Possible apocalyptic event unfolding, need advice...quick

Gulfcoastguy

Hook_emHornsfan_74 said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

Hook_emHornsfan_74 said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

I’m glad my niece and her family move from Thibideux to Midland Texas two years ago. They would have been centered.

Feel sorry for anyone who has to move to Midland. I live it. It isn’t exciting. And it’s hot. Really hot. 

They pay her twice as much as the Louisiana college did. Of course the house costs twice as much . She says her new bosses and coworkers are  more helpful and friendly. The students are still students, just more Spanish and less Cajun. South Louisiana is hot and humid enough to grow mushrooms on your skin.

Is she a teacher?  Where?  My brother teaches in the school district and i have some friends who teach at the JUCO here.  It’s a good family town here. Heat wise. It’s dry heat here. Luckily. 

History teacher at that community college there. I guess it is the JUCO. I don’t get to talk to her much, between classes, teaching online classes, and her toddler she stays busy. The next time will be Thanksgiving or Christmas. Her husband said he didn’t even notice that it was 109. They have found tumbleweeds and Roadrunners interesting.

nolaegghead

again, because it's awesome....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDM4fre95SE

littlerascal56

I’ll easily deal with an occasional tornado every 20+ years verses all the hurricanes you guys have every season!

nolaegghead

littlerascal56 said:

I’ll easily deal with an occasional tornado every 20+ years verses all the hurricanes you guys have every season!

That's a no-brainer considering *every* hurricane comes with a couple/few dozen tornadoes.  We just had a tornado alert a few hours ago from a feeder a couple hundred miles from the "eye".

Smoker317

The wife and I have talked about doomsday scenarios and she thinks that me resorting to cannibalism within the the first 12 hours of a crisis situation is too soon. I figure that I should eat my neighbors while they are fresh, why you ask?  Well their canned goods will stay good for a while... 

I suggest every prepper make a list of nearby food sources in the event of 12 hour or longer local or national emergency. 

The wife likes to point out that the "situation" may only last a couple days at most.  Well she has always had a tendency to overthink things.   Just say'in. 

nolaegghead

Smoker317 said:

The wife and I have talked about doomsday scenarios and she thinks that me resorting to cannibalism within the the first 12 hours of a crisis situation is too soon. I figure that I should eat my neighbors while they are fresh, why you ask?  Well their canned goods will stay good for a while... 

I suggest every prepper make a list of nearby food sources in the event of 12 hour or longer local or national emergency. 

The wife likes to point out that the "situation" may only last a couple days at most.  Well she has always had a tendency to overthink things.   Just say'in. 

Pretty much right.  12 hours will drive anyone to cannibalism.

caliking

nolaegghead said:

We have a 12 KVA standby that I installed around 12 years ago, runs the whole house.  I put it about 50 feet from the house, long freedom gas run so had to run 1.25" iron pipe.  It doesn't run the manbearcave. 

3 chest freezers and one big side by side in the shop, I will run extension cords to keep those going.  The chest freezers are fine for a day without power, they're all pretty full.

Backup AC in the bedroom, 12k BTU ductless inverter.  That can be hooked up to a plug if the generator fails.  The 24k BTU ductless inverter in the shop will run off the 3k inverter generator if I start it slow.

 

3 inverter generators - 1000, 2000 and 3000 watt, although I need to do some tank service on the 3000 (took it off shore once).

Just because we like to cook and buy stuff on sale and in bulk, we have enough food for probably 2 months. 

Stocked up on wine, beer and booze, soft drinks, tea.

I have probably 30 flashlights, most use 18650 lithium batteries.  Have maybe 100 spare 18650s that I salvage from "bad" laptop packs at work.  They are all charged up.

HAM radio, VOIP over fiber, pretty power fail tolerant communication means.

The high water vehicle is my truck.  Have a boat ready to go.  Everything is serviced regularly by myself.

Solar doesn't work when we're off the grid, so no advantage there.  Everything appliance-wise that can be natural gas is.

