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"Never let a crisis go to waste" It just worked too good the last time to let it go

I've got a #### ton of men's clothes that are (ahem) too small for me. Many of them still have the store tag on them, never been worn. Pants & shirts. For people whom have nothing now, it might make a difference between giving up or not, IMO. I also encourage others to donate dishes, shoes, anything they can. I've worked recovery efforts before & it's unreal the daily use items we take for granted until we no longer have them.

Wind and rain in Biloxi right now, but I don't perceive hurricane tropical storm impact. Seems more like heavy rain storms. Staff at Merit Health Biloxi is top notch!!!

I thought this was a joke when I first saw it but it comes from Accuweather and is sometimes used by FEMA. What is the Waffle House Index? https://www.accuweather.com/en/accuweather-ready/what-is-the-waffle-house-index/667995

Wikipedia, what next, snopes???

I'm not a member of Twitter or Facebook. But, it sure don't take much to get banned. Just tell the truth.

Local news, ankle deep water at the Hard Rock, some casino garages are flooding, we're safe.

It's not hard. If you can follow basic directions, run a trencher (or operate a sharpshooter shovel) and do basic plumbing no more complex than gluing and screwing fittings together, you can install sprinklers, especially the types used in the typical suburban yard. I've put several together, albeit on large athletic fields, some of which involved running new water mains, installing multiple valves, timers and sensors, as well as large pressure pumps to operate high pressure systems. Doing a yard might be somewhat labor intensive, depending on how well-equipped one is, but most of the stuff you can beg, borrow, rent or steal to get the job done ...

Depending on how the actual ban is worded, that can be more difficult than it sounds. For example, the original ban on Russian/Soviet made milsurps forbade any country from selling these into the US unless they had been in that country's possession for a minumum of 5 years. Even then certain types of firearms got a permanent ban from importation from anywhere. Storing large quantities of ammunition can be cost prohibitive, especially when these calibers often sell quickly in other parts of the world for cash, no questions asked. The Russian ammo manufacturers won't suffer in the slightest, they will simply market their wares to areas where bans and other pesky intrusions don't effect them, there are many cash and carry markets available for both CommBlock and NATO calibers worldwide. In any case, the actual ban is for renewal of import licenses and won't take effect for a year or more, much can happen in the ensuing interval ...

Regardless of the vaccination, anyone should stay home if you are sick. Vaccinated people can still transmit the china virus

Re-bag it, like War Dogs, just don't forget to pay the bag man and his minions!

https://merrileebeazley.org/army-doctor-reveals-more-soldiers-have-died-from-the-vaccine-than-died-from-covid/ https://rumble.com/vkopys-a-pathologist-summary-of-what-these-jabs-do-to-the-brain-and-other-organs.html https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-28/antibodies-waning-the-immune-system-has-a-backup-plan-for-that https://www.bitchute.com/video/D6fH9ZDrbRF8/ https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/ http://www.smithmundt.com/

I’m thinking small denomination WalMart, Ace Hardware, or Dollar Store gift cards would travel and disperse easily, and could really be useful.

Selco had some good advice in his early postings... funny, I just shared it (and re-read) with a friend... https://lulz.com/surviving-a-year-of-shtf-in-90s-bosnia-war-selco-forum-thread-6265/ Link was literally still in my clipboard! Bic lighters... who knew!

You don't walk away from the poker table when you're winning

Can someone give me an example of gun violence? I know what violence with a gun is. Someone can be violent with a gun, but gun violence is implying the gun acting on it's own and that I have never seen or heard of.

I'm in Biloxi right now at the hospital, Sharon is not quite ready to travel yet. Sunny with cloud cover due south into the gulf (she has a room with a view)

Also most who get COVID are not dying.

That’s a pretty disingenuous statement considering (1) neither the vaccine nor the virus have been around long enough to know long term effects, (2) the vast majority of people that have come down with either of the COVID variants never need hospitalization, vaccinated or not. At this point it appears that those that are predisposed to have a bad outcome with COVID have a much better chance of survival if they get the vaccine, but that is not the majority of people. Since we now know that the vaccine does not protect the vaccinated from catching or spreading COVID, it is hard to justify the lengths that are being taken to force or shame those that do not want the vaccine to get it.

Ch 4 news just said a man walked into funeral homes & paid for the funerals. No name given.

My yard is brown as Granny's biscuits.

