Looking to either start or join a prepping group in the Polk county iowa area.
Oct 042018
Jul 132018
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I’m in NW Iowa.
Seeking people to share basic survival knowledge with.
You could best describe me as
New thought Christian
Constitutional Conservative
Retired nurse
Herbalist
Many interests
Mar 242018
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I’m not a part of a group but I’ve been prepping for a long time. I have a remote 23 acre farm located in SE Idaho with gravity fed spring and gravity irrigation, orchard, chickens, large garden area, alt. power, etc. Home and farm will easily accommodate 20+ people but I am interested in finding only a few families with like minded ideas yet different skill sets.
I live in Salt Lake City area, 2.5 hour drive from my farm. I’m looking for individuals or families with the following skill sets. HAM radio, tactical/military experience, diesel mechanic skills, farming, medical skills, etc. My goal is to create a small group that can learn from each other and prep the farm a weekend a month for any type of emergency. No freeloaders. Looking for independent people who live normal lives but are serious about having a prepared bug-out location. Reach out to me if you’ve been looking for the perfect location to safely evacuate your family to when things go bad. vitamintracy at yahoo dot com
Feb 262018
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I am interested in finding a Christian Prepper group preferably living in a self-sustained community. I live in Iowa but I would be more than willing to relocate to join a group. I am an Air Force veteran with mechanical skills. I have been working as a Software Engineer for the past 20 years and have experience in networking.
I am also have experience working on a farm and have done some construction work.
Nov 062016
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Hello Ladies and Gents
I would like to thank so many people from this site for all the contacts and conversations we ,My son and I received we have been offline and off grid for a while. With time and a little patience this site has gained us a friend who we teamed up with and a group that we three are now members of and we all live together in our own places. We my son and I have been in groups for long term stays as we have said before in our other post [ Get us if you can ]… We do not know what happened but we were not able to get into our post or back on the site with our old profile. But we are back and we ask each of our friends who have contacted us to get back in touch you know who you are lol…As I was saying it is hard to wade through so many people and groups and find the real deals as most of us very well know, however after many months of looking for the right people and so many contacts even friends,, we made a choice and we could not be more happy with the real and down to earth people we have found.. For op sec reasons I will not be giving a list of we got this and we got that …
Now if you are looking for a group to bond with to become friends and maybe extended family we may be what you are looking for .. If you are real, , honest,, true to yourself and others you may fit.. we are not a religious group we have many people with many different points of view and we respect each other and each others points of view… We are open to all good people contact us by e mail if we like what we see and hear we will move to phone person to person talks and get to know each other.. we love ex mil alpha dogs and those who have a prepping and security mindset.. If you have skillsets you bring to the table and you wish for safety in likeminded numbers we may be your kind of crazy lol
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Aug 282016
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Our family (of 4 possibly 5) is realizing that things are heading downhill fast and is looking for a likeminded community or small group to connect with. We are praying to find someplace that can allow us in based on what an asset we can be and not the money we can bring. We wish to relocate to Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, N. Nebraska, but preferably somewhere out West since it is less populated (Montana, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, North or South Dakota, Wyoming, and Utah). We are choosing not to remain in Tennessee. We know the SHTF soon and we want to take action now. So far we have a few books, some food, and our BOBs. We know time is short and are hoping to make this change soon. We also know that it will not be easy work and it will be WORK…..we understand that and wouldn’t expect it to be worth it if wasn’t.
Skills we can offer…. My husband is a mechanic (auto and diesel), knows flooring, carpentry, meat cutting, gardening, firearms, how to live in the woods, hunting and fishing, self-defense, cooking (indoor and out), has been known to pull a MacGyver now and then, childcare, some medical, and he even does laundry. I can bring the basic household duties but I have also worked many jobs and can probably do it all except weld or drive a semi (but I haven’t tried those yet either), I have cleaned stalls, worked in food service, Amazon fulfillment, MANY factory jobs, office jobs at a college and a tax office, customer service positions, and traveled with a carnival a friend owns. My daughter just graduated in May 2016 and has her first real job at Amazon, but she has always helped my uncle at their place with the garden, grass cutting, and just following him around helping. My son is starting high school this year.
