Imagine yourself in the future. You hear on the news that THE GREAT HABBENING is upon us, and the power goes out.
It doesn't have to be like this.
I'm going to go over the heirarchy of needs in a survival situation, so even if you're poor you can start at the most optimal place and work your way up.
Any preparation is better than no prep at all.
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The first need that you will come across in the event of a catastrophic REVOLUTIONARY HABBENING is water. So have some damn water stored up - it's cheap.
Next time you go to the store, buy bottled water.
You need one gallon (approx. 4L) per person per day.
Keep a one-week supply.
A case of bottled water (24x 16.9oz [500mL] bottles) is close enough.
Next time you go grocery shopping, buy one case of bottled water per person in your house.
In order to keep it fresh, you'll need to rotate your supply, which means you'll need to use it and replenish it.
So buy one more case than you need. If you have three people in the house, buy four.
Drink the bottled water occasionally. Recycle that shit, too. We're not animals.
When one case is empty, open the next oldest case and buy a new one.
When porkyism collapses catastrophically, you're guaranteed to have six or seven days worth of fresh, bottled water to drink.
Total cost: $4 per person.
OH SHIT, ADDED BONUS:
So that gets you about a week into the revolution, so what do you do then?
You could stockpile more water, but your place is only so big and you don't want a massive wall of fucking water bottles in your apartment.
You need
So go on google maps and find the nearest water supply.
Doesn't matter if it's dirty.
Doesn't matter if it's salty.
Just find it.
Go and investigate it in person, make sure that it always has water in it.
Memorize its location.
Buy some fucking buckets or jerrycans or collapsible plastic water bags.
Buy a stovetop water still, or keep the materials you need to assemble a makeshift one.
Instructions here:
wikihow.com
Twice a week, gather a fucking shitton of water from the natural water source.
Save your water bottles.
Distill the water. Let it cool.
Refill the bottles.
Drink the old ones first, like always.
Total cost: $200 for a legit one, $35 for the homemade version with a tea kettle and some pipe.
If you live in the desert and don't have a water supply nearby, make sure you always have enough gas in the car to get to a place with water.
Use jerry cans if necessary. If you do this, make sure that you cycle the jerry cans just like the water bottles. Don't need bad gas fucking you over in the middle of the goddamn desert.
FOR ADDITIONAL CAPACITY AT THE START OF THE HABBENING
Make sure you have a water-proof shower curtain. One of those annoying plastic ones.
When IT HABBENS, take the shower curtain down and lay it across the bottom of the bathtub.
Fill up your plastic-lined bathtub with water.
This will get you some mostly-clean water for other uses. Brushing your teeth, cooking, washing up, etc.
NEVER DO THESE THINGS DIRECTLY FROM THE WATER SOURCE
Always use the smallest possible container to get the water out. Use a small cup for brushing your teeth, use a cook pot and a washcloth for washing yourself, etc.
OH SHIT, ADDED BONUS:
If you're already doing alright under Porky, the ideal renewable water solution is
Get a professional to dig one for you and put a manual pump on top. Buy a fucking bucket.
If you think you'll need mobility, also get a few LifeStraws. They fucking suck to use, but they'll keep your ass alive and they're the size of a screwdriver.
So… now that you've got water taken care of, let's try THE HABBENING again.
It doesn't have to be like this.
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So, you need some fucking food to keep you going. Porky's answer is to buy cases and cases of MREs.
MREs are fucking bullshit.
Expensive as hell, shelf life of three years, too many calories for a full meal but not enough for two. Fucking expensive as hell. Taste like shit. Fucking expensive as hell.
You're gonna need to learn how to fucking cook.
Don't just buy recipe books. You need to know what's happening inside the food when you cook it. That way you can adjust to unfamiliar ingredients.
Book recommendation:
I'm Just Here for the Food - Alton Brown
OH SHIT, ADEED BONUS:
Alright, so now that you know how to cook you're going to need some ingredients.
