Lukep suggested in another thread (http://www.wickedfire.com/shooting-...-brics-just-signed-agreement-destroy-usd.html) that survivalist discussions should move to their own thread so I thought I would start it off.
I will first say I am no survivalist, although where and how I live means I could probably survive for quite a while even if the SHTF big time throughout the developed world. Part of that is because I live in a village in a developing country where the baseline lifestyle for villagers is very basic and revolves around self sufficiency for most things. I'll post some comments about that later and how that doesn't mean living like a peasant during normal times but does mean all the basics for surviving are available even if all modern services (e.g. electricity) and supply lines are disrupted.
Mostly I wanted to start the thread to pick up new ideas from survivalists or pseudo-survivalists(?). Actual experiences from people who have lived through unusual times are particular interesting, like FerFal who lived through Argentina's economic collapse (http://www.rapidtrends.com/surving-argentinas-economic-collapse-part-1-3/). Of course we don't need a complete collapse that lasts for years to value the ability to take care of yourself - Katrina anyone? Closer to home for me was the massive flooding of central Thailand including large areas of Bangkok this last year - all that water and not a drop to drink made things a little tense.
I think of it as how to live well and prosper no matter what happens. So ideas and how-to's along those lines are particularly interesting.
I will first say I am no survivalist, although where and how I live means I could probably survive for quite a while even if the SHTF big time throughout the developed world. Part of that is because I live in a village in a developing country where the baseline lifestyle for villagers is very basic and revolves around self sufficiency for most things. I'll post some comments about that later and how that doesn't mean living like a peasant during normal times but does mean all the basics for surviving are available even if all modern services (e.g. electricity) and supply lines are disrupted.
Mostly I wanted to start the thread to pick up new ideas from survivalists or pseudo-survivalists(?). Actual experiences from people who have lived through unusual times are particular interesting, like FerFal who lived through Argentina's economic collapse (http://www.rapidtrends.com/surving-argentinas-economic-collapse-part-1-3/). Of course we don't need a complete collapse that lasts for years to value the ability to take care of yourself - Katrina anyone? Closer to home for me was the massive flooding of central Thailand including large areas of Bangkok this last year - all that water and not a drop to drink made things a little tense.
I think of it as how to live well and prosper no matter what happens. So ideas and how-to's along those lines are particularly interesting.
