by St. Funogas, Survival Blog:

(Continued from Part 2.  This concludes the article.)

STAGE 2: SURVIVAL MODE

The survival phase is the intermediate period between the very short-term emergency phase and the time when things finally settle down to the New Normal phase.

Once everyone is finally gathered together at the homestead, defenses set up, the freezer contents are canned, freeze dried, smoked, or those blueberries made into cobbler as a comfort food during those first few stressful days, and once we’ve got meals back to some sort of a schedule, chores divvied out, watch times established, and water and propane conservation rules tacked to the wall, we can begin to relax just a little as we transition into survival mode.

by St. Funogas, Survival Blog:

This article discusses some of the thoughts I’ve had about the different stages of post-SHTF life while writing my upcoming article, “A Realistic Top-10 Prepping List.” Consider this a preface to that article.

Everything presented here is my opinion of course. As I’ve prepped and worked towards living a self-reliant lifestyle, I’ve thought a lot about things over the years. Many of my conclusions are based on history, ideas presented in some of the post-apocalyptic novels and movies, reading daily SurvivalBlog articles for the past seven years, and concerns about my current situation if the Schumer hits the fan next Thursday. Some of the possibilities presented here may come to pass if we were to end up in a long-term grid-down world.