have bought over 5 years worth of M.R.E.'s and stored them in the underground fallout shelter i made, plus i have tons of survival gear hidden in secret caches in different secure area's just in case i need emergency back ups for whatever situation should befall me, i put two underground concrete water tanks in with my fallout shelter, one is a water storage tank and the other is for gray water, i based my shelter on Utah shelter systems(tm) but i have done a few things differnt so as not to incur there wrath, people that know me say i'm going overboard this survival phase they call it, but i would rather be overprepared than underprepared. I'm at over 1000 feet above sea level, and i do have an air lock in the decon room. I don't have guns in my shelter either but that doesn't mean i can protect myself, i like big game hunting with a good bow and arrow rather than a loud rifle, cross bows and bow and arrows are good enough for me.
2007-01-07 21:33:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I would join up but i have medical problems that preclude my from joining, other wise i would jump at the chance.
2007-01-07 21:39:07 · update #1
M.R.E.'s have a self life longer than than canned goods from the store because they are designed that way, the food you buy in the stores won't last as long, M.R.E.'s have a shelf life of around 10 years and canned food from the stores might last only 3 maybe 4 with out self contaminating it's self from the food inside breaking down and causing rust and peeling of internal layers of protection, canned foods from home are more resistant to this problem because most of the canned goods canned at home sealed in glass rather than metal and even then there only good for maybe 6 or 7 years depending on what was canned.
2007-01-07 21:58:01 · update #2
You're not crazy for preparing for the worst, though I'm not sure how bad I would want to survive if "the worst" were to happen.
Good luck, and all contingencies should include a loud rifle and a hand gun.
2007-01-07 23:05:48 · answer #1 · answered by Justin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Considering that the only reason you would need to use all that is because the world has gone to pot. I think you should be asking yourself why you would want to live in a place like that.
Besides, I don't think eating MRE's for that long is going to be very good on your system. You do know that canned goods are much more resistant to contamination and have a longer shelf life don't you?
If you spend your entire life preparing for something that has a 1 in a million chance of happening, you are going to miss out on some wonderful experiances and the life that you will possibly preserve will be one that is without real meaning.
2007-01-07 21:46:21 · answer #2 · answered by flyboymb 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't forget to rotate your stocks, say 1 yr worth of chow at a time. Your biggest screw up is letting anyone know what you have. If the poop hits the fan, all those leeches will be there in a flash to eat your chow. Immediately, act like you gave it all up, stay under the radar, and get a few decent guns. Shotgun for close work a 22 for small game and a 308 for reaching out and touching others.
2007-01-08 00:03:15 · answer #3 · answered by netnazivictim 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Years ago, sitting on the Officer's beach at Camp LeJune, I was bemoaning the fact that I had left my 357 Magnum at home prior to the trip to visit my friend, a Major in the Marines.
I explained that the hassles of being stopped and posessing a "concealed weapon" weren't worth it. Another Major sharing a few beers with us looked at me and said " what about the hassle of needing the gun and NOT having it?"
As the Boy Scouts say "Be Prepared".
Only you can decide if you have gone too far.
2007-01-07 21:47:00 · answer #4 · answered by jetero41 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i think of you're ok arranged. They scoffed at Noah whilst he outfitted the Ark, suited? how many others would be becoming to be a member of you throughout this guard? How long do you intend to stay underground? a minimum of you will out-stay maximum folk by technique of numerous years, yet once you step out of your guard, you won't prefer to be a survivalist. i'm afraid our environment will undergo a nuclear ice age, the ozone would be depleted, & maximum residing issues would be ineffective, apart from roaches and maximum in all probability rats and different vermine. i don't fault you on your preparedhness, yet i think of i might somewhat not be between the survivalists. the only section interior the international we could see as a nuclear-desert may be in Chernoble, Russia (spelling?). no person is yet residing in that section after nuclear an infection. How long has that been? two decades?
2016-12-15 18:36:57 · answer #5 · answered by shery 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your "Friends" will be the first to be knocking on your door if the S##T hits the fan. I wish I had the extra money to do what you have done. My family are survivors though, and I thought the better Idea is to keep the camper fully sticked and hightail it out to my old deer hunting woods if the crap ever comes down. I think you are not weird by prepared. Good Luck to you!
2007-01-07 22:23:45 · answer #6 · answered by SGT. D 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Id say youre a little overboard with it all. But you know once a catastrophe happens, youll be ready. If not, oh well.
2007-01-07 21:38:08 · answer #7 · answered by cmil8 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Good job,but kind of selfish without a female.Do you expect to steal one or mate with whatever dead animals you can find?
2007-01-07 21:45:08 · answer #8 · answered by stratoframe 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah, its a little much. but you dont live to please anyone but yourself. if it makes you happy and you feel its the right thing to do, then do it all you want.
but tell them youd rather be prepared and alive than dead and not.
2007-01-07 21:46:34 · answer #9 · answered by onalaska_speedracer04 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. Happiness is a belt fed weapon.
2007-01-08 00:22:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