10 DAY COUNTDOWN! :)

[1Admin]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9730618/Mayan-apocalypse-panic-spreads-as-December-21-nears.html

Dang man, all of these "the end is near" deals always sneak up on me.... Here I forgot we only had TEN DAYS before the end.... Wheeeewww,,, I got a lot to do.

COURSE I DON'T THINK ANYONE HERE REALLY BELIEVES THE STUFF IS GOING TO HIT THE FAN ON THE 21ST

But just for fun, let's wargame through what is SUPPOSED to happen (I'm not at all clear on that) and work through some scenarios.

I heard something about "3 days of darkness"- so it looks like we will be getting some good use of the PVS14's. I should probably fire the genset and double check maintenance on that, as the battery bank will hold out a couple days without sun input, but by the end of three days it will be low. So may need to fire up the old diesel beast to re charge batts.

People might be acting a little nutty (will be) if their is "3 days of darkness" so we would likely lock everything down and black everything out if we did use lights. I have to assume that the "3 days of darkness" will simply be the sun being blocked? Or will that include power outages for commercial power? Thankfully we are not near any stores, high value targets, etc. so I have to assume that the only "looters" we will see will be probably deer. That's o.k. we haven't filled the freezer yet.

What other than the "3 days of darkness" is involved with this scenario?

We have IN PLAY wargamed out things as funny as zombie attacks, might as well wargame out something like this. Always good to get the wheels turning.

10 days folks.... :)

[610Alpha]

Hmmm I am out of the loop on what the Mayan's predicted was going to happen...let me see what the internet said was going to happen... lol like the commercial says if its on the internet it must be true rofl

[motesjm]

We're set for three days of most anything that's survivable. Of course if the poles shift and a jet liner falls from the sky and onto my head, well, I guess there's not much I can do for that.

Three days of darkness...I have no doubt that would turn into a total disaster once the crazies got over the initial shock and began their rampages.

So for fits and giggles in 10 days I'm going to:

Empty my savings, cash in bonds, and hopefully liquify my retirement. I'm not actually sure getting the money out of my IRA is possible in 10 days. If not I guess all that money will just sit on a computer server somewhere in la la land. Otherwise it will be converted into usable items.

Top off my stationary gasoline tank, top the trailer mounted disiel and gasoline tanks. Both gasoline tanks are running low right now. Good thing the myans were kind enough to give us this advanced warning. I have ten 5 gal gas cans and a few 5 gal disiel cans that will also be filled and stored with the genny.

Extra spark plugs for the generator.

I have a heavy duty gate fabbed for the front entrance to our property, but I need to get it installed. Thats about a two day project - one day for the two gate posts to set up in concrete, and the next to set the gates on the post and secure them. It will not deter foot traffic for long but will at least slow down a vehicle once in place. I'll put a cattle gap across the back entrance that can be pulled out of place with a tractor, leaving nothing but a steep ditch on either side. Still not a deterent for foot traffic but it should keep the average pickup truck from coming in that way in the unlikely event they find their way down the old logging roads.

Make sure the batteries are topped off in the thermal camera.

Make sure the two deep cycle batteries I use for trolling motors are topped off, and while I'm at it buy a few more.

Test my cheapo Vector 750W inverter - its been too long since I've done that, maybe even buy another one for a spare. This is how I plan to keep the thermal camera charged.

Change out those perimeter light bulbs that I've been putting off for the last 3 months. They are up high on the eves of the house. Time to break out the ladder.

Cycle all the water storage.

I probably have too much ammo, and I'll be buying a whole lot more.

Buy a better shortwave radio. I'm not a HAM, but I'd like to be able to listen in for 'non-official' information on something better than I have.

Put my wife on inventory duty. Again. I've made up some fairly elaborate spread sheets showing what we have, where we have it, ect...and then never updated them as we've added to our stores. ID any items that the 'Pantry Gnomes' have stolen and replenish.

Get misc batteries, lots of them.

Buy more hay for the animals. I'm not sure of what 3 days of darkness is going to do to my winter forage, but it can't be good.

Come to think of it, if you are counting on your homestead egg production you'd better put a light on at the coop. No light for 3 days is going to wreak havoc on your hens laying schedule.

Install that propane tank and cooktop I've been dreaming of for the past two years. Get it filled. Get my grill propane tanks filled, and buy a few more.

Food...what can I say, we have food in buckets, food in cans, food in pouches and food in boxes. I'm getting more, as much as I can. Mainly staples like rice or beans that can be used as animal feed if not needed for human consumption.



