ... but not likely it will happen unless SHTF one day. PS! Sorry my bad english
It's like being upset that your opponent didn't "fight fair" in a side alley jump. To expect "fair" fighting is a death sentence.
I remember just after 911. Cops in my local area were locked into working for days afterwards because there were ones who refused to come in. They were protecting their families. I expect the same thing to happen in the event of a major breakdown.
There is one thing I don't hear folks often mention in these scenarios. Remember that your actions or lack thereof is also watched by friends and Neighbors. If everyone you know is panicking and going out to retrieve Good's weather provided by government Aid or by bad intentions and you are observed not partaking or seemingly calm and doing well, the perception will be that you have these items that others want. So sometimes good to play along.
Exactly. Also, if others are losing weight, cut back on your calorie intake. If others are dirty, don't bathe. Etc.
Basically, act like a sheep while watching like a wolf, and storing your future like an ant.
@@traingear9578 a majority of the world's population lives in close proximity to one another.
I think people will get caught up in their own problems to notice other people's patterns in the beginning..the ones that will most likely be watched are the ones panick buying everything up. When options begin to run out and people are sitting at he with no income and twiddling their fingers is when they will go into recon mode.
All good points...
Interesting. Variations on grey man tactics.
Stealth is your friend, this applies to everything from preps to hiding from zombies. Remember this
Coming
I agree!!!!! We should and shall move in the shadows. Kill with cause and not for greed or want. Nuclear war is coming!!!!!! It only takes two weeks for the fallout to subside to the grounds.
@@curtissantos3137 it begins falling to the ground within 10 minutes, and a plume will move with the wind. Expect dangerous levels of fallout within 50 miles downwind, and farther if it's very windy
@@briansharritts2688 on a lighter note ...my new band name...Electric Funeral. ;)
To the subject at hand.... Think Ninja...be unseen, always. i have been taught and told this by many in the armed services.
Keep your plans to yourself and those involved. Don't even HINT of them to anyone... A N Y O N E.
Electric Funeral. "Campfire survival stories of the apocalypse"
Out Soon.
;)
@@briansharritts2688 I'll break out the new 12 inch cut called Disco Kryptonite.
Heh heh. From someone who actually gets down with The Jam On Production Crew for real. You jus made my day.
>Doffs Kangol
My daughter told me I was crazy when I suggested last year they keep their car filled up, put at least a month’s worth of groceries back for them and their animals. Make sure they also put back water, get wood for their fireplace and get the propane tank filled. She told me not to ever call her back. I haven’t. Most people think I’m crazy for trying to get them to prepare. How quickly they forgot the toilet paper fiasco.
Wow this stims from the end of the world type movies people in the movies who were preppers were seen as crazy it's conditioned people to think this way
hehehehhe. I remember the 'toilet-paper fiasco': and at the first sign of a problem went out and collected a couple of dozen of those large (8-inch diameter) rolls found in Supermarket/public/commercial/etc. toilets. (Wasn't willing to fight li'l ol' ladies for the tiny rolls on the shelves) Unfortunately they're a constant reminder that I'm mortal and going to be outlived by a dunny-roll (s)! Can't win, sometimes!
All my family and non military friends thought I was a loon for having a prepper mindset. My military friends and I went through covid like it was a Sunday stroll unless we had to go to stores. I tried to get my siblings, parents and those friends into the prepping idea but now they just see what my military friends any myself are capable of but now look at us as their way out... So you might be better off with the extra baggage as we are. You can lead a horse to water but cant make it drink it.
It's that you are higher up the evolutionary chain ,you will survive ,they won't. Dont care about them ,pearls before swine. Bit late now but don't tell anyone you are a prepper.
It sounds like there's more to it than telling your daughter to be well stocked/prepared.
Bit extreme to say never call her again over just that. I'm sure there's a lot more to history to that story.
I had a neighbor that bought food every day for her family because "they eat too much". I asked what she would do if she got caught without ~any~ food. she replied "Well I'll be coming to your house, ha ha ha." A bad blizzard came along and snowed everyone in for a few days, and there she was, knocking on my door. I gave her a can of beans in tomato sauce and two packets of ramen and asked for $5. She left while screaming "F*** You".
I don't understand why this is liked
Crazy woman
@@itz-luigi1210
Probably because the neighbor had an entitlement mentality, and people don't like that.
@@itz-luigi1210 That crazy lady had two delusions. One was self-entitlement mindset. Another was that YOU are the one at fault if you don't share your food with those who don't prepare.
@@itz-luigi1210 WHY wouldn't it be???
**YOUR failure to plan, will not become MY emergency!**
Well said.
Your lack of planning is probably not an emergency on my part
@@jmf1976jmf ikr
Stop worrying about the unprepared. Worry about the prepared who have already placed sleepers in the prep community . Some prepare for just there family. Some of us have been preparing armies. No matter how prepared you are it won’t help when the hundreds of different divisions start kicking in doors looking to take control of the land.
It is better to have but not need than to need but not have.
I was in a hurricane that had our power out for two weeks, many roads impassable , everyone was helpful and sharing first week, by second week it was different, almost turning ugly.
I'm a nice guy but I also have a dark side.....I limit my contact to others to a very small group of people and I always stay alert (and armed) to possible threats.
Read Selco's interview.
South Mississippi during Katrina. Learned hard lessons. Never again.
I can definitely see that. I’m prepared as much as I can in a condo and I’m prepared to help some people and their pets but there comes a point where you have to take care of yourself and your family and draw the line.
What hurricane please? I'm not doubting you. I was in a flood that cut off access for a week, much longer it could of got ugly with neighbors
If 2020 taught us anything, it's people are people. They'll do anything out of self preservation. Having even just basic preps are a game changer. Always a good idea to have some food and water stashed and a way to defend yourself.
My wife and kids are the priority.
Everyone else should've prepared.
I've been distancing myself from all unprepared people for over 3 years now, so in this day and age. I figure.. out of sight, out of mind... changed my address and phone number... I feel so good and comfortable.. I'm a husband and father of 5... 3 boys and 2 girls... my sons are almost military age and highly skilled... we will be okay.. I wish the best for anyone who reads this...thank you
I figure if or when it happens I'm going to reduce my body weight down so I look close to being starved without being malnourished. If you look like you're well fed you might become a target.
