I feel safe where I am at in rural NC surrounded by farms. I have prepped, have a large pond behind my home and a large Bekely Gravity filter if I need to purify that water. Also have an outside wood fired pizza oven to bake in if needed. A pot stacking stove that can be fueled with charcoal or hardwood. And a variety of dehydrated food in size 10 cans I bought when BO was POTUS.

We are well stocked up but I assume I may have to help some of my immediate neighbors who are not. We can handle a few more for about 6 months if we give them one meal daily. Also one of my new neighbors is a hunter from N. Dakota who we can barter with if needbe. We live on the otherside of an animal hunting ground where there are plenty of deer, bear, turkey, squirrels, and even some bobcats, coyotes, and other animals.

I worry about my single daughter who currently lives in a NE city who is currently looking at new jobs and one job offer she got will be in rural area in another state. I am praying she takes that job and not the one in Boston.

We live in weird times. Literally every day now some kind of disaster happens. A train derailment, a food processing plant burning down, etc. We are OBVIOUSLY under attack. This can't be randomly happening. Yet, your average American has no idea we are in a hot war. Our enemy is shooting up our schools, destroying our ability to produce goods, pushing massive amounts of propaganda at us, etc. How can people NOT see this? It blows my mind. Well, whether they can see it or not, they are very soon going to FEEL it.

Great post! Even if patriots are in control of all the important levers, it makes sense that they are telling us to be prepared. White hats don't want anyone to suffer (except the DS of course).

If every patriot had enough basic supplies to survive a few weeks on their own, that might save people a ton of discomfort.

Maybe the unprepared will only struggle for a day or two, but why suffer even that if a few bottles of water and cans of food could prevent it?

How admirable that so many people have the financial ability to acquire prepping in addition to the very basics of keeping a roof over your family's head, keeping utilities turned on for them and feeding them. It must feel really great. The rest must rely on having placed themselves in God's hands for these times of transition. Certainly a test of whether we both walk and talk our faith.

I started prepping at the beginning of Covid. Water filter, canned goods, rice, flour, all sorts of food, two freezers in the basement. Some of the canned goods are getting on in years. I need to go through my stores of stuff and update, weed out. I worry most about the freezer items. Also, I heard of a place you can order stores of antibiotics. We’re good in the supplement department. Also,, can anyone recommend a book to have in hand for survival?

I plan on bugging out to my parents if it gets that bad. I have my bug out bag, extra fuel, food l, water and have mapped out multiple routs to get to my bug out location which is only a hour 15 min drive if everything goes smooth. I have 2 months worth of food at my home if I need to wait to bug out. I can also raid the brewery I work at of their flaked oats and live on oatmeal temporarily if I need too.

My parents and all their neighbors expect one family prep so unless we get to a mad max style scenario we should be okay. If it gets that bad we have a plan in place… really hope it doesn’t though.

As to the crux of the OP, why not consider alternatives? Not speaking of prepping; everyone should have already done that, since we were warned in 2017 by Trump. Remember, 'September is preparedness month'. Personal opinion is with the Mormon philosophy: should be able to survive on long term foodstuffs for at least a year. Again, that's personal opinion.

But about the other. Recall a Q drop: "It begins on the floor." Since I've been around for a long time, I do recall the addition of chems from the 60s/70s on, and have watched those chems and subtracted many items from my own foods, unless I can get known chem-free. "It begins on the floor." If you look at the plants that have had problems, they are primarily centralized supply plants/processing plants and the like. Many are owned by known globalist sympathizers, such as Kellogg et al. Tactically speaking, it is far easier to treat/administer chems to the general population through foods/water than any other means, and centralized processes are the most efficient method of doing so. Also tactically speaking, if you were the enemy of such actions, what would be the logical means of attacking said distribution methods? Quite simple: destroy the plants. So mull that around in your heads a while. Knowing that the global empire is falling apart against an enemy that is far more powerful and capable than they, isn't it reasonable to harbor the opinion that the Trump/Q group is eliminating those sources of deadly/unhealthy chems/treatments? I think it is. This thesis also hooks in with the prepping. As convenience items disappear, those who are aware and at least minimally skilled will find other sources; this is already being done in my neck of the woods. We get fresh eggs (a LOT of people here are keeping chickens), fresh, unprocessed milk, known locally grown beef/pork etc. Many have gardens, greenhouses, and other means of growing their own, from hydroponics to 'electrical gardening' (interesting, if true; we'll know soon enough). Of course, this sort of thing leaves the cities in limbo, but I reckon those are going to be a total loss anyway, since the majority of that pop is relatively incompetent at survival. I know that's harsh, but it's also experiential: I have personally seen very few city folks capable of survival without conveniences.

