tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post5109776847614058986..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: VBO 4James M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-83416105557689343492017-04-10T09:14:03.424-07:002017-04-10T09:14:03.424-07:00I don't disagree with what you are saying, but...I don't disagree with what you are saying, but just consider that you really can't make a village unattractive. Even the worst hovels have women and some food. At worst, new wives for the needy and dinner to get the energy to attack down the road.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-39567093747007690232017-04-10T08:35:36.438-07:002017-04-10T08:35:36.438-07:00Seems like a spectrum or sliding scale to me.
At o...Seems like a spectrum or sliding scale to me.<br />At one end you have a hunker down and endure it no matter what forces are attacking - even nukes (better have a deeply buried bunker) and at the other end you have the nomadic flee from the three boys with the single shot bb guns (where you better have everything constantly on wheels and packed up ready to go). <br />Some combo of a fortress at your best spot, and stored supplies at some other backup spots (maybe even to make another fortress) seems like the best compromise to me for a village during an age of conflict. The village should appear barely able to make it worth the while for the visiting traders to visit, but too well armed and fortified for the raiders to want to risk. It's a narrow range, and subject to changing pressures (vikings were traders first, then had a few crop failures and decided they needed the english villages wealth after all even with the risk that implied...)JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-23018596088772064052017-04-10T06:14:44.320-07:002017-04-10T06:14:44.320-07:00Right, energy constraints don't encourage extr...Right, energy constraints don't encourage extra consumption. But that has been our default problem solver to date.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-40129532506837208542017-04-10T06:13:06.916-07:002017-04-10T06:13:06.916-07:00All those discussions from people clicking their t...All those discussions from people clicking their tongues over mud huts collapsing in earthquakes, they look at world through permanent structures. The dudes that just put up more mud, through a temporary lens. The reinforced walls folks are the ones who stay instead of fleeing.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-29153177910721697592017-04-10T04:47:53.069-07:002017-04-10T04:47:53.069-07:00And if the road leading by your village is a two t...And if the road leading by your village is a two track at best, wandering cow / goat path at worst, the chances of being hastled in the desert fall down dramatically. Wandering about out there is pretty discouraging.<br /><br />Good advice on the back up shelter materials. At the very least, some plastic sheeting rolls buried and protected from UV exposure. If a village, light enough to be carried out if leaving area is better than staying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-56923174872452978902017-04-09T18:14:56.874-07:002017-04-09T18:14:56.874-07:00My state has a desalination plant which has never ...My state has a desalination plant which has never been used (built when we were literally about to run out of water, 'twas a crazy time)<br /><br />But yeah, it's costing an absolute fortune to maintain even though it's not running. So I should imagine that if it was running the costs would be even worse. <br /><br />I'm guessing desal plants aren't exactly viable. Especially in the face of energy constraintsDingonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-74273534808503173832017-04-09T08:58:22.087-07:002017-04-09T08:58:22.087-07:00Well, look at Saudi Arabia, one of the biggest oil...Well, look at Saudi Arabia, one of the biggest oil producers and its problems with desalination. They are up to something like 30-40% of their production going to domestic needs. Just saying.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-68374830793519942142017-04-09T07:44:43.076-07:002017-04-09T07:44:43.076-07:00It's insane that a state with 800 miles of coa...It's insane that a state with 800 miles of coastline is NOT getting it's water from the ocean.<br /><br />Californians are always bragging about their HUGE economy so I'm not gonna hear anything about costs in this regard. If they can't afford it, move.ghostsniperhttp://www.deadcenter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-7393883114101255852017-04-09T07:27:51.688-07:002017-04-09T07:27:51.688-07:00I thought our military plans on making it LOOK lik...I thought our military plans on making it LOOK like we won:)James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-24207227858318041272017-04-09T07:25:11.827-07:002017-04-09T07:25:11.827-07:00Damn, ( 40! ) I didn't realize LA was that vor...Damn, ( 40! ) I didn't realize LA was that voracious. I guess I should have know, but I always envision the Sierras as the prime water source.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-55395175682023851812017-04-08T18:47:14.141-07:002017-04-08T18:47:14.141-07:00Good stuff, thanks. Keep it up.
I sure would like...Good stuff, thanks. Keep it up.<br /><br />I sure would like to have about 4 standard horses - the ultimate all terrain vehicle. 2 for ridin' and 2 for carryin'.<br /><br />I'm planning to keep it small and tight. Too small to find, and too tight to bother with. I have nothing anybody would want to trade their life for. And if you think you'd take pleasure in torturing or killing me I'll rob you of that joy by pulling the pin myself. <br /><br />I'm an ex-army combat engineer, a present structural engineer and architect. On paper only, at this point, I have a number of "hasty hazards" worked out that when employed around here will make life very difficult and painful for those that want to bring us harm. <br /><br />Near the top of the north side of a very steep, heavily wooded hill with only 2 ways in I believe it is entirely possible to hold off any number of assailants indefinitely, aside from air strikes or heavy artillery, and even those folks will take heavy casualties before we fail. Yes, we are trained to take out aircraft and reach out to 3,000 yds in 3 directions. The 4th direction is naturally heavily fortified. I feel secure, optimistic, but cautious.<br /><br />I'm not looking forward to doomsday at all but I have spent considerable time planning and prepping and I plan to be here until my natural time on this earth is done and not 1 second sooner. You either plan to win or plan to lose, there is no middle ground. <br /><br />As mama used to say, "The next best thing to fighting and winning is fighting and losing."ghostsniperhttp://www.deadcenter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-3101178521704207722017-04-08T17:44:08.215-07:002017-04-08T17:44:08.215-07:00Deserts...A certain someone signed a bill this wee...Deserts...A certain someone signed a bill this week allowing a private investor to pump water out of the aquifer under the Mojave Desert, and pump it 43 miles to supply the needs of Los Angeles. Some people are upset because the volume of pumping is projected to dry up the last remaining springs in the Mojave, which means the local wildlife will all DIE without their water sources. This is sad, but not new. If you get a good topo map of CA, you'll see there are about 40 or so dried up lakes of decent size in the Mojave, dried up mostly to water LA and other desert communities.<br /><br />Hunker down or head out...Keep in mind that once things degenerate to the point that there's no longer professional fire protection, the entire West and parts of the East will likely be consumed in a raging crown fire. That'll be a sad day to see the environment ravaged like that, let alone all the people who may survive it temporarily, but with no resources to continue on.<br />Peace outAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-48945999084965894292017-04-08T15:11:14.026-07:002017-04-08T15:11:14.026-07:00Well, not areas with resources as much as preposit...Well, not areas with resources as much as prepositioned caches.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-47927179838544954712017-04-08T14:40:17.506-07:002017-04-08T14:40:17.506-07:00Very well said, a defensive position is as such a ...Very well said, a defensive position is as such a last resort and will ultimately be over run by your enemy, better to not be in a bunker either, as if found out by your enemy ( which will happen sooner or later) they will wait you out, dig you out, or smoke you out, either way , you will be out and what you have will be theirs. I agree with you that mobility is the best method with temporary stays were resources (good,water, supplies) present themselves, keeping at bay of potential enemies at all times, doing this in smsll tightly knit groups bring best.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07770253240791516614noreply@blogger.com