Purchase larger clothing for being in public.
@@x00p3 Boy I better start slimming down now, got a lot to loose. Haha
@@laylahalgharib3150 Good idea.
@@hoosierproud7718 I'm not exactly thin either!
Good stuff. All I could add is trust no one in a SHTF senario. That friendly neighbor will try to cut your throat if they get hungry enough.
We are an extremely self-indulgent people now. We snack. We gorge ourselves. We don't even bother learning how to cook. I don't think it will take much hunger at all.
If not kill you then eat you afterwards yes that is one topic that should be discussed cannibalism
@@karenlee3372 I guess you won’t go hungry in Democrat cities.. I would cook the meat very well though
@@thulegezelschap5884 LOL ha ha ha.. that is one thing I fear people eating each other for food.. it is a gross topic but it really should be discussed.. there will be a lot of people out there that just might go that direction.. mental illness is a very real thing once these people lose their medicine to take to keep them stable.. who knows what these people are capable of.. people talk about stockpiling all sorts of food water guns ammunition.. very few of them talk about medicine seriously medicine
@@karenlee3372 Disinfectants, soaps, and bandages will become of immense value.
I was a convenience store employee for 10 years. One winter, we had a terrible ice storm with high winds. The whole area was largely without power for a week or more. After 2 days, people were really getting crazed. Honestly, I can’t imagine WHAT They would be like after there was nothing left to buy or no money to purchase things with. Scary
Only 2 days? Wow.Must have been pure panic, because who keeps food for only 2 days in their house.
@@madrazz8888 Oh; they were really flipping out by day 3. Me and my co workers were shocked
I remember people fighting in the Wal-Mart parking lot for TP, so can't imagine when they are starving and running out of meds, especially psych meds that so many are taking now, just what would happen. It would be horrible.
Never be anywhere near a Wal Mart or Target etc when things are getting dicey. This is where the majority of the population will be liquidated in bad times.
It will be
I survived the great asswipe shortage of 2020.
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Not long ago I was speaking with a neighbor - a prominent and well thought of member of our society - about SHTF scenarios and prepping. I don't reveal much when talking to others, opting more to feel them out and see where they stand before trusting them even a bit. He surprised the hell out of me when he casually bragged that he has no need to prep - he has a .22 rifle and whatever his family needs he will take from others. That's his prep plan!
I hope you're loaded too.
A .22? Most preppers I know would be thinking "aww, that's cute" when he tries to raid their stuff.
@@taxat10n1sth3ft I thought the same thing, but when you have someone shooting at you or pointing the barrel of a rifle at your head the last thing on your/my mind would be the caliber. Also, when he said he has a "22" rifle he didn't elaborate - could be a .223, .222, etc. Perhaps he was simply trying to make a point. What worries me the most is that people like him will definitely be around and willing to take whatever we have. Defense of our property, person and family will definitely need to be at the forefront of our prepping. It's not something to be taken lightly. I know since my discussion with him I've take our defense systems a bit more seriously. If my neighbor thinks this way and is openly bragging about it can you imagine what those starving masses will be willing to do to us? And therefore I can't overstate the importance of keeping our mouths shut with regards to our preps - even when it comes to some family members.
I include a Ruger 10/22 in my collection but have upgraded the trigger and put nice optics on it. However, the best upgrade was slowly replacing my 22lr ammo with Stingers and Velocitators to supplement my handguns.
I've talked to several people with the same plan- - - -makes my blood boil! I have NO time for people like these. Good times or bad, it's STILL THEFT, and MURDER. It is very surprising how many "decent" people have this same plan.
Look how people are acting now. There will be a straw that breaks the proverbial camel's back and people will go crazy.
Most are all ready crazy
Bible called it out
You saw how right wingers almost destroyed USA during the pandemic.
Covid19 has a 95# survival rate.
Now imagine how Ebola (50% survival) would take us down. Every time you see a Karen that won’t wear a mask or stay 6 feet away, imagine her behavior during an Ebola pandemic !!!!
@@bobjob3632 Do you live in a cave?
I know it’s gonna be beautiful
Me prior to the COVID pandemic: "Those 'prepper' folks are crazy!"
Me now: Watching these videos and getting some supplies
And, when you think you have enough, buy a little more!
I was deployed to New Orleans with the 82nd right after Katrina. A key point was that those police that "didnt show up to work" where actually just names on paper that the "Mayor" Ray Naggin was collecting the salaries of to use as a slush fund for his pet projects. Sure there were police who left with there families but alot stayed behind. This was explained to me as an NCO by several police precinct captains that I had spoken with during our foot patrols of the city. Gangs. They took over little fiefdoms in the city just as you expect. Since there were no police to stop them they would shoot at there rivals first and then move onto anyone in there "territory." Situational awareness and keeping your head on a swivel. Three hot meals and an overnight is all it took for a general breakdown. The reported stat of deaths from Katrina was HUGELY under-reported.
I am ex-82nd before your time. Did any soldiers get shot?
@@JimD77 To the best of my knowledge No. We did have a guy who walked into a manhole and fell in though. "Water" was waste deep and it flooded into his fishing gaitors we got issued and he sank like a rock. 1SGT was right behind him and yanked him out after a minute. He got life flighted to a hospital and put on every antibiotic known to man. Thankfully the low lifes did not want to tangle with us as they were out trained and out gunned. Joes wore the rifles slung on the back with a mag in the pocket, Ncos wore slung up front with a mag in.
Gangs are robbing people if food and generators here in Napier New Zealand after the floods.
Police are not protecting enough
Its shocking
Military and police are my biggest concern
@@redrustyhill2 a military guy told me that the police are something more to worry about since they get paid and my not be that patriotic He said most his brothers in the military would protect the civilians and their rights. But I told him he was optimistic.
And now watch the original Twilight Zone episode: "The Shelter."
I haven't seen that for many years. Thanks for the reminder,will watch it after this.
Respects 👍🍻
I just watched it! So scary!
@@raymondcantlay9875 Yes, exactly
Yes
Whats it about
Once the sporting goods stores start getting looted, you know it's on.