So, I ask the above questions; think about it before 'blaming' anyone. Some is obviously infrastructure attacks, but whose infrastructure? Vor your consideration.

I am seeing a lot of talk about water filters. They definitely have their place when considering survival situations but I don’t trust them for daily optimal health. Do your own research… I have done quite a lot of my own digging. I am somewhat obsessed with water. Personally I do not trust the corporations that make the water filters. I switched over to a water distiller. Recently it’s become harder to find a water distiller available online to buy. The high quality stainless steel distillers are all back ordered many months to a year or more even in some cases. I have also noticed the stock in grocery stores for distilled water being sold out more and more lately. I don’t think they want us drinking distilled water because it’s healthier than mineralized water. I used to believe water with minerals was a good thing but not so much anymore. There’s a lot of misinformation out there. No one ever talks about the misinformation out there about what the healthiest water is. I know in my gut that distilled water is the best. It’s the same as rain water (minus cloud seeding). The 2nd best would be a natural well or spring. The only time I use a filter is to pre filter water before distilling. Some say to post filter distilled water but I don’t do that…if you think about it that is most likely false info to re add contaminants to the water after distilling. I don’t have any faith in filters….as far as optimal health goes. Of course in a survival situation, you gotta do what you gotta do to survive.

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I've got 450 lbs of wheat, 400 lbs of corn, 400 lbs of oats, the various hand powered mills to grind and flake them, an oil press, oil bearing seeds, salt sugar yeast lime quick cure etc etc. Meat outside in the woods and fish and stuff in the pond. Worked almost thru my skid of bottle water. Don't trust the Berkey with farm run off pond water. Need to get more gallons of bottled

There's also something to ponder for all of us who already prep and are located geographically distant from the metro centers and high population urban hubs, where we expect the highest flashpoints of chaos and societal breakdown.

It is now becoming clear that prepping is more than just having long term supplies and being less reliant on centralized services and infrastructure. The problem is space weather trends. These upcoming solar cycles are probably going to be more impactful than in recent history. One reason is the earth's magnetic shield has been weakening steadily since the 19th century, so we're becoming more and more exposed to direct hit solar outbursts, particularly CMEs. This means in the coming decades the resultant geomagnetic storms with sufficiently powerful induction currents in the earth will more likely wipe out not just satellites and grid power hubs, but possibly do massive damage to anything composed of metals (think of the possibilities: railroads, underground pipelines, your 500 gallon propane tank across the driveway), and disable all kinds of everyday electronics and power sources. If those ground induction currents are powerful enough, anything with copper could melt or become useless. Above ground or underground.

So think about what it means for YOU and your loved ones in the next 10,20,30 years -- if worldwide or even just in North America we experience an instant reset on the electronics age? What are you able to access or concoct or mimic as far as tools and resources that are pre-electronics and/or pre-industrial? Most importantly, wherever you live right now as a prepper, can you survive there for up to 10 winters without electrical power sources of any sort? Specifically, think about the winters wherever you are, and game theory how you would endure those without power? For years?

Finally, what about the psychological prepping involved? Any unresolved traumas recent or back from childhood, will resurface when a fundamental disruption of every day existence happens like this. Think through what it means to be mentally and physically resilient to navigate the unknowns.

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