SHTF Groups

[Goodburbon]

my group originated in Louisiana. great growing season, fertile ground, plenty of water, and an indigenous population of so many "have nots" that makes it near impossible to stock enough bullets.

[Skully]

my group originated in Louisiana. great growing season, fertile ground, plenty of water, and an indigenous population of so many "have nots" that makes it near impossible to stock enough bullets.

So you going to make a run to Louisiana or are most close by now?

Everyone mentions food supplies, medical supplies, water source and of course training and weapons. I was thinking those with groups that have been organizing what about a library of books and reference material? SHTF internet might be useless, and having something tangible would survive better. Also thinking about seeds for plants etc.

[Great-Kazoo]

So you going to make a run to Louisiana or are most close by now?

Everyone mentions food supplies, medical supplies, water source and of course training and weapons. I was thinking those with groups that have been organizing what about a library of books and reference material? SHTF internet might be useless, and having something tangible would survive better. Also thinking about seeds for plants etc.

Having people on board who posses these skill's are great. If not technical manuals, prints and diagrams to fix what needs be should already be in stock. Not everyone i know is mechanical, medical minded or who knows what. Cross Training is something that needed to be at the forefront of any group. Owning trauma kits yet knowing how the hell to use them (and when) will be more harmful than helpful.
Around here things are loose yet able to come together as needed, in short time period. I feel the mother nature kind of disaster, be it tornado's, floods FIRE, will show any group where the strength and weakness lie vs, storm troopers goose steeping in to a location near you.
Ice storms late spring dropping power lines, is the neighborhood able to cope, alternate power wise for X time w/out assistance from EMS.

[Omicron]

Everyone mentions food supplies, medical supplies, water source and of course training and weapons. I was thinking those with groups that have been organizing what about a library of books and reference material? SHTF internet might be useless, and having something tangible would survive better. Also thinking about seeds for plants etc.

You are definitely thinking along the right lines here.
I'm assuming Internet would be useless, so I've been accumulating physical books and computer based equivilents (pdf's, etc) for some time now. In a prolonged SHTF scenario (TEOTWAWKI) these knowledge bases/references will be priceless. Also have enough seeds to plant crops for years.

[Sawin]

You are definitely thinking along the right lines here.
I'm assuming Internet would be useless, so I've been accumulating physical books and computer based equivilents (pdf's, etc) for some time now. In a prolonged SHTF scenario (TEOTWAWKI) these knowledge bases/references will be priceless. Also have enough seeds to plant crops for years.

Me too Omicron. I think it was on this forum that I originally downloaded a large compilation of documents (thank you again to whomever I grabbed it from), or maybe it was during my short stint on uscca (I do not recommend anyone bother joining the uscca anymore). I've since added several more docs to it, so anyone who wants it feel free to download everything I've gathered from my skydrive via the link below. It's a series of 3 zip files. There are pdf's on topics ranging from stenography, medical, weather, knots, weapons, alternative power, etc. Definitely a LOT of great material. Sheesh, just the army survival manual that's included has enough to keep you busy for weeks. I am uploading everything now, so if you're fast, you may not see all 3 zips yet.

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=5CAC39F3F5A343D5!144&authkey=!n!n6PpM6 YF8%24

[Sawin]

Me too Omicron. I think it was on this forum that I originally downloaded a large compilation of documents (thank you again to whomever I grabbed it from), or maybe it was during my short stint on uscca (I do not recommend anyone bother joining the uscca anymore). I've since added several more docs to it, so anyone who wants it feel free to download everything I've gathered from my skydrive via the link below. It's a series of 3 zip files. There are pdf's on topics ranging from stenography, medical, weather, knots, weapons, alternative power, etc. Definitely a LOT of great material. Sheesh, just the army survival manual that's included has enough to keep you busy for weeks. I am uploading everything now, so if you're fast, you may not see all 3 zips yet.

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=5CAC39F3F5A343D5!144&authkey=!n!n6PpM6 YF8%24

All 3 zips are available now.

[Omicron]

All 3 zips are available now.

Sweet, grabbed them. Thanks!

[Sawin]

Sweet, grabbed them. Thanks!

Was it worth the bandwidth? Lots of material huh?

[Jolly Green]

All 3 zips are available now.

Thanks for the info! Ill be set for a while with these .

[jonny450r]

Me too Omicron. I think it was on this forum that I originally downloaded a large compilation of documents (thank you again to whomever I grabbed it from), or maybe it was during my short stint on uscca (I do not recommend anyone bother joining the uscca anymore). I've since added several more docs to it, so anyone who wants it feel free to download everything I've gathered from my skydrive via the link below. It's a series of 3 zip files. There are pdf's on topics ranging from stenography, medical, weather, knots, weapons, alternative power, etc. Definitely a LOT of great material. Sheesh, just the army survival manual that's included has enough to keep you busy for weeks. I am uploading everything now, so if you're fast, you may not see all 3 zips yet.

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=5CAC39F3F5A343D5!144&authkey=!n!n6PpM6 YF8%24

holy crap there is some great info. thanks bud