They ridicule you as a prepper in times of plenty and will condemn you as a hoarder in crisis.
What they think of me is none of my business. Won't bother me a bit.
You didn’t mention, the police taking citizens guns who were defending their well-being and property in New Orleans !
that was messed up, and it was on order from the mayor, who the hell is he to do that. One go thing in a shtf other than the urban centers, police and military won't be going out that much. At this point, you should make good friends with your neighbors or at least find out where they stand. And don't tell anyone you are preping.
I don't know if the police were involved in such activity after Katrina although it would not surprise me. I do know that the National Guard was very involved in that activity. During the day they would perform activities that you would have expected, rescue, security and other such lawful acts. However when night fell, they would go house to house, beat on the doors and if they got a response would kick in the door, shove their automatic weapons in the face of the occupants, assault them, and threaten them with bodily harm or death if they refused to turn over any firearm they had. This activity was revealed by a member of the Oklahoma National Guard that was there to supposedly assist those still there. That was a clear violation of the law and the constitutional rights of those citizens, but no one was held accountable for these atrocious acts.
Exactly. Some people say that gun confiscation will never happen. WAKE UP, IT ALREADY HAS HAPPENED!
At that point they are the looters, and as we all know looters will be shot.
Not only will they take the guns, they will also obey stand down orders when the thugs run wild. I saw this first hand at a Trump rally in San Jose CA. Trump supporters were filing out of a convention center and being attacked by angry leftists. Police just stood by and watched. Antifa and BLM will burn loot and murder and the police will just stand there with their hands on their hips.
Some people can't wait their turn at the library or grocery store. My brief experience working at a liquor store convinced me some people don't care who gets
hurt, including their children. It is hard to deal with unstable people at the best of times. Tina
I worked in Pizza Delivery people will kill you for 10 dollars worth of food in good times.
Remember the junkie needing the fix... no offense intended. How do we have each other’s backs against that insanity?
Dont go to work if its a threat period, learn to shot and mean it, booze dogs not needed in shtf
@@greyfox79007 Pizza Delivery people should get hazard pay.
Remember their faces for SHTF. to avoid them or take em out.
Sometimes it pays to be prepared for the unprepared. But at the same time, you don't have to give anything to anyone. Stay safe and stay prepared out there guys.
Agreed, don't be a doormat, but don't be evil to people either.
By God, they had better bring something more than a big mouth and an empty belly!
@@sarahshowalter9539 100% agreed, gotta be able to pull some weight lol
@@sarahshowalter9539 fully agree! A hand up yes, a hand out heck no!
if you have enough for one, you better have enough for all. You see it in classrooms when someone takes out gum-everyone feels entitled to a piece. Then they tell their friends where they got the gum and THEY come asking for gum . Soon enough you run out.
The TP shortage taught me that those of us that had built a supply for hard times were targeted by the media as "hoarders". You can bet they will do the same with food and anything else they need. Be discrete about what you have stored away.
First thing to happen will be the media blaming the preppers for "hoarding" and causing the shortages. The unprepared will then accept that as gospel and feel no guilt for becoming crazed homicidal lunatics, rather than face their own cowardice for not preparing.
I am always stocked with Items I know will be used and have no expiration date. That was even before the TP period.
I will hoard for me and my family. We all have the ability to do it. We can all start now. It doesn't matter what you call me, because when you starve, I will survive. If you think you can come and take what I have, you won't have to worry about starving, but not because you got any food.
no one except my sister knows what I have stored in my own home. Even she does know about it all. As I have more things stored at another undisclosed location. A “break away from society” mini hoard.
@@DoubleplusUngoodthinkful Hoarding is collecting/storing stuff that has no value to your safety or survival. Prepping is collecting and storing items that will keep you safe and feed you and yours. ie, stacks of magazines and dog toys is hoarding, stacks of pasta and beans is prepping.
One thing that I see often overlooked in these discussions is the variable of how healthy and physically capable a person is. It would take quite a overwhelming level of exigent fear - massive fires come to mind - to push me to bugout. And I have prepped accordingly. The problem is I am old. I have significant health concerns. And series of vertebrae and spinal injuries that have left me with reduced mobility. If I was in my 20s and in peak health, but bugout ceiling might be pretty low. I have done some mitigation by coordinating with people - trustworthy friends and coworkers - in my area and we have put together a multisystemic response plan for a variety of SHTF scenarios. Of course, knowledge is power, so I am always pleased to learn more.
My wife and I are also way past the age where we could survive if we bugged out. Our plan is to prepare and shelter in place if at all possible. If it doesn't work, then I'll take as many of them with us as I can.
ditto.
I'm in a similar position, and the main thought to keep to the front of mind: The older you get the less consequences matter! Mind you, being in Australia provides huge benefits/opportunities not available elsewhere. (But the digital world is closing those gaps quickly.)
A sensible woman! (and, don't tell me!, an american to boot!). WHAT IS the world coming to?? 🤨
I wish more people were generally prepared for emergencies.
People mock preppers for being prepared. Preppers mock people for NOT being prepared. Preppers will get the last laugh.
@@oscargrouch7962 I know you're right. It just breaks my heart though. Honestly, I never understood why people mock, or why they don't see the wisdom of being ready for disasters.
To heck with emergencies, many people can't handle even minor discomforts and inconveniences. They'll be at your door when they run out of potato chips.
I agree! Some basic supplies for everyday emergencies that happen, would go a long way.
@@cindyshome32 and more than a week's worth of food on hand. People depend on grocery stores waaaay too much! 😕
Hurricane catrina had people doing crazy things. There was a dude who used a walkie talkie to reach out to some rescuers and claimed he had a family stuck in his house. In reality he was planning a ambush on the rescue personnel because he wanted the boat and the gear. The thing is the people who were acting as rescue personnel were part of a local militia. So when they arrived he just opened fire at the men with a handgun and they fired back with long guns. The thing is this kinda stuff happened more than you would think. You are directly responsible for your own security. I know that a lot of the "preppers" sound crazy because of their obsession with being able to inact violence. But if you are not able to defend yourself then the truth is you're likely going to be the victim of someone who truly doesn't care about the mortality of what they are doing.
You misspelled "morality".
