TS has HTF...a question, what would you do?

Then so be it Flunky, but we would all go together, one way or another anyway........

Tony

 

"You know what your problem is, Siggy? You don't understand people." - Freud's mom

 

Thats the major problem with scenarios and reality, one never quite knows what will happen.

My survival group will be myself, my wife and my two son's, okay so we let you in to our fold and you are 12 people, shit we just lost the majority vote to decide what we do with our resources.

No thank you.

I would rather be wiped out in combat than mugged by my own stupidity.

Tony

 

That dose bring up another aspect to it. I know I would be more likely to accept an individual or say a family of 3-4 by FAR than absorbing a larger group of say 10+ particularly unless it was a group I had already been in contact with (group down the road that has done some mutual aid and their place burned to the ground, etc.). I tend figure that it would be a matter that they would be able to be there and help and be helped for some time before they would have full votes, the leader still largely gets veto powers too.

Brings up an idea for another thread too....

 

The problem will be with the so called Alpha personality type's, who always need to manage everything, I don't need em, never liked or respected em, as they never did anything worthy of my respect, and probably never will.

My thoughts are KISS., not perfect but works for me.

Tony

 

So heres my related thread, http://www.survivalmonkey.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9860

I thought of something else I wonder about for those who say 'dispatch them on the spot' in this senario. I gather most who have said this expect to be small groups (single family) and wondered, do you plan to totaly close off from locals? I ask because I would expect that after things would settle a bit (heard has thinned and most sheeple have run to gov camps or whatever) that groups left in an area would largely form unions of sorts to help with various things. The type of things that come to mind would be planting/harvest times, building/barn raising type stuff when more hands is a huge benifit, or at the least for situations related to fires and security. If a brush fire gets going and each family in the area works alone then most likely ALL get burned out, if a group of say 25-50 raiders starts hitting groups in the area and everyone stays to them selves then the raiders take out one small family at a time untill the area is picked clean, 50 to 6 just isnt good odds.

So do you plan to totaly shut your self off to such possibilities of mutual aid type things as well as trade with other local groups/families that have made it through and if not then please clarify just how 'visitors' at the gate would be handled. 'Dispatch them on the spot' leads me to the idea they would not be warned off or anything else and anyone outside the family would simply be shot on sight. If thats the case, then dose that apply to neighbors/locals and if not how will you know the difference between their relatives you havent met that joined their group, locals you may not have known before and such vs refugees?

 

My 4 person tribe is kinda small if you catch my drift, that's why I have a SOP that is stranger unfriendly. Those Alpha type's don't listen really well, and two adults are overwhelmed in no time at all either through duress (knife at the throat of children), or other means.

Tony

 

My imediate group is similar in size (4 now with 2 leaving soon and may or may not be here in SHTF). We do have kind of extended group in that we have a couple of other families (one a couple miles one direction another just a few the other) that would expect to do a lot of mutual aid with and possibly combine depending on situations. Also our only 'kids' are the 18 year old and his fiance. I figure that just like trapping works better than hunting to provide meat and waiting for game tends to be more productive than trying to chase it down, guarding isnt the first line for security and if have to fight it would not be toe to toe if you get my drift. The small size of our group and the fact that the other families have their own places they would be likely to stay is one reason I figure I would be open to it if the RIGHT folks happened along who had be fourced to BO and didnt have a good place to settle. Figure a few more hands to help with work and security could be a benifit and especialy for some time would be more like hired hands than family/group members.

 

I like this Thread!
I am, by nature, a very generous person, and try my best always to be kind, However, I have been telling everyone I know and care about, including my own family, they need to wake up and get ready, somethings coming soon!!
They look at me like I am a nut, and put their heads right back in the sand, leaving their but sticking straight up in the air to get bit off, and not even trying to have an open mind.
When it hits the fan only the very few people I have pre-selected and maybe a stray or two and that's it!
The Ant and the Grasshopper comes to mind when I think about this scenario. The difference is the first winter, is the last next winter, and the way the story goes the grasshopper repeated his mistake and learned nothing.
Most people who are intelligent enough to let join my group, are already awake!