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How are you prepping for the failure to come
Yesterday at 4:59pm

Petroleum isn’t first on my list.

Indeed not even on my list. Once society completely collapsed no one is going to care if you can get to work or not.

I need to secure my home first.

That should always be your first priority!

Cash is number two.

Water is number three.

Food of the canned type should be procured.

Garbage bags ( talking from experience) a radio and battery powered backup.

Yes you might think it’s wonderful you have a diesel generator and loads of diesel stored but you fail to understand your just put a huge target on your family heads. Please refer to my first point.

If poo gets real and unfortunately I have experience.

Your “ community “ will break and only the strongest and very important you all understand this fact.

Youngest will take whatever you have and whatever you have they want.

I wonder if a preprogrammed nature thing that the youth will simply walk all over you once the authority are overwhelmed?

I prey Australia never experienced what I have seen.

Don’t believe anything your leaders are saying.

Act now to protect your families

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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 56166 Gender:	Re: How are you prepping for the failure to come Reply #1 - Yesterday at 5:06pm Nah. I'm a 'Day Ahead' (of America) Sahul-Australian. It's like a 'Get out of Gaol Free' card. It won't affect me, unlike you subservient 'Down Under' (for America) Aussies who rely and depend on 'that' world. You should have checked Trivago
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Reply #2 - Yesterday at 5:36pm

(Sarcasm mode: ON)

Come on, Dave.

Don't be so negative.

That would be so "un-Australian"and "not the Australian way". The pollies keep teling us that.

And, we believe them, don't we? Something like that could never happen here, could it?

People care about each other a lot - especially in times of crisis. Don't they? Oh, wait...

Carry on... (Sarcasm mode: OFF).

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Reply #3 - Yesterday at 5:37pm

Probably won't happen with the current fuel crisis as , even if supplies dropped globally 25% there would still be enough to prevent societal collapse .

Could well trigger a recession.

The recession we had to have.

I am fairly prepped for what I see as more likely .....a collapse of the banking, electricity or other critical infrastructure due to a cyber attack.

A fortnight of blackouts in big cities would create mayhem...

It is worth looking at the blackouts in NY in -1977.

The looting commenced within 1 hour.
3000 stored stripped.
1500 fires started
And that only lasted 24 hours.

I think big cities would descend into a law of he jungle within a day or two.

The current petrol crisis won't see that.
The cops , woolworhs delivery trucks will get fuel and people will behave.

But put everyone in the dark for a fortnight and urban folk would turn into animals

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Carl D Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10755 Rivervale, Perth Gender:	Re: How are you prepping for the failure to come Reply #4 - Yesterday at 5:42pm Better hope it doesn't come to that, eh, aqua? After all - how are the young going to flourish while the oldies are left to die (like you kept telling us you'd like to see happen when you went on about it 1,000 times in the Coronavirus section over the past few years)? Despicable stuff.
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Reply #5 - Yesterday at 6:20pm

Carl D wrote Yesterday at 5:42pm:

Better hope it doesn't come to that, eh, aqua?

After all - how are the young going to flourish while the oldies are left to die (like you kept telling us you'd like to see happen when you went on about it 1,000 times in the Coronavirus section over the past few years)?

Despicable stuff.

I would like there to be a meaningful future for the grandkids.
I find it hard to see what that will be due to the pace of technological change.

As for the old , they had a good run and I am not saddened by their departure.

If my 1 yo mini fox terrier died I would be sad.
If my 12 yo jack russell died I would not be sad but would reflect on all the adventures he had been on.

If you are old and have finished going on adventures and you are just lingering, then why would there be sorrow at such a departure.

If you have finished going on adventures, done all the things you wanted to do , then you should be at peace moving on.

I think old people who have an intense fear of death, probably never went on enough adventures

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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 9517	Re: How are you prepping for the failure to come Reply #6 - Yesterday at 6:58pm Prepping with a freeze dryer machine. Food lasts 25-30 years with 90% nutrients intact. Went past a u pick organic apples place today … there’s a good start
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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 118156 Melbourne Gender:	Re: How are you prepping for the failure to come Reply #7 - Yesterday at 7:02pm Buy a sack of rice and 4 bottles of light soy sauce. Also: Tinned food can last for 2 years.
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Reply #8 - Yesterday at 8:00pm

Jasin wrote Yesterday at 5:06pm:

Nah. I'm a 'Day Ahead' (of America) Sahul-Australian.
It's like a 'Get out of Gaol Free' card.
It won't affect me, unlike you subservient 'Down Under' (for America) Aussies
who rely and depend on 'that' world.

