I have four big points today.
The first three,
if taken seriously,
could save millions of lives,
over the next few decades.
The fourth could save billions of lives,
over the next few centuries.
The four points,
below the divider doodle.
1.
Plan to bug out,
rather than bug in.
Here is a link:
https://www.facebook.com/...
That website has lots of advice
on how to survive,
when your regular sources of
food,
water,
heat,
etc.
are not available,
for whatever reason.
One article I read, from that site, I thought,
but I can't find it now,
deals with the question:
when disaster strikes,
should you leave your home,
leave your home town,
or not?
Here is another link:
http://graywolfsurvival.com/...
This is an article from another site,
dealing with that question.
(My search turned up many such articles;
it's a very basic question,
one we all need to ask ourselves.)
That article,
and all the articles I skimmed,
said something like this:
Some people say they’re gonna hunker down no matter what. Some people say they’re bugging out no matter what.
Well, it’s not all that simple.
These articles all deal with that question
from this point of view:
We do not know what kind of disaster will strike
our homes.
From that point of view,
yes,
one must consider both
bug out
and
bug in.
But my first point for this diary is,
bug out,
if possible.
Specifically,
buy or get access to,
a bug out farm,
away from town,
away from main roads.
In fact,
if possible,
move to such a farm right now,
before disaster strikes.
Back in the sixties,
many folks did just that,
moved from their comfortable homes in cities,
out to farms.
They were called,
hippie communes.
Here is a link:
http://www.thefarm.org/
Notice,
they call their commune,
The Farm.
Now,
I must skip ahead to point four,
to explain why I advise
those who want to take action now
to save the lives of themselves and their families
should start making plans to bug out,
rather than bug in,
and,
if possible,
move to a farm as soon as possible,
to avoid the need to bug anywhere,
when disaster strikes.
My reason to bug out is this:
the big disaster,
what the prepper sites call
SHTF,
(the brown stuff hits the fan)
the disaster I'm warning about is:
Sometime around the year 2035,
there will be no more food
in the grocery stores of America.
(Shortage of oil,
equals shortage of diesel fuel for America's farmers,
equals shortage of food in America's stores.)
I'm guessing most Americans,
and most folks in most cities,
will sit home and quietly starve and die.
300 million Americans,
billions worldwide.
If you have lots of food set aside,
for just such a disaster,
but you stay in your home city,
all your neighbors are,
potentially,
bandits that might steal your food,
to save their families,
and let your family starve.
And,
your refusal to share your supply of food
with your neighbors,
might make you feel,
mistakenly,
that you are killing your neighbors.
But you don't have enough food
for both your family
and all your neighbors.
And I mean,
enough food to last until you get into full swing,
producing food for your family,
by way of farming,
raising livestock,
and,
depending on your location,
hunting and fishing.
You can use the land in your existing neighborhood
for farming,
and your herd of goats will make sure
you never need to mow your lawn.
But,
in order to make sure you have enough yards to farm,
to make sure you can easily feed your family,
you have to wait
until all your neighbors on your block are dead.
If your block is too small,
all your neighbors for two or three blocks
will need to be dead.
Do you really want to hang around
in your existing neighborhood,
while your neighbors starve,
and some of them might attack your house,
and you'll be forced to kill them?
Seems like a much better plan
to bug out to a farm,
now,
or as soon as possible.
Then,
when the brown stuff hits the fan,
you can either just stay at the farm
for the rest of your life,
or,
you can go back to your home city,
after most folks there are dead.
By the way,
I live in Kansas,
and,
here in Kansas,
the annual rainfall is low enough,
and dry spells are long enough,
the only places that are lush and green are
along the banks of the rivers and streams,
and all the cities and towns.
There is a positive feedback loop with water in Kansas:
the lawns in the towns have been watered for nearly 100 years,
and the trees are enormous.
The shade of the
houses,
trees,
and shrubs
prevent the rain water from evaporating as much
in the towns.
Gardening and raising goats
seems much easier in the towns,
rather than in the wide open spaces
of Kansas farms.
The vast greenery in the cities,
that would be one good reason,
among others,
to move back to town,
rather than living out my whole life on a barren Kansas farm.
I feel this diary is long enough,
so I'll present the other two and a half of my four points
in my next diary.
To summarize this diary:
Bug out to a farm,
if possible,
as soon as possible.
If you move to the farm
before the brown stuff hits the fan,
your life should not change much
when there is no more food at the grocery stores.
If you can't move early,
at least be ready to bug out,
as soon as you realize,
the grocery stores are running out of food,
fast,
and you'll starve if you stay in town.
If you cannot get access to a farm,
make sure you have enough food stored in your home,
to last a year or two.
And make a plan to defend your home
from any attack from anyone.
There's so much more to write about;
go back to those links,
do your own research.
I plan to write many more diaries on this topic.
I plan to post YouTube videos an this topic.
I'm just trying to get started,
now.
Thanks for reading.