Hey prepper community. I’m fairly new here and it’s been a steep learning curve. We kept 30 days water and food on hand before covid19. We live in Southern California near the San Pedro South Shores area. In February I got a bad feeling about covid19. We started buying toilet paper, a years worth of canned foods especially meat and veggies and fruits. We have 6 months of water now. 90 gallons of gas between our suvs and a gennie that can run most of the House.
It took me 30 days of getting up at 4am. We have two handguns and a tactical shotgun and lots of ammunition. Many sleepless nights and 10 day waiting periods to get up to speed.
First floor of our house is stucco first layer then river rock stone and brick so we can propel most gang bangers and assault weapons. House exterior is fireproof. Roof is stoneslate tile. I’m going to buy sheets of cement backer board to cover every window and door and the house will truly be a fortress. Easily defendable from 2nd story windows. Full perimeter 8 camera security system on back up power. Display monitors in 6 rooms.
We live in a cul de sac and an almost gated community with only 1entrance in and out. My neighbors own guns lots of guns. If we band together we “could” defend our neighborhood. But here’s the big old but:
There are about 300 of us in my immediate neighborhood. The San Pedro area has about 15,000 broke gangbanger angry ignorant types.
How long is 300 neighbors, hell probably maybe 20 of us armed, going to hold off 20 hardened criminals armed to max? 1000 cholos? 300 MS 13’s? 1500 angry hungry desperate dock workers? 15,000 broke hungry desperate people?
So the neighborhood gets over run. We folded like a cheap Sunday suit at a storefront church.
There’s no way with a shtf or teotwawki we can get thru LA urban center and make it to the sierras or out past Vegas into Utah Colorado or Arizona.
I’m one guy with a wife and 3 yr old daughter.
We live a block from the beach. Catalina Island is 30 miles by boat. Small community self sufficient plenty of food and water and hunting and easily defended.
Should I buy a small inflatable boat with an outboard engine? Have a 12 gallon marine tank? If tetowaki comes try to make a run for Catalina island versus trying to navigate all of LA gangsters rioting to get to the high sierras?
What say you guys and gals? Is it time to research boats fuel outboard motors ? Or get 15000 rounds of 00 buck shot when the desperates come for my fireproof fortress?
I’m just trying to think ahead. If we’re first to the island we should find a vacation house empty for the taking.
Thank you in advance for any perspective or help.
Cheers, Mark
It took me 30 days of getting up at 4am. We have two handguns and a tactical shotgun and lots of ammunition. Many sleepless nights and 10 day waiting periods to get up to speed.
First floor of our house is stucco first layer then river rock stone and brick so we can propel most gang bangers and assault weapons. House exterior is fireproof. Roof is stoneslate tile. I’m going to buy sheets of cement backer board to cover every window and door and the house will truly be a fortress. Easily defendable from 2nd story windows. Full perimeter 8 camera security system on back up power. Display monitors in 6 rooms.
We live in a cul de sac and an almost gated community with only 1entrance in and out. My neighbors own guns lots of guns. If we band together we “could” defend our neighborhood. But here’s the big old but:
There are about 300 of us in my immediate neighborhood. The San Pedro area has about 15,000 broke gangbanger angry ignorant types.
How long is 300 neighbors, hell probably maybe 20 of us armed, going to hold off 20 hardened criminals armed to max? 1000 cholos? 300 MS 13’s? 1500 angry hungry desperate dock workers? 15,000 broke hungry desperate people?
So the neighborhood gets over run. We folded like a cheap Sunday suit at a storefront church.
There’s no way with a shtf or teotwawki we can get thru LA urban center and make it to the sierras or out past Vegas into Utah Colorado or Arizona.
I’m one guy with a wife and 3 yr old daughter.
We live a block from the beach. Catalina Island is 30 miles by boat. Small community self sufficient plenty of food and water and hunting and easily defended.
Should I buy a small inflatable boat with an outboard engine? Have a 12 gallon marine tank? If tetowaki comes try to make a run for Catalina island versus trying to navigate all of LA gangsters rioting to get to the high sierras?
What say you guys and gals? Is it time to research boats fuel outboard motors ? Or get 15000 rounds of 00 buck shot when the desperates come for my fireproof fortress?
I’m just trying to think ahead. If we’re first to the island we should find a vacation house empty for the taking.
Thank you in advance for any perspective or help.
Cheers, Mark