My goal with this thread is to put ALL POLITICAL debates aside, and help each other. Let's work together and share tips on how to survive and prepare incase this virus gets out of control. I place my families health and safety above all else. So please post all political opinions in other threads. First, our country is doing a very good job of controlling the spread of the virus within our borders. What concerns me is. Many, if not most other countries do not have the same resources we have. There is a real possibility this virus will get out of control in some areas beyond China. Which raises the possibility it "may" spread here, despite the best efforts to stop it. If that happens, we all may need to hunker down and live off of the supplies on hand. Possibly for months. There are a ton of topics we can share info and ideas with each other. I will start with ideas on how to prepare food supplies. Food alone is a huge topic. But since vegetables is a hot topic, I will start there. Many vegetables can be frozen, such as celery, carrots and lettuce. They may not have the same texture when thawed, but are healthy eats in soups and stews. Most veggies will last 3 months frozen, some longer if blanched before freezing. Another option is to grow sprouts inside the house, even in winter. Sprouts can be grown in about a week, and are extremely healthy and full of nutrients. A few sprouts such as broccoli and kale can be grown in mason jars with only water, not soil. A couple of good sources for buying bulk microgreen sprouting seeds. Rainbow sprouting seed co. True-leaf market co. These companies have instruction on their websites on how to grow the sprouts. We have grown several batches as a test. They taste ok, but make very healthy fresh salads. Remember, we are talking about surviving a long time hunker down situation. What tips do you have to share?
Honestly, if you're going to look at a long-term situation just from a feed-the-family point of view (no politics/guns/social downfall situation), then an aquaponic system would probably be a good one. You'll have fish and can get nutrient-rich veggies, like tomatoes and peppers. I get wheat from the LDS prep folks, and with just yeast, salt/water and ground wheat you can have bread for a while.
I encourage my neighbors to prep for things like this and I just make sure that I have more and better guns than they do.
We have been looking at aquaponics systems, but have not pulled the trigger, yet. Thanks for the headup. Appears some of you are not taking this potential threat serious. How about this idea that may be worth more than gold, but not beer, to barter if the shtf. Have a year supply of toilet paper on hand.
That's fine, but running out of fans is not going to panic people. But, running out of beer will cause panic, and riots. Can you make homebrew beer? Or are you riding out this shit storm cold turkey?
I quit drinking sometime in 2018. It took me way too many years to figure out that it just doesn't agree with me. It's a good thing that Puffins legal here in Portland... as well as Iceland.
If someone having sex that many extra times involves doing the deed with someone other than your wife or having sex with someone else's wife could end your life much sooner.
when the inevitable deadly viral outbreak is finally knocking on the door of our privileged society, only then will we see the true and utter depravity of not being able to air fry kale chips. lifes essential conveniences will slowly fall away. oh, you used to wear underwear? i am currently eating dog food out of a human skull. when we are all peeling scabs off of the inside of our eyelids, everyone will finally see what im talking about.
Well, thats all folks. You're all going to die. Except for BrianFromWa. My guess is his real secret plan is to sit on the bottom of the ocean in a nuclear sub untill it is safe to come out. Time to hunker down in my cave and hope for the best. Getting darn crowded in here. A bunch of bats and snakes moved in. They are afraid they will catch the virus from humans. See you all in hell soon.