Comments on: How prepared are you for a quarantine?

By: NJM

NJM — Mon, 25 May 2009 00:28:16 +0000

That’s quite the pickle. At present, as I go through my economic transition, I’m actually flying pretty light. I’m looking to remedy this with a gradual transition to high-nutrition storable foods (lentils, etc).

Water is the big problem – here in Upstate SC, Lake Hartwell has been rendered non-potable (Industrial Dumping does not make special friends). As a result, if the taps become useless, there’d be little natural water to draw from.

Company? That’d be quite the rub. In thinking about long term plans, I take into account the need to add more people, but I’m unsure how exactly to fit them in to initial reactions – I figured people would join me after things shook out.

By: drfaulken

drfaulken — Sat, 23 May 2009 00:43:33 +0000

Gremlin — have you and your wife talked about the inclusion of other people in times of a crisis? I used to think I’d turn people away, but then you might piss someone off that might be able to lend a hand some other way. Then again, you have a stranger / leechy friend or family member bumming your food and oogling the womenfolk (or menfolk, whatever).

I ask you in particular because your wife is charged with food and water supplies, but you’re in charge of security. Taking in even one more person is both a resource and a safety issue.

By: Gremlin

Gremlin — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:08:08 +0000

Wife is in charge of food and water. I’m in charge of defense.

By: BushPutin

BushPutin — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:53:57 +0000

Hmmm…

Water: On a well, so I’m good
Power: I have generator if needed and I usually keep a full tank of gas in the car, so I could siphon the gas if needed…
Food: I’ll just shoot the fucking pheasants outside or go mole hunting…(though I have plenty of raw materials that last forever to make food)
Company over: Well…that would be my plan b for food…

BushPutin