In all honesty, I’M SCARED AS HELL OF WHAT IS TO COME!!!!!!!! While I have no doubt that my husband will do whatever it takes to protect us, I know that we need more training and help to make it. We are not financially blessed by any means, he works a decent job, and I am unemployed, making the other income to the household an SSI check and child support. I am scared for my children and the future that is in front of them, especially my son. I see these things of how they want to “weed out” the weak, disabled, and elderly, and it frightens me as to what could happen to him. We have thought of all the options we have when the time comes and some of them frighten and hurt me. We currently live just outside of Chattanooga, but it is just over the mountain in our backyard, and those folks are going to be heading somewhere to try to survive….
We do not want to hide any information from you, so you ask and we will tell. We have no roots here, and have been looking to leave for a while, but have stayed just because it’s where my kids have always gone to school. I pray that things do not occur the way everyone is saying, but all the signs are pointing in that direction. I get bombarded with emails daily about the coming things and at times I am ready to give up because I just don’t know what to do. I know the Lord says to trust in Him in all things, but it is hard for me sometimes and that scares me too. You can reach us at live4future17[at]gmail[dot]com we look forward to hearing from you soon.
Jun 122016
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I live in Cedar Rapids and am looking to either join or start a group of local like minded people that not only want to exchange skills, but will get plans in motion to survive after collapse as a group. I tried organizing an event through Facebook before, but a lot of people tend to lack motivation just to show up for a meet and greet.
I don’t know what disaster might knock out our grid, but I believe there are two likely outcomes that follow any major disaster. First is civil unrest… We got jack wagons right now that can’t behave themselves and start riots just because they don’t like someone, or because they got their little feelings hurt. No one ever sat around singing cumbaya after a disaster, and from the looks of it we wont even need a disaster to start it. People can be worse then the worst animals out their when it comes to their survival. And going from the most entitled country to the 3rd world will only make it a nightmare. Second is Marshal Law provided there is a government remaining to implement it. At the rate they’re burning through our hard earned cash to prep their own bunkers, buy their bullets, and hoard their MRE’s… I’m willing to bet they will be.
I prep material things on a budget, but I believe the best prep is knowledge and training. Some people think they will just store up a bunch of supplies, take a few pot shots at some marauders from their couch while drinking their stockpile beer and live happily ever after…. unacceptable. If you’re not the hardest group out there, you’re not the Alpha, and if you’re not the alpha you wont survive when the Alpha group decides you got what they want. Safety is in numbers, planning, training, and knowledge… everything else is just missions.
I have studied wilderness survival since 2001 some of which was with the Navajo Indians, urban survival/combat, a little into asymmetric fighting, helped train troops, and protected dignitaries in a combat zone. I was an Infantry man and armorer and served in the Army for 6 years, I’ve done security all together for about 5 years, and that includes some time in disaster areas. I have lived and worked on farms, and with the Amish learning organic agriculture. I studied engineering principles that help me understand how to turn junk into something that works. I have tried to study every useful skill from how to pick locks to building batteries. Still…. all this means nothing without having others to watch your 6, pull security so you can sleep, or help build a community back up. I am interested in continuing to learn, and help develop plans to survive this, not just ride things out, and im looking for other people who want the same thing.
May 142016
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I’m 38 father of two and their mother would be joining us. She is a good worker pretty smart and is good with computers. I’m former military work construction grew up on a farm hunt trap work on cars or can do do anything ppl need done I’m looking for ppl we’ll say for now with in 100 miles of me to meet for now. I don’t care what your back ground or past is I teach my kids and their mother how to live and protect them selves all the time so if I need to teach you things that’s fine you never know maby you know something I don’t.