shtf.....all your stores pillaged.......what to do first?

[crudos]

Stole this from another forum, edited it for spelling and punctuation, and readability. Sorry for the caps. Not sure who is the original author, but thought I'd throw this out and see what you all come up with.....

Rigor / Relevance:

Rigor : What if you did everything possible to accumulate store your survival items securely...nothing over looked checked re-checked......

Your a few hours away from home shopping or visiting hospital anything that may take you away from your supplies for a few hours over travel distances of a few hundred miles. All you have is side arm 200 rounds in the bug out bag....and a few other things.

A disaster occurs? Your trapped in/out of traffic miles from home communications cut, and travel more difficult each day your away.....things failing, support services, police, fire depts falling apart no help...people desperate danger at every curve....but you manage to get closer to home in the next two or more weeks.....its even more unraveled as you get closer to home....

Now walking out of gas....for a few days......you come to your neighborhood relief short lived....its looks like its burnt out war torn CNN broadcast from over seas.....you see no friends, doors busted in......you get to your house.....the same looted, half burnt.....things thrown all around, safes broken into.....stores gone, family gone.....just you, the things in your bug out bag, pistol 198 rounds now...

Relevance:
A) What is the first thing you do for food/water/shelter? (that first HOUR... day)

B) WHAT future PLANS/long term objectives? (FOR THAT FIRST WEEK ONLY)

C) WHAT HAS CHANGED YOUR CHANCE OF SURVIVAL THE "ODDS" THE MOST?

D) HOW WILL YOU OVER COME AND BEAT THE ODDS IN THE LONG RUN SURVIVALIST!

OPEN FORUM: TALK, SPECTUALATE, DIG DEEP....
WHAT NOW PREPPER? USING A) B) C) D), ADDRESS YOUR IDEAS IN ORDER.......

PS: DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPEN?, WHO'S AT FAULT?.....IT'S JUST IS YOU PREDICAMENT!

[mountainredneck2051]

i got caches placed all over the place for that 

just enough to live to kill the son of a bitch that took all my shit another day

[Kentactic]

Depends EXACTLY whats in my BOB and where EXACTLY i am geographically, and what EXACTLY is the situation at hand.

Also did everyone else in my group die already? why were they unable to defend our shit? maybe i dont wanna live...

[hjmoosejaw]

Whatever I can.

[sledge]

Water and food wouldn't be an immediate problem.  Looters wouldn't find all of my supplies.  There is a lake stocked with fish 10' behind my house.  There are also palm trees everywhere and a vast (statewide) expanse of woods with plenty of game next to my house.

Not everyone would be gone. Even in a war zone there are people.  I would try to find out what happened to my family or where they went.  If my family has left I'd prepare to attempt to locate them.  I know enough about their thinking to make educated guesses as to their where abouts.  If they are all dead they will still most likely be laying where they fell.  If there are graves it means that some of them were alive after the looter's attack.

I would still feel confident in the potential for survival.  Just not at the level I had prepared for.

Edit: Survival is a state of mind and mind preparedness.  As long as your mind is prepared you can get anything else that you need.     

         

[Colombo]

Not worried at all.

Never go more than 20 miles away, usually 15.

Ar and six mags are part of my vehicle, I don't look at my sidearm as a primary weapon.

Cashed food and "other" supplies that exceed 1 month near by home so they can't be destroyed or lost.

positioning, firing, and repositioning in my playground to take down bad guys and their transport, all of which to be looted later...
...priceless

[NOLA556]

Not worried at all.

Never go more than 20 miles away, usually 15.

Ar and six mags are part of my vehicle, I don't look at my sidearm as a primary weapon.

Cashed food and "other" supplies that exceed 1 month near by home so they can't be destroyed or lost.

positioning, firing, and repositioning in my playground to take down bad guys and their transport, all of which to be looted later...
...priceless

yup. pretty much.  [URL=http://www.smileyvault.co

only difference here is that i just run my 12g in my truck, not my rifle. mainly just because I've got almost $2500 in that rifle and my truck is WAY too easy to break into. (I do it on a regular basis with a pocket knife lol)

[WhiteWolf]

All good. I've prepared and over prepared in different areas. While I understand the thinking process behind the thread I'd pose a bigger question. What would you do if all your preps were lost? Whether it be by fire, flood, natural disaster, etc. there a number of ways you can be seperated from your preps. Anytime we go on vacation we're at risk of this. For single men, when you walk out the door each morning for work. Ever wondered, what happens if a forced evac. occurs while you're 10 miles from your house? How about a blown out bridge with no other routes? Make no mistake, being at home when some shit hits the fan is IDEAL. Doesn't mean it's realistic unless your unemployed. May sound bad, but while I was it was actually a comfort knowing if something happen I was there for my family. Not 15 miles away.  [img]http://www.arrse.co.uk/at Least my wife knows how to shoot like a pro lol.