Figure out which dry bulk goods you enjoy cooking with. Make sure that you enjoy cooking with them, because you'll be rotating through it just like the water - use the oldest first.
Get several for variety, make sure that at least one is some type of bean or chickpea (for protein).
I recommend that one of them be couscous, because as soon as the water is boiling the couscous is pretty much done.
Buy huge quantities of these. Each bulk good will run around 1600-1800 calories (7,000 kJ) per pound.
You'll need one pound per person in the household, per day.
Build up a three week supply of these. It might take a little while.
If you have three people in your house, you'll need about 63 pounds (23kg) of dry bulk goods.
VARIETY IS KEY. Don't be a dumbass and buy 63 pounds of rice.
Example mix is a 15 pound bag of rice, a 22 pound of couscous, a 10 pound bag of kidney beans, a 10 pound bag of chickpeas, and a 10 pound bag of grits.
Buy some decorative jars or hoppers, because they look awesome sitting on the kitchen counter full of beans and shit.
People will think you're a real adult.
If you live in the US, it might be hard to find enormous bags of these things.
Try COSTCO, or the closest ethnic grocery store.
If you live innawoods, you're unlikely to have either of these nearby, so you may have to order them online or stack up smaller bags from the regular grocery store.
Total cost: $50 per person + extra cost for jars if you want them
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Now, bulk goods suck after a while. They take a long time to cook, they get boring after a while, whatever.
So go back to the store and buy some canned goods.
Canned soup, canned vegetables, canned fish (tuna, sardine, anchovie, salmon, whatever), canned meat (chicken or beef), whatever.
Buy shit in cans.
Use it sporadically when you cook, or when you're in too much of a hurry to do some real cooking and just need something to heat up quickly.
DON'T BUY HOT POCKETS. THEY'RE WORTHLESS WHEN YOUR MICROWAVE DOESN'T WORK.
You'll need two servings of canned goods per person per day.
You want about a three week supply of these, too.
For a three person household, you'll end up with about 125 items of canned goods.
Variety is key.
Example: 18 cans of chicken, 24 cans of tuna, 36 cans of various soups (don't get condensed soup - only the shit you can heat and eat), 24 cans of green beans, 24 cans of corn.
More variety is good, but that's about the minimum.
Total cost: $70 per person
Now, you need a way to cook it.
Don't use pots and pans with chemical nonstick - that shit doesn't react to actual fire very well.
Use cast iron, stainless steel, copper, or that ceramic nonstick shit.
Buy a grill, the best quality that is within your means.
DO NOT BUY A GAS GRILL - SOLID FUEL ONLY.
Buy a ton of charcoal or firewood and put it in a dry storage area. If it's firewood, make sure it's off the ground by at least a couple inches so air can flow underneath it.
Then you need kindling (those coupons that they spam the snail mail with work really well, and they're free).
You also need an ignition source. A handful of cheap bic lighters is acceptable. Flint and steel is better.
Total cost: $150 minimum. More money means a higher quality grill and more fuel stockpiled.
If space is limited, this is the kind of grill you want:
amazon.com
If you're already doing alright under Porky, the ideal renewable cooking solution is
The means of production for food and fuel will be beyond the reach of most city dwellers (and a lot of suburbanites). So for now, stockpiling will have to do.
So… now that you've got food taken care of, let's try THE HABBENING again.
It doesn't have to be like this.
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Next up on the revolutionaries' checklist is a community.
Community, communism, communism, community… makes sense.
This is the hardest part though.
You have to talk to people.
Strangers, even.
Porky knows that we're weakest when we're isolated, so our society has been pushed away from communities of neighbors that interact with each other, and towards a society of hermits who keep their heads down in public.
Don't be a raging fucking tankie about it. Don't be a complete sperg either.
Just knock on the door and introduce yourself.
