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[quote:Pooka:MV8zOTYyNTk1Xzc1MjcxNjM5XzMxNkU0ODM4] This is a post by [b]Mariel Martinez [/b]that she placed below a video by Canadian Prepper. This is crucial information and a different take than what we have thought of in this country, because we have never experienced such a crisis! Please read, think, and let's discuss! [b]ACTUAL EXPERIENCE HERE IN VENEZUELA 7 days no power Other places 11 days [b]1. If you live in a good neighbourhood, NO PROBLEM. BAD neighbourhood, SORRY, FROM DAY ONE AT NIGHT, PEOPLE WILL CLIMB UP FENCES WALLS, WHATEVER, WILL STEAL EVERYTHING IN YOUR YARD, ESPECIALLY VALUABLES LIKE WATER PUMPS... This will happen in good neighbourhoods AFTER DAY 3. 2. PRICES OF EMERGENCY GENERATORS WILL BE IN THE THOUSANDS.... after day 2. 3. PEOPLE WILL GO SELL TIME ON GENERATORS TO CHARGE PHONES AND OTHER DEVICES. people will make lines for HOURS JUST TO GET THEIR CELL PHONE CHARGED. by the way, THOSE PLACES WILL BE ROBBED SEVERAL TIMES AND IN THOSE TIMES, YOU MAY BE BEATEN TO DEATH IF YOU RESIST GIVING UP YOUR PHONE (OR SHOT, OR STABBED) 4. people will freak after 4 hours BECAUSE THERE IS NO WIFI. THAT WILL BE YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM... 5. people will start taking payments by online transactions (as in no card required, just you accessing a computer and making the transaction if the phone lines are still working (which they VERY LIKELY WORK for some time). This will become the norm after day 1. Cash or online transaction. 6. People will start panicking for gas (especially for generators) after 14 hours of the blackout. (at first everyone will think it is a fixable easy problem of a few hours, but half a day later and it is a whole new story) 7. People will start worrying about their food after the first 6 hours. In fact they will go and get ICE [/b][b][b]AND THE PRICE OF THAT WILL BE PROBABLY ASTRONOMICAL if you can find it at all. 8. People will go to restaurants and buy lots of cold food like sandwiches and things that require NO COOKING, since there is no water to clean up the mess of cooking. Places that have those will be jammed for business. 9. People will PANIC, FOR REAL, ABOUT WATER AFTER 2 HOURS OF THE POWER GOING OFF. 10. People with kids will have to be with them at all times... IT IS A BREAKING POINT FOR MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU SHOULD NOT MAKE LINES WITH KIDS....AND YOU WILL IF YOU NEED OR WANT THE STUFF... THEY WILL COMPLAIN, GET SICK, DESTROY PROPERTIES, ETC. 11. If you have never carry water, SORRY, YOU WILL GET PAIN, BE TIRED, GET SICK, YOU WILL DESTROY THINGS BECAUSE IT IS NOT EASY. HELL, I SWEAR CARRYING WATER IS WORSE THAT YOU BUILDING PIPES FROM SCRATCH... I know because I have helped doing the second one and men... I would rather build the pipes and the water tank and all that... with certainty, no regrets, same choice FOREVER. 12. You better have lots of gloves and mask and suture kits in your medical kits... You WILL need those. 13. FIRE will be your greatest fear EVER if you go thru one (like I did and so many of my neighbours) 14. You better be prepared for EARTHQUAKES NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE. you will experience them. Small, soft, whatever, but you will feel them because of explosions near by or other stuff. 15. Half the people would rather go and eat of the garbage than stealing... But the other half... well... that is another story. 16. After day 3, most people will stop taking their medication. After a few weeks, SORRY... YOU WILL SEE PEOPLE JUMPING DOWN THE BUILDINGS AND NAKED RUNNING ON THE STREET AND PLENTY OF OTHER CRAZY STUFF, the men tend to suicide, women tend to run naked everywhere. 17. People will be living on the gardens and backyards of their property and outside... inside it is NOT an option due to heat, or smells, or you being likely to be robbed because they just need to break a window and throw a molotov thing and you will have to open the doors and all that... so... no, most will just sleep outside, by the way, if it is summer, they may do it naked... If it is raining or something like that they may prefer go to the car and just camp there... 18. some people will make cages for their crazy and their elderly family members... You will see those cases ALL the time, because after they loose a aunt that is found naked hitting someone, or your dad that does not even know his name and he is giving away small pieces of info about you like they remember your car and where you work and if you have money and stuff like that... well, you do not want them outside and with no medication, they will hurt themselves or others... so... solution, locked them in your own house with no clothes, no windows, no nothing. This is especially truth for women. 19. Biggest problem for normal people... they break their glasses, and now, you cannot get one more... so, you are basically blind... This is NOT something that most people would even think about. 20. Most people WILL trow garbage EVERYWHERE THEY THINK IT IS OK, like... your backyard... YOU WILL GET IN TO THOSE KINDS OF PROBLEMS [b][/b][/b] [/quote]
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Continuation of another thread of wonderful people with the best ever ideas for practical prepping even for those with little money.
We discuss power outages including CME and EMP, heating and cooking methods, first aid, foods; we run disaster scenarios to see if we know what to do.
This is probably the only prepping thread a person would need, whether long-time prepper here to share, or newbie prepper here to learn and everyone in between.
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What you need to put in a good medical/first aid kit is listed on Page 99. Copy or even add to the list there.
Discussion of hand-held HAM radios, especially Baofeng, begins on page 145.
Diabetes during SHTF Page 175 and others
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