Are you a survivalist? if all power and utilities went out permanently, how long would you last?
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Posted by SheFoxy Jul 1st, 2012 at 7:32AM
DEFINITELY! I'd not only survive, I'd freaking THRIVE!! Then live until I was more than 75~ Bring it on!!! :D
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Posted by stankadiddlehopper Jun 30th, 2012 at 8:02PM
I think I could. Until it ruined, we could eat out of our deep freeze. We have a large stock of canned items - some store bought and some home canned.
I know how to hunt and fish and I have some knowledge of which plants are edible. We would have a garden every year, using the seeds from the year before.
There is a fresh water spring on my land so water wouldn't be a problem unless the bowels of the earth were poisoned.
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Posted by rolo65 Jun 30th, 2012 at 7:38PM
I could go off the grid and thrive just fine, the majority of the people will be in total chaos. I learned long ago in the military that you can't trust anyone to CYA.
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Posted by caithness Jun 30th, 2012 at 7:37PM
A good long while...I heat with wood, and often cook on the woodstove...I grow my own veggies and have a small apple orchard. I also have a barn that could house some cattle and enough grass for them to graze. I have a small brook that runs across my land, so I could bathe and flush the toilets...I even have a manual coffee grinder, so I would not be without my fresh beans. I'd have to run extension cords over to the neighbors to plug in my freezer though...lol
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Reply by bunnyhound Jun 30th, 2012 at 7:38PM
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Reply by caithness Jun 30th, 2012 at 8:31PM
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Posted by Oddandsingular Jun 30th, 2012 at 7:32PM
Since I have camped so much in my life, and also, lived without utilities more than a few times, I'll be fine indefinitely.
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Reply by bunnyhound Jun 30th, 2012 at 7:34PM
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Posted by Tgilly Jun 30th, 2012 at 7:31PM
on my own...a while....but having to cope with others...i'd die from the stress.
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Posted by Wifeinater Jun 30th, 2012 at 7:31PM
I'd be fine, it would take a period of adjustment and mistakes but I wouldn't die. I would feel sorry for peoples in big cities though. they would turn on each other fast.
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Reply by bunnyhound Jun 30th, 2012 at 7:32PM
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Posted by rickibrat2 Jun 30th, 2012 at 9:25PM
as long as i have sun light i am fine have a solar station plus have a propane 17 kw back up too
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Reply by bunnyhound Jun 30th, 2012 at 9:27PM
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Reply by rickibrat2 Jun 30th, 2012 at 9:29PM
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Posted by atadir Jun 30th, 2012 at 8:58PM
i live in a highrise. i can cope without elevators, but as soon as the toilets stop flushing, i'm in trouble
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Posted by Difum Jun 30th, 2012 at 8:21PM
Well, to begin with we could live in our basement for 3 months without ever coming out. After that we are decently schooled and armed and stocked. It then, of course, depends on the nature of the calamity as to what the next decisions are. I have hunted and fished and camped all my life. But I feel the question of survival fails to bring up the issue of finding and protecting additional loved ones, and/or friends.
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Posted by TheSquirrel Jun 30th, 2012 at 7:41PM
Not long, and I know it. Unless you are already out in the sticks and prepared to defend like crazy, you won't make it long. Even the ones up in the hollows will have infections that carry them off rather quickly. Can you imagine the population of the world going from 7 billion to 50 million in a matter of months?
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Posted by onborrowedtime Jun 30th, 2012 at 7:40PM
At least untill my pantry was emptied of can goods ,then,I'd have to improvise,but if I had to,I could handle that!
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Posted by 5thApprentice Jun 30th, 2012 at 7:40PM
Got some veges and fruits out back but they only last so long. Could maybe barter with people for other things? My main concern would be thieves/bandits.
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Posted by blingblogbloop Jun 30th, 2012 at 7:38PM
i would drink my urine all day like bear grylls
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Posted by unwantedlies Jun 30th, 2012 at 7:37PM
Fight or flight. Im a fighter for sure
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Posted by aquarius3 Jun 30th, 2012 at 7:37PM
Quite awhile I know enough about edible wild plants so I could survive okay!
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Posted by CountSpatula Jun 30th, 2012 at 7:35PM
I'd be one of the last ones standing, I'd like to think.
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Posted by Serenitree Jun 30th, 2012 at 7:34PM
I can't imagine.
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Posted by FlowersNButterflies Jun 30th, 2012 at 7:33PM
No, I would not last. But that can be a good thing. Living in fear isn't healthy. Death comes to all. I like my comforts. There is a cult-church that requires its' members to hoard a year's worth of food and a gun. One wants to be the next president of the US. Ick.
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Posted by milander Jun 30th, 2012 at 7:31PM
for a long long time... no problem at all.
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