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Post by willc453 on Mar 5, 2022 21:55:02 GMT -6
Anyone watching on what's happening in Ukraine? Survivalist Boards has 1 guy telling what it's like. He & his wife bought some land and figured on kind of living off the grid. Use Ukraine 2022 for your search and the writers handle starts with a Y. Comments welcomed.
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Post by papaof2 on Mar 6, 2022 14:22:19 GMT -6
His handle is "yurly". Waiting on construction is bad during good times. His year of waiting on the contractor as the stuff moved to the fan put him in a difficult place.
He mentioned having an electric pump for the well but nothing for backup. I can see power generation as a prime target for the invading forces: no power making for limited or no communications, little or no commerce, perhaps no heat or cooking.
He does have access to food staples in large bags: rice, macaroni. He mentions his "sweets" several times and those are high on the list of comfort foods. My better half stopped at the grocery on her way home from work on 9/11 and got chips, cookies and ice cream. The need for "comfort food" seems universal, which is why there are three boxes of brownie mix, two boxes of yellow cake mix and at least two cans of chocolate icing for those cakes in the pantry ;-)
If we didn't get overrun, we could manage for some months on limited solar power, limited heating capability, multiple means of cooking, and collecting + filtering rainwater for drinking, cooking and bathing. Not comfortable, but surviving. We also have three large bookcases of paper books for education/entertainment from "Harry Potter" to "Lucifer's Hammer" to "How to Build an outhouse".
Based on yurly's experience, you really did need to start being prepared yesterday.
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Post by willc453 on Mar 6, 2022 15:30:34 GMT -6
Thanks for finding the writers name. Should of looked it up, but figured if anyone was REALLY interested in reading his comments, they'd look it up. I remember reading another guys experience on what it was like to survive when it hit the fan in Serbia. VERY ugly and informative. Last I heard, from several years ago, he was giving was giving lessons in Serbia on how to survive for those with the money to do this. Something like 16,000 volunteers are headed for Ukraine, with more than one be ex-combat/medic vets. One guy is sorting on who's actually useful as in having been there, done this with a gun or as a medic vs those who are willing to help, even though they don't have any of these things. World of difference3 between pulling a trigger on some range or deer vs doing the same against a person who'd be shooting back. As to candy/sweets, got a bunch of it food sealed away, though never thought of it as comfort food. Just something that would give me energy of some kind when/if I couldn't cook. At one time, I was prepping for 7 adults and 3 kids so I was buying a bunch of basic food....canned and boxes stuff. I even bought canned veggies that I HATE...like carrots and peas. Figured they could be mixed up to make a vegetable soup, figuring when you're HUNGRY, you'll happily eat what's given to ya. Comfort food to me is Folgers coffee and tea. Got a lot of powdered, flavored coffee creamer, with me buying what I like and yes, use them from time to time. Also lots of individual packs of honey, like you can get from KFC or a truck stop. Last year, bought 2 cases of mre's, A & B, along with a dozen or so individual, but complete meals. Thing is, been seeing prices going up on Ebay on a lot of stuff. Maybe others are also thinking of what if and then comes along what's happening in Ukraine? Also bought a bunch of individual packs of coffee that will make a cup of coffee or 2, if you want to make it a bit weaker. Just got some disposable tea bag things. Will dump my coffee grounds in one of them, then put it in hot water so I won't have to strain the grounds as I drink it.
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