I understand.I never said prepping was about guns. I actually lost all of my guns in a boating accident.
What an incredible well prepared person giving good advice to a fellow survivor!
Luckily I live on a golf course and keep a bucket of balls so I may be able to play a little and if things do go bad quickly I will be out night hunting my area with a crossbow (which I still need to buy). I live just south of houston in Dickinson so lots of woods around and plenty of game believe it or not. I have been watching a hog every night about 150 yards off the main road. I figure if things do go bad the animals will be taken out but I will get a few before they are gone for sure.
I have taken a first aid class but it isnt enough. I do keep a sas medical book in my first aid bag for reference.
Thank you MOSO for mentioning security. I have put a lot of thought in to defending my apt and thankfully it will be easy to do. The door is always the easiest entrance in an appt but I have a wall just 3.5 ft from the door that I can brace things against to make that door rock solid. I will definitely scrounge some wood for my 2 windows. If things go really bad we will sleep in a corner where gunshots through the window will not reach us and keep our stuff packed up and ready to go at a moments notice in case of fire.
Im an avid pig hunter, camper and ex fishing guide so my outdoor skills are honed. My favorite type of camping is in cold weather so the storm was no problem for us. I have propane stoves and 2 mr buddy heaters and plenty of propane it was just like our last camping trip to inks lake when it got down in the lower 20's in january. I live in houston but I hate the heat. Bring on the cold. I will be busting ### this summer and trying to get things up to my first level of preparedness by September. After that regroup take a look at my preps and try to get an honest assessment of what I need to do next.
So far you have gotten lots of info and advice Bigfoot. Listen to each and every piece, decide how it applies to you and your situation--at the moment-No one is born an expert in anything (except eating, pooping, sleeping, and crying). That comes with time and experience.
Took me no small number of years to get where I am today.
What are the walls of you apartment like?
Frame and stick?
When I was a volunteer firefighter, in some structure fires, going through the front door was not an option.
You would be amazed what axes, sledges, or a really big chainsaw can do on modern construction (frame and stick) homes.
Heck, even water.
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