Body disposal post SHTF

"Must be a king..." "Why?" He hasn't got $-it all over him"!
LOL! Thanks I needed that today, especially right now!
"I'm feeling better"!

 

The one point I did not see made is what killed them. If I did, nature can deal with it. I will move them far enough away not to smell. If disease killed them then it is a different matte and fire is your friend. I live where there are large slash piles and I intend to use them.

 

Fire - cleansing disease and rotting flesh since the Dark Ages

 

See post #6.

 

Burning bunches of corpses at the boundaries of your land can send a Vlad the Impaler impression...

LOL

 

True Vlad is one of my favorite ruler's and a great warrior

 

Around here, in the Spring, summer and fall, we have what are called "Turkey Buzzards" but they are really a cross between an industrial vacuum and super sharp teeth. No chance any meat is going to go stinky with them around.

 

During WWII pilots coming in to newly secured airstrips would "lose their lunch" when they even got close to the ground. There were so many decaying bodies that the stench in that South Pacific heat that it was horribly unimaginable. Untold numbers of Japaneese dead were simply dozered over in trenchs, buried in caves, and covered in shallow graves.

 

Between the turkey buzzards and feral hogs, we are covered in Texas. Problem is, the buzzard column will kind of be like a column of smoke. I'm still moving bodies away.

 

Special stakes at your property gate with a sign on each reading "LOOTER" and a nice sharp pointy part for a head...

 

Thermite?

 

Not as easily, thermite. Did you know it's used for welding railway tracks? Better to use solidox and tire rubber.

 

Pig farm, if the bodies are fairly fresh.......

Got a good sized lake nearby - gators and catfish gotta eat too. Gators ain't picky.

 

Hope some of you have better sense and are only doing a bravado BS thing ..... defending your homestead or not ..... start displaying dead bodies and some guard unit or posse is going to string you up ......

there's a few cops in New Orleans wish they used a little more common sense ..... SHTF situations tend to end and the law tends to be a b*tch .....

 

A few things to consider here, chief.

One - there is some seriously dark humor on this site.

Two - if these things were to happen (displaying bodies etc.), at a remote BoL, it would be a huge signpost "PEOPLE LIVE HERE". That would be really bad for the OPSEC business.

Three: yes, SHTF scenarios do tend to end. That does not mean the big event will end in days, weeks, or months. It could be years or even decades. In a place like Texas, "guard units" will either a: be manned by Texans who would applaud any person defending their property, and b: be something you likely want to avoid, even of you are "law abiding". Posses are not a likely scenario except in and around townships with a modicum of law enforcement and goodly quantities of people who can afford the time to chase down criminals. Townships will really not give 2 figs about what happens outside their town inless it directly impacts them - ie - their food stores were robbed, or some marauder group wanders through. Then, they are just as likely if not more so, in an extended WROL scenario, to display dead bodies and heads on pikes as fair warning.

I don't know about Illinois, but here in Texas, things will be very different than they are now.

Your post makes me think you are preparing for a minor event that could last just a few months. I certainly hope that is not the case. Illinois is going to be hell on wheels, especially around St. Louis and Chicago, heck even in towns like Carbondale.

Texas, too will have its problems around the big cities, but just a couple hours drive out, and you are in Gods Country, and Lord save you if you are caught stealing food or killing animals. Lynching is considered a full contact sport in some parts of Texas to this day. ., YMMV.

 

Yep, what we are discussing is a total breakdown, a major-league TEOTWAWKI situation. If we figure the 'system' will be back up in a few days or weeks, it's a different matter. Personally, I don't intend to be inthe close proximity to a LOT of deaders. A few can be dealt with - burial or burning.
But if the Golden Horde is laying out bloating, I am out of there..... Let nature take it's course.
For a small town or community, then the mass burial using any available running equipment - or shovels and hard digging if not - will be the order of the day. The community will do what's necessary to ensure health. At that point, any smoke or other 'signs' is a moot point.
Out here, a lot of folks have old tractors and other equipment that predates electronics. Some will be useable even after a possible EMP.
We will NOT waste our time waiting on FEMA..........

 

Just remember - the US Government would not be above an EMP strike in it's own airspace to cripple any invader on US soil. It has been discussed in mil circles for decades.

 

I tried to "discuss" this topic recently...with just a couple of people, and they found me to be morbid and morose! Oh well, some people will NEVER "get it"!

 

I have friends like that too, the same people who think that if they have 3 days of MRE's and a gallon of water they are fully prepped!!