SHTF

Now what?

What not to do
Hunting: everyone will try this. Not realising that the stock of animals will be depleted quickly, then starvation will result.

What skills will we need to know?
1 Plant propagation – Seed collecting
2 Home food processing
3 Basic plumbing, carpentry, welding
4 Medicine plants
5 Soap making – saponification
6 Animal care – goats, chooks
7 12 volt electric circuits – from auto to boats etc

Lessons from Greek/Argentina/Venezuala Crisis
1 Capital Control – restrictions of cash
2 Cash is king
3 lines of people at ATMs
4 Budgeting & Saving – frugal living only
5 Bartering
6 Crime increases – home break ins, fortify homes against looting.
7 Suicides go up
8 Normalisation of rioting/civil unrest
9 Political distrust
10 Immigration out increases
11 Old people are most effected
12 Extreme corruption
13 Homelessness & Poverty
14 Imports restricted
15 Lack of medical supplies
16 Business speculation
17 Resilience of people
18 Preparation – Gear, supplies, staples, security – put into action

Lessons from The Great Depression
1 people lost their jobs/homes
2 families lived together
3 slept outside
4 people became migrant workers
5 people starved
6 odd jobs – more skills the better for barter
7 cash is king
8 repair clothing – sewing, tyres used for shoe soles
9 Food – horticulture/gardening/propagation
10 Food processing skills
11 Community gardens
12 Hunting/dressing skills
13 People helped each other – community spirit

First things to do when you realise the SHTF
Don’t shit yourself, just go throught this list and give/delegate jobs and tasks. Lots to do. Don’t get upset, get organised.

1. Security – Do you need to fortify your house, think Hesly/Gabion Barriers. Can you form a neighbourhood/street group? Think piquets?
2. Shelter – Is your house in habitable condition, do you have a tent as a backup? Can you sleep somewhere, in what, how many required?
3. Sanitation – is the toilet usable, is there an alternative such as a compost toilet? Enough toilet paper/alternate to paper available? Assign a place and start digging a poo pit etc.
4. Water supply – If its down, do you have rainwater collection available? Can you purify? Start thinking gravity feed water systems.
5. Food – Whats available in pantry/fridge? Do you have a garden? Whats in the garden? Can you cook? LPG bottles – bbq cooking. Can you process harvested produce? Wood fired stove? Pizza Ovens can be useful?
6. Medical supplies? How long will what you have last?
7. Lighting – batteries/torches/skylights in kitchen?
8. Hygiene – do you have enough water to wash/ soap, got any? do you know how to make it out of ash and animal fat, saponification process etc.

If not, get to work.