Are you preparing for the election?

Discussion in 'General Survival and Preparedness' started by Motomom34, Sep 27, 2020.


  1. Cruisin Sloth

    Cruisin Sloth Special & Slow

    All set , Just putting in my order for more blue pills and KY !!
    I heard 4 years , not 11 months !!
    Sluth
     
  2. TinyDreams

    TinyDreams Monkey++

    I’ve been preparing, its late but better than never- this forum has some great ideas.
    I have secured a bug out place if needed but I am tempted to bug in. I have vacation time saved but not sure if my job will let me take it for that entire first week of November....we shall see.

    The company I work for works directly with fedex and right now the shipping times are behind by a day or two but its not terrible...yet...
    I figured the job/customers and news will help me keep a pulse on if I should bug out or in.

    Already discussed the plans to bug out with the other family members in the area and they want to bug in. If I leave then I am leaving them to defend for themselves. I’ve been trying to talk them out of it but with no luck. :(
     
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  3. madmax

    madmax Far right. Bipolar. Veteran. Don't push me.

    Our mail in ballots were dropped in the box yesterday. Not mailed. We're in FL so we're practiced prepping for hurricane season. We built on that. Then last winter kinda saw the writing on the wall and beefed up the prep. We didn't run out of TP. lol. Didn't have to hit the stores much except to top off. 11 weeks? Lol. Oh yeah. So are we prepping for the election? For me, I'm collecting parts for some HAM projects to work on if we need to hunker down or get quarantined again (right.. it's hunting season and surfing season...quarantine yourself.). Mrs Madmaxine is hoarding crossword puzzles. We have a 7 month old cattledog puppy that takes many hours a day exercise, training, and 24/7 supervision or he'll find something to do (Destroy). Plenty of other projects too so... We're good.

    Remembering the big city folks in my prayers. Y'all are gonna need it.
     
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  4. Gator 45/70

    Gator 45/70 Monkey+++

    Lets see,Born and raised ''Southern''
    The street is loaded with vets and medical personal.
    A lot of the Lady's here shoot and shoot well. Most will shoot you're ''dumb azz'' faster than a man would.
    We all can cook.
    Live in rice and cattle country.
    When's crawfish season start?
    Boudin ally is only 3 miles away.
    Neighbors lease is ate up with hogs,I can see us night hunting and pee-laying a few for the freezer like real soon!!!
     
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  5. Oddcaliber

    Oddcaliber Monkey+++

    Loading up on the food supply with canned foods. Added more to the FAK. Getting more ammo when I can get it!
     
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  6. Gator 45/70

    Gator 45/70 Monkey+++

    Lord knows I have enough wood to break axels
     
  7. DKR

    DKR Raconteur of the first stripe

    My youngest son (0311/former Grunt) took most of the clan out for a range day. He ensured everyone over the age of 10 could clear, load, fire (and hit the target @25M) safely on every kind of firearm he owned.
    Bolt, semi and revolver/semiauto pistol. Shotguns not covered.

    As much as I would have loved to play, I was busy doing the end of summer PM on all of the clan bicycles.

    I really don't worry too much about media driven post-election hysteria locally - my worry is the stupidity will force the ports that feed Ak will be impacted/shut down. Then, it will get very 'real'.

    I have no doubt the Left will have a massive tantrum when The Don is reaffirmed as POTUS. With a lame duck in office, they may be in for a surprise......

    What kind of surprise?

    How about -- since social media is used to coordinate riots, it get shut down: Cell service to certain parts of hot-spot cites get shut down, only 911 calls allowed (yes, they can do this now with a few commands)
    TV and Radio station told they will be held responsible for aiding and abetting...the list is quite long

    If the Left steals a win, you can count on these and much more.....
     
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  8. BTPost

    BTPost Stumpy Old Fart,Deadman Walking, Snow Monkey Moderator

    We are comfortable and residing in my Sisters basement, in Utah... Plenty of preps on hand... Very few Rioters on the loose in these parts as the State of Utah AG is prosecuting the few Rioters that did a couple of days worth in SLC, at the beginning of the unrest... He got the Video footage from all the News Stations, and used Face Recognition to ident the Bad Guys, and got warrants to go pick them up, and charge them for their Criminal Conduct... Those that weren’t picked up, left the State... and went elsewhere, to ply their trade.. We really do not see any civil unrest happening here locally, due to election issues... We both have contacted the State of Alaska, and had them mail our Absentee Ballets to our Utah Address, for voting.. On the Medical front, AlaskaChicks shoulder & Left Arm are healing up, but it is a slow process... As soon as her Ortho Doc decides, she will get her left elbow fixed,.. and she had her left Eye Cataract removed and will get the other one done next week...We figure, As long as we are here in Excellent Medical Country, we might as well get everything fixed as best we can...U of Utah Medical is an excellent Outfit with great Folks... My feet are getting a good looking over, here as well... Can’t afford to loose any more Toes... So that is the undate of our FlatLand winter, so far...

