American truckers and their planned convoy hasn't even left the station yet. Already the word is that both TPTB, and the Antifatards, plan to fuck with the whole enterprise from the get-go.
They've already thrown barricades up around the Capitol and the White House, because shutting down D.C. like the three weeks Canadians shut down the Canuckistani capitol, could impact Gropey Dopey's SOTU speech, since he couldn't learn the words to it by the traditional January delivery date, which has been the rule since, oh...ever.
And Ukraine is now on DEFCON 2, and the only thing holding back Putin's dogs of war is last-minute marshalling of forces, and working out routes of advance across the country. Which will probably take a few hours, by all accounts, before the entire country falls. (Which should at least give our own intel and planning staff weenies a great view of Russian military operations and capabilities over the next few days to weeks.)
We've seen Russian hospitality in action multiple times, since 1945. Nobody does raping, pillaging, and consolidation purges, like they do.
Anyone there should GTFO, if they haven't already done so, as they should have back around New Years'.
What difference does that make to you, Joe Average, hereabouts?
Things Are Going To Get Worse In Every Way
Inflation.
Unemployment.
Unrest.
Govt. Overreach.
Crime.
General Stupidity.
1) Start stockpiling emergency cash, and Precious Metals. (Not. At. The. Bank!) (Gold and silver. Yes. Also Brass and Lead.)
2) Cut your expenses and outlays to the bone, other than absolute necessities.
3) Have a "Stay" plan, and one or more "Go" plans. Run through them.
3a) Figure out what your red line is to "Go", if you have that option, and if it gets crossed, GTFO without a second glance, and be ready to implement that within an hour. Ideally, within 5 minutes. You may not get a second chance.
4) Figure out what you need that you ain't got, and fix that, right quick.
5) Check on friends, and friends of friends. People you know, or know of, may be the ones who can help you out in getting things you can't get when life gets harder.
6) Check your comms plan. P-A-C-E.
7) Many times, in sporky times, there's a lull period, of "phony war". Don't sweat it, or get complacent. Figure out some drills that would serve you in worst cases. Run through them. Imagine dealing with all of life's emergencies 100% on your own, with no 9-1-1. Power. Light. Heat. Water. Food. Medical. Financial. Transportation. Fire. Crime. Start wearing out that P-A-C-E algorithm on every one of them, too, just like with Comms.
8) Green. Blue. Yellow. Red.: Who's your team? Who are your allies? Who are the unknowns? Who are the Enemies? They live where?
9) Infrastructure: Main travel routes. Alternates. 5-10 nearest: Markets? Gas stations? Water supplies? Power stations? Other utilities? Fire and police stations? Medical sites? Supply sites for everything in #7, above. (And no, Amazon and FedEx don't count.)
What are the choke points in every direction, both for things coming in, and for folks getting out?
Airports?
Marinas?
Natural obstacles? (rivers, lakes, canyons, mountains, etc.)
If you'd done Forward Observer's Area Study months or years back, you'd have this in a notebook already. If you haven't, bone up, and get cracking on that.
10) This isn't your WW III Plan. Or at least, not only that. It works for hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, brushfires, and countless other calamities.
11) Remember that a passport, a wad of cash, and a high-limit credit card can solve 500x more personal problems than an AR-15 and two cans of ammo ever can, overall. So be ready for that.
12) And for those times when you want a gun, and need a gun, RFN, you'd better make damned sure that you have that gun, then, and every other time.
13) For everything, Two is One, and One Is None. Find the Single Points of Failure in your plans and preps, and diversify to eliminate them. Find the workarounds in everything, down to the two-sticks-and-some-string level.
14) Don't keep all your eggs in one basket, nor all your goodies in one place. Squirrel away a few nuts for bad times in some other places. And always have six ways in, and twelve ways out.
Short Bibliography:
How To Survive The End Of The World As We Know It by Rawles. The Bible, AFAIC.
Spy Secrets That Can Save Your Life by Hanson.
100 Deadly Skills: Survival Edition both by Emerson
The Survival Medicine Handbook by Alton and Alton
The SAS Survival Handbook by Wiseman.
We've recommended this list multiple times, but in case you still hadn't heard, you may yet have time to get them, read them, and profit from the knowledge therein. These six are the ne plus ultra selection. Anything else may come up to their level, but nothing out there surpasses them.
Learn them, love them, live them.
Then pray to whatever Deity you hold dear that you never need to use all that information.
Head for the hills (like the perennial fucktards will accuse me of saying)? Nope. Not yet. Maybe not ever, or at least not anytime soon. Best case, this is just a practice drill, and invaluable for that alone. Be prudent, not spastic.
But I wouldn't bet on that over the long haul. Think of this week as pulling your mental Fire Alarm Drill.
Besides, it's not like there were any football games on anyways.
Got all this locked on? Good for you. Put your feet up and enjoy your three-day.
25 comments:
This is going to be a rough time for the generations that grew up with America's wars being something you just watched on CNN instead of having it impact us directly. All of the above is great advice even for the best of times and these are definitely not the best of times.
Anybody want to make a wager? I'll betcha that there will be some kind of security breach during the SOU address by Gropey Joe. This will be the trigger for martial law to be declared. Better than even odds it's a false flag. Even odds that it's perpetrated by a small cell that is majority government plants/informants. Even odds that it's a deranged truck driver under government control...
