reply to post by IamCorrect
Don't advertise your 6 month stockpile. EXCEPT....try to convince your close friends, families, and neighbors to also have decent stockpiles. No
need for Conspiracy Theory, just a good idea to always have a couple of months supply in case of hurricane or snowstorm or tornadoes or power
outtages, etc.
If a lot of your friends, families, and neighbors are prepared, then there is less chance of looting, and more chance of cooperation.
On another note, the most violent and unprepared looters will kill each other off over the first week or two of panic. If you can stay in and out of
sight, most of the violence will subside.
On a final note: you should also be well armed and fortified in your own home. Looters will be hitting retail stores not residences. You should be
able to defend your home against everything short of the military or a well-organized gang. Those two concerns won't be involved for at least the
first month, and by then, if things really are bad, you should work on organizing your neighbors and defending your neighborhood as a whole.
An example of this happened to a friend of mine's grandfather in Panama. They did not support the regime, but they also did not support the US
troops on their land. They fortified a neighborhood, blockaded, armed up, and they met all troops at the entrance and declared their neutrality and
willingness to defend their own homes. Both sets of militaries decided to not waste resources in that neighborhood, they were left untouched as the
conflict raged around them!