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FirstLight

(13,360 posts) Tue May 29, 2018, 09:45 PM May 2018

How to survive the coming Apocalypse when your are too poor to "prep"...? [View all]

So before I watch the shitshow that's currently happening on Rachel, et al... I had this thought:

"how the fuck am I supposed to make it through the upcoming "tribulations" (which is totally what I feel is coming, biblical or not) when the SHTF, if I can barely survive from week to week?"

A few years ago, I was able to start a modest cache of some non-perishables and supplies, you know, just in case something happened or a good storm knocked out electricity and services for a couple weeks. Now we are just barely scraping by week by week and the idea of having any "extra" for emergencies, even the little ones, is next to impossible.
I'm not a "prepper" in any sense of the word...so no firearms etc here...just thinking out loud that if this crapfest on fire called Trumpland hits the rails and finally implodes or if some natural disaster happens...we're just screwn.

...Anyone feel me?

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How to survive the coming Apocalypse when your are too poor to "prep"...? [View all] FirstLight May 2018 OP

I'm pretty sure those gun nuts with the arsenals in their basements pay for all of that Aristus May 2018 #1

to be fair, credit card debt is going to be pretty meaningless during the Apocalypse 0rganism May 2018 #3

But if there's no apocalypse, one is stuck with credit card debt, Aristus May 2018 #4

sounds like... HERESY!!! 0rganism May 2018 #14

Zombie debt collectors. AJT May 2018 #26

I do. Crutchez_CuiBono May 2018 #2

Build your three day supply bit by bit gratuitous May 2018 #5

... FirstLight May 2018 #11

While I am doing a bit better than living from week to week, PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #6

Me either. I think the right keeps screaming "race war" to rile up their dumbest, and NO we are anneboleyn May 2018 #9

Thank you. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #10

Imo, you're 100% mistaken, PO. Hortensis Jun 2018 #78

Respectfully, it's not BS tazkcmo May 2018 #56

Given that the OP refers to a coming apocalypse, PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #57

I agree tazkcmo May 2018 #58

Check the Free section under For Sale on craigslist. displacedtexan May 2018 #7

Save your clean empty pop and water bottles (instead of throwing them away) FakeNoose May 2018 #8

I actually did that during the Y2K thing Catherine Vincent May 2018 #24

:) Yuck, but you wouldn't care if it was needed. Hortensis Jun 2018 #81

speaking of bleach yonder Jun 2018 #91

I feel the same way. It is very frightening. nt Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #12

I hate to read that you're worried about this cyclonefence May 2018 #13

I am along your line of thought. Blue_true May 2018 #19

It's not dying in a big one that worries sensible people, tho. Hortensis Jun 2018 #82

I love The 100 trixie2 May 2018 #27

It's on my mind because of my geographics... FirstLight May 2018 #28

I get it cyclonefence May 2018 #32

Seeds. Worth their weight in diamonds. CanonRay May 2018 #15

Are you going to eat the seeds? Blue_true May 2018 #20

If we had a civil emergency, seed would be among Hortensis Jun 2018 #83

Just make the most of every day oberliner May 2018 #16

well handmade34 May 2018 #17

I just don't get the prepper "us against the world" mindset. Blue_true May 2018 #22

Now that you mention it, we have enough ibuprofen and salt Hortensis Jun 2018 #85

Just get alcohol and you are all set. nt Kirk Lover May 2018 #18

AMEN!!!! FirstLight May 2018 #29

Better yet, learn how to make a still. haele May 2018 #36

What a good idea! :) There was supposedly a still Hortensis Jun 2018 #88

Also, buy a most recent set of Britannica. Good long-term reading given no internet. kairos12 Jun 2018 #99

beans and rice. cheap. last a long time. fierywoman May 2018 #21

How do you cook them in an era of chaos? Blue_true May 2018 #23

Had the same question, so soaked some rice. Meant to Hortensis Jun 2018 #89

Have no intention of trying to survive. Not going to sleep with one eye open so I can Hoyt May 2018 #25

believe me... FirstLight May 2018 #30

I feel pretty much the same way. smirkymonkey May 2018 #46

I don't know what kind of end times scenario the preppers have pictured... Initech May 2018 #31

Food that does not perish fast and costs less than food that does. BSdetect May 2018 #33

