This sounds like something James Wesley Rawles would say. I never put that stupid comma in his name that he does, because he's never given me adequate reason to do so. It's the same reason I never call that guy in town - you know the one... hairy legs, heavy 5-o'clock shadow, way too much smeared makeup, clip on earrings, and a pretty floral dress - "she" when he is clearly a "he". He's never given me adequate reason to feed his fantasy and call him "she".
Mr. Rawles writes a good post-apocalyptic novel ("TEOTWAWKI"), but when it comes to actual survival advice, I personally find some of his logic questionable. Be that as it may, he's welcome to prep-up as he sees fit, and his followers are welcome to do the same. They can bet their lives on his advice, because it's their lives they are betting, but I'll find my own way after the apocalypse, thanks. He lost me when he started advocating hoarding "pre-1964 silver coins". I can't eat gold or silver, and both have a melting point too high to make bullets out of so that I CAN get something to eat, so I'm unlikely to stockpile either of those.
With this advice, there is a lot to be said for low-population, isolated areas, but there is a lot to be said against them as well. These particular areas seem to me to be smack dab in the middle of a huge volcanic bulls-eye, so that right there, by itself, is enough to turn me off to them. I have no desire to survive whatever humanity can throw at me just to be taken out by Mother Nature.
There is a reason that low population areas have low populations - they are either too rough and rugged to survive in, or else the land quality is too poor to eat off of. The more entertaining ones have things there that just want to eat YOU, because there isn't anything else around to eat.
Mr Rawles - if this comes from him - is very welcome to stack his eggs in that basket if he wants. That just leaves more space here for me!
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Mr. Rawles writes a good post-apocalyptic novel ("TEOTWAWKI"), but when it comes to actual survival advice, I personally find some of his logic questionable. Be that as it may, he's welcome to prep-up as he sees fit, and his followers are welcome to do the same. They can bet their lives on his advice, because it's their lives they are betting, but I'll find my own way after the apocalypse, thanks. He lost me when he started advocating hoarding "pre-1964 silver coins". I can't eat gold or silver, and both have a melting point too high to make bullets out of so that I CAN get something to eat, so I'm unlikely to stockpile either of those.
With this advice, there is a lot to be said for low-population, isolated areas, but there is a lot to be said against them as well. These particular areas seem to me to be smack dab in the middle of a huge volcanic bulls-eye, so that right there, by itself, is enough to turn me off to them. I have no desire to survive whatever humanity can throw at me just to be taken out by Mother Nature.
There is a reason that low population areas have low populations - they are either too rough and rugged to survive in, or else the land quality is too poor to eat off of. The more entertaining ones have things there that just want to eat YOU, because there isn't anything else around to eat.
Mr Rawles - if this comes from him - is very welcome to stack his eggs in that basket if he wants. That just leaves more space here for me!
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