Chainsaw is working great.  SWMBO keeps up-to-date comprehensive first aid supplies, including sutures.

Air antennae for the TVs if the DirectTV/Interwebs go out.  Emergency radios.

Shop is comprehensively equipped with tools and supplies to MacGyver whatever needs it.

Respirators, Tyvec suits, boots, etc stored.

We filled up all our vehicles before the storm (got burned on that once during Katrina).

Beer making gear for long duration apocalyptic events, gotta maintain a buzz.

We have 3 5 gallon drinking water bottles and a dispenser, which is good for a couple weeks, I guess I could always get water out of the river and boil it.  Have 2 35 gallon potable water drums that I could fill up if I expect the need.

Fishing and hunting gear if it ever got that bad.  Never really give that scenario a thought, though.  Well, maybe recently.

Why did it take THIS for us to hear about the HAM radio??

You’ve been holding out. And here I thought we were all friends...

Gulfcoastguy

If you have to resort to cannibalism, do Cajuns come preseasoned?

MaskedMarvel

nolaegghead said:

Smoker317 said:

The wife and I have talked about doomsday scenarios and she thinks that me resorting to cannibalism within the the first 12 hours of a crisis situation is too soon. I figure that I should eat my neighbors while they are fresh, why you ask?  Well their canned goods will stay good for a while... 

I suggest every prepper make a list of nearby food sources in the event of 12 hour or longer local or national emergency. 

The wife likes to point out that the "situation" may only last a couple days at most.  Well she has always had a tendency to overthink things.   Just say'in. 

Pretty much right.  12 hours will drive anyone to cannibalism.

Can’t think of many of my neighbors who are even moderately appetizing.  

I’m effed. 

thetrim

If you can survive the rain during Butt Blast, you can make it through anything!

wardo

MaskedMarvel said:

nolaegghead said:

Smoker317 said:

The wife and I have talked about doomsday scenarios and she thinks that me resorting to cannibalism within the the first 12 hours of a crisis situation is too soon. I figure that I should eat my neighbors while they are fresh, why you ask?  Well their canned goods will stay good for a while... 

I suggest every prepper make a list of nearby food sources in the event of 12 hour or longer local or national emergency. 

The wife likes to point out that the "situation" may only last a couple days at most.  Well she has always had a tendency to overthink things.   Just say'in. 

Pretty much right.  12 hours will drive anyone to cannibalism.

Can’t think of many of my neighbors who are even moderately appetizing.  

I’m effed. 

Low and slow on the egg will help! Haha

thetrim

Botch

I've got a great cookbook for the Apocalypse called How to Serve Your Fellow Man, but Amazon doesn't seem to carry it anymore.    

HendersonTRKing

Welp, I’ve at least learned how woefully underprepared I am for any type of weather disaster we might suffer here in the mid-atlantic. (In maybe every category except bourbon and tequila.)

Dondgc

Gulfcoastguy said:

If you have to resort to cannibalism, do Cajuns come preseasoned?

@Gulfcoastguy if your neighbors are Cajuns they will have already scouted you out and planned a few meals around you... 

ColbyLang

Dondgc said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

If you have to resort to cannibalism, do Cajuns come preseasoned?

@Gulfcoastguy if your neighbors are Cajuns they will have already scouted you out and planned a few meals around you... 

That’s right, we eat everything but The oink 

Gulfcoastguy

ColbyLang said:

Dondgc said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

If you have to resort to cannibalism, do Cajuns come preseasoned?

@Gulfcoastguy if your neighbors are Cajuns they will have already scouted you out and planned a few meals around you... 

That’s right, we eat everything but The oink 

You stuff the oink into a boudan

ColbyLang

Gulfcoastguy said:

ColbyLang said:

Dondgc said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

If you have to resort to cannibalism, do Cajuns come preseasoned?

@Gulfcoastguy if your neighbors are Cajuns they will have already scouted you out and planned a few meals around you... 

That’s right, we eat everything but The oink 

You stuff the oink into a boudan

Boudin*, a perfect apocalypse/hurricane/earth shattering event food