Anyone have a spouse out there that doesn't have the same mindset you have regarding being prepared, etc.? I'm trying to figure out the best method to make dh understand that things are going to only get worse. So I just started growing, canning and storing vege's, Have plenty of water stored. bought some chickens, ammo, etc. He's all for the weapons, it's the rest of the plan he can't see! How do you make them see????
compassrose
Welcome from someone else residing in the NC gulag.
Oh, make him pay attention by slapping him in the back of the head and saying, "Dont make me repeat myself".
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Oh, make him pay attention by slapping him in the back of the head and saying, "Dont make me repeat myself".
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Welcome Veteran!
Good to see you have the right mindset. As far as you spouse, he is half-way there with the interest in weapons. Being on the East Coast and the threat of hurricanes and tornadoes just remind him that Even the Red Cross advises everyone to have a 72 hour prep kit on hand. So just start there. He will see that he will start thinking long term survival........Best of luck!
Good to see you have the right mindset. As far as you spouse, he is half-way there with the interest in weapons. Being on the East Coast and the threat of hurricanes and tornadoes just remind him that Even the Red Cross advises everyone to have a 72 hour prep kit on hand. So just start there. He will see that he will start thinking long term survival........Best of luck!
Welcome from the other end of the state. My wife isn't tee totally on board but WAY closer now than a year ago. I guess it's one thing I could give SOME credit to Oblah blah for.: Down on your end of our state it ain't a matter of if but when you're gonna get whomped by a hurricane. That is a great place to start. Good luck!!
: Down on your end of our state it ain't a matter of if but when you're gonna get whomped by a hurricane. That is a great place to start. Good luck!!
we have been hit by hurricanes for thirty years plus. he's a commercial fisherman. One hurricane the power went out, lpower poles, lines, etc. down over the highway. we went to the boat. AC, bathroom, food, all the creature comforts of home. while others were without. Which was part of my coming around to being more prepared. I worked dispatch and the sheriff came in with shorts and no shoes. said there were mullets swimming in his living room and when he opened his front door his shoes were swept away. LOL! that woke me up!
which brings me to a newbie question. A lot of folks are building underground shelters, etc. If I dig more than 1 ft I hit water. I know this sounds uninformed but if a hurricane were to hit and water rose how would one keep the h20 from feeding into the air system? I've often wondered about that with mudslides, etc. too!
Wise owl, I am seriously considering an above ground on our property that we have. And the intake/exhaust would have to be seriously re enforced to withstand water surges, and the wind. I consider currently the hurricane season to be my biggest threat however, lately the fact that I live across a river from one of the largest Marine Corps Air Base in NC concerns me. They busted a guy the other day in a nearby town that had a pound of C-4, and for some reason it has dropped off the radar, meaning the moron media has not released the name of the person, who he was, nothing, it's just disappeared, not another word. POOF, gone! Guess I need to change my biggest threat !
Howdy,
Welcome to the forum.
Things to ponder follow:
Have a BOL? (If needed)
Self-sufficient? Garden? Have garden tools? Store food-wheat, beans, etc.?
Heat with renewable fuels? Have firewood cutting tools?
Own a rifle? Reload? Cast bullets? Hunt? Fish? Have the equipment and supplies?
Homebrewing? Can food? Have the equipment?
Practice permaculture? Gather wild foods?
Welcome to the forum.
Things to ponder follow:
Have a BOL? (If needed)
Self-sufficient? Garden? Have garden tools? Store food-wheat, beans, etc.?
Heat with renewable fuels? Have firewood cutting tools?
Own a rifle? Reload? Cast bullets? Hunt? Fish? Have the equipment and supplies?
Homebrewing? Can food? Have the equipment?
Practice permaculture? Gather wild foods?
New Bern area been there many times in the past. As for dh, keep hacking away, wear him down, never ever give up.
Welcome from Kansas.
My husband is the same way. He thinks I have lost it lol. Got news for him, I never had it to loose. No seriously. I just ask who is getting hurt by having a few extra things around. Never know when nature herself will make us need it. He agrees and has stopped teasing. At least for a while. Although his prep was an old single shot pistle with holster that he added placess to hold a couple nice knives to. He thought it was funny but I think it is cool. Even when he was making fun he was prepping whether he knew it or not.
My husband is the same way. He thinks I have lost it lol. Got news for him, I never had it to loose. No seriously. I just ask who is getting hurt by having a few extra things around. Never know when nature herself will make us need it. He agrees and has stopped teasing. At least for a while. Although his prep was an old single shot pistle with holster that he added placess to hold a couple nice knives to. He thought it was funny but I think it is cool. Even when he was making fun he was prepping whether he knew it or not.
The way I made my adopted sister see and cooperate in prepping (she's a liberal and think nothing is going to happen.
I went at it this way.
What would happen if we lost power for a few days, what would happen if there was an earthquake and supply trucks could not bring supplies a few days.
Then I told her that whatever I prepped would be food we already ate; and If nothing happened the food would be eaten and rotated out. She was OK with that.
Then earlier this year a neighbor run out of food; and I took two boxes of instant rice, instant potatoes. Dehydrated soup, pasta, coffee and helped her get through that lean month.
Now she understands it is good to prep.
To keep from freaking her out with 25years of MREs I started with two weeks of extra food. Now she sees that sometimes bad things happens to people and I have about 8-9 months food stored under the master bed, pantry, and basement under the RV.
She doesn't need go know about my buried caches of food and fuel in the catalina foothills.
I went at it this way.
What would happen if we lost power for a few days, what would happen if there was an earthquake and supply trucks could not bring supplies a few days.
Then I told her that whatever I prepped would be food we already ate; and If nothing happened the food would be eaten and rotated out. She was OK with that.
Then earlier this year a neighbor run out of food; and I took two boxes of instant rice, instant potatoes. Dehydrated soup, pasta, coffee and helped her get through that lean month.
Now she understands it is good to prep.
To keep from freaking her out with 25years of MREs I started with two weeks of extra food. Now she sees that sometimes bad things happens to people and I have about 8-9 months food stored under the master bed, pantry, and basement under the RV.
She doesn't need go know about my buried caches of food and fuel in the catalina foothills.
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