water food and protection, the basics

I mean I've got a brother, hes got meat on his bones...

if absolutely needed...

Here is a good idea for your truck

lol

merica

a number of containers could be dug down into your lawn in case you lack a basement

I have a bastment luckily

basement

and always remember that a pistol might look good, but you miss all the time man, a shotgun may sound dorkier but you will have a harder time to miss with it

for self defence i cant recomend a shotgun hard enough

I cant really fire a shotgun honestly

Im just a tiny bony teenager

heck I fired an M16 and it pushed bad

that's what muzzle brakes are for

also if you do use a shotty, get some federal flite control 00 buck

what is a muzzle brake anyway

You know that really big thing at the end of a 50 cal rifle?

yeah

the thing with the hole

I mean how does it help

Changes the direction of the gases

With the barret it angles them back towards you a bit, tugging the rifle forward and countering the push of the recoil impulse

oh

that makes sense

I assume it slows the round though

Nope

so why dont they equip it on every gun with a barrel

Money

lol

answer to everything

but a muzzle brake is a tiny piece of metal

"money tho" goes the gun companies

Still costs time and effort to make said tiny piece of metal

yeah

makes sense

its still a gun

and itll still kill someone who wants to kill you

Yep

@LeSwede Every prepper should have a plan to egress if needed. Should it be a first course of action? For many, the answer is no

For people in NYC or New Orleans, which is about to get hit by a hurricane, it might be