Yet another reason to avoid collapse.
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Bulldozer bait here in Idaho because the transplants will pay...apparently
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To my knowledge, we still don't have a concrete mix that can match the sea water abuse being taken by Roman docks, some of which are still standing or submerged, but still there.
Need the ashes from the corpses of your enemies.
To each their own. I did look for the vid on youtube but did not find it.No fakebook for me, fakebook is THE CCP.
Once fakebook hired Chinese fact checkers from the CCP I decided I would never go back.
Some people have done some experiments with volcanic ash to replicate the Roman mix. There is a LOT of ash from Mt. St. Helens, but not enough to supply all the demand we have for concrete. Just the same, if I had the $, I would pay someone to ship it and make the stronger concrete.Need the ashes from the corpses of your enemies.
That's a great book,, @OldBroad44 !And thanks for saying what I was thinking, only better.
Hmmm. Yes. Lets expand this a bit. First is immediate safety including self defense. If someone is breaking into your home right now, you need to be able to stop them right now. Second is maintaining proper core body temperature. If you're in Minnesota in winter you need serious winter clothing to even walk a couple of blocks in winter on a mild day (such as one that's only minus 20 F instead of minus 40) without frost biting stuff. A person whose car breaks down in the boonies is going to freeze to death by morning unless they are carrying heavy duty clothing, parka, blankets, down sleeping bag, etc. We just went through a record heat wave here in oregon. Its likely hundreds of people died from the heat though we haven't got estimates yet as to how many. It got to 116 in Portland. 111 at my house. 93 in my house. All fans and cold water in my place depend upon electricity. I stockpile water. Fortunately the ekectrucity didnt go out. Third is water. You can't live long without it, especially if its hot. Probably somewhere about fourth is getting the family together. If you are at work youll want to get home to your family. If roads are blocked you may need to walk a day or more. Fifth is food. Most of us could probably live for at least a month without food. We would burn up about a pound of body fat per day without food. It wouldn't be pleasant. But for most who are packing a few extra pounds, its possible. Sixth would be longer term self defense or safety issues. Such as obtaining a gun, ammo, or people to team up with if you don't already have them. Unrated would be any meds or medical supplies you or your family might need, depending the seriousness of the medical issues.
Best if used by never. If you need some, don't get it from someone who is trading it for food, shelter, whatever. There are way too many STDs these days. And in a SHTF you aren't going to have access to the serious injection based antibiotics that currently cure diseases like syphilis. Or aids medicines. Etc. Figure that in a SHTF STDs will explode.
@The Heretic -- Thanks for the friendly challenge. There's controversy about how big a deal it is to survive without food for a month. I have one friend who does a one-month water fast every year or two. But he's in superb health. And has a superb diet of unprocessed foods and lots of vegetables. I have several friends who do three day fasts at least once a year. And there is probably a difference between those whose bodies are used to occasional fasting and those who aren't. So I went and read some more on it. There are various articles you can find by googling. I still think most healthy peoole who are carrying a little extra body fat can survive weeks without food assuming plenty of water-- but only hours or days without water. A take-home bit of useful info I found was that B vitamins are necessary for breaking down your own body fat. So the nutritional quality of your diet prior to the fast matters. And a fast with vitamin supplements and without are very different. This suggests that stockpiling vitamin supplements is more important than I thought. Whatever the importance of vitamin supplements or lack thereof during ordinary times (for those eating normal amounts of food including animal products and plenty of vegetables ), the vitamin supplements may matter a lot in SHTS scenarios when diet may not only be poor, but vitamin supplements might be needed to deal with periods of involuntary fasting.
