I'm going to ask a very sad, depressing question

My take on the thing was that they were a little too 'different' and nobody these days likes 'different'. They'll preach tollerance but that's only if you are similar, try being different and see how tollerant anybody is!

Probably about 6 years ago or so, I started getting a vague feeling of discomfort--a feeling that I should learn how to be more self-sufficient and more prepared. Nothing specific, just a feeling.

There are some things that you can prepare for rather easily and some that take an enormous amount of time, money and energy to prepare for. For me, I have opted to become more self-sufficient by raising chickens for meat and eggs, growing a garden for food and building a small, unheated greenhouse.

I suppose I could build an underground bunker, but I have other more pressing things to spend my money and time on. I'm not saying someone is wrong for doing it, but for me, doing a sort of cost-benefit analysis, I'm better off sticking with the kind of preparations I'm doing.

As for where you live, I think that while it's great for some folks to live far, far off the beaten path, for us, it'd just be too hard. My husband has to commute to the city for his job, and the kids have lots of activities. For our family, moving too far out would create a daily burden of either even more commuting or giving up things that we enjoy doing. To each their own.

I figure I can reasonably prepare for being without power for a few weeks, being unable to get food for a few months, etc. Doing too much more than that would impact on my current quality of life, and I'm just not willing to do it.

Having said that, I think that if I were buying property, I'd steer away from the more obvious terror targets. I think it's a valid consideration in buying property to think about things like that . . . I just don't know that there's any place that is really, truly safe. You can find a property that is unlikely to be hit with nuclear fall-out or weapons, yet find yourself facing a hurricane or tornado.

We live close to a very small town. less than 9 thousand. but still in the country. I don't live with in 100 miles of a large city. Well, I do live a 100 miles from one city, and 200 from a nother city. But we have our own milk, eggs, cheese, fruit, veggies, we heat with wood, so if anthing happens, such as the grid goes down, and the power is off, we will be fine, or if it is a dirty nuke that goes off, we would be fine. I guess, you just have to take each day , as they come.and think of what you can do on your homestead , for your family, and then if you have to bug out, where you will go , and what you can do.
But even if the terrorist's get their hands on a sophisticated bomb, they will have to have a way to deliver it. which changes the likely hood of that happening greatly. So you are probably looking at power off, dirty bombs, in cars, and that type of thing. And yes, they could steal or high jack more planes, and have a 911 repeat. Most things will be pretty local. Even if they let out the plague. that is catching for sure. But you must come into contact with a person that has it to catch it. So If you stay home, and stay by your self, until, it is gone, you probably won't catch it. But you must have preps. Lots of them , for your family to get by on.

well, I didn't cry or need to take any meds, so maybe it ain't all that sad or depressing?

(and just for back ground info...I lived in OKC during the bombing there, my house bounced alittle and my aunt worked in the FBI office, she was ok because of a delay with a co worker arriving)

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Growing a Homestead from the dirt up.

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C.L.F.
{chlorophill liberation front}

It is only sensible to be aware of the world and how it might impinge on your family, children, and the economy.

Fortunately, the homesteader lifestyle is a fine antidote to the world's craziness. Growing and preserving food, caring for animals, making soaps and salves, cutting wood for the woodstove, sharing or bartering with friends and neighbors, frugal living with positive goals, all maximize your happiness and your ability to survive.

Don't put off the time when you start doing these things...start where you are, as you can. Homesteading is also a state of mind! You are sensible to consider possible real threats, and even more sensible to work for personally sane alternatives!

Why worry about something that is COMPLETELY beyond your control?

Already, some fairly insidious countries possess nuclear capabilities. Pakistan is but one of them.

Its just a matter of time before any country that wants nuclear weapons.....will have them.

So what?

The US possesses around 20000 nuclear weapons that can be pinpointed anywhere on earth.

I totally agree with serphima. You can do many things, for your self and family, living in an apt. in a city.