Dear Editor:
How does T.L.F. (the author of “The Plan “B” Map”) plan to get that bottled water, sports drinks and other suppliers from the dentist office, gym and hobby store? Surely not by breaking and entering or burglary. In the scenarios that are mentioned it is highly unlikely that these kinds of places would be open for regular “legal” business. I hope the author was not advocating looting or taking without paying. That would just add to the chaos and confusion of an already bad situation. I do not want to become one of the Golden Horde. – M.E.P. in Atlanta
James,
After reading so much of your work, I feel like I know you and am sitting and typing a conversation to a friend. God Bless you for your work and witness. For us in the world it is a drink from a cool spring to fellowship with you. You strengthen the will and faith of many.
Enough of the head inflation.
I read with interest the post from T.L.F. today. I am a dentist. I do not have any bottled water in my office. I do not know any in my area that do. I keep no narcotics on hand. Other than a couple of small tanks of Nitrous Oxide and a couple of gallons of Listerine (25% ETOH) there is little of value for attitude adjustment. There is a bit of cash for change and the odd old gold crown. But for the most part all that is there of public interest requires me and my staff to use our skills to make work. What one will find, if one comes looking, is a 12 gauge, complete with a competent operator driving it that has little interest in exposing his clinic to casual uninvited shoppers. Until I post a “Looters Welcome” sign on the front door I would advise friend or foe to think long and hard about us as a source of resupply.
Looking to meeting you in person one day in this world or the next. T.C., DDS in South Carolina
Jim:
To start I would like to say that I really enjoy the work you do with survival blog and it has really helped me out. I enjoy reading it every chance I get. In reading the article The Plan “B” Map by T.L.F. I found it very interesting that I had already done the same thing without thinking about calling it a Plan B map. I have spent my time while doing different activities thinking about what kind of things I would need should TEOTWAWKI happen. I created a list of things I had found and places to get them from. I call it my asset list. It started by thinking what places would I be able to get what things from. From work what kind of things I would need and what kind of places I could look for things that the normal person would not think of. For example oil and different types of fuel I would need or could use. I came up with that the machines at work have lots of oil and hydraulic fluid in them that could be used in lamps and what not. All that would need to be done is to empty the hydraulic reservoirs and gear boxes. There is an amazing amount of oil that is sitting inside on the different machines. Places I figured the average person wouldn’t think to look at. Also for water it has been said how much water is keep in a water heater but there is also a lot of water that is keep in the piping of fire suppression systems (sprinkler systems) that could be drained and used should nothing else be available. This is a fairly easy thing to do by opening the drain valve and collecting the water inside. I find that the more I look around with my eyes open and my mind thinking threw what I would need it is surprising what you can find. Mapping them all out is just the next step and is a rather good one that I hadn’t thought of. Thanks, – JJH