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 Topic: Basic firearms for SHTF |
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| ilbob Replies: 5 Views: 1347 |
 Forum: Open Forum Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 3:21 pm Subject: Basic firearms for SHTF |
| if you are truly budget minded, why spend $400 on a hunting rilfe. A lot of milsurp boltguns are perfectly sutiable for hunting and can be had for a lot less then $400. | |
| Topic: Best watch for SHFT??? |
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| ilbob Replies: 8 Views: 1869 |
Forum: Open Forum Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 3:17 pm Subject: Best watch for SHFT??? |
| You need a solar powered or a self winding watch!!
Why? Typical battery powered watches last for 5 years or more. if you are still in a SHTF situation after 5 years, you don't relaly need to know w ... |
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| Topic: Generators...What size for Urban condos\apts |
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| ilbob Replies: 6 Views: 1484 |
Forum: Tools Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:41 am Subject: Generators...What size for Urban condos\apts |
| I was thinking more along the lines of running a fan or a heater or a food dehydrator if you have meat from your fridge going bad.
My suggestion would be to get a rechargable battery pack, like the ... |
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| Topic: Dehydrated food? NO!!! |
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| ilbob Replies: 9 Views: 2013 |
Forum: Food Prep Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:38 pm Subject: Dehydrated food? NO!!! |
| Does it make any real difference if part of your water supply is in canned food as opposed to stored up as water? It weighs the same and takes up the same amount of space regardless. | |
| Topic: Generators...What size for Urban condos\apts |
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| ilbob Replies: 6 Views: 1484 |
Forum: Tools Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:35 pm Subject: Generators...What size for Urban condos\apts |
| generators are PITA to me, their noisy(attracts attention), they need gasoline(shortages expected?)and for what they provides, they are not worth the trouble... i would go first with solar panels, or ... | |
| Topic: Huge headers harbingers of hate |
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| ilbob Replies: 5 Views: 1877 |
Forum: Suggestions Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:50 pm Subject: Re: Huge headers harbingers of hate |
| Yes, I AM LEDGEND was cool. Does that mean we have to have a huge picture on the top of the entire site that must be scrolled down every time we do anything?
It may well have something to do with ... |
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| Topic: Chemical water treatment: iodine vs. bleach |
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| ilbob Replies: 9 Views: 10897 |
Forum: Sanitation Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:49 pm Subject: Chemical water treatment: iodine vs. bleach |
| You could distill the water fairly easily!!!
Solar stills don't produce as much water as you might think, but they certainly can be used to remove the mineral content from contaminated water. I ... |
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| Topic: food supply: getting started |
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| ilbob Replies: 8 Views: 1805 |
Forum: Food Prep Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:46 am Subject: food supply: getting started |
| actually, on the coffee matter, it does... because cafeine cause more dehydratation than the amount of water in it
about the "weight" of the food, it's not a concern since it's in my bug- ... |
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| Topic: Chemical water treatment: iodine vs. bleach |
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| ilbob Replies: 9 Views: 10897 |
Forum: Sanitation Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:42 am Subject: Chemical water treatment: iodine vs. bleach |
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about the rain water, boiling+bleaching should do the trick... Boiling and bleaching (and other disinfection techniques) only kill bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc. They cannot remove impurites that ... |
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| Topic: fecal matters |
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| ilbob Replies: 6 Views: 1871 |
Forum: Sanitation Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:07 am Subject: fecal matters |
| I have a septic tank, so as long as I have water to flush with, I probably don't have to worry much about improvising anything as long as I can bug in. I would need to collect rain water run off for f ... | |
| Topic: food supply: getting started |
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| ilbob Replies: 8 Views: 1805 |
Forum: Food Prep Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:14 am Subject: Re: food supply: getting started |
| You need X amount of water daily, regardless of where it comes from. If some of it comes from the food you have stored (like soup) thats fine, but you really have not saved any water by storing soup. ... | |
| Topic: Chemical water treatment: iodine vs. bleach |
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| ilbob Replies: 9 Views: 10897 |
Forum: Sanitation Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:08 am Subject: Chemical water treatment: iodine vs. bleach |
| I am curious where you guys think you can get water suitable for drinking after merely killing the bugs in it after an urban SHTF event.
maybe from collecting rain water? lots of other contaiminent ... |
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| Topic: food supply: getting started |
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| ilbob Replies: 8 Views: 1805 |
Forum: Food Prep Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:05 am Subject: Re: food supply: getting started |
| You need X amount of water daily, regardless of where it comes from. If some of it comes from the food you have stored (like soup) thats fine, but you really have not saved any water by storing soup. ... | |
| Topic: fecal matters |
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| ilbob Replies: 6 Views: 1871 |
Forum: Sanitation Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:00 am Subject: fecal matters |
| of course, but this is on the best case scenario... what if you need to improvise one????
if you are inside, a 5 gallon bucket and some kitty litter will work very well. Transfer the used stuff to ... |
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| Topic: What do I need???? |
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| ilbob Replies: 10 Views: 2394 |
Forum: Tools Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:49 am Subject: What do I need???? |
| Great points!!! You might need to temp. barricade the door or windows if leaving isn't safe!!
I am not all that worried about the windows on the 41st floor. I would suggest you give some though ... |
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