@@donberry6079 ok
But ALWAYS remember that 'morality' is a transient and subjective thing. It's another of those artificial creations of our species: Well-intentioned but actually a perversion of Nature. Survival of your genetic material is all that matters.
Don berry 😢 😭 😢 sad dude.
Anyways OP you are right. Most are peaceful at heart, we surround ourselves with loving and caring people and they look at you like you’re the unstable one for thinking outside the box. I hope I never need to use the equipment but… I’d rather be thought of as a Burt Gummer rather than letting those close to me perish because of my inability to defend my lot.
I saw that movie, Resident Evil. Stop with the BS stories.
Here in Utah we have all been warned to keep at least a years supply of food and water, medicine and fuel if possible. We also believe in lots of guns and lots of ammunition. In small disasters we always come together to help each other out. We haven’t really had a big one yet. Most people I know have the same attitude: ask for help and you’ll get it. Try to take it without permission and get shot. The beauty is that if the majority of people in a community are prepared then you don’t have to hide your preps and try to act in stealth. I recommend that you motivate your neighbors to prepare so that you can help and support each other instead of worrying about stealing from each other.
Yep. Mormons 👍
Yes! Momons!
Amen! If it truly is a SHTF situation, we need to realize that how we act will set the stage for the society to come. Do we want a Mad Max, 'every man for himself' type situation? Or do we want one where everyone is helping everyone else? Some people get too much into protecting what's 'theirs,' and won't even consider a situation where they're helping others. Sad! 😢
We don't want to have to hurt anyone BUT your situation is better because IF you have to defend yourself the community will be with you, I fear where I am the locals will paint a picture like mentioned above where they call you a hoarder to paint you as the villain.
@@bailey9r people are always emboldened when they in a group or mob. The individual risk is low. You have to raise the stakes. Those who would come against you need to know or believe that, while the mob may prevail, they personally will die. If they each believe this then there is no mob.
The reason so many stayed behind in New Orleans for Katrina was that government welfare checks were due to arrive in their mail boxes in a couple of days. Katrina hit New Orleans on the 29th of August.
That’s a bit sad
Not trying to laugh but, 😂😂😂
I was in a hit and run accident last week. My insurance agent said hit and run accidents are what he is hearing about all the time now. I pointed out to my kids that social norms, courtesy and taking responsibility, are what disappear when times get tough. This is a very timely video.
Sounds like everyday driving in Los Angeles. People feel entitled to drive recklessly.
Actually, you should be impressing upon your kids that those 'social norms' are artificial dictates that are quite unnatural and designed to make management/control of people simpler for those who have grabbed 'authority'. Golden Rule: If a thing is 'the norm' ALWAYS, as a matter of principle, find an alternative.
One year later, it's even worse. In the event of a major SHTF event, I think there'll be blood in the streets within 24 hours.
Much of that problem is due to illegals with no insurance.
Times are not tough yet in America, but society is still breaking down. They have rejected God and all morality too, and we are reaping the consequences of sin.
Law enforcement unlawfully taking weapons disarming citizens really upset me. I would have died defending my rights. Sucks to think about.
Lest we forget, looting also depends a lot on your area's demographics. I, myself, experienced the 15 minute tornado that hit Sanford, Florida in 1982 I think it was. And brother, you should have seen it start. My husband and I had to go to work in shifts every other day, with one of us always guarding the house armed, because the windows were broken out. The fights at the grocery store parking lots, etc. etc. etc. 'Nuff said.
Wow. You loot..we shoot.
Greetings from Central Florida. - Yeah that's why I stay out of Sanford at night, even today.
Agree, demographics are a huge factor. The more dense the population, the more they rely on daily stocking of the shelves and lack great stocks of inventory, the more chaos and violence will occur as shelves quickly become bare. Also those in dense population areas also likely live in smaller residences (apartments, condo's) where they can only store and prep so much, and where something like a fire could force you out. If you live in the county outside the city there is more opportunity to bug in, more people prepared with chickens, gardens and such, less likelihood of people venturing out to loot and commit violence.
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If anything has taught us anything at all, when SHTF, all rules will get thrown out the window. Watch any zombie, p.a. and worst case scenario movie. When Covid-19 hit, I was un-employed for 2 months, but I had bought stuff to survive, BUT my neighbors did not, they lost their cars and home due to non-payment. Felt bad for them, I helped them out the best I could, they moved on, have not seen them since then.
The Purge movie!
Only those who have encountered starvation can understand the kinds of thoughts that come to you. Morals are a luxury supported by societal cohesion. Once resources become strained we prioritize the survival of ourselves and our immediate family/ peer group.
Phycologie one 0 one....
And their problem becomes your problem.
Hunger makes the best spice !
Morals are a Luxury , supported by Societal Cohesion ..
Truer words have never been spoken. Well Done !
Prep your family as best you can , learn skills, Stay Informed,,, and be armed !
from ever increasingly Communistic CANADA
Regardless, I will never rob a neighbor personally, but it does show that parents will become the most dangerous because they will use the excuse they need to feed their kid. Anyone shows up and I will say you should have had 3 months of food ready so take off or die. "I cannot afford that" - well use a credit card. It's not THAT much and will actually SAVE you money because food prices always go up. Canned goods are good for 5-7 years and some prepper dried food for 25 years. No excuse. Skip the lattes and stock up NOW.
I dont trust anyone anymore other than my own family. I'm ready.
@@traingear9578 I agree. I trust my family up to a point. They do not share my political views.
It's funny how the family falls by the wayside as well
@@sitdowndogbreath The vackseen and shame masks prove your point.
