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Your top 5 : SHTF scenarios ... what are you preparing for?

 
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I'm prepping for what I feel is the most realistic scenarios.

Just your basic tornado, blizzard, or ice storm

New Madrid Earthquake

Economic Collapse

Solar Flare
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Re: Your top 5 : SHTF scenarios ... what are you preparing for?
1. Economic Collapse
2. Entitlement Collapse (minority zombies)
3. War
4. Pandemic
5. Chemical, Nuclear, Biological Attack on US
 Quoting: Saratonin


Basically 5 step collapse. Huge boar USofA wont go down with one or two of these.
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Re: Your top 5 : SHTF scenarios ... what are you preparing for?
So what do you think we have to fear the most in this world?

What has the most potential to become reality and cause REAL DOOM?

What are the top 5 current disasters / conspiracies / events that are taking place, have taken place or will soon take place, that you think will have the greatest effect on this planet and it's inhabitants?

Be as specific or as vague as you want to be.
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For me I think the most real threat to humanity might possibly come from:

1) Solar/Cosmic Doom .. not sure if it will be a flare, CME, something never seen, an asteroid hit, a ribbon of high density/energy space, or what.. but something feels like it's coming/changing.
2) Geological Doom .. volcanoes, earthquakes, sinkholes, etc. Possibly related to the cosmic doom.
3) Climate Change Doom .. drought, floods, strange weather.
4) Economical Doom .. The whole world falls into a deep depression.
5) Food/Water Doom .. shortages in supply, high prices, not much left for the smaller, poorer countries/people of the world.


This list of mine is constantly changing and evolving, but these are probably my top 5 at the moment. I didn't get very specific, but please feel free to in your list. Give links, your theory, etc... if you want.


Lets see what everyone is focused on!
 Quoting: Artlicious


Climate change - Of the items in your list, it is by far the biggest, longest-lasting, and hardest to prep for.

Economic doom is in our immediate future, but I predict it will resolve in about 5 years' time, we'll have 5-10 good years, then climate, food & possibly solar/geological doom will bring it down. For good.
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1. American Civil War
2. Major Earthquakes
3. Solar eruptions
4. Zombie-like virus
5. A combo of many types of doom (domino effect)
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The way I look at it, it doesn't matter what the catalyst is.

I'm prepared.

I believe it's short sighted to prepare for just one secenario. You have to be prepared for any eventuality.
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1. Economic Collapse
2. Entitlement Collapse (minority zombies)
3. War
4. Pandemic
5. Chemical, Nuclear, Biological Attack on US
 Quoting: Saratonin


Your right on the money! I will also suggest
Election Riots 2012: Romneys Victory.
Zombies cause Billions in damage with the death toll now standing at 123!
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1. rioting after elections...if not
2. sinkhole doom (before Dec.21)...if not
3. 3 days of darkness (Dec.21)...if not
4. rioting after tax season...if not
5. personal insanity after returing to the real world from lack of forseeable doom
"There is nothing new under the sun."

"Even so, Lord, come quickly."
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Re: Your top 5 : SHTF scenarios ... what are you preparing for?
1) Economic colapse.
It's more of a when will it happen than an if it will happen.

2) Tornado / Ice Storm.
Both hit my area frequently.

3) New Madrid Quake.
I live in the area.

4) Food / Water shortage.
A few years of drought in a row, or corporate farms finding exporting food maximizes profits.

5) Power outage.
From weather, EMP, or the coal plants being shut down for environmental reasons.
**I'm all out of bubblegum
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5. personal insanity after returing to the real world from lack of forseeable doom
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LOL.. we will all be suffering from that.
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1. meteor / comet strike
2. electrical grid colapse
3. martial law
4. earth quake
5 inlaws arrival
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Re: Your top 5 : SHTF scenarios ... what are you preparing for?
Zombies
I'm tired of waiting, somebody push the damn button already!

Keep your 72 virgins, give me one old biker chick.
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Re: Your top 5 : SHTF scenarios ... what are you preparing for?
Zombies
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Maybe if you are reffering to entitled people running around helpless weeks after a disaster trying to figure out who is going to help them, then yes. lol
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Re: Your top 5 : SHTF scenarios ... what are you preparing for?
Typically prolonged disruption of basic electricity, water and gas shortages due to natural disasters. Maybe a bit boring but a few weeks of disruption is a game changer though easy to combat with food water and fuel storage.

Water is key though.

GLP doom style solar flares and whatnot, it's my skill-sets that I'd rely on. Jack of all trades would rule the earth.
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Re: Your top 5 : SHTF scenarios ... what are you preparing for?
declare martial law and confiscate anything of value and leave you to die.

There is no number 2 through 5
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Re: Your top 5 : SHTF scenarios ... what are you preparing for?
declare martial law and confiscate anything of value and leave you to die.

There is no number 2 through 5
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25390958


yeah, lately I've been thinking that they'll confiscate all private property, including land and homes. They will decide where everyone lives....
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Re: Your top 5 : SHTF scenarios ... what are you preparing for?
declare martial law and confiscate anything of value and leave you to die.

There is no number 2 through 5
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25390958


yeah, lately I've been thinking that they'll confiscate all private property, including land and homes. They will decide where everyone lives....
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23011194


That would be incredibly hard for them to do, not that it can't be done. But lets hope not.. that would pretty much be the end of the world.
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Re: Your top 5 : SHTF scenarios ... what are you preparing for?
declare martial law and confiscate anything of value and leave you to die.

There is no number 2 through 5
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25390958


yeah, lately I've been thinking that they'll confiscate all private property, including land and homes. They will decide where everyone lives....
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23011194


That would be incredibly hard for them to do, not that it can't be done. But lets hope not.. that would pretty much be the end of the world.
 Quoting: Artlicious


the only reason they HAVE the power and wealth they have now, is because they keep the slaves fed, entertained, warm and dry.

take two of those away, and not only will it be over for us, but it will MOST DEFINITELY be over for THEM!
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Re: Your top 5 : SHTF scenarios ... what are you preparing for?
As long as I'm prepared to NOT enter that notorious white light tunnel, all else is whatever to me.


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under wandering stars I've grown,
by myself, but not alone...

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Re: Your top 5 : SHTF scenarios ... what are you preparing for?
Since no matter what happens, my family will have to shelter in place. It could be EMP, flu pandemic, natural diseaster. I have tried to think of what I need to be stealthy about being there. You can heat/cook with the fireplace in the beginning but that can be smelled from far away and then zeroed in on. So, I am stockpiling bottled propane that I'll be switching to after a short while. thinking of how to make the house look deserted But keep out invaders. Things like that.
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Re: Your top 5 : SHTF scenarios ... what are you preparing for?
You can heat/cook with the fireplace in the beginning but that can be smelled from far away and then zeroed in on.
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I hadn't thought about that before, good thinking!
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Re: Your top 5 : SHTF scenarios ... what are you preparing for?
hf Don't forget extra shoelaces. Sounds stupid, but think about it.
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hf Don't forget extra shoelaces. Sounds stupid, but think about it.
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Plese explain?
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Re: Your top 5 : SHTF scenarios ... what are you preparing for?
You can heat/cook with the fireplace in the beginning but that can be smelled from far away and then zeroed in on.
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I hadn't thought about that before, good thinking!
 Quoting: Artlicious


I've done a lot of backpacking in bear country and never had any problems. I always took freezdried. you just add boiling water. you don't have cooked food oders wafting through forest.
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