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Old 10/29/05, 08:40 PM
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We pondered this question for years, settled on:

Maine

Lots of game, forest, water, very little government, ...
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Old 10/29/05, 08:40 PM
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well said
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Old 10/29/05, 09:58 PM
 
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Where ever it is you want to be, you best be gettin there now.
If it gets really nasty do you really think that there will be Open highways with plenty of Fuel........????

And all of these "paradise places" you mention are going to give you the "Welcome Traveler", open arms reception....???

And if those nasty's punched holes in our fuel supply all on the same day...............my oh my........

Might wanna think that one out..........

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Old 10/29/05, 10:47 PM
 
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I just checked, Idaho is completely full. No vacancies. Maine sounds like the best place.
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Old 10/29/05, 10:57 PM
 
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I just checked, Idaho is completely full. No vacancies. Maine sounds like the best place.
ROTFLMSAOASTC! Ed, Texas is already full, too!
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Old 10/29/05, 11:00 PM
 
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I just checked, Idaho is completely full. No vacancies. Maine sounds like the best place.
I'll second that!

We're in north central Idaho. What general area are you in, Ed?
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Old 10/29/05, 11:04 PM
 
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Has anyone put thought in to where the best place to live for survival? Let me explain.

I have thought if we were attacked on American soil. Where would be the best place to be? I lean towards the rockies. Montana-ish or Canada-ish. Idaho. Wyoming. Far out, in the mountain. Your own food, water, electric, ammo.

If it were natural disaster like in the movie "Day After Tomarrow" , then central Texas, Florida would be best.
But we all know how those areas are being torn up by all these hurricanes.
Then north of these you have all the tornadoes.

So if you were thinking strong hold for survival.....
It isn't WHERE you are, but how WELL you are prepared! How much food and water do you have stored? Most people would be hungry in a week or two. There is NO safe place! The wilds of the Canadian North might become radioactive hellholes if nukes fall in the right place. The entire Gulf Coast might become a survival situation if a meteor strikes in the Gulf again again. You CANNOT predict where, or when, all you can do is be prepared. The Boy Scout Motto is 'Be Prepared'. That includes plenty of food, water, and ammo! I'm ready...regardless of whether my electricity works or not.
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Old 10/29/05, 11:07 PM
 
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I'll second that!

We're in north central Idaho. What general area are you in, Ed?
We're in remote central Idaho. I saw it described that way in a newspaper once.
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I think being prepared and NOT in a city is about as good as it gets. Being prepared means you can stay in your home and keep your head down. And staying off the street will hopefully keep you from attracting unwanted attention. In a bad situation authorities will have their hands full dealing with those who are not prepared and are on the streets clamoring for the government to solve their problems. Hopefully, wherever you are you have good preps and good neighbors who are also prepped. The longer you can stay below the radar the better your chances of survival. If nothing else your preps will give you time to assess and understand the situation before being caught up in the mass hysteria.
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Old 10/30/05, 12:33 AM
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SOOOOO, Here is my question....

You all are talking about worst case scenario, as in enemies coming after us, or gov't taken over and we have to go into hiding, defend ourselves, hide out? If you HAVE a great spot WHY would you all be sharin' it on the INTERNET? I know where we would go/be and I am NOT sharing. So there.

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Old 10/30/05, 01:01 AM
 
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I think being prepared and NOT in a city is about as good as it gets. Being prepared means you can stay in your home and keep your head down. And staying off the street will hopefully keep you from attracting unwanted attention. In a bad situation authorities will have their hands full dealing with those who are not prepared and are on the streets clamoring for the government to solve their problems. Hopefully, wherever you are you have good preps and good neighbors who are also prepped. The longer you can stay below the radar the better your chances of survival. If nothing else your preps will give you time to assess and understand the situation before being caught up in the mass hysteria.
Keep your head down? Unwanted attention? Let's be realistic. If the SHTF, then you MUST have firearms! Otherwise, all the pacifists become fodder for those WITH firearms, or even superior numbers with pointy sticks!

Just try to talk my wife out of her .38 S&W Centenial! LOL.... She wants the right to choose whether she or her grandchildren become vicitms or prey! Of course she doesn't have to worry much, between my son and myself, we have enough guns and ammo to outfight a respectable company of men.
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Old 10/30/05, 01:04 AM
 
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SOOOOO, Here is my question....

You all are talking about worst case scenario, as in enemies coming after us, or gov't taken over and we have to go into hiding, defend ourselves, hide out? If you HAVE a great spot WHY would you all be sharin' it on the INTERNET? I know where we would go/be and I am NOT sharing. So there.

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The 'government' taking over'? LOL... Sweetheart, WE are the government. We cannot absolve 'them' of any responsibility!
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Old 10/30/05, 01:09 AM
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The 'government' taking over'? LOL... Sweetheart, WE are the government. We cannot absolve 'them' of any responsibility!
Ok, you have me there... however, some of my fellow government members ARE scarier than others and some are more responsible than others too.

I just thought the whole question was a little funny. Discussing where to go if things get bad on the internet, unless you are ONLY talking natural disaesters, just seems a little strange. Could I be slightly paranoid???

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Old 10/30/05, 01:18 AM
 
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On a boat, with a good paddle, and a lot of food.
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Old 10/30/05, 07:18 AM
 
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Spend a little time reading 20th century history of the Alps and you will quickly realize that there is NO totally safe place. I just returned from the Dolomites (Northern Italy) and you would not believe some of the places that fighting took place.

I think we have to depend on what we can do ourselves, develop a strong spiritual life, and do the very best we can do with the day we have. Tomorrow will have its own set of problems. No one has yet perfected predicting the future. Some emergency prep, of course. But trying to outguess the future is futile.

Make your todays good ones.
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Old 10/30/05, 07:34 AM
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Old 10/30/05, 07:46 AM
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Have yall considered the fact that the powers that be have already anticipated this exodus of people heading for the hills and that this is possibly what they wish to happen? It makes it easier for them to round yall up and contain you.
Simply put stick it out where you are, have a secondary location near where you are to fall back to. Stock both sites with supplies so that you do not have to carry everything with you if your forced to relocate. Carry only essentials (firearms, ammo, water, enough food to get where your going).
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Old 10/30/05, 07:49 AM
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No matter where you may live, the human race will go on. Just enjoy whatever time you are alotted wherever you want to be. I think it is very smart to have a place to go and supplies to count on in case of an emergency, like a forest fire or hurricane, but I also think it's very silly to spend your life worrying about how you'll survive every possible worst scenario.
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Old 10/30/05, 07:55 AM
 
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Have yall considered the fact that the powers that be have already anticipated this exodus of people heading for the hills and that this is possibly what they wish to happen? It makes it easier for them to round yall up and contain you.
It is not easier to bring foreign troops into wooded hilly terrain to round up a widely dispersed and armed populace. It is easy to round up large numbers of unarmed people in cities as well as rural folks in flat open country accessed by paved roads. I think we should have whatever edge we can on them.
With everything made in China now and the war, corruption and social discord we are having we have to face it....America is not as strong or as sovereign as it used to be.
Prepare for what our rulers have formented.
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Just where I am.
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