Sunday, October 28, 2012

Is Mike Mester on Doomsday Preppers Right?

By Terrance Franklin


Mike Mester is a logistician with an uncanny ability to store food successfully (pun INTENDED). In addition to training his family he is the first person on Doomsday Preppers to display interspecies preparation, having an army of dogs that could make Cesar Millan blush.

1. Civil Unrest

Mike is getting ready for civil unrest due to a worldwide monetary downfall. While I have undergone the likelihood of a total economical failure in the past, the concept of preparing for civil unrest is a form of prepping which records lot of different circumstances within it. The human element is probably the most difficult facet of a disaster scenario to predict. And no matter what takes place, if the infrastructure goes we are going to have 3 days worth of food in the food market.

2. Why it's best to learn to dance is before the prom

This is most impressive quotes from the show and some thing that Mike has summarized in over ten years of prepping. Slow and steady is best route to take for many preppers, it's easier on the budget to prep over time and regularity can produce good habits. Mike has utilized his information about warehousing logisitics to arrange three rooms of items, sufficient for two years for ten individuals.

One issue regarding the set up going on is that Mester is expressing little respect for the life expectancy of his food products. While there is certainly a difference between expiration dates and what may maintain life, there is absolutely no reason to play the odds and let your meatloaf rot away in jars. Food getting to the end of its lifespan could be rotated out, keeping the stores fresh. Kellene Bishop had an wonderful technique of doing this. If applied it could actually avoid a big shock if food regarded as stable wasn't in an edible state.

3. Family safety

It has been excellent to see how prepared the Mester family had been when it came to self defense. Getting every single family member armed and ready to protect themselves is miles ahead of a few of the other preppers we have found who rely on one or some members to secure the group. With downtown Atlanta simply 45 miles away, looters can be at their doorway in a few weeks if not days.

The addition of attack dogs is yet another wonderful line of defense against both armed as well as unarmed prospective raiders. The intimidation aspect of dogs is an intangible method to get looters to keep clear. Also in a team of individuals, no one wants to be the very first person to get their forearm chewed up. If things grew aggressive, it is much safer to lose a dog than a loved one if the worst would take place. Overall it is a fantastic line of safety; the inclusion of ten pups will make it better still.

4. Leaf/Newspaper Briquettes

Mike offers an excellent notion in the form of newspaper/foliage briquettes you can use as a fuel source for fire. As a person located in Canada I cannot fathom why he would be worried about keeping the house warm in Georgia however it is an excellent tip nonetheless. The truth that the thought came from under developed countries is interesting. The ways many people in those circumstances apply do not require infrastructure and thus are often very beneficial to preppers.




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