Why SHTF Gear Is Absolutely Necessary

By Ruthie Livingston


When the brown human waste reaches the rotating blades of the room cooling device, you know it. Many people, called preppers, will warn you about what this represents. Many will say that it will be a foreign invasion. Others will relax that definition and include such natural disasters as floods and massive power outages, or, some still hold to this, zombies in the immediate area. Before any of these things actually occur, it is a good idea to plan what kind of SHTF gear you are going to want and need.

The first, rather obvious, thing you will need is a replacement for the home that you have had to leave. A suitable plan, before everything breaks down, will help you understand surviving in the wild. Preppers will often create a fortified compound out of the house they currently have so as to make it safe and secure as they go into the dangerous times.

Since this occurrence will be of such severity, it might last for weeks, months or as much as a year or more. This means you will need a shelter. Most people know about such things as a bug out bag. It has things that will allow them to survive this mess for a couple of days. The disaster that is being talked about, now, is a continuation of that, so the gear you need will represent a larger investment of thought, costs and resources.

The type, size and configuration of the gear that will allow you to survive will, by its nature, depend on the size of your group. You need to begin with that shelter. It should be able to be fortified against unfriendlies. It will need to be secured against the weather and, hopefully, on high land with plenty of cover. A high fence will suffice for this last requirement with a well and equipment for getting the water up.

The need for you to be self sufficient is very real. This means either having an electrical generator or doing without electricity like people used to do. Heat can come from a fireplace or a fire pit. The Internet, while the kind of disaster that is being discussed is happening, is going to be off line as well as most of the online games, anyway.

You will not be able to trust public transportation if it is even running. The preppers you have talked to or heard about will have an old, non computer assisted vehicle such as a Land Rover or truck, possibly even a travel home. Repair manuals for whatever you have are critical. It does not help to have the largest vehicle in the now reduced neighborhood if it breaks down before you get back on track.

The subject of security should never be far from your mind as you are going through these preparations. Knifes, certainly, need to be accumulated, sharpened and handy. Guns are, sometimes, a necessity and should still be handled safely. Plenty of ammunition can be hoarded before there is a real need for them and stored carefully. For those occasions, such as the foreign invasion or zombies, make sure you have a reloading station set up and you will rarely be out of ammunition.

The only reason you need this kind of gear is because this type of gear is the only thing that will see you through what is going to happen. The shtf stuff, and the ideas behind this gear, are what makes you able to endure and provide for your family when all else is falling apart. The absolute necessity of the right selection of materials is critical and planning this, before it becomes necessary, is more important.




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