Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

Hmmm…the available armaments to me at the moment are a Sig .40 with 150 rds of ammo(two mags), a Sig .380 with 250 rounds of ammo (one mag) and a 12 ga. with no ammo. Not quite naked, but not nearly my first choice for being in a major target city like Chicago. On the other hand, Louis Farrakhans place is about a dozen blocks from here so I could always loot his compound ’cause you know he’s gonna have some hardware there for him and his Fruitcakes of Islam.

Have I mentioned the irony that would occur should things get Really Weird and all my gear and preps are 1500 miles away? Tremendous suckage, that.

So, this just reminds me I need to come up with a fairly inexpensive, disposable and adequate package of travel guns. The easiest would be an SKS and a .38 revolver. That way if something happened to them Id only be out $300. But I rather like ammo commonality so a 9mm carbine and pistol combo would be very nice….but while I can get a cheap 9mm Ruger pistol, the complimentary Ruger P9 carbine is NOT cheap. And while I could get a relatively cheap KelTec 9mm Sub2000 carbine, the Glock pistol to go with it wouldnt be cheap. A .357 revolver and Marlin carbine would be a great choice, but the marlin is still more than $300.

Other items I travel with…my Gerber Parabellum folder, SureFire tactical light, LED tasklight, and a few other small items that might give me an advantage.

My dad doesnt even have a good tactical flashlight to keep on his nightstand. There may be a SureFire Nitrolon in his future.

In addition to thundertoys, I’d like to pack up a small container of essentials for travel that I’d want around in case things Get Ugly. Some food, water filter, compress bandages, flashlight and batteries, lightsticks, binoculars, body armour, etc, etc. (Hmmm..I should give this some more thought and come up with a list)

Hmmm…the available armaments to me at the moment are a Sig .40 with 150 rds of ammo(two mags), a Sig .380 with 250 rounds of ammo (one mag) and a 12 ga. with no ammo. Not quite naked, but not nearly my first choice for being in a major target city like Chicago. On the other hand, Louis Farrakhans place is about a dozen blocks from here so I could always loot his compound ’cause you know he’s gonna have some hardware there for him and his Fruitcakes of Islam.

Have I mentioned the irony that would occur should things get Really Weird and all my gear and preps are 1500 miles away? Tremendous suckage, that.

So, this just remindsme I need tocome up with a fairly inexpensive, disposable and adequate package of travelguns. The easiest would be an SKS and a .38 revolver. That way if something happened to them Id only be out $300. But I rather like ammo commonality so a 9mm carbine and pistol combo would be very nice….but while I can get a cheap 9mm Ruger pistol, the complimentary Ruger P9 carbine is NOT cheap. And while I could get a relatively cheap KelTec 9mm Sub2000 carbine, the Glock pistol to go with it wouldnt be cheap. A .357 revolver and Marlin carbine would be a great choice, but the marlin is still more than $300.

Other items I travel with…my Gerber Parabellum folder, SureFire tactical light, LED tasklight, and a few other small items that might give me an advantage.

My dad doesnt even have a good tactical flashlight to keep on his nightstand. There may be a SureFire Nitrolon in his future.

In addition to thundertoys, I’d like to pack up a small container of essentials for travel that I’d want around in case things Get Ugly. Some food, water filter, compress bandages, flashlight and batteries, lightsticks, binoculars, body armour, etc, etc. (Hmmm..I should give this some more thought and come up with a list)

Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

Y’know, it seems to me there should be a holiday for the LMI’s. So, since even a convicted kidnapper and torturer can make up a fake holiday and achieve a degree of acceptance (i.e. Kwanzaa), I propose the holiday to be known as “Paratus”. (Thats Latin for ‘prepared’..)

Now, there has to be a gimmick..Jews get a menorah, Christians get a tree, Kwanzites get the menorah-ripoff, etc, etc,…therefore I think the gimmick for Paratus shall be…hmmmm…..man, right out of the gate Im stumped…uhm…well, lets see..what is a hallmark of preparation? Food? Tools? Shelter? Aha! The backpack! Yes, the symbol of Paratus shall be the backpack. You set it up somewhere in your house and people stuff it full of preparedness-themed gifts. Your gifts to them go in their Paratus backpack.

Now..activities…instead of going door-to-door singing Christmas carols you go door-to-door probing your neigbors perimeter for weaknesses in their security.

