During the one of the worst years of the horror of the Russian
Revolution, 1920, many people froze and starved to death, even in
their apartments in Moscow. It was a prime lesson on what can happen
here.

In Moscow, oddly enough, the electricity was still on for most of the
winter, so one tactic was to make a small hut/igloo out of matresses
in the middle of your apartment and then run an electrical cord into
it with a light bulb on it the end to heat up your little hut.
Scavanging firewood in the city, such as slats from a fence, was
forbidden and to get caught doing so could easily get you summarily
shot (it was considered stealing from the proletariat). In at least
one case, some Bolshevik soldiers evicted two families out of their
apartments. One apartment was above the other so they closed of the
lower apartment, cut a hole in the floor of the upper apartment and
used the hole as their toilet for the winter.

The common parting salutation was usually something to the effect
of, "Hope to see you alive tomorrow." Cannibalism was rampant
throughout Russia and even the summary execution of cannibals didn't
do much to stop it. One saving grace for many was that it was the
days before 'drywall' so people were often able to peel the wallpaper
off of their walls and scrape the dried wallpaper paste off and make
soup out of it.

There was a thriving black market and even the Bolsheviks couldn't
stop it. There was one large open air market that the Bolsheviks
didn't bother shutting down because many of them were using pillaged
loot from the 'enemies of the people' to buy food for themselves. A
single kilo (2.2 US pounds) of wheat grain was going for as much as
the modern equivalent of US$3000. Payment usually needed to be in
gold.

Replace 'Bolshevik' with 'Environmentalist' and/or 'Globalist' and
you have a modern recipe for the horror to repeat itself.

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Young
To:
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 8:16 PM
Subject: [medievalSurvivalGuild] 7 day disaster


I think the red wagon is a great idea.

Even without kids, much less diaper poopers, I've stocked a couple
packs of diaper wipes for hand wipes. I oughta use the foil packed
ones with the antibacterial, that would be better.

Toilet continues to be my achilles heel. Don't have that properly
backed up.

I've heard several good articles about "tenting" indoors, really
great idea. During Ice Storm 1991, some of my neighbors put a blanket
on the living room door, and ran the stove. Gas was on.

Camping stove is better than propane torch and meat on the fork,
but torch is better than being hungry.

If it's cold enough to freeze jugs of water, leave the food
outside.

Transistor radio gives music, and "government approved" news.
Police scanner is also a great gadget. Some are made handheld, and
take batteries.

I'm not a user of tea or coffee, but I do stock Nodoz. I use one
about every two weeks on the road when I don't have time to be
sleepy. Also in the bug out bag for emergencies when I can sleep
later. Tea and coffee drinkers really should have Vivarin, Nodoz, or
equivilant in their medical chests and bugout bags.


Christopher A. Young

"The wagon jolted along on the homeward road through the Big Woods.
The sun set, and the woods grew darker, but before the last of the
twilight was gone the moon rose. And they were safe, because Pa
had his gun."
-- Laura Ingalls Wilder

----- Original Message -----
] (fwd) 7 day disaster


On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 15:48:59 -0400, in misc.survivalism
BernadetteTS
docfont@v... wrote:

I would add a few things to your list.

Transister radio and batteries to keep aware of what is going
on. If it
is weather related or an area problem, the radio stations will
be giving
out information and advice. For a low budget I prefer a tiny
radio with
an ear bud. They will run for days on a couple of AA batteries.
If kids
are involved, it might be better to have something with
speakers.
Alternative is a crystal radio with ear phones or ear plug. No
batteries
needed and the kids have something to do.

Check with local churches if they have emergency shelter plans.
Many
churches have gymnasiums or kitchens that serve the area in
emergencies.
Check with the red cross too to find out where local evacuation
centers
are. Be ready to head for one and get a place before they are
over
loaded. If you are a part of that church and a member of the
emergency
team to cook or hand out blankets, even better. You have a place
to go
and something to do. You will be fed and have heat.

Know that you need to conserve water, heat. It is simple to push
the
kitchen table into a corner of the room, drape blankets over it
and
climb inside. Put the sleeping bags inside. It is conserving
heat in the
smallest area. If the table is too small, use a couch or bunk
beds to
make a "tent".

Sanitation is important. Even with no heat, lights or water
people are
going to need to go potty several times a day. Use a 5 gallon
plastic
bucket lined with plastic bags and a toilet seat that sits on
top of the
bucket. Have clorox or pinesol to keep the smell down. Keep some
waterless hand cleaner around.

Keep hands clean. Waterless handcleaner for the kitchen and
paper
towels. If there is no water to wash dishes, keep a supply of
paper
plates and styrofoam cups. It is better to be misserable than to
be sick
and misserable.

Have a stashed bag of hard candy. Works great as bribes
like, "If you
play with the blocks and don't fight, I will give you a piece of
candy
each hour." Also cold burns up calories. Stash hot chocolate
packets at
the same time. If you are a coffee or cola drinker, stash some
coffee
packets too. Caffiene withdrawl is not fun.

Have a propane torch handy. They are simple to use. When your
power is
off, in my case my college roommate did not pay the power bill,
you can
cook meat using a fork and a propane torch. It is better than
letting it
go bad in a refrigerator without power. If it is freezing
outside,
plastic jugs filled with water can be set outside to freeze
solid, then
brought inside and placed inside the refridgerator to keep it
cool.

IMHO, any bug out plan with small children involved should
include a
radio flyer wagon. It hauls your bug out supplies and it is
easier to
let an exhausted child ride on a wagon than to carry one.

Are these the kind of tips you needed?
Bernadette
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In article ,
"Stormin Mormon" wrote:

During the one of the worst years of the horror of the Russian
Revolution, 1920, many people froze and starved to death, even in
their apartments in Moscow. It was a prime lesson on what can happen
here.

So, what does this have to do with anything on-topic for
this group? It was -45 the other night just north of
here, and no one died and nobody ate their wall paper.

-john-

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