Where is the Place to Be?

[RBB]

I think perhaps flexibility is the key to this whole issue. Unless we have a prophet in our midst who can give us the time date and nature of Armageddon, we will need to be ready for whatever comes. I pray for wisdom and common sense.

[Smok]

Rick.. The SWOT sounds like ,The Book of 5 Rings by Miyamomt Musashi ??

[Rick]

Smok - Don't know that one. SWOT as been around for a long time. It's a way for a business to determine its advantages and disadvantages and compare itself to competitors. It's also a great tool for your personal life whether you're trying to decide to purchase a home, a car, add on that room and on and on. It puts it on paper so you can see what needs to be worked on.

[Sourdough]

Rick.. The SWOT sounds like ,The Book of 5 Rings by Miyamomt Musashi ??

The "Book of Five Rings" should be required reading for Survivalist, And for day to day living.

Maybe the youth would have more Peace with in, and less Anger and Agressiveness towards the world. Such a small book, by such a great warrior.

[Rick]

Found an online copy:

http://samurai.com/5rings/

[FAL rifleman]

First, I would like to say that I agree with people who say that the northwestern part of the U.S., parts of western Canada, or the Alaskan interior are the place to bug out to. A good combination of four distinct seasons, lots of trees, and mountains, is ideal for hiding and hunting.

However, in the "lower 48," except for some desert areas of the southwest, it seems to be VERY hard to be more than 2-3 miles AT MOST from a road. I have used Google Maps and zoomed in on remote parts of Montana, Idaho, and so forth, and even there, there are roads everywhere. Granted, these are probably very infrequently-used roads, but I don't like the idea of being too close to too many roads, period. It seems as if one's only choices, if one wants to be totally removed from roads and live in the U.S., is to either be in the Southwest, or in Alaska,

Thoughts?

[Rick]

I have this vision of 150 million people crowded into the the Northwest and 150 million US citizens lined up at the border waiting to get through Kanuckastan customs. Meanwhile, I'm picking out which pieces of your furniture I like, drinking what's left of your beer and rifling through your dressers. Sweeeeeeet! Of course, if it's Yellowstone that blows its lid then I'll be trampling over you to get to the Rio Grande. Mexico will have to put up the fence.

[mbarnatl]

I have this vision of 150 million people crowded into the the Northwest and 150 million US citizens lined up at the border waiting to get through Kanuckastan customs. Meanwhile, I'm picking out which pieces of your furniture I like, drinking what's left of your beer and rifling through your dressers. Sweeeeeeet! Of course, if it's Yellowstone that blows its lid then I'll be trampling over you to get to the Rio Grande. Mexico will have to put up the fence.

So true! I had the same thought.

[Canadian-guerilla]

Of course, if it's Yellowstone that blows its lid

i saw a tv special,
i think it was called " Super Volcano "
and this is another reason i'm heading to BC

[Rick]

Well, see. 150 million and 1. I'm keeping count ya'll.

[cyc79]

The best place for me would be my cabin.Got everything I need and is remote enough to not be bothered.

[wildWoman]

For us the best place to be would be right here, remote homestead in the bush, all set up already.
In general I would think it'd be easier to get by in a temperate climate. For those preparing for disaster and expecting to weather it out or move into the woods permanently, I'd advise getting some high-quality handtools, a transportable woodstove and a canoe, plus a stock of vegetable seeds, plus a crank-up led lantern and headlamp. I don't really get this end-of-the-world thing but assume that it would involve no gas (gasp!), transportation other than feet and arms, dogsled or horses, and no supplies either. The less high-tech baloney you own, the better off you are, emergency scenario or not.....says she sitting at her laptop, sending this post out via satellite dish....what a weird world....

[Rick]

How do you guys generate your electricity?

I would think you would do much better having to migrate south than most folks would migrating north, which seems like the plan everyone has. Surviving and thriving in your winter climate is something most folks have only seen in the movies. I doubt any of them have a feel for what it's really like. You would take our winters like it was a spring day.

[Sourdough]

For us the best place to be would be right here, remote homestead in the bush, all set up already.
In general I would think it'd be easier to get by in a temperate climate. For those preparing for disaster and expecting to weather it out or move into the woods permanently, I'd advise getting some high-quality handtools, a transportable woodstove and a canoe, plus a stock of vegetable seeds, plus a crank-up led lantern and headlamp. I don't really get this end-of-the-world thing but assume that it would involve no gas (gasp!), transportation other than feet and arms, dogsled or horses, and no supplies either. The less high-tech baloney you own, the better off you are, emergency scenario or not.....says she sitting at her laptop, sending this post out via satellite dish....what a weird world....

You are being recieved 10 X 10 via satellite dish. -17 F here, all is well.

[wildWoman]

[QUOTE=Rick;19556]How do you guys generate your electricity?[QUOTE]

We have one 75W solar panel, which is fairly useless this time of year but does the job in the summer. We have a generator to top up the batteries when the sun doesn't cut it. I'm trying to figure out if we couldn't get by with one of these stationary bike generators. Not that we need more physical excercise in our lives but I hate generators, the noise, stink, and associated petroleum industry, and the only thing we need power for is the laptop and modem.

[wildWoman]

Hey your dish is huge, hopeak! Ours is about 5'x5'. Just getting pretty toasty here, we have a chinook coming in and might go above freezing tomorrow. How's you snow situation? We have extremely little this winter, not even up to knee level yet.

[Rick]

Can't you go with a wind powered generator? Couldn't you replace the pulley on a 12v gen with fan blades? That would be fairly cheap and charge you batteries for free.

[wildWoman]

Not enough wind in the winter. It's not a good area here for windpower, we usually get either crazy blasts off the icefields or a hardly noticeable breeze. They tried getting the closest village to us on windpower but the measuring gadget ended up flying off the mountain...If we had a fair-sized creek here, water power would wrk, but we just have the lake. I kind of like the bike thing, my boyfriend thinks it's nuts but would keep me in shape

[Rick]

Could you hook up a plug in to your vehicle (snow mobile, whatever)? Then when you warm it up you can charge the batteries at the same time? I'm trying.

Here's a link for you:

http://www.webpal.org/b_recovery/3_a...lectricity.htm

[wildWoman]

We don't have a car here since the closest road is 40km away. Taking a battery out into town doesn't work either because from October -February and early May - early June we can't get out, because of freeze-up and breakup. The generator we have is a new, fuel-efficient and quiet one so not bad in that respect. Still stinks and makes noise though.