Gretchen Whitmer plot ring a bell?
Head on a swivel, indeed. And three more books ordered.
Great advice, Thank You.
Unfortunately,for me and my wife, age and health, are keeping us right where are. We have supplies and some essentials. In a retirement community, most are older than me, democrat and that leaves us the only armed ones here. Well, the old homesteaders lived outside of villages and forts until the local tribe got a wild hair and killed them. So...
I hope you were able to follow through with what you envisioned and are secure now...
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
Theodore Roosevelt
Hmmmm, 1963, we were living in Van Nuys, my folks had sold the '59 Porsche and bought a '63 Chevy van camper to travel in with 3 kids. It was now loaded to the gills with survival supplies and we were going to head for Mammoth Lakes, where my uncle ran the ski school, had a great little cabin in the woods.
My folks told me years later, they learned after the Cuban missile crisis that the feds had orders to close all the roads in and out of L.A., to cut down on panic.
Let that sink in a minute. They could care a rat's ass about the safety of the population, it was all about control again. And never forget, all those air raid shelters we had back then, there wasn't even enough room for 10% of any given population to fit in them. Just for show folks. All a big sham to give the illusion they were prepared. Years later when I lived in Switzerland, every single house had a bomb shelter, besides all the one's in the big city dwellings and offices. Some folks care more than others.
Nobody is going to be looking out for you or care what happens during a panic, expect the worst from people and plan accordingly. Never let your guard down for a second, no matter how nice they appear to be, that lapse will cost you dearly.
I would add "The Art of War" Sun Tzu Nemo
PMs… PMs? PMs!! Ahh the bank reference was, as they say, a clue. Not Personal Medications. Not Private Messages. PRECIOUS METALS. Got it. Yes. And not in a bank, no no. More of this great and timely advise please, perhaps with a tad fewer acronyms for the rest of us. Two books from your list ordered, thank you.
Don't forget to up your medical game. For REAL human antibiotics by AMERICAN DOCTORS, go to www.jasemedical.com. Review the web site first. If you need other meds, tell them UP FRONT during consult via email, what you are looking for. Note this when you are applying via web page. Outstanding response and service! Medical and dental gear/supplies is worth it...get them also.
If you don't have the books recommended above, get them. Many are available online for free PDF downloads. www.duckduckgo.com is your friend, google is not...use it! IF you download books, PRINT THEM! electrons cannot work without electricity and running your computer will not be a priority....if it still works. Paper and ink are dirt cheap compared to not having the knowledge in front of you.
Lastly, but really first, get right with GOD.
What are PM's?
Ignore my question-PM obviously is precious metals. Duuuh!!!!
Things Are Going To Get Worse In Every Way
Inflation.
Unemployment.
Unrest.
Govt. Overreach.
Crime.
General Stupidity.
Every reason to start a war. I still think he won't invade, to much money to be made selling gas to germany and eventually europe and commodities to china. Putin is a master a fuckery and he is fuckering bidet the best. germany cannot aline with the U.S. now.
To add to Anon's comment (above) - HARD COPY ON EVERYTHING. Electronic copies are handy but extremely fragile. If you can get it in hard copy AND PDF, a PDF on a secure memory stick (physically and EMP-secure) consider the stick a backup.
Pro Tip: Internet used book sellers can beat Amazon's prices.
Pro Tip: Electronics are fragile and of questionable dependence, but having a fully charged large capacity UPS can power a PC or tablet long enough to view PDF content. Printers, though, especially laser printers, will suck a UPS dry really damn quick.
Come on, Russia is not going to invade Ukraine. It’s fake news
Maybe it is. Maybe it isn't. Time will tell.
It doesn't matter either way in the slightest, regarding what I said.
So where does that leave you?
I have and have read the survival medicine handbook by the altons. I also have a book called the survival doctors complete handbook by james hubbard. I believe it to be a better manual, at least for me. You might check it out.
Beans,weenies and ammo, good to go
writing specifically to the american convoy to washington dc; stupid as fuck.
here's a better idea, truckers; go home, park your rig, play with your kids, and let the blue hives starve.
Good post. I will add - maps - old fashioned paper maps are a must. I have gotten lax with nav software - since remedied.
Cheers, uberoldnoob
You can get a Solar Power Usb charger too. It can charge a cellphone in a pinch but recharges slowly on a sunny day.
Bearcub-- I've been wondering for a week now, asking why the Canucks didn't do that. Makes more sense to me-- but, then, I'm old and senile.
They had to bell the mouse first.
Now that Turdoo's full commie mask is off forever, anything in response is fair game.
Parliament ratifying the suspension of civil liberties at whim, and even martial law, is going to light the fuse on more than simple strikes.
Politicians and doctors are the ones who will need to bug out.
In terms of truckers staying home, Aesop nailed it: Someone has to bell the mouse. On the other hand, the goal of the overlords (enemy) is to seize all your assets leaving you destitute and driving the nation into dependence. Staying home and not working is the quickest way to drive down your assets even as it cripples the nation. Shore up your wealth and be ready to take it with you or put it in something that can't be seized.
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