Some of them will look at you like you've got horns growing out of your head, but some will talk to you. The ones that are receptive will be the ones you talk to again. Invite them over to see what you've got already. Talk to them about their normal life.
And don't be a raging fucking tankie about it.
Even if you are a raging fucking tankie, don't be a raging fucking tankie.
These are normies you're dealing with. You need to be the human face of socialism for them - emphasis on HUMAN.
Maybe bring a few copies of the FEMA checklist:
fema.gov
It's normie-friendly.
OH SHIT, ADDED BONUS:
So… now that you've got the community taken care of, let's try THE HABBENING again.
It doesn't have to be like this.
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Not in the USA, you LARPer fuck.
There is a cyclic thread just search for /leftyk/ in the catalog.
Fuck it. This is where the fun starts, so I've got one more segment in me for the day.
GUNS.
We're going to start with the two most basic things that every gun owner should have, especially if self suffiency is the goal.
First up is the varmint rifle. This will take down squirrels, snakes, foxes, raccoons, things like that. You're not going to kill a human with it - I mean… you CAN, but it's not going to stop them quick enough to avoid them shooting back at you.
Anyway, the classic varmint rifle is the Ruger 10/22.
Try ammoseek.com for ammo, it comparison shops for you. There are other sites that do the same, /leftyk/ usually has links to those, but I like ammoseek.
Anyway, the 10/22 in stock trim is pretty good, but IMO needs two very cheap upgrades.
1) Tech sights. This increases your accuracy potential for taking out those small critters, and it also lets you get comfortable with adjustable peep-sights like you see on an AR.
tech-sights.com
$60.00
2) An automatic bolt release. This stops you from having to fuck with the bolt release button, which is a complete pain in the ass. Just pull the bolt fully to the rear and release, and it'll chamber a round.
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$15.00
Next on the list is the shotgun. This is for taking down larger game like deer, boar, and (in a pinch) capitalist aggressors.
There are a ton of different options for shotguns, but don't overcomplicate it. Don't get any meme guns like the DP-12. Just get a classic, pump action 12-gauge.
The Remington 870 (preferably pre-2007, the quality was higher before Cerberus bought them) and Mossberg 500 are the quintessential pump shotties.
Get one with a full stock. Pistol grip only is straight uncontrollable garbage.
Your ammo choice here will depend on what you're doing with it. #00 Buckshot is pretty obviously for large game. Slug is for bears, if that's a concern where you live. #4 buckshot is for home defense.
Bird shot is just that. It's for birds. Don't bother unless there are a shitload of ducks/geese/whatever where you live.
The best part about these two? .22LR and 12ga are fucking EVERYWHERE. Buy a couple hundred 12ga and a couple thousand .22LR and you're set.
So… now that you've got basic community defense and hunting taken care of, let's try THE HABBENING again.
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OP here. I'll write up some more tomorrow. Stay tuned.
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Also if you get a chance you should also pick up simplified versions of both your shotgun and your small game rifle. The Chiappa Little badger is literally a rifled tube with a trigger and hammer, nothing can go wrong with it. Pick one up in addition to your 10/22 as a backup. Do the same with your shotgun, get yourself a single shot break action (or a dual hammer double barrel but those are harder to find and more expensive). In a survival situation you want simplicity and reliability. 10/22s and Remington 870s are great, but a single shot break action will literally never not go bang.
Yo, anyone want to make a Leftist militia in New England?
Hey it's you again.
Sure.
Would you recommend lifesaver bottles or other types of filters if you live near a river or lake?
They're an unsustainable solution designed for mobility and consumption.
Much better to just carry it back to the fire and distill it.
Not OP, but not really. The cost a lot and only really work once.
$150 for a fuckin filter. Damn you aint lying
It's worth every penny, and don't forget to check the other great products in the infowars eshop.
What gats you got?
Look up one online.
Water filters are very good. You save lots of money through preventable medicine then the cost of water filters. Especially in the long term.
One what? I don't think there are any libertarian leftist gun groups here.