@@victoreous626 I have to disagree with that on principle alone
@@sitdowndogbreath prove
your point
I just went through hurricane Ida... my home town was destroyed... we were the strike area for the highest impact. After the hurricane there is a period where the law enforcement and emergency responders had to adjust their game plan to meet the needs of the people in their area and the unexpected things that came up ,like that the roofing tiles with their nails sticking out took out all the tires and there was a shortage of tires as a result of the squad cars needing to have their tires replaced or repaired. The looters that were caught faced a 1 million dollar bond to get out of jail. The looters took advantage of the crippled law enforcement in the time right after the hurricane and before the roads were passable to bring in additional forces. 2 of our main hospitals were forced to limit their er because their generators didn't all come on like they should have. The grid was down, so the banking system, internet and other ways we communicate or pay for things was down. This meant that panic set in when people who were in destroyed homes had no clue what was being done to help them because there was no way to find out. The radio stations were all reporting on their own damages, not ours... our stations were down with the grid. The roads leading to our area were shut down... so for a time no supplies were coming in... no fuel , no food, no help. When you lay this on top of the huge group of newly homeless people... it got serious very fast. We were essentially cut off from everyone else with the help that would come trying to figure out a way to even reach us. So... I say all of this to drive home the point that it can go very bad... very fast... and as ready as you think you are, you will still have your world rocked hard. Like for example what if something like this happened and all of your prep items were destroyed or became unreachable. So.. build resources in your head too..like ways to survive from nothing. Start with reaching out to God... your first resource for prepping.
God??? D'you mean the mongrel who made it all happen?
If God was real then prepping wouldn't be needed😊
@@adriansolomon6805 You don't believe in God, then how can you determine what he would or wouldn't do.
How to stop a looter or a bunch of looters...HOT LEAD. When a few go down, the rest find somewhere else to go.
With channels like this... more and more people will be prepared and we will be able to recognize who is on your level with out speaking...
I agree 100%...
It’s shocking how many people believe that the government (federal, state, and local) should, and will, feed them. They honestly take no responsibility for themselves and their families.
@@TXTeacher1111 very true, smh
Sadly, I disagree. The danger comes not from other preppers but from the non-preppers.
So many aren't even beginning to prep, they will just target those of us who have.
Get ready to fight for your lives, People!!
@@dandycat2204 As always, the WORST threats/risks will come from the 'Official Authorities'. THEIR depredations will be 'justified', and hence more flagrantly/self-righteously applied/enforced. I don't understand why people accept the bullshit, and even support it via voting and paying taxes. Too stupid for words!
I imagine that in the day of Noah, the scoffers realized once the flood waters began their was great panic and tried to get on the arc at no avail.
@Ziplokk Right, in the pouring rain. Yeah, that should work. Idiots.....
@Ziplokk Sounds like a fair response!
@@dabbbles Yes, but then Noah would be packing.
Yeah, in the days of Noah, when suddenly none of the fishermen had boats anymore ...
I asked my university class in japan once to write a process essay that outlined the steps to prepare for an earthquake. Nearly all of them mentioned 'pack a weapon' after food and water.
I was a scout for 13 years. Cub 4 years and boy scout for the remainder. My life has been built on the foundation of being prepared and i often think about those who are inept at surviving without luxuries.
Civilization is truly a thin veneer... Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
An anthropology professor at a nearby college likes to say: "Man has not stepped far from the cave."
Self Actualization will take on a different meaning when the SHTF. 😆
It's sad, but the social norms are already falling apart :(
I've asked a lot of preppers this: What to do about outside lights after shtf. In a grid down, shtf situation, do you want people to see light at your house at night or should you cover up every bit of it?
Switch it off at the mains. but keep spotlights on the flick of a switch. I strongly favour planting bombs, even under the front step, all controlled by your mobile phone or whatever.
Oh good God yes. You should have seen it in VA not 24 hrs after the Colonial pipeline shut down. People were beating the shit out of each other at the pump.
Lol, good thing I have a Tesla.
Don't get me wrong i got a Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4 diesel ready to get the F out off the city. And i always keep 25 gallons of diesel in Jerry cans with stabilizer and rotate them every 3 months.
Sad but true. I live in nova and saw people fist fighting for spots at a gas pump like savages.
you're kidding!? any reports in the news about it? could you throw us a link, if you have one?
I like watching preping videos even after preping all my life, it makes the thousands I spend on preps feel justified.
Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
Get prepared now. There is not much time left. You won't be able to call 911 for help.
@@lindalund822 I have many shelf stable microwave meals that will store up to 3 years & I rotate them, replace as I eat them.
Noah undoubtedly faced many mockers for a long time and then it started to rain
@@josephwright5921 He did, I read it. He was a drunk for some time prior & that didn't help when he tried to warn them, because of you know, image.
I must have a different outlook than most people. I would starve before I stole from someone else. If I took their food, that would place them in the position of starving. I can't justify that. That's why I'm well prepared. I'm also ready to defend my foresight and hard work by any means necessary.
Seems funny that you wouldn’t steal but you would kill.
@@carolynsteele5116 I'm being objective. If I was trying to take food out of a family's mouth, I would expect to be fed to the hogs. I would treat a thief with the same courtesy. There's nothing worse than somebody who takes what you work for.
I agree with you. If a thief enters my home, I’d be prepared to shoot. If I stole from someone, I should expect the same. People need to learn other methods of obtaining food rather than just stealing. Prepping isn’t just buying canned foods, it’s also gardening, stocking up on seeds, learning how to hunt (in ways that don’t require utilizing all your ammo). Etc. Understand the human body. Types of medicinal plants in the area.
If you are relying on stores, then you are putting yourself in a position to lose your morality. And that’s worse than an unprepared individual.
Stealing and killing are both terrible, however think what you would do if a catastrophe destroyed all your preps and you were left with nothing to feed your loved ones. I myself would barter or whatever I could to obtain food, however I’d resort to stealing rather than watch children starve.
@@carolynsteele5116 that's how the LORD knows your heart! TRUST HIM!
The most prepared people are those that fast frequently and for several days. This addiction to food we are trapped into is our main problem. For the last 10 years, “they” made sure we became addicted to food, so that when dark times come the insanity gets beyond imagination.
Totally agree. I've fasted, dry-fasted, intermittent-fasted, and do just fine on one meal a day. Have learned what I thought was hunger was actually habit/addiction/emotional comfort.
I only have a $40 Grocery budget each month so it is protein in the am, greens at lunch and carbs at night. Works great if you know how to do it.
Oh yeah, it was a conspiracy to get people to EAT. Not, you know, normal civilization for the last 6,000 years.
😮😮😮good to know that you don't need to eat. Good luck with that
I always hide cash in my Bible. These days its the safest place.
Hide it where the verse has the Lord say:"You cannot serve the Lord and money"? From the look of our societies...no one ever looks there anymore! And they wonder why they die! My people die "For lack of knowledge".