Since nothing says self-determintaion and individuality like a quality firearm, the traditional token gift shall be ammo. Instead of a card or other greeting you simply hand over a round of .223 or .45 ACp or 7.62×39 and wish the recipient a happy holiday.

Which reminds me…Happy Paratus? Joyous Paratus? Merry Paratus? Hmmm….Good Paratus?

Still havent decided on a time of year….I was thinking something spring/summery since thats the time of year your out in the field. April already has Patriots day (4/19), May is a possibility as is June. July is out since it already has a holiday. Hmmm….maybe sometime in late May.

Y’know, it seems to me there should be a holiday for the LMI’s. So, since even a convicted kidnapper and torturer can make up a fake holiday and achieve a degree of acceptance (i.e. Kwanzaa), I propose the holiday to be known as “Paratus”. (Thats Latin for ‘prepared’..)

Now, there has to be a gimmick..Jews get a menorah, Christians get a tree, Kwanzites get the menorah-ripoff, etc, etc,…therefore I think the gimmick for Paratus shall be…hmmmm…..man, right out of the gate Im stumped…uhm…well, lets see..what is a hallmark of preparation? Food? Tools? Shelter? Aha! The backpack! Yes, the symbol of Paratus shall be the backpack. You set it up somewhere in your house and people stuff it full of preparedness-themed gifts. Your gifts to them go in their Paratus backpack.

Now..activities…instead of going door-to-door singing Christmas carols you go door-to-door probing your neigbors perimeter for weaknesses in their security.

Since nothing says self-determintaion and individuality like a quality firearm, the traditional token gift shall be ammo. Instead of a card or other greeting you simply hand over a round of .223 or .45 ACp or 7.62×39 and wish the recipient a happy holiday.

Which reminds me…Happy Paratus? Joyous Paratus? Merry Paratus? Hmmm….Good Paratus?

Still havent decided on a time of year….I was thinking something spring/summery since thats the time of year your out in the field. April already has Patriots day (4/19), May is a possibility as is June. July is out since it already has a holiday. Hmmm….maybe sometime in late May.

Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

*sigh*
Being Commander Zero is not all sunshine and stun grenades…its the preparedness equivalent of Whack-A-Mole. I have hundreds of things to do to prepare and I have to hope that the event/issue that requires one of those hundreds of things doesnt happen. Or, that if it does happen, it happens to require one of the things I *have* gotten squared away. While I’m prepping for a flood, a forest fire rolls through..and by the time I get the forest fire stuff prepped, a blizzard rolls though.
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I see that theres been a case of Annoyed Rosie O’Donnell Syndrome in Washington. (I’m sorry…I meant Mad Cow Disease) Hmmmm…I need to study this more. I dont eat that much beef these days except for hamburgers…I suppose I shouldnt be surprised about all this..if it were a more widespread situation the government wouldnt tell us anyway – they dont want to cause a panic (socailly or economically). I guess I’ll have to find a local source for beef that I can trust.
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My two-strand wire showed up yesterday. I need to find some spools to wind it around and then store it away with the phones. I do love shopping milsurp catalogs, I must say.
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Came *this* close to getting the Yugo SKS yesterday. $150. Grrrr. It would fill a niche in my battery of arms (a disposable, semi-automatic centerfire carbine) but I just now that right after I buy it something will come up requiring my attention and money.

*sigh*
Being Commander Zero is not all sunshine and stun grenades…its the preparedness equivalent of Whack-A-Mole. I have hundreds of things to do to prepare and I have to hope that the event/issue that requires one of those hundreds of things doesnt happen. Or, that if it does happen, it happens to require one of the things I *have* gotten squared away. While I’m prepping for a flood, a forest fire rolls through..and by the time I get the forest fire stuff prepped, a blizzard rolls though.
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I see that theres been a case of Annoyed Rosie O’Donnell Syndrome in Washington. (I’m sorry…I meant Mad Cow Disease) Hmmmm…I need to study this more. I dont eat that much beef these days except for hamburgers…I suppose I shouldnt be surprised about all this..if it were a more widespread situation the government wouldnt tell us anyway – they dont want to cause a panic (socailly or economically). I guess I’ll have to find a local source for beef that I can trust.
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My two-strand wire showed up yesterday. I need to find some spools to wind it around and then store it away with the phones. I do love shopping milsurp catalogs, I must say.
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Came *this* close to getting the Yugo SKS yesterday. $150. Grrrr. It would fill a niche in my battery of arms (a disposable, semi-automatic centerfire carbine) but I just now that right after I buy it something will come up requiring my attention and money.

Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

Was reviwing my spreadsheet of things to buy (147+ different items, different quantities of each) and also reviewed my list of projects…things I want to get done. They include building a UPS for lighting the main room of the house, installing an isolated lighting system leading to the bunker, installing emergency lighting in the bunker, building new shelves in the basement, and a bunch of other things. Things that need to be done and that will, ideally, make my life a bit easier and more secure.
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Saw a Yugo SKS for sale yesterday. I’ve been meaning to get a few SKS to keep around and to store. Theyre cheap, better than a 10/22 for repelling boarders, and can always be traded off for something usefull. The Yugos have flip-up ‘night sights’, grenade launcher spigot with gas-tube cutoff and generally seem pretty decent. They are sooooooo not my first choice as a defensive longarm but theyre price and ubiquitous caliber make them an ideal ’stash’ rifle, truck gun or loaner. $150. What I’d like to get is a couple AK’s but I really just dont have the money right now. For an urban environ, I think the AK is far superior than the AR…the cartridge is better for short-range entanglements, the mags are robust, the guns are compact, etc.
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So the terrorists are possibly plotting another strike. *yawn* What else is new? I have to fly on 12/28 and 1/4 … hopefully those two days will be quiet. I’ll be visiting relatives in a major city so hopefully nothing will happen. The relative I’m visiting has only two guns in the house. A SIG .40 and a Browning A-5…but when the neighbors dont have any guns at all, thats quite an arsenal. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
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Speaking of, my surplus 400-meter spools of two-strand wire should arrive today. Just the thing for my field phones and my AN/PSR-1A seismic alarm set. Matter of fact, I should get on the phone and get a couple more spools…

Was reviwing my spreadsheet of things to buy (147+ different items, different quantities of each) and also reviewed my list of projects…things I want to get done. They include building a UPS for lighting the main room of the house, installing an isolated lighting system leading to the bunker, installing emergency lighting in the bunker, building new shelves in the basement, and a bunch of other things. Things that need to be done and that will, ideally, make my life a bit easier and more secure.
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Saw a Yugo SKS for sale yesterday. I’ve been meaning to get a few SKS to keep around and to store. Theyre cheap, better than a 10/22 for repelling boarders, and can always be traded off for something usefull. The Yugos have flip-up ‘night sights’, grenade launcher spigot with gas-tube cutoff and generally seem pretty decent. They are sooooooo not my first choice as a defensive longarm but theyre price and ubiquitous caliber make them an ideal ‘stash’ rifle, truck gun or loaner. $150. What I’d like to get is a couple AK’s but I really just dont have the money right now. For an urban environ, I think the AK is far superior than the AR…the cartridge is better for short-range entanglements, the mags are robust, the guns are compact, etc.
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So the terrorists are possibly plotting another strike. *yawn* What else is new? I have to fly on 12/28 and 1/4 … hopefully those two days will be quiet. I’ll be visiting relatives in a major city so hopefully nothing will happen. The relative I’m visiting has only two guns in the house. A SIG .40 and a Browning A-5…but when the neighbors dont have any guns at all, thats quite an arsenal. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
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Speaking of, my surplus 400-meter spools of two-strand wire should arrive today. Just the thing for my field phones and my AN/PSR-1A seismic alarm set. Matter of fact, I should get on the phone and get a couple more spools…

Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

Hmmm…California shimmied a bit today. I’m trying to think if I know anyone in that area but Im drawing a blank. However, its always events like this that make me take note of who is standing in line for food and ice, and who is standing in front of their house removing debris and running a generator.

Nice thing about my location…no real earthquakes, no tornadoes, no hurricanes. Forest fires and blizzards are about all you have to worry about…fire n’ ice.

I shall head over to Frugals and see if anyone there is posting after-action reports….

Hmmm…California shimmied a bit today. I’m trying to think if I know anyone in that area but Im drawing a blank. However, its always events like this that make me take note of who is standing in line for food and ice, and who is standing in front of their house removing debris and running a generator.

Nice thing about my location…no real earthquakes, no tornadoes, no hurricanes. Forest fires and blizzards are about all you have to worry about…fire n’ ice.

I shall head over to Frugals and see if anyone there is posting after-action reports….