Most around me are being insanely ignorant of this virus, but that's just fine by me while I stock up on everything I'll need if an outbreak happens in my immediate area.
shareI should be writing a will, my job might put me in contact with infected people.
shareI usually don't worry to much as I'm a homebody, and I have a lot of food in my freezers. I am a little concerned as I have another round of treatment for MS at the end of March, which leaves me with no immune system to speak of and people are incredibly gross. Might need to invest in a mask.
shareStocking up on non perishable food items
Buying extra gallons of H2O
Making sure my guns are loaded and ready to fire
Most importantly - getting a mani pedi in case I'm quarantined.
No bullet firing guns :(
But luckily I live in an area that is populated by gun-control freak progressives, so I should be able to deter possible threats with grampas old shotgun, and my ultra-realistic airsoft rifle!
I'll deter them with my very real AR-15 with a 30 round magazine. Also with my P-38 pistol with the 8 round magazine.
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The shotgun will do the job. Warning shots are very impressive. Hell, just the sound of chambering a round will make people run like the devil was after them!
And the bite is So much worse than the bark.
Yep. Even at the peak of this AR craze, the 12ga pump is still the best home defender. Remington 870 is still my favorite.
shareI have a Mossberg 590A1.
shareMy 2nd choice. It might even be a better choice but Iβm a sucker for the safety by my finger instead of up top.
shareBoth are damn fine weapons. When the military adopted the Mossberg and I saw it fired 3k rounds without a failure that did it for me ;) A year and a half after I bought it the buttplate broke around the bolthead. When I called to buy a replacement, they replaced the entire stock free, provided that I sent the old one so it could be studied.
On a sidenote - my LCP had a round lodge in the barrel. Had to beat it out with a hammer and screwdriver. I took it to my gundealer and we called Ruger. They asked to see the entire pistol.
They couldn't find a problem so they replaced the entire gun! Love those guys!
Yep. Itβs great when a manufacturer stands by their product. I know you know those old school Buck 119 knives. I bought one but they have replaced it 3 times lol. Seriously though, it was from abuse. On those heavy drinking nights at the camp we used to have knife throwing contest and I guess the metal on those is too brittle.
sharemy wife was flying south today and they offered her a mask.
shareHere in Singapore we have been at Dorscon orange since early February. We are now accustomed to taking our temperature multiple times a day. At work (I teach in an enrichment centre) non-staff adults are not permitted to enter the premises. Supermarkets have been short of staples - toilet paper being the most widely-reported one. My partner panic-bought a cupboard full of canned tuna and instant noodles. Any sign of sickness and we are masked up. We have had 89 cases as of yesterday but no deaths.
shareI'm stocking up because the American media has been eerily silent on the matter except for select stories. Right now I'm not sad about being a super introvert, and have good reasons to avoid crowds. Good thing I can work remotely if need be, but I hope other countries are following Italy, and holding off on taxes and utility bills while on lockdown. It will be disastrous for people to be out of work, while still getting charged due to government intervention.
shareI don't think Singapore will have much more cases than that. Coronavirus use to remit in summer, and Singapore has summer temperatures. Most current cases likely appeared in meetings in air-conditioned buildings with people coming from China.
shareHopefully. However we did have had a few confirmed cases with no link to China, which is why we were upgraded to Orange. The panic does seem to be calming, though.
shareI think that's what's likely to happen. That's the usual pattern in the coronavirus family: they remit in summer. And until now, every place where there has been an outbreak was cold. North of Italy? Cold during the winter (just under the Alps). Iran? Very cold during the winter, even under zero degrees. South Korea and Japan? Cold in winter.
Singapore has been the only exception until now. And I think that's because of the combination of being a business meeting hub with the air-conditioned buildings. I don't see any serious outbreak happening there.
Indeed, right now I'm living in a warm place (we already reached 25 degrees this month), and I'm not afraid. I'm more concerned about friends of mine living in northern latitudes.
Yes, a lot of it business meetings - but also because the outbreak coincided with Chinese New Year and a huge proportion of SG's population have family in China. Many travelled to and from China in January.
I think we're going to be okay but this is such a worrying time for the world.
Iβve been supplied up for years. π
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Amen. So have I. I'm prepared for just about anything. But I'm not worried about this. I believe it's mostly media hype.
They like to make money by scaring people.
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I really hope I'm wrong, and if I am...no biggie, now I have supplies for other disasters that I wasn't prepared for before all this started.
shareThatβs a good way to look at it. How can it be a bad thing to always have 6 months of supplies at your house? If anything, it seems responsible.
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Better to be safe than sorry.
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Sitting on the mountain, cupboards and freezer stocked, generator gassed and tuned, dependable well... and 2000 rounds of ammo ;)
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