Or where Jesus says: "Store not up your riches where moth and rust [and looters, scammers, muggers] corrupt.
I live in a pretty rural area. Crime is on the rise here. It is likely to only get worse.
Desperate people do desperate things.
@@MyButtercup I agree, I won't likely be going to town again unarmed. In the past I rarely carried because the small town always felt safe. It's starting to have a different feel to it.
We were military, my husband recently retired and we decided Alaska is, at this time, the best place to be. Because rural in the lower 48 isn’t far enough away from people if shtf.
@@michellesimmons3150 we had thought about moving to Alaska, but we are moving into a Grand Solar Minimum ie.... mini ice age at minimum. It's very possibly a full blown ice age. So we decided that's is not likely the the best place for us.
@Alex El Baconator there are a few of those types around, but they haven't gotten stupid yet. On two different occasions in two different towns they tried to have protests in the area. The first time the Sheriff's office put out the word that they had Intel that a few bus loads were showing up, and that they needed help to control the situation. The small town just about doubled in size and looked like an occupying army had arrived. The commies sent in their scouts and left pretty quickly. The second one ended about the same.
Now is the time to buy a paper atlas, state maps. Ive stocked up on them
Great point
I got a bunch of maps at AAA.
One Second After by Forstchen is mandatory reading IMO. Book about a small North Carolina town after America gets hit by three EMP attacks, that destroys all electronics.
Watch what happens to Bitcoin after an EMP attack. All digital currency will vaporize.
Ya that town, Ashville, is a mecca for the useful idiots now. It wouldn't fair well now. LOL
@@TNRonin I live in Asheville, former military and my wife and I are prepared. We aren't alone. All kinds of people live here.
@@j.w.matney8390 good luck, sadly we shall see.
@@michaelcurl9817 an EMP isnt necessarily an attack, its more likely to be a natural event caused by solar flares.
Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts.
St. Thomas Aquinas
Hunger and wanting will destroy Societal norms and morals.
What morals?
@@cockroach7038 pretty much.... this nation is already lost. It's best to prepare for the inevitable conflict and to survive with like minded people for a better future after the fact rather than protect what we have now.
Thank you for being in a state of balance, unbiased, and factual. Information is power and power is being informed.
As a stay-at-home mom, I watched Hurricane Katrina unfold hour by hour, and the lack response by the government, and complete ineptitude, was shocking to say the least. Society broke down fast. I saw stories of many heroes, also. Average citizens doing what they could to help their fellow man. We need each other. We also need Jesus, as these are the last days.
I've lived in Florida and the Caribbean. If you've ever seen how people act during a hurricane "watch", you KNOW how society will act in a REAL SHTF event. It won't be pretty.
We can prep for and speculate all day long on what shtf will be like but it’s completely unpredictable.
I prepare for the worst and pray for the best. Jesus will protect those who help them.
And The Sun says Hello after 12,000 yrs.
It's crazy to think of how many people are so ill prepared including myself... A lot of us will have to act in the spur of the moment. Kill or be killed in worst case scenarios.. The name of the game has always been survival, good luck to us all! we will need it.
This is the reason my family and I relocated to a safe and secure area on the Oregon Coast. Take Care everyone
You live above California, you're not safe
We found if our fire stations were opened for our family to stay in, everyone showed up to work. Food, water, medical care, safety, and so on, was there. If we were the station we were open for duty, at time and a half pay, if course. So, we would be able to staff two and three times the equipment normally expected, which as good for the emergency.
I think it’s always best to know your area, know the political and social climate of said area and maintain a state of constant readiness. Great video! 👍🏼🤠
Definitely do an area study ala Forward Observer style. 💪🏼
I was working on an ambulance after the Northridge quake. That morning I went in early because I knew things were bad. Then I came across the collapsed freeway only a few blocks from my station. I was dispatched to Northridge from South LA and helped to evacuate Northridge Hospital. The disaster became even more apparent. The Hispanic population filled the streets and the parks. I found out that was common in the m their home countries because the buildings and homes there were likely to collapse, so they got out from under roofs as quickly as possible. Tent cities spring up everywhere. We had several major aftershocks. Gas and water mains were on fire as the fuel and water mixed. We were then dispatched back to South LA and that’s where the fireworks were. Police were not escorting us yet. We responded to a car accident involving two opposing gangs (we found this out after we arrived). Bodies were lying all over the street as they got out and shot each other. The city was very dark that night. Gunshots rang out everywhere. It was very easy to see that this one disaster, and not the BIG ONE we’ve been told to expect, was already causing a breakdown of society. With more and more gangs, MS-13, Antifa, and others, I shudder to think about the next one.
Very thought-provoking post. Thank you. BTW, love your handle...lol. Epstein, anyone?
that sounds like a typical night in South LA, this was NOT the norm in the San Fernando Valley at all. I was there. Hispanos fill the parks because they live in multi level apartment complexes that arent generally as safe. What you said about the homes collapsing in their home countries isnt that true either.. Least for Mexico. Electricity was on in SLA also. smh
@@wojapi7538 Agreed. I have witnessed the exact opposite of what people in this post are talking about. Disasters bring people together and the few bad apples get weeded out fairly quickly by the majority law abiding citizens. Human beings are incredibly resilient and resourceful.
Spot on, we live i the boondocks, we live on a dead end road, already have plans to drop junk cars across road, river behind us, very close with Neighbor’s, have other families that are invited that have skills needed, doctor, veterinarian, veterans, I’m sure stuff would go wrong, but feels good to have a plan
Always, I turn to you for sane, sensible advice, especially on how to deal with insane situations! Thanks for sharing your experience & knowledge with us. You matter! 🍀
We've started prepping in silence now. I have warning, given tips, offered resources ect, but at the end of the day people do what they want to do. As far as they are concerned, we've stopped prepping and are using our preps now. We won't have anything left to give when they come asking. 🙃
That too! Thanks.
Why have you stopped prepping? There’s always something extra that can be added to preps!
@@cherylT321 From what I read, she hasn't stopped prepping. She is giving the illusion to others that she is eating her prepping supplies.