    We had our first Power Outage a couple of weeks ago, due to a BIG Wind storm... Lots of trees down, and downed Power Lines... Lasted four days and BIL didn’t have a Backup Genset... He has one now, and we reJetted the Carb for the altitude. We got him setup for backup on Heat, Hot Water, and keeping the Freezers & Fridge cold..This was only the second Power Outage for them in 40 years, but they are now ready for that eventuality...
     
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  9. mysterymet

    mysterymet Monkey+++

    Get a good dash cam and a after market bumper!
    getting the auxiliary fuel tank put in my jeep this weekend. Food situation is good. Freedom seeds are stocked up. Hubby is going to bow hunt to hopefully fill up our new chest freezer to supplement the main chest freezer. Solar is powering the house during the day. The big thing is water. I wonder if I could get away with putting in a well for lawn irrigation purposes only. The old unused well at our old house in last state is really missed here but being in fly over country is safer for everything else.
     
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  10. Motomom34

    Motomom34 Monkey+++

    I think civil disturbances and then today on the radio the announcers were talking covid. Experts are projecting 3,000 deaths a day from covid in December. Adding civil disturbances and covid, makes me think there are plans to have people sheltering in place for a month++ this winter. I wonder if Black Friday will be canceled due to covid or protestors but either way if it is, more businesses will be closing. The amount of voter fraud and ballots being found makes me think this election will be contested.

    PA, WI, NV have found ballots so far and we are a month out.
     
  11. DKR

    DKR Raconteur of the first stripe

    3K/day from COVID? That has to be world wide.

    or just another lie.
     
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  12. Motomom34

    Motomom34 Monkey+++

    I was talking to a monkey yesterday I am in Co, he was in Florida. We both lost service. Not sure if that is normal. I can see one losing service but both of us had no service for a few minutes. I can see cell service being shut-down in riot areas.
     
  13. Motomom34

    Motomom34 Monkey+++

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  14. Altoidfishfins

    Altoidfishfins Monkey+++ Site Supporter+

    Yeah Wife just mentioned today that the supermarkets are preparing for a repeat of last spring.

    Guess we'd better stock up on toilet paper!:D:D
     
  15. Seacowboys

    Seacowboys Senior Member Founding Member

    My only preparation for voting is to be there and vote, nothing else in my OPSEC will change, even if it involves hostilities.
     
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  16. Bandit99

    Bandit99 Monkey+++ Site Supporter+

    Yes, we are all set. We have been preparing for election day since 1 April and all plans are complete.

    Also, my neighbors and my radio club are also prepared...and expecting the worse.

    I truly cannot think of anything else to do...We replaced the well pump, got dental exams, bought an extra freezer and filled it with meat, wife is now nicely tuned up with her new rifle, did a huge amount of canning this year, even went to DMR radios specifically for more secure comms if needed, on and on and on... We're ready as we ever will be...
     
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  17. Illini Warrior

    Illini Warrior Illini Warrior

    just naive people buying into the DNC strategy >> either vote for Biden or the Winged Monkeys will be released ....

    because of the already DNC used riot & arson campaign BS >> the states & FED are ready for any more Portland BS - post 2020 won't even be as bad as 2016 sky screaming - it's already a foregone conclusion Biden loses and Trump gets another 4 years ....

    anybody that's been looking forward to shooting some pink haired freak or getting to play dress up soldier in the big Civil War >>> going to have to fantasy about something else ...
     
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  18. VisuTrac

    VisuTrac Ваша мать носит военные ботинки Site Supporter+++

    Let's get ready to rumble!
    ScornfulUntimelyGlassfrog-size_restricted[1].
    The debate begins the official cage match.
     
  19. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Metal weldin' monkey

    Honestly nothing is really changing here since 4 years ago. We are watching but out here I really don't see anything happening-at least at 1st. Sass will probably work from home like she has since my surgery. We will add a bit more to shopping trips but nothing crazy.
     
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  20. Tully Mars

    Tully Mars Metal weldin' monkey

    Great sitrep Bruce.
    Didn't know y'all were in the lower 48 but glad to hear it and that y'all are getting all your med issues taken care of.
     
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