tmttactical
A True Doomsday Prepper
As usual solid advice. The tress pulled over would be no problem. Can’t get here without hiking some miles or crossing a bridge. There are actually 2 bridges. One from one direction and another from the other direction on the only road toward our area. What do you like as trip alarms? I’ve looked at those ones you put bullets in and they look interesting. Frankly, we have none. Have considered a system of cameras in the trees closer to the house, but never been able to decide which would be best. Some folks say they use driveway alarm setups.
Good idea for the cattle raising neighbors. They do raise some food, but I highly doubt they raise it all. There are 8 of them from my count and are in several houses on their large property. No way could they begin to protect all those acres. These folks and their ancestors have been in these mountains for many, many years.
Trip alarms--- I prefer a colored smoke type alarm for the perimeter and shotgun shell trip alarms for closer to the house. Different colored smoke to pin point the location of intruders. Loud shotgun round to notify there are intruders close by. Hidden smoke alarms triggered by anybody crossing the bridges. I don't think disabling the bridge is a real good plan, as you may need it for an emergency exit route, think fire. As for your cattle neighbors. Do you have pasture land they could graze critters on, during a SHTF event? Do others close by have pasture land available during a SHTF event. These people may not be able to guard all the critters or have enough land but spreading out the herd, could work and help form a bond between the neighbors. During normal times the cameras are a nice touch but unless you have plenty of excess power or lots of rechargeable batteries, they will become useless very quickly. Your group /family can make up plans and obtain the needed material to create some very nasty booby traps but until it is WROL time, do not install them. Passive alarms is okay but indiscriminate injurious traps are a whole different kettle of fish. While letting my over active mind wander, I even designed lethal traps for the interior of my home. NONE installed but could be in just a few hours. Design, planning and thinking cost nothing and is not against the law. Once you have determined your plan of action, then obtain what is needed but again---- DO NOT install any harmful or lethal devices. JM2C