A while ago, a sci fi author proposed that a bridge be built extending from coastal California out into a deep part of the Pacific, and that military equipment be continuously driven off the end. This will provide economic stimulus for the military industrial complex that otherwise would be provided by warfare, but without the loss of life. Improvement in military vehicles requires that the old stocks be destroyed or stored, to make room In the armory for new stock: these graveyards are a symptom of the longest peace in history.

Failure of public health systems like sewage treatment and water purification, associated with failure of the health system supply chain, will result in a mass die off from respiratory illness and Gastro enteritis in the absence of antibiotic and iv fluid therapy. Childhood mortality will increase due to loss of vaccines and obstetric/neonatal/ pediatric care. All this will follow the death of the population with chronic disease who are dependent on daily medication and hospital care for acute episodes. Life expectancy will drop From the mid seventies to the mid forties, as it was in the early twentieth century prior to antibiotics, insulin, trauma care, modern anesthesia and imaging and sophisticated response to viral pandemics.

TLDR: the wildlife will be fine, humanity will be wiped out by disease.

Rabbit starvation, or protein poisoning: too much protein, too little fats and carbs, resulting in liver and kidney failure.

Solo wilderness survival is a video game fantasy. It takes a community to survive, if only for the fact that you mentioned: you gotta have enough in the group to run a livable sentry rotation , because there are so many guns out there in circulation. And you need folks to run the services necessary for survival: food preparation, water harvesting and purification, shelter and health care. Successful survival will involve lots of resources and lots of work, and those better be in place before the crisis. Find like minded folks in scouting organization, volunteer service groups, civic organizations and intentional communities like education, healthcare or religious groups.

I have about thirty hooks on the wall in the garage, including some original creations that extend a 12 inches up from the mounting board then curve down and hook Up, and a u-shaped shovel hanger, as well as plant hooks, gardening tools, and ess hooks for belts and hats. Working on sole gate latches. You are right, it’s magical.

Perfectly legitimate to position a flood light that illuminates your yard and coincidentally dazzles his camera at night. If the it’s a continuous recorder, that’s probably enough; if it’s a motion detector, a windmill ornament would provide hours of boring footage.

An ugly hook is a useable artifact. A perfectly formed pattern welded knife is likely a decorative item, destined to spend its existence in a drawer. You have chosen well, grasshopper.

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Huckleberry Noodles, nap time with grandpa.

The impending environmental crisis will reduce populations, destroy existing coercive governments through catastrophic climatological refugee hordes flooding national boundaries and reduce humanity to a few beleaguered settlements of battered survivors deeply scarred by their ordeal and disillusioned with all the political philosophies and scientific adventures that delivered them Into this hellscape. It might be the perfect opportunity for recasting the relationships among humans and between humans and earth in non-exploitative, non-coercive forms. Re-education will be facilitated by the loathing for all previous systems that the survivors will possess.

Bob and brad, physical therapists on YouTube. Their stretching regimen helped me a lot.

Loss of the medical industrial complex means loss of insulin, antibiotics, vaccines and imaging technology… which puts medicine back to Late 19th century. Leading causes of death then were infectious diseases, pneumonia, tuberculosis, wound infections, waterborne illnesses, enteritis and diphtheria. Much of this was childhood mortality. Life expectancy was mid forties. Post apocalyptic health care might focus on assuring potable water access, nutrition, and hygiene. Preparing to Produce and use ether for anesthesia , and home prep of intravenous fluids with reusable administration equipment would be useful: both technologies were in use in this country as recently as seventy years ago, and are still in use in third world countries. The tourniquets and chest seals popular among role playing preppers are useful only in the context of a billion dollar logistics system with rapid evacuation to sophisticated trauma care.

The emotional investment only rises to this level when the stakes are infinitesimally small. Carry on, valiant turd-polishers!

Not a rant, well said, and hard to talk briefly about a situation that spans several thousand years, and has been aggressively mismanaged by Abrahamic religion nations as a proxy war among folks that nobody cares much about as human beings.

Scott and Bill understand the impact of the Holocaust on western thinking. Antisemitism was a staple behavior of Christian thought and Western behavior until it culminated in the vast embarrassment of the Holocaust. Western civilization suddenly recognized the horrors of anti semitism, and expiated millennia of sin by granting the Jews a homeland. The original plan in 1948, was a two state solution, which the Palestinians and Islamic states rejected, and started the continuous war that has lasted to this day. The Palestinian goal is the elimination of Israel. Until that goal changes, Israel can either fight or die.

American prosperity, unprecedented in history, has redefined poverty. Obesity is a significant health issue of Americans in poverty; this is not the case in Ethiopia.

Any position permits the praxis of anarchism. Utilize your position to organize and empower the powerless, subvert the manipulation of the organization, and raise awareness of the abuses of the power of the state. The movement relies on whistleblowers and squeaky wheels.

Optical emission spectroscopy if your a scientific smith: heat it up cool it rapidly and check hardness and brittleness with a new file and a hammer if you’re a tribal smith..Gears make an interesting visual component for metal sculptures, ornamental iron gates, and funky garden animal construction.

Peanut butter, dried cranberries, honey, flour tortilla sandwiches: no refrigeration, plenty of protein and fats, and some fiber.

Oil on the face will ignite when hot iron is placed on it. If your anvil is rusty, you aren’t working enough.

All adolescents know that the truth is very powerful, very hazardous, and often inimical to our best interests. The truth should only be used sparingly, in tiny increments, with great discretion and appreciation of its power and value. If the authors of these applications sought the truth, they wouldn’t be asking us to fill them out ourselves.

And dried cranberries. Or get yourself a Crotch Pot.

Broke blacksmiths use charcoal forges: box of sand or a hole in the ground, bag of chunk charcoal, and a thrift store blow dryer. Cheaper, fussier than propane, it powered the Iron Age style until they used up all the forests and switched to coal.

Then there’s hope.

As different as they could be. Both were abandoned and spent time in the woods. He’s a dignified, slightly grumpy light brown fellow, she’s a playful little hunter in chocolate brown.