Old Project Avalon Forum (ARCHIVE) - View Single Post - The Call for a Complete Survival Resource

Undooz · 09-12-2008, 01:27 AM

GregorArturo, This is a brilliant post!
Coalescing our shared info and wisdom into hard copy (or some other stand alone form of storage free of an electronic network) is a must in my personal view; and needs to be done asap.

It seems this thread will be best for deciding how to organize the info and actions rather than for posting the information itself.
{You may want to add/edit that request into the first post so the thread does not end up us a DIY and what-to-do laundry list}

Many detailed techniques can be found in the recently dedicated Resources section. There's also room for great threads in the Preparation and Advice sub-category. And fantastic Health info respectively. Spirituality is already an amazing range of helpful lore.

whitecrow, your excellent follow-up keyed in on one of the areas I'd like to help inspire everyone to contemplate when you said "sharing information is easy as long as we have the Internet".
GregorArturo has this in his original post as: "14.) Staying in communication, radios"

Let's say hypothetically the internets and other communication grids are suddenly not accessible tomorrow and don't come back up:

--- How will you continue planning with that person across town you've been getting to know and vibe with over the last first few days/months here on the Project Avalon forums?

--- As groups form what types of communication systems can be developed so that contact can be sustained between such communities?

I'd like people to ask themselves: 'No internet, no cellphone, no postal service, how in the heck am I going to stay in touch with..........!?'

My situation of living in a mega-hive-metropolis makes this a high priority personally. Having read a fair amount of survival material I have come across very little urban survival techniques and have yet to see detals on alternative ways of communication at both close and distant ranges.

The closest thing I've resonated with are old hobo signs from Depression era American. Ha, I even thought of those old movie westerns where the native peoples employed the use of smoke signals. Perhaps the remnants of hobo culture and native folk still work these wonders on some scale.

Coded communication may be truly pivotal in staying connected with other liked-minded individuals. Which leads back to one of GregorArturo's main points of us coming together in physical communities.
Be cautious about details you put on the forums. Save those for your in-person meets once the proper people connections have been made.
Edward Alexander posted this concern very well here.

Goddess knows I love forums but we gotta tie all these loose threads together. Remember, talk is cheap - it's what you do with all that talk that truly matters.

What are your thoughts on ways to stay in touch off the grids?
Are these concerns best discussed on their own thread?

09-12-2008, 01:27 AM	#4
Undooz Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 27	Re: The Call for a Complete Survival Resource GregorArturo, This is a brilliant post! Coalescing our shared info and wisdom into hard copy (or some other stand alone form of storage free of an electronic network) is a must in my personal view; and needs to be done asap. It seems this thread will be best for deciding how to organize the info and actions rather than for posting the information itself. {You may want to add/edit that request into the first post so the thread does not end up us a DIY and what-to-do laundry list} Many detailed techniques can be found in the recently dedicated Resources section. There's also room for great threads in the Preparation and Advice sub-category. And fantastic Health info respectively. Spirituality is already an amazing range of helpful lore. whitecrow, your excellent follow-up keyed in on one of the areas I'd like to help inspire everyone to contemplate when you said "sharing information is easy as long as we have the Internet". GregorArturo has this in his original post as: "14.) Staying in communication, radios" Let's say hypothetically the internets and other communication grids are suddenly not accessible tomorrow and don't come back up: --- How will you continue planning with that person across town you've been getting to know and vibe with over the last first few days/months here on the Project Avalon forums? --- As groups form what types of communication systems can be developed so that contact can be sustained between such communities? I'd like people to ask themselves: 'No internet, no cellphone, no postal service, how in the heck am I going to stay in touch with..........!?' My situation of living in a mega-hive-metropolis makes this a high priority personally. Having read a fair amount of survival material I have come across very little urban survival techniques and have yet to see detals on alternative ways of communication at both close and distant ranges. The closest thing I've resonated with are old hobo signs from Depression era American. Ha, I even thought of those old movie westerns where the native peoples employed the use of smoke signals. Perhaps the remnants of hobo culture and native folk still work these wonders on some scale. Coded communication may be truly pivotal in staying connected with other liked-minded individuals. Which leads back to one of GregorArturo's main points of us coming together in physical communities. Be cautious about details you put on the forums. Save those for your in-person meets once the proper people connections have been made. Edward Alexander posted this concern very well here. Goddess knows I love forums but we gotta tie all these loose threads together. Remember, talk is cheap - it's what you do with all that talk that truly matters. What are your thoughts on ways to stay in touch off the grids? Are these concerns best discussed on their own thread?