This gets little more into the tactics:

- mobile shelter (bed/office/base camp)

- keep all your radios and comms ready and on the go.

- can be pretty stealth

- (semi) independent power, (solar, propane, gas)

- water storage

- fridge

- material hauling and storage

- income (rent to friends, or sell things out of)

- bedroom for the in-laws

And of course, great excuse for the dad to make every vacation a camping vacation in the nature. Building off grid skills with the family and memories uninterrupted by the modern civilization noises.

*Bonus Old Ford/Chevy utility vans will have more spare parts out there when shtf than almost any other car.

You would be a great asset to the nostr:nprofile1qqsfvzdsjdzsm4lq47ecjcv6ekhju6sddqtujd2j7wg3upd4ptnnu0gppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0af7ehj meshtadel if you aren't already engaged with them. Sadly, I don't think they have a great presence here on nostr yet. nostr:nprofile1qqs078t9u79vs9vjlflth84le8ckxyywp0hcpacktrp9f9l28q75j4cppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0c4zh7u

As well as nostr:nprofile1qqstqpkk3p0arf598fhehujzff5agdhd4sna6w4u43f80xqzf58psmcpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3qamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd3skueqpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejss7mxur group of pole shift believers/preppers.

I'm building towards a future without grid power of an kind. Long term power solutions in this case being water wheels and the like. Everything else is short sighted given what I believe will come to pass with great certainty after hundreds of hours of research at this point.

nostr:nprofile1qqsp2j0df0n36xnsagku53vke5x9f3s6afy9cmjwt2x2gcm43jvd6jsppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qy08wumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttsw43zuam9d3kx7unyv4ezumn9wshsz8thwden5te0dehhxarj9e3xjarrda5kuetj9eek7cmfv9kz7zm45up is also a great resource to help "rip the face off the universe" as he says.

Fortitude Ranch..an out of the box Citadel?

https://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/collapse-probability

Do you guys use PGP

So much prepping, so little time. But I’m moving in a direction as my gear budget and time outside of the mines allow.

Mesh is next. My main ally in RL has an electronics background working on jets and he is excited about it too. We both took note of how this technology shone after Helene.

I want to get a couple of nodes up in the area. But it is unique geography here. Flat with river valleys below the horizon. I might have to scale a microwave tower or two lol.

When I was reading about the origins of the cypherpunk movement and Paul Rosenberg’s book, I immediately thought about how we can get around metadata trails and make connections with likeminded people without any traces. And filter out moles. That’s the big one.

I don’t like what I’m seeing in the EU. It’s coming this way. We need to build around it.

The thing I’m wrestling with right now is whether we can hope to do the things we need to do to effect change in this country without getting picked off.

We really need to have a general strike IMO. Historically it’s the only thing that has changed the direction of nations without a lot of casualties. But most people don’t even have 72 hours of provisions laid up to weather missing a single paycheck, let alone a dozen of them.

Maybe I should just focus on the garden and teaming up with locals and leave it to the next generation. But I want to make a difference.

Check out The Survival Podcast, nostr:npub15879mltlln6k8jy32k6xvagmtqx3zhsndchcey8gjyectwldk88sq5kv0n and Living Free in Tennessee nostr:npub1u2vu695j5wfnxsxpwpth2jnzwxx5fat7vc63eth07dez9arnrezsdeafsv for more networking. Both great podcasts and groups for the same mindset you discuss here.

the only need I have for a firearm is to euthanize cattle but I can always borrow one from a neighbour, all my neighbours got guns.

I think bullets will be good for trade if currency becomes worthless but most people have no real use for guns so I think that's probably the last thing you need to worry about.

if you don't know how to grow food and make water safe to drink you're going to be totally reliant on other people's kindness.

medicine will be a commodity, especially pain relief and drugs or addiction.

if shit hits the fan, the first people to die are going to be the opportunists who think they can use guns to intimate.

because what a lot of people don't understand is that the law doesn't prevent crime, they prevent reaction.

the only reason shopkeepers don't shoot armed robbers is because of the law.

if someone threatened me with a gun right now it's the state sanctioned violence and kidnapping and being kept in a cage for 25 years that would make me think twice before reaching for their gun and turning it back on them.