When Survival Sam, Duane, and I met for breakfast this morning at the Cafe 23, our discussion turned to neighbors.  You know how it is.  Few of us know our neighbors.  For example, very early on a recent Sunday morning someone came to our house to tell us about a problem of animals running loose at the house across the road which could cause trouble for traffic.  None of us could do anything because we were unable to alert them to the situation.  Past efforts to get acquainted with the residents across the road have fallen flat.  The situation was resolved later.

            What about survival situations–everything from dangerous storms to shortages or upheaval?  Would you be able to count on your neighbors for help of any kind?  What about family members?  Your church?  Would they be able to count on you?  Should they?  Claire Wolfe addresses those issues in an article in the May/June ‘08 issue of "Backwoods Home Magazine" and an excerpt follows.

Circle of friends
The importance of other people
in our preparedness plans

By Claire Wolfe

Hardcore survivalists cherish what I call the "George Romero Scenario." It goes like this: The proverbial poop has hit the propeller. Cities collapse into chaos. But we, the prepared, are…well, we’re prepared. We hunker in our rural bunkers, clutching our Super Whiz-Whacker 3000 combat arms, eagle-eyed and ready for any eventuality. We boldly fend off wave after ravenous wave of starving city folk who stagger at us like unstoppable zombies in a Romero horror flick. These zombies crave not our living flesh, but our six-gallon, mylar-lined superpails of dried lentils, our root cellars full of last year’s carrots, and our genuine, federally issued Meals Ready to Eat.

Well…maybe.

Read the whole article here:www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/wolfe111.html

Excerpt used with permission of Backwoods Home Magazine. www.backwoodshome.com 1-800-835-2418

            The May/June issue of BHM is devoted particularly to preparedness and survival.  If you order anything from their site, such as a subscription, books, etc., please do us both a favor and mention DestinySurvival.com.

            One important thing Ms. Wolfe mentions in her article is that, no matter how diligent we prepare, we’ll lack something we really need.  Does someone we know have it to share?  Do we have something they could use?  What about bartering goods or services?

            How about getting a 72-hour survival kit to at least have some basic supplies?  Get one for yourself and give them as gifts.  That graduate going out on his or her own could use one.  Click on the QuakeKare logo and check out the various categories of kits on their site’s sidebar.  If you’re part of a community or neighborhood group, get them to buy kits, too.  That way everybody has at least minimum items for preparedness.