For almost everyone, bugging in is going to be better than bugging out. Even city-dwellers are usually going to be better off staying put. You know the area and have some semblance of a support structure through neighbors. Plus survival gear and all the crap you get stored up is hard to move and harder to defend on the move. That's not to say that the time to "git out" wouldn't come, but it probably shouldn't be most folk's first option. Remember that those hills and mountains everyone plans to run to already have people living there who likely won't take too kindly to a horde of newcomers. For bugging in plans - the best place to start is in your own home and pantry. Also start small. Don't try to plan for the end of the world if you can't get through 3 days without electricity. This is a gun forum, so I'll assume you have security covered. For food, the trick is to get a rotation going. Storing 500 cans of SPAM when you don't eat SPAM is just going to end up with 500 old cans of SPAM when disaster never strikes. Likewise 500 cans of hard red winter wheat from the local LDS cannery won't do you any good if you don't know how to prepare it. Instead look at what you actually eat, especially shelf-stable items like canned & jarred goods and pasta. Then start building up that supply. e.g. Instead of having 2 or 3 boxes of spaghetti on hand, maybe you get 10 or 20 to start with. As you use a few boxes, buy some to replace them and put the new ones at the back of the pile. A vacuum sealer (like FoodSaver) is also a good thing to get started with. You can buy some items in bulk like rice and divide it into smaller bags you seal up. That's a good place to start. Then you can start looking at the more extreme things like MREs, mylar bags with O2 absorbers, and those cans of hard red winter wheat. For non-food, think about what you'd need for an extended camping trip and start there. Proper clothing and footwear for everyone. Tools and skills to make a fire. A good first aid kit and knowledge of how to use it (you probably don't need an AED, but something more than Band-Aids is a good idea) Some emergency "space" blankets. Street and topography maps of the area, a compass, and knowing how to use them. Flashlights/headlamps and extra batteries. Maybe a solar charger for small electronics like one from GoalZero. A hand-cranked water filter or something like the Sawyer mini filters. A camp stove and fuel. Or if you have a propane grill, keep an extra tank on hand. An extra bag or two of charcoal. Do some thinking about bugging out too if the time comes. Ask questions like where would you go? Would you be welcomed there? How would you get there? Are there bridges or other features that make a funnel for thieves or worse? Can you avoid those points? Can you plan multiple routes? How much fuel do you need to make the journey? As for your questions: Canning: Yes, a pressure canner can be used for pretty much anything. A water bath process should only be used for high-acid foods like fruits and some veg but never for meat. Most (all?) the info in the Ball canning book is also on their website: https://www.freshpreserving.com/canning.html Hunting: TWRA Hunter ed site: https://www.tn.gov/twra/hunting/hunter-education.html Water: Water is going to be a challenge for most of us. Few people have the ability to store large quantities safely. Instead, look at what you need to get through a normal disruption for a few days or a week, then plan on a way to replenish the supply. Again, start small. I always have a few cases of bottled water on hand that we cycle through, plus I have a couple of Aquatainers for camping that I keep full year-round at the house. That's enough for just me and my wife for any normal disruption to service, plus we'll have the water heater and toilet tanks too for anything a little longer if we can't drive out to get more. For a true TEOTWAWKI, we'll have to make it up a bit as we go along. I'm a camper so I have water filtration and UV devices and there's a river 1/4 mile from the house. Schlepping water up from there won't be fun, but it's doable. A hand truck or wagon will help. If you can have a well dug, that's the best long-term supply. A pump can be solar powered or you can get a hand pump. Another option some people do a rain water catchment system using rain barrels or the big plastic cubes. This water MUST be filtered/treated. Generator: For sizing a generator you need to decide what you want to power with it, how long you want to run it, where you'll be running it, and what kind of fuel you want to store. Start with sizing. Kw Size: A small 2Kw generator is plenty for a few lights (esp. LED bulbs), a TV, computer, and a fridge. You'll need bigger if you plan to power your HVAC, microwave, electric stove, electric water heater, clothes dryer, etc. Look at the labels on each one and it will show you the power required. Add up all the ones you'd want to run AT THE SAME TIME and that's your requirement. Note that generators are sold with labels of their peak output, not running steady output. Physical size: Portability and storage should be considered. They'll range from ~25lbs and the size of a large cantaloupe for a 1Kw up to tractor-trailer-sized for the big industrial ones. I have a Honda EU6500 that's easy to wheel around the garage, but at 253 lbs. without fuel, it's a struggle for 2 capable men to put in a pickup truck if I have to take it anywhere. If I had it to do over (and I may still do it) I'd get a ~50 lb. 2Kw set like a Generac iQ or Honda EU2000 or EU2200 and maybe get a second one capable of being tethered together to do ~4Kw. Noise: May or may not be a concern for you. If you're on a 100 acre farm, you can worry about the noise less than if you're in a tightly packed neighborhood. Inverter generators are quieter and safer for sensitive electronics. Honda's EU series has been the gold standard for a very long time, but gennys from Yamaha and the new iQ line from Generac are every bit their equal at a lower cost. You'll find more support for Honda though because there are so many. Fuel: Gasoline is the easiest, especially on the smaller-sized gennys but it's harder to store a lot of it without it going bad. If you have natural gas or propane at your house, you can find tri-fuel gennys or conversion kits for the most popular brands like Honda. Propane and natural gas burn cleaner than gasoline so less maintenance/gummed up carbs, but they're also hotter and some gennys can't take it. You'll find lots of genny advice on RV forums. The big gennys usually run on diesel. I haven't seen any small home-owner grade ones running on diesel. Don't forget to have a heavy chain and good lock to secure it. Get some of those basics down, then you'll start thinking about longer term stuff like gardening, coordinating with nearby like-minded friends & neighbors, and communications (HAM radio is still a thing . . . It's kind of like hunting - no license needed if there ain't no government left ). Then you may or may not move on to the more dedicated prepper world like bunkers, hydroponics, aquaculture, etc. But that's only for kooks . . . . until it isn't. Something often overlooked in our consumer-driven world is skills vs. supplies. If King Monkeylizard the Great of Fortress Apocalypto has to choose between letting in an empty handed but skilled engineer or letting in a doofus with a truck load toilet paper, well....let's just say I'll have a good engineer and a lot of toilet paper. We like to think we can buy a bucket of food from Wise, stick it in the closet, and "hooray! we're safe from Zombies!". Think about the kinds of skills that would be useful and start trying to learn them, and use them as a way of life if possible. It doesn't have to be the end of mankind for those skills to payoff. Maybe learn to reload ammo. Canning is a good skill and you get to have healthier food for your family year round. Knowing how to wire up solar panels and batteries is useful and something you may be able to use on a mission trip or something. Make some new friends in the amateur radio world. Know how to repair a car. Medical skills are always useful.

