Urban survival forum?

It's a good idea. You'll need to have some sort of background in it to moderate the forum but if you get some info about yourself to Brian and/or I we can look at it.

Ron
 
I'd like to see one also.I have some knowledge,in the areas of emergencey medicine and as a firefighter I have seen what happens in not only fires but,windstorms,blizzards,ice storms ect.I can tell you during big events 911 is way backed up along with utility companies contractors ect.Your on your own and a lot of people don't have supplies on hand that they will need,and the stores quickly sell out.

I have made many changes to what I keep on hand,plywood,tarps,back up sump pump that runs without power ect.because when you need these things (and many more) so do hundreds or thousands of others.

I really think the time is now for an urban survival forum.For example in my D.O.D training class on terrorism one of the things they hammered home was,the secondary device.That is a second bomb or whatever,set to go off minutes later to kill rescue workers.That is sop for terrorists.Now I admit I did not think there would be two planes or one really,but rescue workers are trained to expect a second wave.At a bombing we don't park near dumpsters,planters ect. because we expect another bomb.Talking with people I find none who knew this and their in just as much danger from this as we are.

I bet theres others out there who also have knowledge in other areas and we could all help each other out.:)
 
Lone Hunter, you are dead right.

I was at the My Canh restaurant on the Saigon river the night it was bombed. The first charge was a limpet mine on the hull of the floating restaurant (the restaurant was an old converted barge with a gangplank to the shore with good food and lots of ba mui ba beer). That charge killed several people. One of them was a friend of mine (who I think was from ALaska) who I had gone there to eat with. Fortunately I was with him and did not leave immediately.

The real carnage came a minute later when about 75 people tried to leave the restaurant on the plank and a Claymore attached to a cyclo (type of cycle) fired into the crowd on the plank. Almost 50 people were killed.

There was a pool of blood in the gutter that was 4 inches deep and it must have been 30 feet long. I still remember the scene vividly. After that there were many other terrorist events but that one stood out.

This stuff is not really urban survival tho' it is terrorism survival. I would think the topic would tend to preparations and not become a forum for sharing technique. Remember that when we tell others about how to defend outselves against a physical threat as in above, we are teaching others how to invoke that threat, we must consider the consequences.

Just a thought. Gonna go get a beer.

I hate the internet. I just typed in the My canh and found

http://phulam.com/mycanh.htm

and my friend Mike is listed. Michael Ihnat was one of our radio relay guys. I remembered after I saw the site that there were other guys there from Mikes unit. I guess he wasn't from Alaska after all. Funny how 35 years messes with the mind....

I need more than one beer.

Ron
 
I would sure be interested, I have a wife and three little daughters to watch out for. Ages 6, 5, & 3. I need to train them just in case I am not able. lease keep me in the loop.

Thanks,
Tom
 
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