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Interests => Living Off of the Grid & Survivalism => Topic started by: BlueStateSaint on February 08, 2012, 09:28:23 AM
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I found this courtesy of James Wesley, Rawles' SurvivalBlog.
SHTF Planning: 20 Lessons from the Streets of Cairo
Mac Slavo
February 1st, 2012
SHTFplan.com
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In a previous post we shared a story from SHTF School founder Selco in which he discussed his experience of Living Through SHTF In the Middle of A War Zone during the conflict in Bosnia in the 1990′s. This yielded an extensive discussion from our community about preparations, strategies, and the reality of what it’s like when the system around you collapses into conflict.
In the following post we present another experience, this time from Cairo, from someone who was there at the height of the riots and violence that would eventually lead to the collapse of the entire political structure of Egypt and imposition of military rule.
As is generally the case, first hand experiences offer an often informative and realistic view of what you can really expect, the challenges you’ll face, the thoughts that will be running through your mind, and actionable steps to take in the midst of crisis.
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Via John Rolls, pierrelegrand.net, M4Carbine.net
Originally published at The AK Forum by Eightbore
From the somewhat guilt filled comforts of Greece, I have been thinking about what I learned from the recent Cairo SHTF experience. I am not putting myself forth as an expert of any sort and, frankly, many or even most items on the list below might be flat out wrong….who the hell knows. We were in Cairo from Jan 25th until late Feb 3rd when the neighborhood gunfire became full-auto and regularly occurring. At that point, we decided that Friday prayers (the next day) might not yield a pleasant experience. We had no way of knowing that we had already seen the worst.
Lesson #1….the best weapon for SHTF is truly whatever F*&$ING firearm you can lay your hands on and it does not matter the slightest bit what it is! I had a borrowed three shot semi-auto Beretta 26″ bbl trap grade shotgun. I LOVED IT. It was my baby and I truly miss it now!. That said, I would have given my left nut for my Yugo underfolder or SGL-21. Frankly, I am now of the opinion that if, in the moment, you are being AT ALL picky about firearms then by definition the shit has NOT truly hit the fan. One guy on our street only had a nice little S&W J-frame .22 and he seemed a lot more relaxed than the guys with baseball bats I can tell you that!
The other 19 are here:
http://www.shtfplan.com/emergency-preparedness/shtf-planning-20-lessons-from-the-streets-of-cairo_02012012
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I think Lesson #11 is something most have a hard-time wrapping their head around. It will happen to the best of us.
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I think Lesson #11 is something most have a hard-time wrapping their head around. It will happen to the best of us.
Agreed. The basic survival instinct kicks in hard at times like that.
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21, don't be an unarmed blonde chick in western street attire in a Muslim shithole when it goes chaotic.
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21, don't be an unarmed blonde chick in western street attire in a Muslim shithole when it goes chaotic.
Well yeah, there's that. But hey! We already have a smiley for it. (kind of) :dozer:
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Well yeah, there's that. But hey! We already have a smiley for it. (kind of) :dozer:
There's a difference between trying to stop a Cat D-7 from bulldozing Muzzie homes, and being a fairly hot blonde reporter in a crowd of Muzzies, who thinks she's invulnerable.
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There's a difference between trying to stop a Cat D-7 from bulldozing Muzzie homes, and being a fairly hot blonde reporter in a crowd of Muzzies, who thinks she's invulnerable.
I see your point, but at the end of the day, they are both stupid.
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I think Lesson #11 is something most have a hard-time wrapping their head around. It will happen to the best of us.
I can't envision selling out my family or friends. I'm just not wired that way.
Hopefully, I'll never be truly put to that particular test.