Stormlord - Member - The Prepared

Reply to: When the crisis becomes prolonged, how do you survive? Posted April 15, 2021

Reply to: The prepping items that we regret buying and why Posted March 24, 2021

I go with ubique, knives are a personal choice. I just bought a Ka-Bar companion BK22 and never had a knife like that before. You can see it on the left. On the right you see an item i regret. It is a MilTec knife which was never really sharp or useful. I spent 20 euros for it. Even if this is only a tenth of the Ka-Bar, it’s blown money. Lessons learned: buy cheap, buy twice 🙂 This Ka-Bar knife is very sharp and with the fulltang and thick blade, i think it won’t let you down if you need a good blade. When do i really need a knife like that? Even if I am often on my land, most work can also be done by an axe or cheaper knife. On the other hand, having is mostly better than needing. I have to admit that this is also a factor

Reply to: Are you new to preparedness? Ask whatever you want here! Posted March 19, 2021

Robert, even if i cultivate my land and have enough fruits and vegetables the whole year, I never started to grow wheat or other grains because it needs much space and work. The other reason is, that flour can held up to 10 years or more if you store it correct. The amount of work by hand is for wheat not in relation. My personal hint: make bread out of chestnut and combine with pumpkin. It tastes great and you just have to pick up the chestnut. Big trees have often more than 40kg. Pumpkins are easy to cultivate and grow big. I have plenty of olive oil from our garden. It serves with high calories, even better to digest if you are on keto diet.

Reply to: What does prepping look like in your area of the world? Posted March 19, 2021

Oh guys, volcanoes were also not on my radar. We have one of the mightiest supervolcanoes on earth and i didn’t thought about it… It’s not the Vesuv, it’s the the Phlegraean Fields. When SHTF, I don’t know what to do. What can you do against such a vulcano?

Reply to: What does prepping look like in your area of the world? Posted March 19, 2021

This is my new home 🙂 I never read articles in the www with that deep and full of experience. You should copy n paste and make a PDF >>> then Amazon. Even if your take 2 dollar, that could be your hosting fee or whatever. If you need help regarding self distribution i would support. Greetz

Reply to: What does prepping look like in your area of the world? Posted March 19, 2021

That is something i have not on my radar. I will check where it is. The azores are distributed over a large area and my favorite is flores. Looks like jurassic Parc there 🙂 Some say it’s Hawaii of Europe. Geographically it is on the American continental plate.

Reply to: What does prepping look like in your area of the world? Posted March 19, 2021

Hi Bill, that’s true. They have plenty of wind and they are not quite accessible like the European continent. If clima changes drives African people to move north, they would never go to the azores because it’s not accessible with their Inflatable boat. They will go to Spain because that’s a few km and then move to the richer northern counties like Germany or Scandinavia. When the level of the ocean rises, azores are also quite save due to the big mountains. I would not choose canaries but prefer madeira. If you want to go to the canaries, take “el hiero” or “la palma”, so that you have more peace. However, biggest plus in your live is a piece of land in a zone with good weather and plenty of water. Then you have the best chances to live. Even if you lack electricity, food and water, then ammo 😉

Reply to: What does prepping look like in your area of the world? Posted March 18, 2021

Thank you for the insights. I have a question: how do you estimate the situation in the south of Colorado. I ask because i bought 20 acres years ago (when i was often there) property is a piece of dirt near blanca peak. But there was enough water due to the rio grande. Friend told me, that there are now many people from California trying to survive like settlers. I have not been there since 2019 because 2020 started the pandemic. Just good to know what you think. Is it a good hideaway?

Reply to: What does prepping look like in your area of the world? Posted March 18, 2021

Thank you for your reply. I think the basic problems like food, water and resources like wood (We have a small forest on our property) is solved. My main goal is more “stand your ground” like my American friends always say 😉 That’s why I first will organize the weapon topic, and then full stack ammo and all sorts of guns. The second plan is, when situation is out of control, a hideaway. This could be a cottage in the mountain forests, where you have no streets, or a destination only reachable via ship. Ideally you take something isolated, like an island. I prefer the azores islands. They are far away from America, Europe and Afrika. It is cheap to buy something there. I don’t know what i will do first, cottage here or in the middle of the ocean…

Reply to: What does prepping look like in your area of the world? Posted March 18, 2021

Yes i forget something that i plan now: a boat. I will buy a sailing boat. I already have a license. And here a picture for you. If you have bad weather, i send some Sunrays to you 🙂

Reply to: What does prepping look like in your area of the world? Posted March 18, 2021

Hi, Introduction I lived in Germany and then in the UK. Now moved to Italy which I find best – also for prepping. You can grow whatever you like, we’ve plenty of water in excellent quality and you will never die of hunger, because we’ve trees full of fruits in the wilderness (oranges, mandarins, apples, almonds, nuts, figs and so on…). We have a lot of places to hide, law enforcement is slow and restrictions are not effective. It’s more individual free and wild than Germany for example. What we have to deal with in the EU The infrastructure in western Europe is excellent. Due to the fact that we have a high density of inhabitants in the EU, there are not the same preparations required like Alaska or the mountain states in the USA (which I know very well, because I was doing business in the US). We also have not disasters like hurricanes or tornadoes. My biggest concern would be a civil war or a collapse of “the grid” – infrastructure. Because we have many different cultures very tight together, there is a high potential for civil unrests. Additionally we encounter more stress in the population regarding African refugees. Crime rates and violence climbing up, people here are not satisfied. Most italians have weapons and they use it. These scenarios would lead to plundering and perhaps the creation of street gangs and violence. For me, another new concern was born in the pandemic. A possible disadvantage if you are not taking a vaccine, so you are under arrest in your house because you are a thread. Another observation i have made is opinion- compliance. If you are not compliant, there could be sanctions against you. We had the case that people lost their jobs and bank accounts because of a Facebook posting. Unfortunately we do not have such a beautiful and strong law like freedom of speech like in your US constitution. How do I prepare Theoretical preparations: I read plenty of stuff to know more, plan better and optimize everything. This helps me for a mental readiness. I am very happy that I discovered this website because the articles are very deep and full of experience. Thank you for your efforts and for sharing your knowledge. Practical preparations: I have plenty of land which a cultivate with permaculture. I have fruits and vegetables for 30 people, so hunger is not the problem. We have a water source which is excellent and drinkable, because I live in a Nationalpark. Furthermore, I have a reverse osmosis filter, just in case… I am a computer scientist and independent in time or location for making money. However, my main approach is to not need any money. When the system crashes, I don’t care that much. I don’t have debts. We’ve water, food on our land and plenty of sun for electricity. I’m quite good in archery. I have a compound bow, modified with a target laser. Next what I do is a weapon license. I don’t know if I missed something. Again, happy to read your articles for getting better. Thank you

Reply to: How to use a compass and map Posted March 18, 2021

I’ll do it. Thanks. One question regarding this great article: any recommendations regarding a good compass?

Reply to: How to use a compass and map Posted March 17, 2021

Hi, just registered because you have some really amazing articles. I’ll print out some articles, just in case there is no electricity 😉 Regards from Europe