A couple of months ago I read a book that upset my carefully laid retirement plans. One Second After, by WILLIAM R. FORSTCHEN is a novel about life after an EMP attack. Shortly thereafter I found Patriots by James Wesley Rawles.
In the weeks since I have done a lot of search, reading, & planning.
I have concluded that I am too old to go set up a remote retreat in Idaho, so I will do everything I can to survive & protect my loved ones here in the suburbs.
I have ordered a non-hybrid seed package, transferred some assets to tangibles, purchased my first defensive firearm & ammo, & starting educating my better half & kids to what we will need to do before the SHTF.
I am planning to construct a big yard barn that will house fuel, a low speed diesel generator, storage batteries, inverters, & garden tools. The water table is high here so I can drive a drill point well. I will be using kerosene for cooking, portable lighting, & heat. I plan to buy at least a year's long term food supply, & store it in the house.
We have about a half acre of lawn that can be converted to garden, & I have a nearby farmer that will do an initial tilling with his tractor.
We live in an out of the way development 8 miles north of downtown, with several cops as neighbors.
I am still a long way from having all the answers, but I am resolved to no go quietly into the night.
Sorry for the ramble,
In the weeks since I have done a lot of search, reading, & planning.
I have concluded that I am too old to go set up a remote retreat in Idaho, so I will do everything I can to survive & protect my loved ones here in the suburbs.
I have ordered a non-hybrid seed package, transferred some assets to tangibles, purchased my first defensive firearm & ammo, & starting educating my better half & kids to what we will need to do before the SHTF.
I am planning to construct a big yard barn that will house fuel, a low speed diesel generator, storage batteries, inverters, & garden tools. The water table is high here so I can drive a drill point well. I will be using kerosene for cooking, portable lighting, & heat. I plan to buy at least a year's long term food supply, & store it in the house.
We have about a half acre of lawn that can be converted to garden, & I have a nearby farmer that will do an initial tilling with his tractor.
We live in an out of the way development 8 miles north of downtown, with several cops as neighbors.
I am still a long way from having all the answers, but I am resolved to no go quietly into the night.
Sorry for the ramble,
