"The greatest tyranny has the smallest beginnings. From precedents overlooked, from remonstrances despised, from grievances treated with ridicule, from powerless men oppressed with impunity, and overbearing men tolerated with complaisance, springs the tyrannical usage which generations of wise and good men may hereafter perceive and lament and resist in vain.
At present, common minds no more see a crushing tyranny in a trivial unfairness or a ludicrous indignity, than the eye uninformed by reason can discern the oak in the acorn, or the utter desolation of winter in the first autumnal fall. Hence the necessity of denouncing with unwearied and even troublesome perseverance a single act of oppression. Let it alone, and it stands on record. The country has allowed it, and when it is at last provoked to a late indignation it finds itself gagged with the record of its own ill compliance."
I am marginally paralyzed by the knowledge. Though I have done some planning and preparing, how much will a little stored food, a handful of gold coins, and a few thousand rounds really matter in a nationwide collapse?
What shall we do when the wrath of history and the wages of stupidity are upon us?
The Zombies are at the Gate.
The Gunslinger
For you, Step 1 is GTFO. Do you have a vehicle and an egress route? Khalifornia won't be too pleasant...
ReplyDeletePriorities, of course, are water and food, and fire. Read up on snares and small game traps; learn to ID a game trail; grab a cooler or two, and you can use running water to keep them cool, though not refrigerated.
Get a good, solid knife, sharpening stone(s), oil; assume you'll want several methods of starting a fire; blankets, or course, until you can cure skins, if needed.
Signal mirror. Multi-tool / pocketknife (Can Opener is key). Gut hook, too - for skinning. Probably a separate knife for skinning, and one like a kukri or parang for possible combat. Bowie or Arkansas Toothpick also good options. Survival Manual is always good to have. Think mountains, too - not the Heights, of course - actual MOUNTAINS. Gasoline will be a premium; can you ride a motorcycle? Or a horse? Bicycle might be too light a vehicle for escape, and wouldn't have the speed.
Maps of the area would be helpful; compass or other way to know North. Fishline and hooks, a small shovel or entrenching tool, camp axe, saw, and all the first-aid items you can carry.
Everything else is optional (though you'll want clothes eventually.)
I'm not an expert! Just read a lot. I'd guess that after the first week or two, you'll have fewer worries, if you've survived - but they'll be more dangerous. That's what the ammo is for - let snares, deadfalls, traps, fishlines do their work to keep you fed, and learn a few wild-growing "vegetables" you can eat - beets, rhubarb, dandelion, Queen Ann's Lace (relative of the carrot), wild cabbages, etc. Make traps large enough to deal with humans, too - assume they'll be hostile, and your intent is to be gone when they arrive. NOT to fight them, unless you need their supplies. (Your call on how to approach that. I'd likely be aggressive up front, or stay hidden. )
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