Taking a few days off (hopfullly only) My primary laptop currently will not start up and all my photos are on it. I have everything backed up but hope I don’t have to move it to a different computer. Currently trying to make an iPad work for my needs till I can get lap top fixed.

Please, please, please, there have been no instances of heads exploding.

It really depends on where and how you live. A man out in the country with a decent farm can be pretty much self sufficient. The same fella living downtown in a one bedroom apartment is much more limited in what he’s able to to to be self sufficient.

No joke, this became well known about 10-15 years or so ago during other hurricanes. Unlike our beloved gubbermint bureaucrats, private enterprises have aggregated their fecal matter for when said fecal matter hits the fan. In short, they know what the heck they're doing. (Mostly because they hire people based on performance & not because they check diversity hire boxes.) I'm afraid this storm may well make Katrina look like a summer storm by the time it's done, IMO.

Here in Nashville my neighbor was quoted around $5500 for irrigation in a relatively small suburban yard - maybe 1500 sq ft once you take out all his landscaping He wound up doing it himself.

Been a while since I've been on here. Maybe 10 years or more. The older members and Forum owner will remember the event below. This was a t-shirt made for the event that was sold on here. Good to be back.

Man, people have really jumped in headfirst to help. It’s been absolutely amazing to me, and humbling, to see people from far and wide coming to help these people.

Go camping one weekend. Make a mental note of the things you forgot to bring. Plan out a week. Get what you think you’ll need for the week and don’t go in a store come hell or high water. Make a mental note of the things you forgot. Learn a valuable skill you can use to barter with in hard times. Start a book collection. Search out books with valuable information in them like the old Foxfire series, a Boy Scout manual, a Bible, cookbooks, etc. Pretend the internet is going away. I feel like this would be a good place to start. No way we can make a list of things you need, but you can.

I am sure most feel this way, just not telling anyone.

Imported ammo has not been banned. Just the stuff from Russia.

California Joe- Great Scout and Plainsman

Chopper pilots won my hero rating in 'Nam. Still do.

AJ, of all the things someone can do for another prayer is the highest on the list. God's plans are higher than our plans. Isaiah 55:8-9. Glad to hear the good news about your bride. Prayers will continue.

