Group - made up entirely of immediate family, 9 in total. Not exactly social but we are close with another family group in Tulsa. SHTF I'm sure we will reach out.

 

Just me and my better half. We find that when things go sideways that others seldom rise to the occasion...at least to our level of expectation. We choose not to rely on others. While we fully recognize that there are some drawbacks to this approach, we find it much better given our INTJ (Briggs/Meyers) personalities. Suffice it say, it has governed our approach toward self-sufficiency.

 

We used to have all 17 of us within walking distance but that went out the window with the Camp Fire. We are doing well re-prepping on our own so it will probably stay that way. I would like a bit more acreage so I am always on the lookout.

 

No people. The only others that I would want to prep with do not live close enough.

 

My wife and I make a pretty good team, and that's the "group" I plan around.

On the other hand, people have come to stay with us before, and in a crisis a friend or two might show up with their spouses, which is fine (especially since that means more hands to work the land). I try to prep for that contingency as well.

 

Just me and 38 Grizzly Bears, 2 very small Wolf Packs, and 43 Black Bears.

"NO SNAKES and NO ALLIGATORS".

 

Well my wife says I’m known as anti-social…her friends think I’m always pizzed-offf…but I’m not…
But that said I do realize that in a true SHTF talking total calamity like minded people will have to band together to survive… it’s Human Nature…
The Lone Wolf only Survives Until the Pack Catches Up…

 

Don't have any friends. Lost dog #6 a bit over a year ago. Just the Mrs. and I.

Neighbors are friendly and we seem to get along, just not too interested in becoming "close". In a serious situation, then true colors will shine, enough time to make a determination then. But they need to have their own "gear" and a "good mindset". Not about to "argue" with folks when time matters.

 

Sorry about your dog. I'm down to 2, but they'll eat even if I have to go hungry. They're my family.

 

Me and the Wife only. Being known as a "Prepper" will probably make me a Pariah, not that I am not one now. I mentioned this kind of stuff many years ago and learned my lesson. If people know this about you your life is going to become very dangerous in what would probably be an already dangerous situation.

Does "Thats stupid" "You're paranoid" and "I'm coming over to your house" ring any bells?

If they do, keep yer werd hole shut.

 

I’ve got friends and family nearby that I would certainly work with if things got sideways, but I wouldn’t consider any of them preppers per se. They’d all bring something to the table, but I don’t think any have more than a few days worth of food on-hand, which is probably the most critical supply to have here. I think our (me, wife, kids) best bet would be to just stay as inconspicuous as possible.

 

We are retired homesteaders that prepare.
Besides family, there is only one couple close by that we would feel comfortable talking to them about preps if things go real sour.

 

Mrs Cricket and I will take care of each other. We'll see who's still standing after it goes down. Those are the people to collaborate with.
Who knows maybe I'll be the one to get ejected from the vehicle at the start? LOL!

 

Most of my friends are stocked up , but we don’t talk prepping at all .
We hunt but don’t shoot together .
We all carry hand guns but don’t talk about it at all .
I have 6/7 people I could trust .
I have a big family and only 2 are under 18 so we are our group

 

I would not mind being in a group but gave up on trying. Last two groups where to spread out to really make a difference and 95% of the people in it or that want to join a group are more of a liability than an asset. Seems like people that lack skills or gear try to find a group the most to compensate.

I will stick with my wife and I and try to stay on good terms with my neighbors that have farm animals.

 

I think if you don’t have to defend your self a couple can make out ok .
I feed a army here we just ate 2 family packs of chicken Brest I think 16
cut thin .
2 box’s of pasta
half the chicken was made marcel with mushrooms onions the others ate with pasta cheese butter and honey mustard salad , green beans raw cucumber and carrot .
Sack of grapes and cut strawberries.
Just 2 people can lay low easy .
I think 3 /4 is ok also it’s hard to come up with that many supply’s .

 

Not a formal group but a good group of neighbors that are friendly and always willing to lend a hand. Nearly every immediate neighbor has 5-10 acres, prepper skills of some sort and actively grows their own crops/has small scale livestock farms. A doctor, a mechanic and a retired contractor within a mile or so as well. Four or five lakes within walking distance and I hear roosters crowing from a few homes every morning. IDK if anyone is storing food or anything but I wouldn’t be surprised. Maybe someday it will come up. Maybe not. I like our chances either way.

Biggest challenge is a couple elderly couples and a couple with really young kids. Nobody with military experience either.

 

Not a formal group but a good group of neighbors that are friendly and always willing to lend a hand. Nearly every immediate neighbor has 5-10 acres, prepper skills of some sort and actively grows their own crops/has small scale livestock farms.

Same, except we don't have 5-10 acres here. but we have a good group of neighbors and we all have self-sufficiency skills.

Where we'll be retiring to and are working on our homestead there, everyone does have acres 5-40+acres. Most have a garden, or if they don't have one now they did for 30 years and could easily get it going again if they have seed. I'm already buying and storing seed in anticipation of sharing it.

 

One is company, two's a crowd. Got no time for crowd control.

 

I’ve been a loner for over 50 years.
I never fit in society as a kid or an adult.
The only people I fit with, and trust, are the guys from my outfit in Vietnam.
I damn sure ain’t going to trust anyone that has never been exposed to warfare or even been under fire.
Sorry.

 

The lone survivalist/prepper is one thing, but doesn't always have the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for every situation. So would your statement include a physician, for example, that you could potentially place over the medical care of yourself, your spouse, children, and grandchildren? Especially if healthcare infrastructure becomes as devastated as the politicians are intent for it to become?

I understand the trust thing, but limiting oneself to only people that you served during warfare or under fire, seems rather naive...and perhaps even selfish.

 

All my Vietnam friends are dead. There's a couple of em I would have teamed with.

 

+1 on good neighbors. Once you get the basics covered, relationships is arguably the second best prep with health being the most important. It’s worth the effort to be a good neighbor.

 

What "some" consider a SHTF event, "others" consider a mild inconvenience.

I will help others in a Mild Inconvenience. However, in an event where I perceive, that I could be harvest by others to feed their family, I will not be near other humans, even if I greatly respect their goal of feeding me to their loved ones.

 

My wife will pass fairly painfully and quickly when things turn south. When that happens, I am a lone wolf without the person that has kept me between the ditches for about 40 years. Not saying I will go off the rails, but those rails that I have known would be gone.

 

I cast my vote as being in a group but only because I count family as a group. If family was not intended to be considered a group then I am a lone wolf.

At my age seeing to the survival of family is the only point to life.

 

I want to be a part of a group of preppers that prep and not be the only one that preps.
I currently live alone.
I met a family that are more into the skills of survival than storing supplies. This disturbs me
in that lopsided plans depend on some one else picking up the rest. Not good.
My neighbors indicate they have prepared for some form of survival but nothing specific. I respect their hesitancy to reveal their resources but it's hard to know what skills to fall back on.
One neighbor is snobbish another is disabled and another is new to the area I have yet to get to know.
People change when disaster hits but only so long as they are in need. Once the crisis I passed people change again to their true nature, what ever that is.
Children can be the most difficult to deal with because if mom and dad are trying to figure things out, the kids take advantage of the chaos and fall into more trouble.
You never know who is going to betray the group.
If your daughter has a boyfriend and he is included and then blabs to his family you've got food, the problem is expanded exponentially.
The problem is not knowing the length or depth of the event, so what stores you've got to last for a week, may not last more than a day or so.

 

There is a bond forged under fire that is so different than everything else, that once one has experienced it, it can be hard, and sometimes impossible, to trust anyone other than those, with whom one shares that bond.