There's more, there's lots more. Little exercises like this make you realize how much needs to be done. Everytime a hurricane is predicted to hit us we spend a couple days getting ready for it - doing many of the same items listed above. And everytime we do I realize just how far my pants are down if something happens unexpectedly. Its hard to live at Red Alert everyday, but I need to do a much better job than I'm doing now for spontaneous disasters.

[protus]

I plan to put on a loin cloth and tribal headdress and start my new surf career as a PAW shaman. :)

[Gus14]

Since it is on a Friday and I am on vacation till the end of the year, we are having a 12-21-12 party. Cookin venison, bear, and goose on the smoker and drinking home made ale.
The wife is going to be quilting with some friends and drinking some home made wine.


I do like the idea of the loin cloth and tribal but it is NY in December......shrinkage would be an issue.

[Benn Gleck]

I plan to put on a loin cloth and tribal headdress and start my new surf career as a PAW shaman. :)

I plan to break out the last two quarts of moonshine to drink that mental picture outa my mind. :)

[WiseOwl]

I plan to put on a loin cloth and tribal headdress and start my new surf career as a PAW shaman. :)

Amen with that!!!!
Agahahahahhah


So the moon is supposed to melt and the oceans turn to blood and earthquakes and alligators and anything else that all the predictors predicted. Has anyone ever seen the atheist god, the plate of spaghetti and meatballs? What will he do on the end day?

[qrprat77]

WiseOwl is thinking of the FSM: Flying Spaghetti Monster. Study your HP Lovecraft, and you will notice a Cthulu/FSM parrallel. They mock us.... on a more serious note, BIG FRIKKIN NEWS DAY PEOPLE! Illinois Concealed Carry Prohibition deemed unconstitutional, Michigan gets right to work laws passed, and the Union Thugs go ape poop, Shooting in Oregon involving an Evil Black Rifle, and Now NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES A MISSLE. Ten days huh?

[miked2345]

I'm gonna charge my camera batteries so I can take lots of pictures...

[rockriver]

i don't need it but will sell my airsoft and crossman and apply money to a cricket
ya know, just in case.
local grocery has many canned goods. 10 for $10.00 time to do some stocking!
that place in utah, HH - Horders Have To Have It. have water in small storable containers.. ordering 2 dozen.
that takes care of water.
and the canned goods have water in them too! gonna cut that water order down to 1 dozen of the little water containers. do yall know if they come with a straw?
getting a fire extinuisher- ya know, they say this may be fire...
i think they were 14.99 at kmart.
my truck is 8 years old. i think it's safe in case of a elective massive populace.. that's called a E M P
an EMP is one of my main concers!!
we don't drive it much. saving gas that way. shoot, i last filled it up in feb. this year. and only put in a coupla gallons then.. i get that new stuff. with ethanol in it... it will last forever down here in the south... i'm helping the economy too. i get the 85% supports the local farmers.
picked up an extra battery for the cordless drill... found it at a yard sale. that way if the grid goes down... i'll always have a way to do some real work!
i got to find that charger!! thanks for the reminder...
they are doing away with regular light bulbs. we're getting extra.. if the grid goes down, and the lights don't work, i want to have plenty of bulbs to replace those that don't work.
i've been contacting folks up and down the road, letting them know i'm set in case TFHTOC
that's code for "the fan hits the occillating crud"
i've been studying up on all this!
i told the neighbors to come to my house cause we were stocking up.
i'm gonna be a "head honcho"
back to that cricket... do yall know if it'll shoot shorts?
they are a little less than longs. i may spring for a box of longs. just as good as long rifles ya know.
got me a tractor. wont start. but i know what's broke. it's that little sollinoid thingy. i'll just go by the hardware store and get me one. got a mtd yard machine.. 18 hp with a 48 " deck.
it's old. but hey... i may call Si.. saw him on tv... hey... he was in nam... gonna invite him to be in group. he could teach us lots.. hey...

lots to do..
see ya

[protus]

Don't make fun of old si ...take his tea away and he'll take out Charlie in a heart beat

[rockriver]

i'm glad to see that you know si.
not making fun.
not wanting to start a bruhah with his clan.
we all got to stick together.
i'm gonna buy a big box of lipton... hmm. best to check and see which brand he prefers.

hmm.
i need a gas tank.
an lp and a second for vehicle fuel.

[qrprat77]

I hear Si has a mean recipe for fried turkey, Jack!
Hey, you don't mess with Si, Jack!

[rockriver]

lol
i better start a new thread!!
do you know si...
oops - don't want to hijack this one.

[protus]

Listen Jack in my day you had to kill Charlie with your bare hands....you kids got it easy (enter Phil to give us a life lesson)