Three things I would miss the most is the AC, running water and toilet paper.
I would love that place. Says it was built in the 1930s but the architecture really makes me think 1870s. The house looks like it belongs to some old army outpost. If I had a spare 24 million laying around I definitely buy it. 11000 acres sounds about right up my alleyYea Swampratt would be another valuable addition to the group along with anyone that really knows edible plants.
On the plus side, if I win the lotto soon I think I stumbled across the place for us. About 13,000 acres total without a bunch of roads cutting threw it. Looks like I need a big enough lotto win to buy a dozer or two, grader and dump trucks. Hopefully some in the group know how to run them.
https://www.landwatch.com/mcintosh-county-oklahoma-farms-and-ranches-for-sale/pid/338828090
Oh a video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuxIl8Ad0UQ
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If SHTF and the cities were dangerous my wife would weight me down.
Sorry but most people would weight me down.
Survival of the fittest.
I ran away from home often as a child and once i made it 2 weeks in the woods by myself.
I ate an under cooked snapping turtle and got salmonella.
I should have stuck with small fish and crawfish and easy to cook frogs.
I lived in a hole in the ground i dug with a big stainless spoon.
I did not move from the hole during the day as there were people looking for me.
I had a trap door I made over the hole that looked like the rest of the under brush.
I was a trap door spider.
Wash clothes in the small creek where I got my food and water and wear them until dry.
I did not poop much because I did not eat much and did not expel much energy.
I had no plan on where to go from there and I did not have a gun or weapon other than my pocket knife.
Under ground would be the best place to live as you would not need to burn wood to keep warm.
Small fires to cook food only.
Crop would need to be Amaranth which is a grain very high in protein and you can eat the leaves.
It grows wild in many US states, many different varieties, it can be grown and look like weeds to the unknowing.
Look it up. Amaranth see what you think.
Sorry but most people would weight me down.
Survival of the fittest.
I ran away from home often as a child and once i made it 2 weeks in the woods by myself.
I ate an under cooked snapping turtle and got salmonella.
I should have stuck with small fish and crawfish and easy to cook frogs.
I lived in a hole in the ground i dug with a big stainless spoon.
I did not move from the hole during the day as there were people looking for me.
I had a trap door I made over the hole that looked like the rest of the under brush.
I was a trap door spider.
Wash clothes in the small creek where I got my food and water and wear them until dry.
I did not poop much because I did not eat much and did not expel much energy.
I had no plan on where to go from there and I did not have a gun or weapon other than my pocket knife.
Under ground would be the best place to live as you would not need to burn wood to keep warm.
Small fires to cook food only.
Crop would need to be Amaranth which is a grain very high in protein and you can eat the leaves.
It grows wild in many US states, many different varieties, it can be grown and look like weeds to the unknowing.
Look it up. Amaranth see what you think.
A group compound is an awesome idea, but highly unlikely for a myriad of reasons. Without listing them all; there is a reason you are not part of one already. Either they never get past the concept stage or are so small and secluded you wont hear about them unless you're building your own.
Would anyone be interested or experienced with setting up a Mutual Assistance Group (MAG) within OSA?
Would anyone be interested or experienced with setting up a Mutual Assistance Group (MAG) within OSA?
If they set off a nuclear bomb at the Port of Catoosa, the only things left living in Oklahoma would be cockroaches and swampratt.
In my opinion, a “mutual assistance group” is a much better and more practical idea than what the OP is proposing.
Given my somewhat unique situation, I made contact a few years ago with a couple folks in OK off another board that might be able to help me should an “event” happen when I’m up at my OK house.
I don’t really “know” the folks I made contact with before, so yes, I would consider participating in an OSA MAG.
As has been previously stated, a compound or large group of people in a confined area is not the most ideal when addressing food and water supply, though there is safety in somewhat larger groups.
Ideally, a cooperative of sorts with those in the community can be mutually beneficial to all. Trading of supplies and skills aids all in the cooperative. You can have a larger area to maintain a food and water supply while a soft perimeter with established lookouts and signals can alert others to impending dangers or red flag situations. Those in the farming community already unknowingly practice this. They get together at the coffee shop to talk and B.S., but the information each share benefits the others. I.e. I noticed I had a spot of army worms creeping into my field on the Smith place. Then the neighbor starts watching his place a little closer for the same pest. And how many times have you heard of a farmer in the community losing a tractor or other equipment only to have his neighbors show up and finish the job for him?
Do your best to plan and prepare, but be selfless in your actions with your neighbors and those favors will more than likely be returned when you need them the most.
Secure, protect and defend your place and your family, but be willing to do the same for the trusted confidants in your community/cooperative. Help them defend their property and family as if it were your own, and you will be family.
Ideally, a cooperative of sorts with those in the community can be mutually beneficial to all. Trading of supplies and skills aids all in the cooperative. You can have a larger area to maintain a food and water supply while a soft perimeter with established lookouts and signals can alert others to impending dangers or red flag situations. Those in the farming community already unknowingly practice this. They get together at the coffee shop to talk and B.S., but the information each share benefits the others. I.e. I noticed I had a spot of army worms creeping into my field on the Smith place. Then the neighbor starts watching his place a little closer for the same pest. And how many times have you heard of a farmer in the community losing a tractor or other equipment only to have his neighbors show up and finish the job for him?
Do your best to plan and prepare, but be selfless in your actions with your neighbors and those favors will more than likely be returned when you need them the most.
Secure, protect and defend your place and your family, but be willing to do the same for the trusted confidants in your community/cooperative. Help them defend their property and family as if it were your own, and you will be family.
Holy sh*t. LOL.
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