What You Have Will Be All There Is – When SHTF For Real…
If and when the system collapses to the extent of what some may call long-term SHTF, not only will society unravel into social chaos, but from the standpoint of supply and re-supply, it is likely that “what you have will be all there is,” at least for a while. Maybe a long time.
For those making a serious commitment to long-term and self-sustaining prepping and preparedness, it is a good concept to consider “what you have will be all there is.” It will help you become better prepared.
Although this scenario is much less likely to occur than other scenarios whereby a limited amount of preps would be enough to get you through, it is still a possibility, especially in today’s world of infrastructure dependencies.
Some serious SHTF has occurred if you’re reaching into preps due to a Level 3 event. This will be nothing like Level 1 or 2 (typical preparedness for a week or two, or up to a month, maybe two).
Assuming this Level 3 event is not a singular personal event but an all-encompassing societal collapse, it will be downright dangerous. In this scenario, many, many people may even lose their lives.
Reaching a level of preparedness to survive 3 months, 6 months, a year, or longer implies the notion of a very, VERY serious disaster or collapse. Although a disastrous event of this magnitude may seem much less likely, is it that unlikely in today’s upside-down world?
If and when it hits the fan, what you have will be all there is.
Level 4 is the ultimate in preparedness. Transitioning from being supplied and secured for one year to actually being relatively (and truly) self-sustaining is huge and very difficult.
To prepare at this level implies that you’re either striving for total off-grid self-sustaining sufficiency (because you want to) or preparing for a colossal, far-reaching disaster.
It can be (and is) exceedingly challenging to be highly prepared for a very long-lasting SHTF.
To depend solely on your preps (and skills) for survival for such a long time (and to be successful) requires tremendous forethought, preparation, skills, people, and a portion of plain old luck.
Why do I say, “What you have will be all there is”?
Living through a SHTF of this magnitude will mean:
There will be no .gov assistance. They simply cannot and will not be able to provide anything close to this magnitude of assistance. In fact, under this hypothetical, there may be no effective .gov at all. Things will become very local/tribal.
- Economic collapse will have destroyed “the system.” All else dependent upon it will have crumbled, too—that means pretty much everything.
- The Trucks will have stopped rolling like they are today. If you want to know what that means, read my article “When The Trucks Stop, It’s Over.” Trucks carry nearly all goods that we depend upon for our survival.
- Products from overseas will not be pouring into our seaports like they are today, if at all. How much do we depend on overseas products? Lots (unfortunately).
- The social collapse will have torn apart the fabric of civility. Cities will have suffered enormous turmoil. A similar situation will have ripped apart most densely populated regions while desperate people do what they do. Many will not survive it. Even many who “are prepared” will not make it there.
- Of course, all stores of all kinds will have long ago been stripped of their inventory.
I could go on, but you get the picture.
If and when the SHTF is ‘the big one,’ what you have will be all there is.
At least for a time. An unknown amount of time.
We do not preemptively know the outcome since we’re discussing the hypothetical. Crisis resolution may eventually come. Or it may come later. It may not come at all but morph into a new and permanent way of life.
Food for thought.