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My wife and I have been gathering a forty day supply of good to survive any possible disaster. We have survived the 2003 blackout and a major snowstorm in 1999. Our relatives had their part of town blown up when a fuel refinery exploded in 2008.
In spite of all members of the family having lived though or had close calls with disasters they refuse to prepare. When we mentioned our survival horde they thought we were crazy. When we mentioned we would be adding guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition to our horde they were horrified.
These are people who eat out for every meal, can't cook, can't fix anything, live on credit cards and debit cards, and are unprepared for simple situations in daily life.
I know for a fact that if there is a food shortage or rioting THEY WILL show up at our door asking to come in.
We only have enough food and supplies for two people. We built in a cushion so we could stretch it to four as our house can sleep four in relative comfort. However, if they all showed up the food would be gone in a matter of days.
I don't get along with many of them and they don't even like each other most of the time. Being barricaded in my own home with these people for weeks might be more than I can stand.
I've told them I'm willing to build a second "horde" at one of their houses if everyone in the family is willing to pay for a part of the supplies. Nobody wanted to chip in.
What do I do when they show up pounding on the door?
In spite of all members of the family having lived though or had close calls with disasters they refuse to prepare. When we mentioned our survival horde they thought we were crazy. When we mentioned we would be adding guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition to our horde they were horrified.
These are people who eat out for every meal, can't cook, can't fix anything, live on credit cards and debit cards, and are unprepared for simple situations in daily life.
I know for a fact that if there is a food shortage or rioting THEY WILL show up at our door asking to come in.
We only have enough food and supplies for two people. We built in a cushion so we could stretch it to four as our house can sleep four in relative comfort. However, if they all showed up the food would be gone in a matter of days.
I don't get along with many of them and they don't even like each other most of the time. Being barricaded in my own home with these people for weeks might be more than I can stand.
I've told them I'm willing to build a second "horde" at one of their houses if everyone in the family is willing to pay for a part of the supplies. Nobody wanted to chip in.
What do I do when they show up pounding on the door?