With the global financial situation teetering on the brink of the next catastrophic disaster, perhaps it is time for all of us to consider how robust our own risk management and domestic planning has been...

If the shyte really hits the fan, and electronic transactions being the norm, there is every chance that every stockmarket and every financial institution across the globe will shut down its virtual transactions systems and physically close its doors within, maybe, 12-72 hours...

Even cash reserves would be useless within about a week - because the the suspension of share and financial institution trading would lead to the rapid shut down of every petrol station and road transport enterprise within, maybe, 7 days - and perhaps the panicked-looting and/or boarding-up of every grocery store within the same timeframe...

At the earliest, the relevant Govt, armed forces, emergency services and charity organisations would probably be distributed on the ground in about 7-14 days...

Of course, I could be way out in those scenarios and timeframe estimations - but, realistically, how long would your fridge and pantry (and garden) stores last in your household?

Oh, and how long before you would run out of medications and day-to-day items such as toilet paper and toiletries?

Have you been watching NatGeo again?

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Get yourself a gun license.


Eq, I could probably do 5 days.

We routinely run our cupboards bare of short to medium dated products to avoid waste.

We have chooks with a regular supply of eggs and enough food for them for months; I live nearby a river where we can also take plenty of fish; I have enough soft plastics and worms in the garden for bait until it all blows over.  There are heaps of old people around our place with veggie gardens, most of whom will die from heat stroke when their AC goes out.  Our water supply is pretty much guaranteed and we have weapons.  We have a Woolworth's within walking distance, so as soon as their generator runs out of diesel, unless I can break into it and raid the tank first; their security system will go down and it's a free for all.  Native wildlife is plentiful and cats aren't known for their loyalty. 

I think we'll be right.

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It's awful that this part gave me the giggles.

Awful, awful.

Join the military? three meals a day......joking.

What do they say in the deep south of America? bullets, bullion and bibles.

I have sufficient canned food to last some months. Coffee and toilet paper for one year. I will get flour and powdered milk and more seeds after the third Euro country goes under.

I've got lots of packets of seedlings in my emergency pack, but if they cut the water supply off I might be stuffed.

Everyone will be bartering, so the trick is to have something worthwhile to use as collateral.

I could go fishing but I'm not very good at it.

This is a survivalist strategy although it seems pretty complicated to me, but if your survival is on the line it's a good method to grow veges and fish at the same time.

http://www.aquaponics.net.au/system600a.html

Don't forget to scavenge for food with your neighbours so they think you've got nothing.

Good topic nem.

im just thinking no more POWER bills.. No CARBON TAX..

there is always a silver lining!

Grey wrote on Nov 8^th, 2011 at 12:40pm:



unless you broke a leg of course!