Old Kim's recent posts on security and the reminder to maintain your preps are valuable AND provide a diversion from the rending of the Second Amendment's carcass under way in Olympia (more on that in another thread in this section of the forum to follow)

"Bugging in" in an urban environment has challenges beyond security. One that may not be surmountable(?)

The DHS has penned a Presidential Advisory to address the challenges facing the nation in the event of a "catastrophic (power) outage" due to EMP, cyber attack or coronal ejection (to name a few). The Date is December 2018 so it is current.

You can read it here:

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files ... 0FINAL.pdf

The effects of a widespread loss of power - that would last for MONTHS - has repercussions and consequences that go beyond being unable to log in to WaGuns everyday.

I think that the ability for other services and utilities to continue may be challenged as well(?)

So, let's talk about sewage and potable water (yes, still a concern in water-logged WA). John Moseby in his Mountain Guerilla blog talks about potable water and sewage and his comments deserve some notice.


https://mountainguerrilla.wordpress.com ... ra-is-fun/

Living in a dense suburb, there is little I can do as the wider neighborhood will devolve into a cesspool in short order, contaminating any of the local water sources. You guys a little further out may be in better shape, but only with careful consideration of much of what he outlines.

Will your slit-trench latrine or out house (or the neighborhood's) contaminate your well? Will flies and other insects attracted to your neighbor's ineffectual or sloppy disposal of waste threaten to contaminate your food?

without electricity we go back 150 years, without soap we go back 5000 years, stock up on soap, anti-septic, anti-biotics etc..

Alcohol is a wonderful disinfectant. Hard apple cider is easy to make.

A still is not hard to build.

Stay thirsty my friends.

Not long ago no one drank water (too risky) but they drank beer, wine and plenty of hard cider. The history of alcoholic beverages is the history if civilization.

Rain catchment systems certainly take on a higher priority.

Until the rain is laden with nuclear snowflakes.

It isn't already? (Fukushima )

Shut up. I was trying to ignore that!

Great read. It's one of those things that people don't things that you don't think about.

Also, there was a winter when something happened to the water line. It was terrible. I'm still not as prepared as I should be.