Ronald_55

Going in every day here.

So far, the number one thing I have learned is that I need to organize. That is my personal character flaw. I have had to pull together some of the stuff I have spread around and it has taken too long. Then again, some of it is spread out to keep the rest of the family from hassling me. At least I have the stuff already though. I started a very long post for this, but felt it was over doing it. I have been seriously studying emergency preparedness for years. I have a lot of ideas my family doesn't exactly go along with. I am not a "prepper" as the term is used usually now. I have shared it before here, but if anyone is interested I run a site dedicated to all levels of emergency preparedness. I'm not an expert, but I have had time to process a lot of ideas about this. http://leveledsurvival.com/ Anyone used these water bricks? Water Bricks

This is a basic outline of plans that i have seen. lets you pull water from the well sans power. https://preparednessadvice.com/well/make-your-own-deep-well-bucket/

They are all Sheltering at home

Always watching...

@Raoul Shhh.. Don't scare him off.. Welcome !

I know a huge company that only still has people at the office because their inbound connections cannot handle several thousand VPN connections at once to the main location. Issue is as much as what backbone providers will provide in this area as having the hardware to load balance. CenturyStink is impossible to get decent service from. Charter and Comcast are a bit better, but can't provide that kind of bandwith. I guess they could move upstream to Level 3, but not sure how much you need before they even talk to you. Fiber in this area is way behind unless you are in a new industrial park.

Pretty cool. I have seen those around but never knew we had the inventor on the board.

So is said member still hanging around here?

Wow.. I know I have seen the Mag light kits and the freeze plug set ups. All those require drilling and such to make it anything more than a tube and plugs. I bet this is the same Chinese company that was making the glock full auto kits and shipping them. IIRR, ATF got all the shipping addresses for the orders and started arrests... I like to choose who I live with, not be assigned a cell and bunk. I would run screaming from the above link. BTW, buying adverts on Google is easy. Anyone can. IIn this case I doubt their admins even realize this is a bad idea. So just because it pops up does not make it good.

So where are you hunting?

May be like some of the national parks being "closed." No staff on site (TWRA?), so they don't want the activity.

85 cents? or $1.85?

My employer knee-jerk ordered 30 new laptops to get people working at home apparently right after everyone else ordered laptops. We are still waiting. I am guessing by the time we get them, we will not need them. In the mean time, we are moving people between buildings to split departments so no one department can go down. Being a financial institution, if we close it has gotten hip deep in spinning chunks. Yet I am still working from the office even though I have a laptop to use (and can do most of my job remote) and I am in several categories of high risk. Especially since I only have 1 and 2/3 lungs...

Just let the horse carry it

Saw them in the 90s in Knoxville. Still one of the top concerts I have ever been to. Those guys have an energy in stage that is amazing.

I didn't say that was true, just that it is a idea being pushed around online. Just one of the many crazy ones.

I remember my Mom's cousin who ran the high school cafeteria slipping certain kids brown bags of rolls to take home for the weekend. She knew how bad the families had it.

We live right next to my kids' school. In our area in East TN schools are providing lunches TO GO for any kids that show up between certain hours. At ours, no need to leave the car. While we are not out of food, we just had our fridge die and lost a good bit of freezer stuff. We just got the replacement in today after waiting a few days, We got lucky we could get it delivered that fast., My wife has picked these up to limit her and the kids exposure while keeping fresh food coming in for them. If you have a need check in your area, Lots are doing it for every kid in the household (school age or not). I grew up on Free and Reduced lunches due to my parents' finances. I never complained about school food. Luckily my kids don't know what that is. I am still not too proud to make sure they keep variety and fresh food in their diet in these troubled times. Today's lunch

Door Dash and Internet ordering are your friend if you need things. Heck, I even saw a local service that is shopping DollarTree for you if you want. Just be sure to get an unattended delivery. Spray it with Lysol (if you have any) and you should be good. While I love my freedom, use some common sense. That is where these people are lacking. I have to still go to work due to my employer setup. The rest of the family is home. I wash my hands well and avoid close contact with anyone or anything I don't have to. I don't want to expose them. If you are bored at home, play a card or board game, binge watch that 3 seasons of that show you have been meaning to catch up on, sleep, play with your kids, read a book, have a large romp of "adult time" or whatever. Being "BORED" is not excuse to expose yourself, your family, and whomever you come in contact with to the potential to be infected. I agree with David that we will see more restrictions. I just hope that giving that inch to flatten the curve will not end in the government using the chance to take a mile. If Martial Law or such gets declared things get real sketchy as to what can be done "for your own good." None of us want to face local PD or National Guard that have been tasked with securing an area. Just read about Katrina.

Hit your local Newspaper seller.... Especially the Sunday Edition.... I have access to cases of printer paper. 5000 sheets will go a long way if it comes to it. If it gets that bad, I doubt we could still flush anyway.

Well, unfortunately I have to get the insoles my son needs for soccer cleats there. Other than that I skip them. I would order them online, but we seem to always need them "today". Looks like other stores doing the same . I saw Belk. Simon Property Group closing their malls for 10 days. These in Tennessee Lebanon Outlet Marketplace Opry Mills West Town Mall Wolfchase Galleria It is getting real for lots of people.

I know no one shops there, but I saw Dicks is closing all locations until April 2. If others follow, that could be a biiiig deal

Boy does that look sketch. Might as well say "Free Candy" on the side.

I already made my list of suggestions that cover multiple scenarios. http://leveledsurvival.com/buying-list/ Bicycles could be advantageous in some areas. Though remember sticking to roads means staying close to people. Plus, if you are in rough country, you need to be in good shape to travel off trail and have the right type of bike. Cash is good until it isn't...then what do you do? I guess it makes ok TP and fire tinder. Gold and silver are good as long as the people you want to trade with have their basic needs covered. A sane man isn't gonna trade food for gold if he is hungry. So precious metals are good if you are stocked up on necessities. I have some and wouldn't hate to have more.