Scavenging items from homes?

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Permalink Reply by James Gunn on May 18, 2015 at 2:27pm

The first place I would scavenge is a national guard armory and treat it the same as a home.

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Permalink Reply by WarMarshall on May 18, 2015 at 7:25pm

spent 2 years as a tactical entry officer.    only read the first page of this discussion so far...   

1.)  6 man team is good if trained.     splitting up in the house is horrible idea.   you will constantly be pointing a gun at an ally. not knowing where your allies are at all times means you might mistake them for enemies, and accidents WILL happen.     horrible idea, unsafe.

2.)  searching houses for lootable things will, and will not work, depending upon time from initial outbreak, severity, and commonality.  a safe rule is to never assume you were the first person to think of any idea.    if you are going to loot things like medications, don't go to a pharmacy because everyone and their gimpu grandma will have thought of that and already decided to do the same.    FIND ALTERNATE, OBSCURE SOURCES.  like veterinary supply stores.    the medications used on animals are the exact same as used on humans.  (true fact)   they also for some reason, are alot cheaper even though they are the same thing. so stockpiling before hand is much easier.

3.) houses are great for 1 thing, especially in drought style conditions.    every house has a water heater.  almost all current, up to date water heaters have backflow devices on them to prevent contaminated sources from mingling.    so, every house will usually have a 40 gallon supply of clean water that you can drain from the water heater it's self.

4.)  dog food is pretty much cardboard in nutritional value.   catfood is a bit better though.   never bypass wet petfood. even if you don't eat it, you can use it for bait.

5.) pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment is not built for direct coals and campfires.  you're going to burn through them quickly. (pun intended)   so if you have the ability, scavange them, and trade them to others for useful items.

 

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Permalink Reply by Komrad Zombie Slayer☭ on May 18, 2015 at 10:37pm

Great plan you sound really prepared.

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Permalink Reply by WarMarshall on May 18, 2015 at 11:32pm

i've been ACTUALLY prepping since 2005.   been studying, gathering gear, TESTING that gear while out camping, practicing bushcraft, not just luxury camping, etc.  shooting, and training.    my wife is used to it and has kinda gotten into it herself.   you can never be too prepared, know too much, or have too many options.

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