There's probly some
We always seem to find each other, lol.
What guns? A few shotguns and a Winchester lever action repeater. You?
Alex Jones pls go
Only an single SKS. I'm getting a pistol for CCW next and a shotgun sometime after when I can afford it. Wanna meet up and touch guns?
Just FYI guys this will be pointless unless you guys have people with proper training. Look into the John Brown Militia, they offer free training to comrades and have their own compound. They could get you started.
Alex Jones is stupid on many issues, but on many things he's right.
A few of my friends have CCWs and if you ever go to Old Orchard you see a lot of guys open carrying. (in the summer at least)
I would love to shoot an SKS…
But meeting people from online is kinda weird, i'm shy…
They have a lot of ROTC places in Maine.
I never knew that about OOB. You can run some rounds though my SKS. I've never tried a level action before. Email me.
You will want one of these.
This is a stirling engine, one of the most efficient heat engines on the planet. They were invented because steam engines were much more dangerous due to exploding boilers; they have a adiabatic efficiency running close to 50% and the working fluid (air) does not leave the pistons. The burn happens outside the engine itself and can run on anything that generates heat; some run on concentrated solar energy.
en.wikipedia.org
You will want something that can run on anything that can generate heat, is super efficient and easy to understand and fix should something happen to it. You need power tools to fix or build your guns.
I fucking love these things. Literally thermodynamics in its purest form. Give it a temperature difference and it does work for you.
Prolly a better idea would be to turn an old busted gas/diesel generator into a wood gasifier system those things can run on just about any high carbon biomatter
Extra points if you are able to convert a car into one
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Those exist but suck; you need to burn fuel in order to make it, and the high-pressure system required to liquefy wood into hydrocarbons requires a lot of engineered materials to withstand the heat/pressure. Better to either burn it directly or go full-on algae bioreactors for muh algenolol-oil.
ayy milo where have you been?
No Im not talking about liquid fuel. Its wood gas and it cant be that hard people were out fitting cars during the world wars when there was a shortage or ration on gasoline
yes you can make it, but do you want to turn into Haiti where most of the trees are cut down and there is a desert where there should be a lush jungle due to all the charcoal industry?
Also, there is such a thing as wood liquefaction technology using high-pressure steam injection with wood chips in a hyperbaric chamber; it makes a high viscosity oil-like liquid that can be burned.
Hey, friend. I run a couple of other boards, I only post here now and then.
I would favor the AK-74 over the 47 for the same reasons it replaced it.
Honestly, I think better quality air guns are more practical in a survival situation due to their low noise. Plus, that type of small game will disappear very fast either way in most survival situations.
This thread aint about everyday life it's about ways to prepare for shit goin down at that point being or not being like haiti is a moot point and also yes I know wood liquefaction exists but that isnt really feasible for a household or small community to make at least a wood gasifier will get you power and mobility, if you put it on a car, until you have a more permanent solution
We're also moving so quickly into the era of electric cars and bikes that it would make more sense to think in terms of using one of them tbh.
Along those lines, I love rocket mass heaters. Incredibly efficient, needs very little wood, and has virtually no smell.
I-I don't think I have the balls, user-sempai
I think rocket stoves and wood gasifiers work off of similar premises except wood gasifier take the clean low soot exhaust made up of methane and other burnable gasses passes it through a filter, usually made from chipped wood, and then pipes it into a engine in a generator or car for use.
Foxfire books for ya, I'm not super familiar with Mega, so if the link is fucky, let me know
Going to be uploading some prepper related stuff as I go– starting with The Math Handbook by Richard Elwes, with supplementary materials, for example will post when folder is up
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Math Handbook and Materials by Elwes
Somebody make a screencap!!
I personally am wageslaving rn.
Bump for you lad
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You're not allowed to horde resources you fucking piece of shit.
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Yes, lets just start all of this horror all over again by having guns.
Fuck off cuck