Those that recommended 'One Second After'

I finished it this weekend. The wife finished it today. She hasn"t stopped crying. She's passing it on to her family. She's alot more interested in the plan. The book brings some hard thoughts into daily thinking.

thanks argal going to check them out soon.

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Originally Posted by solomon751

Without getting to specific I live south of Hampden and a bit East of Sheridan in the 80236 area. Not a bad area by comparison to my travels around the metro area. Far from LODO but still far enough from the hills to make bugging out a whole lot of work with kids.

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I live in exactly the same area, and have come to the conclusion that the property is defensible for a few days. I've been mapping out bugout places and routes for several years now and have the plan in place. We have several bugout bags in our cars, the house, in storage units and even at a couple of friends houses, and run drills on the actual BO several times a year. Starting last season I started burying cache's of minor supplies in a couple of the spots, this year I'll do more just in case everything goes south and I need supplies.

My BO plan is pretty extensive and often practiced. I don't store a years worth of food because I know I have to be mobile but I have plenty in case I decide to hold out here for six months (which is highly likely unless everything goes completely to hell, which is unlikely). I never bring a car back home with less than 1/2 tank of gas (minimum needed to reach the furthest BO spot plus extra), I break down each BO bag quarterly and re-stock it, I generally go camping several times a year with nothing but a BO bag to make sure it is enough to survive on. I buy and rotate obscene amounts of MRE's each year.

I'm pretty anal about it all :).

We've been trying to find some large acreage for a few years that will be our final stop (the rest of the spots become stops along the way to it). Hard to find the kind of acreage I need and want but we keep looking and have the cash ready for it.

I started doing this all years ago. I've read The Road and it was quite shocking as was One Second After, but I went nuts like this long before I read these books. Obama clinched it for me and I stepped up my efforts - spending tens of thousands of dollars on "the plan". I've been waiting for ammo costs to drop a bit before I finalize that. The only piece I'm really missing in the guns department is a lot of reloading experience but I'm working on it.

This year I bought a few cases of heirloom seeds and am planting nothing but those in my gardens - I even plan to carve out a little spot in one of my BO spots to do a test there as well.

And, no, I'm not a tin hat weirdo (I'm a garden variety weirdo), I just believe in being prepared at all times and I watch in disgust how Americans have become fat and complacent and have deviated from our basic roots so far in the last 100 years that we DRIVE 1/4 mile to get our milk!

But, you know, other than that I really have no opinion on the matter :).

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Originally Posted by ARgal

http://www.providentliving.org/conte...4352-1,00.html

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is this their location?


CO - Aurora (Denver)


Phone (303) 371-7650

Address
3233 Fraser Street
Aurora, Colorado 80011

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Originally Posted by MB888

is this their location?


CO - Aurora (Denver)


Phone (303) 371-7650

Address
3233 Fraser Street
Aurora, Colorado 80011

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If i can get to RAR to pick up a lower at a decent hour tommorrow i will head up there and confirm that.


Also ARgal is there anything special I need to know about the place?
like secret handshake code word etc

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Originally Posted by MB888

is this their location?


CO - Aurora (Denver)


Phone (303) 371-7650

Address
3233 Fraser Street
Aurora, Colorado 80011

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yep, that's it.

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Originally Posted by DFBrews

If i can get to RAR to pick up a lower at a decent hour tommorrow i will head up there and confirm that.


Also ARgal is there anything special I need to know about the place?
like secret handshake code word etc

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LOL - i had that same thought when I first found out about them. But when I looked at paying $60 with shipping for wheat as opposed to 7 bucks I figured I'd give it a go and just see how it was. It's staffed by volunteers and everyone was very friendly and helpful. If you want to pack #10 cans they show you how use the equipment etc. I did a few and actually it was fun. There was no proselytizing or anything. It was a very positve experience. And I filled up the back of my pickup for very little money.:) When you get there go to the north end of the building not the south end. The south end is where they do the wet pack canning and north is where they have the bulk goods, etc.

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I did a few and actually it was fun. There was no proselytizing or anything. It was a very positve experience. And I filled up the back of my pickup for very little money.:) When you get there go to the north end of the building not the south end. The south end is where they do the wet pack canning and north is where they have the bulk goods, etc.

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That sounds great... I gotta check it out. Thanks for sharing.[Beer]

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Originally Posted by ARgal

LOL - i had that same thought when I first found out about them. But when I looked at paying $60 with shipping for wheat as opposed to 7 bucks I figured I'd give it a go and just see how it was. It's staffed by volunteers and everyone was very friendly and helpful. If you want to pack #10 cans they show you how use the equipment etc. I did a few and actually it was fun. There was no proselytizing or anything. It was a very positve experience. And I filled up the back of my pickup for very little money.:) When you get there go to the north end of the building not the south end. The south end is where they do the wet pack canning and north is where they have the bulk goods, etc.

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Awesome thank you.

Glad to help. I'm planning to head over there on Wed myself to get a few more items.