Originally posted by SSG Nod:
I agree with all the above. I would like to add that a better investment then gold would be junk silver coins and bullets. If the banking system is down for 3 months it ain't gonna come back. Having enough food to last for a minimum of 6 months per person is vital. After that you can grow a garden and start hunting (or start hunting and gardening to supplement the food stuffs). Buy seeds that are not genetically altered. As many as possible, they don't take up much space and will keep practically forever if they are kept dry.
Bullets, guns, and any tool that would be used on a daily basis will be the currency of the revolution.
Don't wait until you open your last MRE to plant the seeds for your survival garden, or you will eat the sprouts, before the bean stalk produces a meal. And you need acres of beans to provide enough to harvest for storage and sustainment. Agrarian living is better than surving hand-to-mouth. You need to work at it 12 to 20 hours a day, constantly battling nature, for years. You don't just throw seeds on the ground, eat your MREs and take a nap. MY GOD do you fully realize the labor required to feed you, every day of every week of every year, you've lived?
You need a walnut tree, four almond trees, two peach trees, two apple trees, a grape vine, a lemon tree, grapefruit tree, now!
And get a bee hive, and learn beekeeping.
Sell the city house and move to a rural place weher you can sink a well and build a pond.
