How we would survive?And how long?

[MikePal]

I was into the prepping thing back in the 80's, man almost 40 yrs ago. We had a plan, a small community of like minded military guys that knew how to survive, evade and execute a plan. It was a fun diversion, but as it turns out, not once in the past 40 yrs have we had an occurrence for us to activate the plan. I wonder how our food stuffs held up all this time ...almost worth a trip back to Victoria to check it out. HaHa.

[greatwhite]

You still have 40 year old food stuffs stashed away someplace in Victoria?

I was into the prepping thing back in the 80's, man almost 40 yrs ago. We had a plan, a small community of like minded military guys that knew how to survive, evade and execute a plan. It was a fun diversion, but as it turns out, not once in the past 40 yrs have we had an occurrence for us to activate the plan. I wonder how our food stuffs held up all this time ...almost worth a trip back to Victoria to check it out. HaHa.

[Bushmoose]

Remember the power outage in 2003? After the first 3 days,people were almost going berserk when they couldn't cook,access bank accounts,stores and gas stations were "cash only". It got fugly quick. Luckily,power restored after the 5th day or society would have been right off the rails.

And that was only a small area of NA, albeit, a lot of people, but a drop in the bucket of the entire North American grid. A lot of folks laugh and mock about prepping, but I doubt they were chuckling to much this past March and April when some of the store shelves were empty?

[greatwhite]

I got a week off with Pay from JDS Uniphase.

But the Ice storm of 1998 was better I made a bunch of money on the side removing trees.

Remember the power outage in 2003? After the first 3 days,people were almost going berserk when they couldn't cook,access bank accounts,stores and gas stations were "cash only". It got fugly quick. Luckily,power restored after the 5th day or society would have been right off the rails.

[MikePal]

You still have 40 year old food stuffs stashed away someplace in Victoria?

Who knows ..they were case lots of Military MREs...I don't know if they have a best before date HaHa..

[MikePal]

I got a week off with Pay from JDS Uniphase.

But the Ice storm of 1998 was better I made a bunch of money on the side removing trees.

Yes the Ice Storm was a good test. We had a 'working' farm then and were out of power for 21 days. No power on a farm means no water and animals have to be watered.

It was actually a good time to shake out the concept of self sufficiency. We didn't have a genny then so it was Napha lanterns and cook stoves....reminded me of a Wainwright RV ..6 weeks in the bush with the infantry. HaHa..

[Sharon]

MikePal

And the generation before us went through WW2. My Dad was overseas 6 years from 1939- 1945.... sleeping in the ground not sure when the next meal would arrive let alone medics. Whenever I get tense about the pandemic I remember that .

[MikePal]

MikePal

And the generation before us went through WW2. My Dad was overseas 6 years from 1939- 1945.... sleeping in the ground not sure when the next meal would arrive let alone medics. Whenever I get tense about the pandemic I remember that .

Some people's parents on here lived thru the Great Depression Sharon...being homeless and only soup kitchens for a meal were common out west.

Big change since then eh...now when people loose their jobs and face some hardships, the Government sends them $2k a month.

[gbk]

line052-thank you for the DHS prediction,never seen one , it seems quite plausible what they list as outcome of a major event.
I do not have anything against preppers guys,just i do not see prepping helping me.So i hope never nothing nasty will happen.I have stuff for a month for off grid living,but that is not what i see makes a prepper a prepper.
Do not live close to defendable and remote enough place,do not own a remote place either,and i recon by the time i would make it somewhere reasonable ,it would be a NO GO,or the place would be full of others.This is the time i wish i live in Alaska,Yukon or such.........Guelph does not cut it,and while we are not Toronto,i can see around me 1.5 million like minded people trying to do something i am about to do,at the same time. Central-South Western Ontario is too small for 1.5 million people living rural lifestyle.
Then there is a MOB,i think anyone having anything reasonable to be attacked for ,will be attacked and killed for their possession within a month.Regardless where they will be at(unless Alaska,Yukon,etc).
Anyhow,i watched few preppers on Youtube(spendin time there as much as here-so my wife says)and while You guys recommend Canadian Prepper,he is likely the least respected by me(right or wrong).
I saw few of his videos,maybe i agreed with some of his ideas,but when he said to dress to survive in minus 40 or so only with a high tech(and pricey)underlayer AND a large (even pricier BRAND BRAND BRAND)huge gooose down over coat,i lost all my interest to watch him.No layering ,just 2 pieces of clothing..... .I sure hope people will not die due of his advice ...............
Thanx for the ideas.keep them coming.

[73hunter]

Remember the power outage in 2003? After the first 3 days,people were almost going berserk when they couldn't cook,access bank accounts,stores and gas stations were "cash only". It got fugly quick. Luckily,power restored after the 5th day or society would have been right off the rails.

I was living down in Woodstock at the time and had power back the same night. Moved east of the city in 2009 and heard that they were out of power here for 4 days - bought a small generator not long after that !