And let me say. I AM AGAINST MANDATORY VACCINATION This is American and you have the right to choose what is right for you. however if you choose not to get vaccinated Please stay Home if you get sick

Skunks are quite harmless and let you know when they are around. The only thing to fear is if your dog gets sprayed. Otherwise, I am very happy with them because they will seek out and destroy yellow jacket nests amongst other positive things. Le Pew

I agree. I bought a Mark 2 back in 82. It was a great quality knife, but really light in the pants for anything other than thrusting. Traded it to a buddy of mine, for my first KABAR. i much preferred the heft of the KABAR. to the Gerber. Much better for general use, in the field, to be honest. Of course the Gerber was really only meant for one thing and that was fighting. That's like comparing a thoroughbred race horse to a plow mule, both will get you from Point A to Point B. The race horse will get you there much faster and you will look sexy doing it. But the mule will plow a field, pull a wagon and drag a tree, while on the way. That was what I found out about the Gerber, in the field. The KABAR was much more useful. But damn, it sure wasn't very sexy.

Shouldn't be a surprise to we TN natives. We prove it time & time again. The Nashville flood was a perfect example of the community helping after a disaster. Tornado damage is another one. This is true for all over the South, IMO.

Gents, this should not be a surprise and is not news. Its straight from Biden's campaign platform on his promises to eviscerate 2A. From Bidens published campaign: Dedicate the brightest scientific minds to solving the gun violence public health epidemic. In 2013, President Obama issued a memorandum clarifying that a longstanding appropriations rider that prohibited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other federal scientific agencies from using federal dollars to “advocate or promote gun control” does not prohibit those agencies from researching the causes and prevention of gun violence. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) subsequently embarked on funding some of this research, though Republican leadership in Congress refused to appropriate any funds to the CDC for this work. Biden will call for Congress to appropriate $50 million to accelerate this research at the CDC and NIH. The CDC hook is key to future plans. .Gov has demonstrated they can misuse / abuse CDC powers to usurp state sovereignty and act where federal powers dont normally allow. The specific proof of concept came the last couple years when .gov abused CDC mandate to annex homes away from their legal owners who were renting them, nullified the leases, and de facto transferred most rights to lease holders. It allowed the feds to block any state / local legal recourse the former legal owners had as well. When Dr. W is handed the doctored research and declares they have confirmed that gun violence is an "epidemic" and a public crisis, I would expect .gov to try a similar set of abuses in trying to usurp state sovereignty again. Specifically 2A sanctuary provisions. Heck, using sanctions to end ammo, shill govts to go after gun manufacturers, this ones seems like a gimme.

Depends where you are in TN. We could use some. High 90* temps every day dries stuff out quick.

If you want to hunt now, you need a hunter's safety course and a license. If you're hunting because we've collapsed, then you only need a gun and ammunition.

Had both Moderna shots at the VA, and will get the booster when available. To me not getting the shots is Russian roulette.

Exactly this. In 30 years, we didn't do a bunch of "run and gun". Focused on surviving a confrontation and getting back home. Likely a skill everyone could use. Plus one on Agape in my opinion. A little biased perhaps since I worked with Ken. He is a straight up guy.

https://agapetactical.com training location Franklin area

I have taken 100's of squirrels with a 410.Had a man that once purchased every one I brought to him. He kept me in money for 3 years killing rabbits, squirrels, and quail. I used Remington 3" # 6 on all, but 7 1/2 on quail. Out to 35 yards, always worked. Gave the 410 to my grandson last fall. He paid me .50 and gave me a replacement shell for every animal I brought him. Hunted rabbits with the 410 not too long ago. # 6 Remington 3". Have killed with 2 1/2" but not as good.

Nah, not going to be worth selling now. Just use it as a BUG.

I think if I had a reloading setup, I’d skip .410 and go straight to a gentleman’s 28 gauge. On the question of 2.5 or 3”, the easy answer is that you can kill any squirrel with a 3” that you can a 2.5” - the same isn’t true in reverse. Once you get outside of whatever that effective range is - the efficiency of the 2.5” is going to fall off a lot faster. The more nuanced answer is to pattern both and be cognizant of missed shots in the field and really ask why you’re not knocking squirrels out of trees. I expect you’ll wind up with 3” loads.

My Son and FIL went into the woods with the exact same setup (tho my dogs no squirrel hound). They did get a couple, but didn't care for the taste, and haven't been back out since (you kill it, you eat it). I'll have to see what his loads were, likely brass game shells.