@@jbell430 Oh, that’s good since it seems people know what you do. I don’t talk about prepping to anyone, even family members. I just think it’s safer that way!
@@cherylT321 We didn't, we just tell others that now. We use to share all our resources, but quickly realized that people (family and friends) weren't taking us seriously. We started getting the whole "we'll just come to you". So we closed our mouths and now prep in silence. If asked, we tell them we're not anymore and are using what we have!
Only the Truly strong willed and completely self reliant will survive but even then it will be Nearly impossible. God Help us All ..
I have heard that God helps those that help themselves.
I can only hope that the end to this honestly-terrible and sadistic realm comes swiftly, and is at least mostly painless. (The following was written by only one user of this account.)
Depends what it is and how long. A few days? Weeks? Months? Years? Most will be dead in 6 months with no power. Hopefully won't happen but it best to prepare for at least a year.
growing up in a bad area taught me a great lesson. know when someone is being kind or setting you up.
Agree…
I believe that prepping and survival skills should be taught in school
My neighbour just spent 600$ on a control arm replacement for his car. When I told him I could have done it in my driveway for 200$ or both for 300$ he was livid. He didnt know what a control arm was, but it sounded complicated. I said, no, not really, they’re 2 or 3 bolts. Sometimes a pain in the but, but not complicated.
My point is, I agree. Basic car knowledge, home repair, hunting, gathering, sewing, cooking, and the like should be taught, in fact; I believe most of them _used_ to be taught.
To be completely honest, I think the removal of such courses in public schools was/is a long term effort to weaken western society as a whole into docile and dependent consumers.
@@dizimz when I was at school we had a farm "attached " to it ( I'm from a small rural village in north England )we learnt how to grow veg ,keep chickens, catch rabbits. I learned how to use a bow and arrow and set traps, plus how to skin and dispose of the entrails, now , in school, we learned cooking and sewing and carpentry. Nowadays the kids just learn about computers. Even basic reading and writing is done on a laptop. No wonder kids handwriting today is atrocious!! And if we all have to come off the grid what use is a computer. Our younger generation is seriously disadvantaged. It's like they want us to fail.
The schools don't teach survival skills because it's an antisocial act to believe society can not care for them. It's delusionary but true. It's admitting society can break down...they say society is God💫
@@josephpetrick3499 then I guess I'm an antisocial person😊!! But seriously, prepping/ survival skills is just common sense to me. Society breaks down all over the world all the time ,a stable country can become unstable in a very short space of time. I don't know how our governments expect us to believe we are going to be ok and looked after. I believe there's no help unless you help yourself.
@@lisajustvisiting9953 You're right, it's due to complacency and dettachment. People walk into the grocery store and see it's always fully stocked and therefore assume it always will be. Reality is (I worked at costco for years) these stores receive shipments daily. If all of a sudden the supply chain gets disrupted to a. given city, its citizens have 24 hours before crisis.
It's almost like people genuinely think that food teleports onto the shelves at Sobeys or costco. They dont recognize the logistics in supplying an entire city. This is why you have groups like "extinction rebellion" who sincerely believe that the ocean rising a couple feet in the next century will cause more death than a total societal collapse (which is basically what they want, to Shut down society) They're delusional.
The area you live in is also a good indicator of the way things will play out.
When the Dereche hit us, (mountains, Va/Wva/NC area, in 2011? 2012?) my husband, teen son, and I lived in an isolated county with a fairly small population. We were, at the time, in the "largest" town in the county. My husband was volunteer EMS (and from Alaska, where disasters tend to be different!).
When it hit, I was the only one of us who immediately recognized the serious danger we were in, and, thankfully, we managed to secure our animals & make it into the basement. To be honest, we weren't 100% sure the old building we rented an apartment in would survive, but the basement was the best option (and yes, I witnessed a tornado attempting to form... thankfully, it didn't hit us, but a large area of trees some miles away).
The aftermath:
No power. Most places also had no water. Cell reception was sketchy. My husband was gone 12-16 hours a day. It was hot, humid, and dumping rain for days.
I immediately donated food from the freezer to the local firehouse/rescue squad, as they set up a food kitchen (thanks to a generator!) to help the community. Red Cross showed up 3 or 4 days in.
Our community did great during this. No reports of civil unrest, etc.
However, the next county over had a larger town/small city. Day 1, opportunistic looting. Day 2: beginnings of desperation looting. Day 3: more looting, then the red cross showed up. I don't know how much longer looting occurred, but, from what I remember, it wasn't huge amounts (the one that made us laugh was looting of a dollar general... stuff they had outside at thetime of the storm, like, kids plastic chairs, pool toys, yard ornaments, etc.). IIRC, NO STORES were actually broken into. It was stuff outside, or in dumpsters.
The small/medium city about an hour later also faired ok. There may have been some stores broken into, but they would have been very few in number.
Did this give me a sense of complacency? NO.
Until thatstorm, my husband couldn't understand my driving need to keep a stockpile of non-perishables, easy-prep foods available, as well as water. Now, he's fully on board. My son, while traumatized by the storm, has also taken "be prepared" to heart, and now lives in a remote area on several acres, and is doing well.
We moved out of the area we had been in, but are still only a few hours away. We're about 15 minutes drive from a small city, but secluded.
While we are nowhere near ready for an ongoing disaster (as in one that lasts 3+ months - mainmy due to my health needs), we do what we can, as we can, to be prepared. The epidemic has been a bit of a blip on our preps, and we've had, at times, had to lean into our backups to get through. One particularly rough day, my husband was stressing over things, and I smiled and reminded him... we are sitting better than a lot of people right now, thanks to beans, rice, and canned goods. He blinked, thought about it, and smiled. I watched the tension ease from him as he realized... we could get through this, as long as we were careful, utilized resources appropriately, and were vigilant about our health, activities, and security.
All this to say... prep for "what if?" and hope you never have to rely 100% on your preps, but if you ever do... be grateful you thought about and planned for such a time in your life.
People need to become more self reliant in any way they can. Wake up world, it won't be a trial run. It's about to get real?
@@makafindcindy116 then almost everyone will be dead anyway.
It is refreshing to hear someone from the prepping community speak intelligently about what happened during Hurricane Katrina. I’m so used to the opposite. Thank you.
