| ▲ | verelo 7 hours ago |
| LOL sorry, here's the list: Generator 5kw - you want something with a higher duty cycle than you need so it can run for extended periods Diesel storage for back of a truck - 330 Gallon (nice to have, after a week or two supply lines got fixed) Diesel - for said tank Medical supplies - IFAK kit (NAR is a good vendor). Bleeding control & dexamethasone. Solar power - 1-5kwh. We still get 10-15 hrs a day on the grid, but this would be ideal. Batteries - minimum 5+kwh storage Network cable - 300m+ to start. I'm shocked how many times I need a cable and cant get any. Hand pumps or small electric pump for different fuels and water Ice auger - gas, but electric ideally, large / long drill bit 2" works too if you have a drill and smaller pipes? Take a first aid course - MARCH protocol Iodine pills not important - way bigger issues if you're resorting to that. Get a rifle - not good for military but useful against looters and other unarmed crazy people Get familiar with remote detonation with drones, these are what we use to set off the molotovs: <https://www.amazon.co.uk/100-30cm-Electric-Fireworks-Igniter...> Edit: formatting |
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| ▲ | throw0101c 8 minutes ago | parent | next [-] |
| > Generator 5kw - you want something with a higher duty cycle than you need so it can run for extended periods Note that fossil fuel can age out, even with stabilizer. There are dual- and tri-fuel generators out there that can use natural/methane gas and/or propane. Consider propane as you can get pretty big bottles and it does not expire so can sit around for long periods of time. |
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| ▲ | bigfatkitten 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > Get a rifle - not good for military but useful against looters and other unarmed crazy people If you’re going to do that, become proficient with said rifle. |
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| ▲ | abc123abc123 24 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Or get a shotgun. For self defense, it is just point and click. Anyone can use them after a few minutes instruction. |
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| ▲ | dlcarrier 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| If you have a solar panels, a battery, and generator, it would be good idea to figure out how to hook them all together. Using the generator near its full output, to charge the battery, will use far less fuel than idling it all day. Even if things are bad enough for iodine pills, they are only really needed for children. Once you hit your mid teens, your thyroid is fully developed and not pulling in enough iodine to worry about radioactive isotopes. |
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| ▲ | tosapple 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I was thinking the other day that ALL drones SHOULD be considered LIVE explosives. It's probably never a good idea to handle one if you're not trained. |
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| ▲ | verelo 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | Last march i was at SxSw and the police drones over head were a first for me. I was in this large crowd of people, and thought "yeah i dont like this". How do i know they're not just some bad actors drone with red and blue lights? I think my exposure to casual discussions of how to arm drones with my Ukrainian friend, and the videos we've all seen on Reddit about drones in Ukraine, have really made their presence feel unwelcome. | | |
| ▲ | tosapple 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | I think in the US legally they have to have a beacon while flying now, but my thought the other day was about them being parked/down. | | |
| ▲ | dghlsakjg 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | It depends on a number of factors about legality, but the hardware to make a drone that doesn't have software forcing it to follow the law is cheap and plentiful. Its not particularly hard to get either, even with the drone ban. For ~$200 you can build a very good FPV drone that can carry a dangerous payload and travel at highway speeds. Another ~$200 buys you the video receiver and a controller. Drone warfare is terrifying. | | |
| ▲ | spaqin 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Warfare yes, but that's all warfare that's terrifying. Similarly you can make a point that for $10 you can buy a knife that can be used in all different morbid crimes. FPV drones as a fun hobby in the rest of the world has had, in the last 10 years since it became somewhat popular, a total of zero fatalities or serious injuries. Don't let the irrational fear guide you towards further unnecessary regulation that makes others' lives worse. | | |
| ▲ | kakacik 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Regulations are coming whether regular Joe wants them or not. Drones had moved from toy hobby to dealing with weapons and explosives level of scrutiny and this is not reverting anytime soon. I saw writing on the wall and donated in 2022 my dji drone to Ukrainian army, hopefully it was used well for defense of their homeland. I don't want to have a hobby that I need to do covertly and illegally, and last thing I want to do during vacations is dealing with bureaucracy. | | |
| ▲ | arowthway 37 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Regulations are coming faster and harder when people are this eager to comply in advance. |
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| ▲ | cryptoegorophy 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| is the last point correct?
"Get familiar with remote detonation with drones, these are what we use to set off the molotovs:"
seems off for this list, like way off and more on military/offence side of type of thing? and why would you need a 300m+ ethernet cable in a disaster? |
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| ▲ | verelo 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | In his case i didn't actually bother asking about the cat6 because i already had a huge reel in my garage, but I can think of cases such a remotely mounting satellite dish' and maybe connecting buildings to each other. The molotov didn't seem out of range for me honestly. Firstly because I know he was one of the first people flying drones for defence, and now they've been mass producing their own for a few years. I have to admit, it seems pretty rational to want to fight back in any way possible. | |
| ▲ | snypher 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Depending on the scale of the disaster you may not want your Starlink on your bedroom roof. | | |
| ▲ | verelo 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | Totally valid use case for sure, and we discussed this because I do have a Starlink dish, but honestly, in a conflict with the US...I don't think a) I'd want to use starlink and b) i'd expect it to work. |
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