Shtf

[greg48]

I tend to think several SHTF events will be connected? A horrible winter storm, electricity shortages, food shortages, maybe an attack on power grids at the same time, banks unable to make electronic transactions going tits up etc...Martial Law declared to "fix" the problems...

[bacpacker]

One could easily feed another.

[ak474u]

One could easily feed another.

I'm concerned that there may be a sharknado.

[ladyhk13]

I am becoming more and more concerned with the illegals crossing the border for several reasons. Major problem with them is they have not had vaccines and are bringing in all kind of diseases that can quickly spread. Next is the terrorists that are coming over with them. They say these are all children but if you watch the pics shown these are not all kids, many are full grown men or at least early 20's. They are finding more and more prayer mats near the border...this concerns me since so many of our patrols are babysitting huge gaps are left for the criminal element to walk right through.
TN has received almost 3% of the illegals and no one knows where they are. This will be a strain on our economy, school system, social benefits and jobs. Not to mention the ones who will be driving illegally and cause accidents causing our fatality and insurance rates to go up.
This is one of my biggest worries right now. We are losing our country which will creat a shtf scenario no matter where you live.

[bacpacker]

I read some where over the weekend that the batch that came here were taken near Nashville. But I have no doubts they will be moved all over the place. There is already a large population of them in Hamblen co.

[greg48]

I have learned Indiana has a government funded coordinator for incoming illegals, yet we have no idea how many or where they are going. Diseases as well as Islamic terrorists being willfully bussed into our communities is worrisome.

[LUNCHBOX]

I feel anything your not prepared for is a "shtf" time frame. Of course money can/does make things easier right now.

For me E.M.P. stands for Everyday Money Problems.

[Alas Babylon]

I think of big SHTF events in probablilities. Most likely to me would be some form of pandemic. Many in the medical commmunity say its "when", not "if". Fast spread, high lethal rate., I think that would shut down commerce and the fear would push society well beyond what the actual illness would on its own. Imagine the vast majority of people either to sick to go to work, or to afraid of getting sick to go to work.
Next on my list would be terrorism. Power grid down or widespread fear that paralizes society.
The other big one, in which the first two would be included, is anything that takes down the power grid on a large scale for more than a day or two. Terrorism, people not going to work to keep the power running, EMP (natural or man made).

[eagle326]

To me it's the combination of many small senarios that create the big one.

1- illegals overwhelming the border crossings.
2- diseases brought with them
3- gun control
4- Islamic radicals in america
5- black on black crime blamed on the white population
6- terrorist crossing southern border
7- illegal executive orders
8- ebola
9- food prices
10- marshal law
And many more. These are just a few off the top of my head. In my mind's eye you never attack with just one plan. You put a variety on the playing field so as to keep your enemy looking 360 degrees instead of one direction.

Overwhelm ; confuse , create internal strife and wait for the chaos. Then after intelligence take out most organized and work backwards until they are in shackles. The government will do whatever it takes; no matter how long it takes. Our job is to be on the eternal watch for all things.

[Gunfixr]

I was going to say something, but Eagle pretty much hit it.

I mostly don't even pay attention to the weather. If a hurricane comes, and the power goes out, I do what I need, as I'm already ready. But, it seems for many, weather is a shtf, since they weren't prepared.
That would be the most common problem, followed by financial crisis, caused by unemployment, rising prices, etc.

With the border situation, and the Ebola thing, this could change soon.

Gun control is mostly dead in the water without an underlying way to get to it. They are trying to get it by "mental health", and by other things, such as ammunition, but without finding a way to declare us all mentally incompetent, or some event they can use to declare an emergency, it's not going to happen. The entire country armed itself to the teeth after Sandy Hook, that's a pretty blatant message. More and more, people are scared and mad at FedGov, and broke municipalities are telling their citizens to take their personal security in their own hands, to arm themselves, as cut back police cannot be in enough places.

Food prices could become a real issue before long. It takes $100 just to cover the bottom of the cart with mostly junk (no real food) these days. I remember it took two carts full to heaping to spend $100.