SURVIVING THE IMPENDING MELTDOWN

in #survival6 years ago (edited)

There has never been a post that I have asked the community to resteem and share before this one. I don't consider myself a fatalist, but rather a realist. With the coaxing and guidance of my son @ryan313, over the past seven years I have been able to gather the necessities that will help us survive with the mayhem that is comming. All indications are that events are lining up and in the not to distant future we will be caught up in a scene never experienced before.

It is never to late to begin preparing for the possibility that the mayhem already in progress will bring us to our knees.

In this blog I will share with you what my son @ryan313 and I have done.

Buy precious metals. I started buying seven years ago. All of my metals have been purchased from https://www.jmbullion.com Just a little at a time. Gold is at a bargin right now. $1300.00./ ounce. Gold can be purchased in smaller weights than an ounce.

1 oz. American Gold buffalo

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1 oz. American Silver Eagle $17.49/coin

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Silver Eagle Proofs. More $ per coin because they are proof coins and therefore carry a premium.

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Junk Silver, so named due to the condition of the coin. Not a collectable coin. It is important to have Junk Silver because it gives you smaller denominations to use.

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Fiat. When the ATM machines are disabled and the banks will not let you get at your own money, have some tucked under the mattress, or better yet in a safe with your precious metals.

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Have at least a three month supply of food. https://secure.food4patriots.com/ This is a great company and they are presently giving away a three day sample package. The shelf life of their product is 25 years.

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Have a supply of your own food. We vacumn seal all of the produce we grow and can usually store about a years supply, consuming it as we go. Dehydrating or canning also provides you with a way of storing food.

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Being able to supply your own power is also essential, Short term solution is to have a generator on hand with a stock pile of at least 50 gallons of gas. Additives can be put into the stored gas that keep this vital potential energy in good condition.

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Long term solution would to have some sort of alternative energy. When these solar pannels were purchased they were rather costly, but they are now sold for a fraction of the price.

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Have a way to communicate. Short wave radios are key to being able to stay in touch and are a ball to use at any time.

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Water, water water. This can not be stressed enough. Containeirzed water is a simple solution. I am lucky enough to have a source of fresh water all around me.
Surface runoff and a natural spring keeps our pound brimming throughout most of the year.

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Having guns in the house is a personal choice, but when the s--t hits the fan, you may be happy that you had one tucked away is a safe place.

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When possible, have an alternative way of producing heat.

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Faith. Back in the day one of my hobbies was working with leather. This piece was done in 1978 and hangs in my kitchen. Faith may be the one thing we all fall back on, if God forbid things come to pass that will alter our lives forever.

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My closing remark is always "hope you enjoyed" In this case I hope you share with people that follow you. Upvotes will indicate that to me.

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The leather piece is timeless! Your prepared nice work! Now you just get out the popcorn and watch the show it will be entertaining to say the least!

Thanks, post took a while but a lot of fun. Ry do not know if you saw this. Voting for Steem to get it listed on Netcoins. Here is the link http://contest.gonetcoins.com/. You can vote every 24 hours. After you vote the first time and receive an email conformation, every time you vote after that you just need to push the button down. No email conformation needed after first vote. Pretty simple. Presently Steem is in second place with 2968 votes. Top coin gets free listing worth $30,000. #2 to 10 top voted coins get 25% off of listing fee.

Sounds like you guys have listened of Jack Spirko of the Survival Podcast... if not, jave a listen I'm sure you'll like his style! He's right up your alley.

Nice post, we are on our way to prepping.

Thanks will listen in. I really feel that it is inevitable. If it does not occur all for the better, but I feel more secure being somewhat prepared. thanks for upvote and comment, greatly appreciated!

Of course, hey that's what preparedness is about right. Even if nothing happens, at least you are prepared. We've been preparing our self reliance in building up the homestead... You know, off grid, growing food and basically practicing life without money!

I'm sure something will happen, but I'm leaning towards the slow decay of the economy, the dollar has been losing so much value for such a long time.

A slow burn would at least give those who have not taken any precautionary measures a chance to get some issues addressed!

Yes that is true. I can't believe these things, especially when it comes to the economy happen over night. People always have hope, they will keep on going and continue to pay thejr mortgages and so on... let's hope for some it is a slow burn

Thank you for the reminder of how important it is to prepare for the future. I thought I'd share my thoughts...

Back in the early days of sailing I have heard that many sailors never bothered to learn how to swim. They knew if they fell overboard there was no way to rescue them and swimming only prolonged their suffering.

I personally think it is going to take the combined cooperation, efforts and excess world production to solve the serious issues we are facing. If the economy majorly tanks at this point I doubt that stockpiles of gold or other material things, will really help for anything besides making you a bigger target for looters.

With that in mind, what I think is the best place to put effort in is to push for policies and changes what will bring about lasting long term prosperity and abundance for the entire world population, plants, animals and minerals. Spiritual practices of loving kindness, peace and compassion I feel are very helpful in preparation for the future as well.

Great advice, Sweed. I would add...to get a "Big Berkey," or some other high quality water filter that can turn scummy pond water into potable drinking water. You are specially right about spiritual preparedness, and the need for closeness to the ultimate provide and protector.

Thanks, will look into "Big Berkey"

I've had one for years and filter all my water. They are a little pricey, but they WORK. A lot of them don't work, or work poorly.

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