I'm About Ready To Live OFF THE GRID...

[darin]

Couple things to consider -

One of those above-ground old school 200 gallon farm fuel tanks - the raised ones? you know what i mean?

Also

Your house isn't bullet proof. If it's wooden, consider finding a way to secure it - 5.56 goes through wood easily. And with sustained attack would penetrate most brick homes. Consider spreading your supplies in caches around the property and some with friends; include metal currency, sealed ammo, first aid, and...whatnot. maybe a spare pistol. Maybe look at a manual pump for your well. Can you secure your generators from theft? I dont need your answers but maybe things you can think about, if they help. Two is one, and one is none.

[High_Plains_Drifter]

Couple things to consider -

One of those above-ground old school 200 gallon farm fuel tanks - the raised ones? you know what i mean?

Also

Your house isn't bullet proof. If it's wooden, consider finding a way to secure it - 5.56 goes through wood easily. And with sustained attack would penetrate most brick homes. Consider spreading your supplies in caches around the property and some with friends; include metal currency, sealed ammo, first aid, and...whatnot. maybe a spare pistol. Maybe look at a manual pump for your well. Can you secure your generators from theft? I dont need your answers but maybe things you can think about, if they help. Two is one, and one is none.

Sure enough a 5.56 will go right through a house, done it. The AK 7.62x39 FMJ will go through even more. Besides the many different rifles and shot guns I have, I have a couple pistols as well, a Taurus Raging Bull .44mag and a Ruger Vaquero Birds Head .45LC, my "Doc Holiday" pistol.

I have the generators locked up in the shop. The shop has double locked doors, two of which have inside clasps with padlocks. I don't leave anything out. Many, many people do around here. Small town, trusting folks. I just don't invite the morally challenged to steal any of my stuff by leaving it out.

Is that circus poster original or a re-creation?

Reprint, but still, a reprint from 1916.

[darin]

Sure enough a 5.56 will go right through a house, done it. The AK 7.62x39 FMJ will go through even more. Besides the many different rifles and shot guns I have, I have a couple pistols as well, a Taurus Raging Bull .44mag and a Ruger Vaquero Birds Head .45LC, my "Doc Holiday" pistol.

I have the generators locked up in the shop. The shop has double locked doors, two of which have inside clasps with padlocks. I don't leave anything out. Many, many people do around here. Small town, trusting folks. I just don't invite the morally challenged to steal any of my stuff by leaving it out.

Right - consider finding a way to protect your house - maybe make at least a safe room; use large furniture against the walls, etc.


@sassy - No, i do not.

[SassyLady]

@sassy - No, i do not.

Where will you settle down when you get back?

[darin]

Where will you settle down when you get back?

Unsure - but it will probably look a little like this - and have outbuildings, barn, livestock holding areas and grazing areas. And chickens.

[Abbey Marie]

We should all get an off-grid place together. Though I really have nothing much to offer...

[Kathianne]

Unsure - but it will probably look a little like this - and have outbuildings, barn, livestock holding areas and grazing areas. And chickens.

Farm boy loves his chickens!

We should all get an off-grid place together. Though I really have nothing much to offer...

Me neither, though I can cook!

[jimnyc]

We should all get an off-grid place together. Though I really have nothing much to offer...

We always talked about a DP get together - ALASKA and Rick's cabin is the place. It would be some time that we would NEVER forget!!

[SassyLady]

Unsure - but it will probably look a little like this - and have outbuildings, barn, livestock holding areas and grazing areas. And chickens.

northern Arizona would work