There was a small book. Those in the SuperDome were treated horribly. There was crime. Violence and rape. Sewers overflowed. Police committed crimes. You need to find this book written by a reporter who researched the events.
@@jimcalifwin3760 Sounds like a normal day
My wife and I moved to the high desert. It’s over 3.5 hours by car to the nearest city. We discreetly prep a little each month.
From my experience of 2013 Haiyan, your description of post disaster behaviors are pretty on point.
Just a year and a half ago I would have said this stuff was nuts
For some of my neighbors, fortunately, I think I have a pretty good idea of who they are right now and how they’d react in a SHTF situation. They’ve pretty much come out and told me. Some have already expressed their racism, their need or want for codependency and 1 guy has shown me that he’s stupid, because he thinks I am. That he wants “in” to my apartment and that he’s hoping that I have to travel. Told me he knows how to pick locks and the police station is moments away, other than the fact that I have had security measures installed for years, although I’m in the midst of improving them further.
Sometimes, it’s simply a situation of, as Maya Angelou said, “When a person tells you who they are, believe them the first time.” So, you’ll have to consider that what you’d see of a person, if SHTF, might be a way darker version, than what you’ve already seen.
For the remaining people in your neighborhood, you simply don’t know them anymore than you do someone living on the other side of the country. The only thing I’ve been able to gather, with the minimal food shortages in my area, which I don’t feel have created any amount of worry or desperation, is that most people here are simply unprepared. So, one of the reasons why I prepare, is because, if everyone wakes up and is in a panic here, I don’t wish to be a part of the stampede that will ensue.
You must live in one rough neighborhood.
Donald Atkinson actually, I live in a pretty decent neighborhood with very pricey homes within walking distance. It’s actually beautiful here. But, it is the suburbs and, from what I’ve seen, that may come with some feelings of entitlement, that shall be unrequited, as far as I’m concerned.
I'm about to install some 9 inch screws and fresh base plates in my doors after reading this.
007 Rome you should. I just picked up the tools I needed, to install a Nightlock for my back door and I might install a door club, for the front door.
I could be wrong but, some experiences have taught me some things over time here, as a long time resident. That I know that management is to stupid to lock basement doors, and thus, access to power to each apartment. So, my sensors and cameras, unless I put them on solar, won’t mean anything, to a guy who works as an electrician, who’s got his eye on getting into my apartment.
Maybe when you live in the suburbs, you learn the difference between nice and nosey and nosey is rarely for the purpose of being nice and helpful.
@Private Private Looks can be deceiving... pricey doesn’t mean smart... it might mean mortgaged to the hilt and barely scraping by...I appreciate your thoughtful comment, but I am afraid your cameras and other security measures might have made you more of a target than safe, my friend. Most people don’t loot or rob places that look like they have nothing...they go for the rich looking... please be safe...it is a battle of pure evil we face...
48 hours in with no water or food, power out, etc., and the unprepared will be more dangerous than any Zombie movie ever made.
I live in Detroit, have lived here All My Life, "Except for the 12 Years I spent in the Marine Corps", All My Kids and Grandkids live in the Suburbs and are All Professionals or Business Owners and they ALL Say that if SHTF, they are Boarding Up their Houses and Coming to MY House to Stay because they would NOT Feel Safer Anywhere Else, they call My house, "The Compound" because I am Always Prepared for the WORST, All My Neighbors are Homeowners and We have Known each other for Decades and Look Out for Our Neighborhood and Each Other!
Get out of Detroit now!
Sad but true. I told my kids...you have a few hours to get things together and get out to our house.
You should have a to go bag for each family member!
@@cherylT321 agree. my husband and I do. Our son does but my daughter keeps putting it off. I bought her a start.
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Get out of your house?
@@pablitoperez9109 no get out of town to our house.
Back in 2009
Kentucky was hit by a major Ice storm that took out our grid for 8 days. Some 3 days. I been prepping sense the late 80s before it became popular. We were the only ones in the neighborhood that had lights on waching DVD movies and eating 3 hot meals a day with a few snacks on the side. Everyone else had to leave and go stay with family members or hotels. 2009 I meant LOL
2099?
You mean 2019?
@@carolynsteele5116 no he's from the future
Lmao 2009
@@carolynsteele5116 2009
Cop here in New Orleans thanks for the video man I was a kid during Katrina.. its crazy majority of people do not prepare here.... even after this.
You can tell your situation rather if it's good or bad on what happens at night
I have not forgotten this story a mechanic told me and my wife last year, when the pandemic was leading to food shortages: in the grocery store, a woman took a pack of pork chops from his shopping basket. If you say “It’s just pork chops so what” you really don’t get it.
I understand. People looked longingly at my last package of toilet paper during the cvid shortage. I watched it closely as I could read their faces and thoughts of taking it out of my basket. I usually took a family member to the store to keep watch while I shopped.
I totally get it.
This is why good marksmanship is needed.
And a reliable rifle and good scope
@@paulvonauch9419 Most important is to have the courage, at the time you are staring at your neighbor's desperate face in your scope, to curl your finger to release the firing pin.
@@poppasan1873 You better hope that it really has hit the fan, otherwise you’ll be up on a murder charge when things calm down.
@@Tailspin80 I was just trying to point out it is easy to bluster and say one will do this or that but it is how you act when the chips are down that will matter. I don't know what I will do at that time until it {hopefully never} happens.
@@poppasan1873 I’d rather live in a country like the U.K. where the general population are not armed to the teeth. Everyone in the US seems primed for an all out bloodbath if things get tricky.
thank you very much for these videos. Your knowledge is very fast and concise.
A civil society is always one step away from barbarism. It's easy to be civil when all is well and going smoothly , the real test is when it isn't due to some prolonged major disaster. Thank you for all your great videos that help to warn and prepare us. God bless!
You did not mention the most difficult situation you will face. This is when you MUST shoot someone down to stop them from victimizing you and your family. If you hesitate even a second it can mean all is lost, no matter how "prepped" you are!
Vicksburg Mississippi during the Civil War is a good example. History is a good tool to prepare for tomorrow.
I live in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Lots of history for sure.
Is that when they ate the horses?
In the end family is all you got , strangers will be the biggest enemy even over the disaster.