... and bypass all the controversy surrounding the topic.

I'd like some input on protective measures average people / communities can take as the effects (earth changes) intensify. I hate to think of myself as a 'useless eater', but let's face it, I don't have any shining qualifications that will warrant an invitation to the nearest super bunker.

What I Do have is rare enough... a surviver's attitude and experience in wilderness living. So, considering this (hypothetical) situation realistically, what steps can those of us awake, but without black-ops or bail-out funds, do to have a chance of survival? Are there any ideas or resources available that could help groups or small communities know how to prepare... what effects are most likely (any for specific areas beyond coastal or fault zones?), how to quickly construct safe, low dollar sheltering, foods to culture or grow in extreme or 'on the move' situations and whatever else that might apply when trying to save as many as possible under 'worst case' conditions.

I know some are considering this topic... Where do we start?


What you may consider as valuable qualifications today, may be completely useless qualifications if all hell breaks loose. Let's say there is a massive electromagnetic storm, wiping out the vast majority of electrical and electronic circuitry on Earth... for a few months. That 100K programmer or sysadmin "qualification", at least in the immediate near term, becomes worth exactly 2.5 cents. Doctors/Healers, mechanics, farmers, people who know and can teach how to live off the land and materials available... those will be the "qualifications" most valued in the immediate aftermath.

Don't sell yourself short by today's standards. When conditions change, so do values. Just as paper currency can never stand up to gold, no matter how it tries, so may your real world know-how stand up better to the test if and when TSHTF.