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Thanks for the great replies thus far. Lots of food for thought.
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Precisely why I wanna find some little mountain town with just one road in and out where the town can just chainsaw-drop a couple trees across the road to keep The Walking Dead out...Want my grim assessment? Our little slice of heaven would be in quite a lot of trouble. The liberal elements would stagnate, waiting for the government to provide, instead of trying to help themselves. The even more liberal elements would try to force those with resources to share with the group, even if they did nothing to prepare and even mocked us for doing so. If we band together, we would be in pretty good shape, until the groups get big enough to get noticed, then the problems start again. In my opinion, unless you have a small, solid group of neighbors that live close enough together, you might have to hunker down at home and hide everything you have.
In a half hearted attempt to partially defend a few decent souls in Portland (meaning a couple of my neighbors who are self-confessed "progressives" who admittedly voted for the socialists who have imposed more limits and more fees/fines on the plebes - - see how full throated my defense is ), I offer this, knowing full well it is all self inflected ....My area people pitch in to fix stuff like downed trees or road potholes.
Portland though.. sweet jesus.. those lazy folks dont do a single thing to help out eachother. Ive driven down some neighborhoods and its like the apathy is THICK in those areas.. massive potholes people could easily fill in themselves to at least make their own road a little easier to drive on, downed trees or massive branches sticking out low to mid height right in the road turning it into a single lane..
They just don't care… and they are insanely lazy.. meanwhile they'll post on theor social media pages about how much they care and that communities need to be better connected. Absolute hypocrites, the lot of them.
I agree Old One finding people to network with is the hardest part! A person who isn't wary of committing to alliances makes me nervous, I'm not big on finding out my new friend invited 20 other good friends and took my stuff. That being said I am always looking for like minded individuals looking to band together for protection. My home would be indefensible long term or to big numbers. I live in the city but have a large yard near the top of a hill. NOT the high ground. my landscaping has rock walls and raised planters that offer cover and fields of fire. I cant man every spot and ? I would lose a numbers game if it was the Alamo. Moving requires the decision be made prior depending on circumstances. If I MAY need to go DO NOT wait get out early or the roads will be to congested and opportunists will set up toll booths. Paranoia means living in fear of, Prepared means being ready and then living!
- How do you foresee things going down in your community in the event of a major disaster (e.g., a Cascadia event, nuclear exchange, et al.)? Naturally there is no way knowing for sure, sans experiencing it, or a crystal ball. But an educated guess can be made. Probably not well. I saw neighbors of mine lose their schit when we had a planned water shut off in the area. Can't imagine they'll do well with anything more stressful.
- With this in mind how are you preparing, networking, etc.? I'm building my stores and trying to get out of Portland. My initial foray into this site was in the hopes of networking and building my community, and that hasn't really worked the way I'd hoped, save for a couple contacts. Back to the drawing board for that.
- Do you see the present social structures helping or hurting? Why? Who the hell knows. I can't see it helping much since most people don't want help doing a thing or procuring an item, they want it done for them.
- What rôle do you see you and your family playing? (Or, perhaps none at all.) In my current community it would probably not be safe to assist unless things were exceptionally dire. It's the biggest reason I want out of Portland.
- How do you see present community organizations responding? Positive, negative, or irrelevant? I think they would end up stumbling over each other and causing more problems.
- What's your game plan regardless? Keep building up my stores and get out of Portland. Build up a bigger and better network.
Corvallis. Early eighties. Huge wind storm. Power out. I lived in a four-plex on a residential street lined with huge walnut and big leaf maple trees, some with trunks three or four feet in diameter. Every block of road in our neighborhood was crisscrossed with multiple fallen trees, some of them giants. And of course the highway and major roads were blocked too, with multiple downed powerlines, trees, and debris.As far as disruption to infrastructure, not very well. The utility companies (like power and communications) have been hollowed out steadily to where they don't have the resources to do much of anything. No local crews, equipment, etc. They now rely on contractors, and only keep enough of them to do normal repairs and upgrades.
Don't you already have a lot of californians floating into your town.Living in Redmond we have the biggest airport for bringing in supplies and relief workers when the rest of yall fall into the ocean. So I expect a huge increase in traffic and a lot of floaters seeking refuge here. I will take care of my family and friends first then do what ever I am able to do to help refugees.
I have a well and generator but gasoline will be one of the first things to run out and be rationed. So I will be at the gas station filling everything up even before yall stop shakin. And just so you guys don't get any ideas I won't be walking around town with an AR-15 or my HK91 hanging on my shoulder but I will be packen my .45acp XD mod 2 subcompact with the extended clip and a spare magazing in my pocket.
When friends were evacuated due to the big fires they stayed with me for a week until they were able to return to their residence which was fortunately intact.