{"id":12347,"date":"2021-12-18T07:30:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T12:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/?p=12347"},"modified":"2021-12-18T07:30:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T12:30:35","slug":"one-year-in-hellsurviving-a-full-shtf-collapse-in-bosnia-silver-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/one-year-in-hellsurviving-a-full-shtf-collapse-in-bosnia-silver-doctors\/","title":{"rendered":"One Year In Hell\u2026Surviving a Full SHTF Collapse in Bosnia \u2013 Silver Doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverdoctors.com\/gold\/gold-news\/one-year-in-hellsurviving-a-full-shtf-collapse-in-bosnia\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-12275 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ArmorOfGod-247x300-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"472\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverdoctors.com\/gold\/gold-news\/one-year-in-hellsurviving-a-full-shtf-collapse-in-bosnia\/\">One Year In Hell\u2026Surviving a Full SHTF Collapse in Bosnia \u2013 Silver Doctors<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><time datetime=\"2015-02-08T00:30:52+00:00\">February 7, 2015<\/time><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Many in the precious metals community are eagerly anticipating a complete systemic collapse of the financial system because as \u201cpreppers\u201d, they expect to not only survive, but to prosper in a SHTF scenario.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<strong>We suspect however that the following<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>MUST READ<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>account of surviving the Bosnian war in the midst of a complete collapse of the grid &amp; financial system will be eye-opening in just how difficult it is to survive a full-on Mad Max scenario,\u00a0even if one has spent years preparing for it.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>I am from Bosnia<\/strong>.<strong>\u00a0Between 1992 and 1995, it was hell.<br \/>\nFor one year, I lived and\u00a0<em>survived<\/em>\u00a0in a city with 6,000 people without water, electricity, gasoline, medical help, civil defense, distribution service, any kind of traditional service or centralized rule.<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Money soon became worthless.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<strong>We returned to an exchange. \u00a0For a tin can of\u00a0<em>tushonka<\/em>\u00a0(think Soviet spam),\u00a0you could have a woman<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<strong>Arms, ammunition, candles, lighters, antibiotics, gasoline, batteries and food. \u00a0We fought for these things like animals.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>In these situations, it all changes.\u00a0Men become monsters.\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Strength was in numbers.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u00a0For a man living alone, getting killed and robbed would be just a matter of time,\u00a0even if he was armed.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverdoctors.com\/gold\/gold-news\/one-year-in-hellsurviving-a-full-shtf-collapse-in-bosnia\/\"><strong>The following is my experience\u2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: One Year In Hell\u2026Surviving a Full SHTF Collapse in Bosnia \u2013 Silver Doctors February 7, 2015 Many in the precious metals community are eagerly anticipating a complete systemic collapse of the financial system because as \u201cpreppers\u201d, they expect to not only survive, but to prosper in a SHTF scenario.\u00a0\u00a0We suspect however that the following\u00a0MUST &hellip; 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