100% FirstLight May 2018 #34

kick for more input... FirstLight May 2018 #35

Easy answer: FSogol May 2018 #37

About a year ago, I asked Admin in AA for an Emergency Preparedness group Kaleva May 2018 #38

not a bad idea... FirstLight May 2018 #39

I may post the question in AA again. Kaleva May 2018 #41

Maybe check out the frugal living group dembotoz May 2018 #66

I have posted in that group quite a bit over the years Kaleva May 2018 #67

Seen some of ur posts dembotoz Jun 2018 #74

Frugal would overlap our preparation nicely if it came to it. Hortensis Jun 2018 #90

I am not administration for frugal..why don't we just add too it dembotoz Jun 2018 #93

I'll drop by, but would want the regulars to be okay with Hortensis Jun 2018 #94

Better than ask forgiveness than permission? dembotoz Jun 2018 #97

:) For important things, like planting more shrubs, Hortensis Jun 2018 #98

I will check the frugal forum out too... FirstLight Jun 2018 #108

As a lifelong prepper, frugal living is about 80% of prepping. braddy Jun 2018 #106

i posted something in frugal please feel freed to feed it dembotoz Jun 2018 #100

ive been storing potted meat under the stairs Bonx May 2018 #40

That is smart, store some bottled water there too, it won't taste as fresh in 10 or 20 years but braddy Jun 2018 #102

Most preppers go about it the wrong way. The reason humans got to the top... haele May 2018 #42

Now we've got something for dinner Achilleaze May 2018 #43

basic boyscout handbook growing up dembotoz May 2018 #62

Why would I make clay dishes when our nation's Hortensis Jun 2018 #92

Almost nobody would make it if the "SHTF." Oneironaut May 2018 #44

My $0.02 jpak May 2018 #45

Bush's baked beans, high in protein and a long shelf life. sarcasmo May 2018 #48

B&M Baked Beans - mo' betta - and you can eat them cold. jpak May 2018 #49

stock up on knorrs side dishes and spam onethatcares May 2018 #47

I'm seeing some good answers, I would check thrift stores now for supplies you think you may need ck4829 May 2018 #50

They've been "prepping" for the S to HTF since the 1950s jmowreader May 2018 #51

Knowledge. And it's free. kydo May 2018 #52

Imma make booze and plant tobacco. Boom! elehhhhna May 2018 #53

Invest in hand tools that don't require electricity FakeNoose May 2018 #71

Do what you can and hope for the best. Rorey May 2018 #54

How to survive the coming Apocalypse when your are too poor to "prep". ? I'm from Alabama lol ..... stonecutter357 May 2018 #55

Cost of Prep Tribalceltic May 2018 #59

This whole thread is kinda scary backtoblue May 2018 #60

If anything Texasgal May 2018 #61

Invest in relationships, not stuff. meadowlander May 2018 #63

Sanitation - lack there of - is far and away the biggest killer The Mouth May 2018 #64

An emergency toilet is one of the 1st things people should acquire in prepping Kaleva May 2018 #68

Don't forget the can opener! Totally Tunsie May 2018 #65

I always have food supplies for a week lunatica May 2018 #69

If money is very tight, think in terms of Calories per dollar Mariana May 2018 #70

Get to know your neighbors and teach yourself skills NickB79 May 2018 #72

There's this model of neighborhood emergency preparedness MissB May 2018 #73

Before the last econimic meltdown occured TNLib Jun 2018 #75

I wish that was an option FirstLight Jun 2018 #87

The apocalypse is happening... pbmus Jun 2018 #76

Eat the Rich malchickiwick Jun 2018 #77

AMEN!!!! FirstLight Jun 2018 #86

My thinking is along the lines of Turbineguy Jun 2018 #79

Make a lot of friends. MuseRider Jun 2018 #80

awesome reply... FirstLight Jun 2018 #105

I guess FirstLight Jun 2018 #107

interest k&r w0nderer Jun 2018 #84

I have no desire to survive an apocalypse anyway. We keep cash and money in the house Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #95

If TSHTF Wolf Frankula Jun 2018 #96

I was always a prepper, and as a young man who could never leave my emergency car food alone braddy Jun 2018 #101

Ugh. Concentrate on the short period first... a few days to a couple of weeks. fleabiscuit Jun 2018 #103

I also like to keep lists. I'm sorta weird about it... fleabiscuit Jun 2018 #104

Great start! FirstLight Jun 2018 #109