You should have checked Trivago Wink

Thanks, JaSin. Which country should we check Trivago in?

You haven't said.

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Reply #9 - Yesterday at 8:09pm

Sophia wrote Yesterday at 6:58pm:

Prepping with a freeze dryer machine. Food lasts 25-30 years with 90% nutrients intact.
Went past a u pick organic apples place today … there’s a good start

I prefer more traditional methods and make my own biltong, cold smoked meats, pickled veggies like my own sauerkraut and sun/air dry fruits.

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Reply #10 - Yesterday at 8:14pm

aquascoot wrote Yesterday at 6:20pm:

Carl D wrote Yesterday at 5:42pm:

Better hope it doesn't come to that, eh, aqua?

After all - how are the young going to flourish while the oldies are left to die (like you kept telling us you'd like to see happen when you went on about it 1,000 times in the Coronavirus section over the past few years)?

Despicable stuff.

I would like there to be a meaningful future for the grandkids.
I find it hard to see what that will be due to the pace of technological change.

As for the old , they had a good run and I am not saddened by their departure.

If my 1 yo mini fox terrier died I would be sad.
If my 12 yo jack russell died I would not be sad but would reflect on all the adventures he had been on.

If you are old and have finished going on adventures and you are just lingering, then why would there be sorrow at such a departure.

If you have finished going on adventures, done all the things you wanted to do , then you should be at peace moving on.

I think old people who have an intense fear of death, probably never went on enough adventures

Quite an adventure to be hunted down by the Boong.

Get him to kill off the nag too. As the Persians used to say, to be slain with one's family is like a feast.

He can wrap you up in bark and cook you in a pit fire.

Miam miam, no?

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tallowood Gold Member Offline Израиль Навсегда Posts: 7323 Gender:	Re: How are you prepping for the failure to come Reply #11 - Yesterday at 8:31pm We are lucky to live where we are. Recent natural disasters were good tests and have shown that our local community can be relied on in crisis times.
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Re: How are you prepping for the failure to come
Reply #12 - Yesterday at 8:38pm

tallowood wrote Yesterday at 8:31pm:

We are lucky to live where we are. Recent natural disasters were good tests and have shown that our local community can be relied on in crisis times.

I'd agree up until major city areas (e.g. Sydney/Melbourne CBD area). There is certainly a much different culture within a city area where people only care about themselves.

Would not shock me at all if CBDs turn into free-for-alls should anything major happen like long-term blackouts or more drastic supply shortages. Obviously hoping nothing happens at all.

Outside of the city, though, the community can generally be relied upon to remain civil and work together, for the most part.

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Reply #13 - Yesterday at 10:03pm

b4il3y wrote Yesterday at 8:38pm:

tallowood wrote Yesterday at 8:31pm:

We are lucky to live where we are. Recent natural disasters were good tests and have shown that our local community can be relied on in crisis times.

I'd agree up until major city areas (e.g. Sydney/Melbourne CBD area). There is certainly a much different culture within a city area where people only care about themselves.

Would not shock me at all if CBDs turn into free-for-alls should anything major happen like long-term blackouts or more drastic supply shortages. Obviously hoping nothing happens at all.

Outside of the city, though, the community can generally be relied upon to remain civil and work together, for the most part.

That very thing we spoke about recently with my son about stacking some cans, rice, pasta etc and we will be okay for awhile, he said, “…and you think it’s going to be safe if it gets to using reserves, rationing, and that others that didn’t do that, could break in and take what you have?”

Well that’s a point, desperate people will do desperate acts….

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tallowood wrote Yesterday at 8:09pm:

Sophia wrote Yesterday at 6:58pm:

Prepping with a freeze dryer machine. Food lasts 25-30 years with 90% nutrients intact.
Went past a u pick organic apples place today … there’s a good start

I prefer more traditional methods and make my own biltong, cold smoked meats, pickled veggies like my own sauerkraut and sun/air dry fruits.

Nice. I’ve got a dehydrater as well. And we’ve just as a family done passata sauce in beer bottles (or I would’ve been very annoyed if none had time to help out) … I kept saying it’s a passata party 🎉 Grin

It was good.

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