02 April 2013 First, I want to remind everyone out there to stay vigilant. Do not sacrifice your Constitutional values and morals. We must stand united against the enemies of liberty and freedom that are coming for us all. The most important things you can do right now, as time is severely limited, are the following:
1) Prepare: You should be putting together a back-up food, water, medical, and firearms/ammunition supply for your homestead. These are things you will need if you are able to stay in your home when the SHTF. This will also allow you necessary supplies to take with you if you need to abandon your home. Keep in mind that if you need to leave, you should have supplies that are light-weight so you can carry as much as possible in your bug-out bag(s). You should have canned goods, but you should also have items in large supply like ramen noodle packs. The canned goods would be for if you can stay at home. The ramen noodle packs are light-weight and you can carry alot of them and should be saved for if you need to go out in the wild. All that is needed for ramen noodles is boiling water, which you can do on a campfire. You should have bottled water and purification tablets. The purification tablets would be for living off the land when you have no bottled water so you can purify the water you do find in streams and such. You will need to have a good first aid kit or two for basic injuries. All of you should have at least one firearm. If you can stay home, you will need to defend yourself, your family, and your supplies from looters who didn't prepare. If you have to head into the hills, you will need your firearm to not only defend yourself and family from others who may cross your path, but against animal predators. You will need firearms to hunt before your food supply runs out.
2) Plan: Waiting until the last minute isn't going to help you. It is going to get you killed. You need to plan your strategy for survival well before the coming storm. You need to have a plan of defense and survival for your homestead, as well as a plan if you need to leave. You need to know NOW who you can trust, if anybody. That way, you can have a group of people all working together planning, preparing, and surviving. Your odds at survival are increased exponentially in a group of like-minded, trustworthy individuals. Always have an egress plan from any location you may be living in, and that means having more than one exit strategy and route. The reason being, when the SHTF you will not know until it happens which routes will be blocked off or inaccessible. If you are with a group, make sure everybody knows in clear terms what their roles will be. Everybody should have two roles, a primary and a back-up in case someone falls out or worse. That way, someone else can take that person's place and your group doesn't suffer because of it. Everybody should have a clear understanding of the plan and back-up plans. Also, everyone should be practicing survival skills together, even if it is just camping out in a back yard. Learn how to build fires, even in wet conditions. Learn to cook outside without stoves. Have hunters in your group teach you tricks of the trade, as well as how to skin animals, prep them for cooking, and cooking them. Practice identifying plants that can feed you or be used medically, and also learn how to PROPERLY use them for either. Some plants and roots that are safe for eating can kill you if not prepared properly. Practice land navigation and orienteering with nothing but a compass and the sun or moon. Educate yourself on the area you will be surviving in. Know where waterways are located and where they go. Know where caves are located. Know where all of your local National Guard depots are, because you may need materials within if their is chaos and anarchy. You must also plan and educate yourself on how to make your own drinking and bathing water. If you have a local constitutional militia, join them. They will teach you all manner of skills you need to survive, plus you will have additional firepower if the situation calls for it. Most militias will have a "safe haven" for the local community to bug-out to and be defended. You can find so much info on everything you need to know online before the SHTF from the videos done by Pathfinder, David Canterbury, on YouTube. Watch them and learn. Then practice the skills yourself. You need to know now, not try to do these things after the SHTF. If you wait to do the things you learned for the first time after the SHTF, you die.
3) Stay Focused: No matter how bad things get, you need to stay cool, calm, and collected. You cannot lose your cool. Once you leave level-headed thinking behind, you become a detriment to yourself and the rest of your group. Any group really serious about survival in a SHTF situation should immediately weed out anyone showing signs of "losing it." If you let them stay, they will demoralize the group and it will fall apart. Then everyone dies. The last thing you want is to have a well-founded group of people you trust splintering apart and going in different directions because one or two individuals can't cope and are causing drama none of you need. Everybody needs to keep a level head and think clearly in every situation. You will be faced with situations you never imagined, and the ability to think clearly through these instances will get you through them in the best way possible. You will most likely witness atrocities similar or worse to what you have read about in history books, or have seen in third world countries. You need to prepare your heart and mind for such things and realize it is your job to protect yourself and your loved ones from them no matter what the cost.
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