Well Ray, I'm right behind you, following in your footsteps, kinda... I am starting the sailboat phase. Actually, had one failed attempt:
Man I miss that boat.
I do not own any land, so my options are limited. I am also alone, hopefully not forever, so that simplifies my plans right now. Whomever think they can just live off the land and acquire the necessary skills after the SHTF event would probably starve before getting the hang of it. I was lucky that my Grandfather was a hunter and that he took me along and taught me some useful skills. Enough? I doubt it. I would love to spend a few weeks in the woods, and plan on doing so in the near future. For some reason, a little voice has been telling me to learn everything possible about self sufficiency since I have been a child. That little voice now is telling me to hurry... I think everyone should have "power-less" skills. I learned how to forge for that reason. Other things too... Medical skills are great as well. Anything that was done in the 1850s is worth learning, just in case. Modern skills, not so much. Electronics, sorry to say, may or may not be useful.. Especially in case of an EMP. The difficulty in my opinion would be surviving the first panic phase, then diseases and starvation. I would expect a couple months, after which the population would be reduced and the survivors would be mean and lean. Which way things go after that, who knows, but if we see a reconstruction effort, yes, modern skills will be useful, but what happens in the mean time?
I don't know if you guys read an article by a guy named Selco who survived one Year in a Bosnian town without law or food? He has very interesting remarks about what worked and what didn't. He said that unless you have a group of people, you won't make it.. Ask me for a copy via PM if you want it.. Anyway, you would have to be pretty isolated to survive in too small a group, and very discreet.. Where I live, forget it, most would die, and the survivors would not have a clean conscience. That's why I am thinking of moving, and even buy a horse instead of a car!
As far as farming or gardening, I plan on buying seeds, and carry them until the time comes, if I make it that far...
Gil.
Man I miss that boat.
I do not own any land, so my options are limited. I am also alone, hopefully not forever, so that simplifies my plans right now. Whomever think they can just live off the land and acquire the necessary skills after the SHTF event would probably starve before getting the hang of it. I was lucky that my Grandfather was a hunter and that he took me along and taught me some useful skills. Enough? I doubt it. I would love to spend a few weeks in the woods, and plan on doing so in the near future. For some reason, a little voice has been telling me to learn everything possible about self sufficiency since I have been a child. That little voice now is telling me to hurry... I think everyone should have "power-less" skills. I learned how to forge for that reason. Other things too... Medical skills are great as well. Anything that was done in the 1850s is worth learning, just in case. Modern skills, not so much. Electronics, sorry to say, may or may not be useful.. Especially in case of an EMP. The difficulty in my opinion would be surviving the first panic phase, then diseases and starvation. I would expect a couple months, after which the population would be reduced and the survivors would be mean and lean. Which way things go after that, who knows, but if we see a reconstruction effort, yes, modern skills will be useful, but what happens in the mean time?
I don't know if you guys read an article by a guy named Selco who survived one Year in a Bosnian town without law or food? He has very interesting remarks about what worked and what didn't. He said that unless you have a group of people, you won't make it.. Ask me for a copy via PM if you want it.. Anyway, you would have to be pretty isolated to survive in too small a group, and very discreet.. Where I live, forget it, most would die, and the survivors would not have a clean conscience. That's why I am thinking of moving, and even buy a horse instead of a car!
As far as farming or gardening, I plan on buying seeds, and carry them until the time comes, if I make it that far...
Gil.
