Show Notes
This week I begin
with The Wilderness Gathering, Ebola the Risks and the Mis-Information? then
a review of the CRT S-MINI HIGH POWER (8
WATT!) MULTI-STANDARD, The Blizzard Survival 10% Discount Offer, How to survive
a Pandemic, Support these companies, The Ribzwear 30% Discount Offer, The
TaskOne Review, Tasty survival Meals, Wilderness121’s 10% Discount Offer, The
Breathing Mobile Washer Review, The field Leisure 10% Discount Offer, The Food for a Survival Camping Menu,
Buggrubs 10% Discount Offer, More companies to support, BOB-A Bug-Out Boat, The
Midimax 10% Discount Offer, Prepare, Prepare, Prepare NOW, Further companies to
support, Thoughts on Urban Survival, Escape & Evade Wrist compass Review, Unusual
Ways of Water Purification, Ebola the Risks and the Mis-Information?
The Wilderness Gathering
The Wilderness Gathering is an event that offers you not
only great things to learn from the top survival and bushcraft experts around,
it gives you the opportunity to re-connect with old friends and make many more
too.
This year was no exception and it was great to see Roger,
Dom, Ash, Kermit, Charles, Fiona, Ashley, Bob, Peter, John, Ian, Tony, Chris,
and the food and drinks guy’s.
If I have left you out sorry but it is the result of too
much Somerset Cider.
A big thanks to Sean without whom I would not have been able
to get around at all.
It was an honour to be asked to give a talk on prepping and
there was a good crowd that came to listen.
Judging by the comments afterwards it went down very well
and the audience enjoyed it.
I would very much like to thank Roger, Dom and their team
for the tremendous work they put in to make the WG such an awesome event.
CRT S-MINI HIGH
POWER (8 WATT!) MULTI-STANDARD Review
The CRT Mini Export
(8 Watt) Mobile Multi Standard CB radio.
This is an Ideal
beginner’s radio.
The radio is Compact
and with only the basic functions needed for simple two way communication.
This radio is ready
for the change in July 2014 when AM mode of operation is allowed on CEPT (mid
band) frequencies
Multi standard so
you can use it all over Europe.
80 Channels
Mode: AM/FM
4 pin Mic socket in front panel
Blue Display Channel
AM/FM selector
Volume button
Manual squelch
Direct Access Channel 9 and 19
RX/TX led
UP/DOWN button
Internal loudspeaker
Jack plug for external speaker
Mode: AM/FM
4 pin Mic socket in front panel
Blue Display Channel
AM/FM selector
Volume button
Manual squelch
Direct Access Channel 9 and 19
RX/TX led
UP/DOWN button
Internal loudspeaker
Jack plug for external speaker
Mounting bracket
Power lead
26.965Mhz to 27.405Mhz CEPT
27.60125Mhz to 27.99125Mhz UK
Multiple Bands
8 Watts Output Power
AM/FM Operation
26.965Mhz to 27.405Mhz CEPT
27.60125Mhz to 27.99125Mhz UK
Multiple Bands
8 Watts Output Power
AM/FM Operation
Size APP
150x140x41mm
This is the CB radio
for the beginner, is has AM and FM and an 8watt output. It is very simple to
set up and use and will provide you with post SHTF communications for free.
Ok the usual
transmission distance is between 5 and say 20 miles but today on the A61
between Harrogate and Ripon I was talking to Joshua 0171 in Valentia Spain. As
the saying goes the skip was right at the time.
CB radios are free
to use and you do not need a licence or even need to register it. As long as
you have a method for recharging a car battery then you will have all the power
you need to send and receive messages.
This in very basic
terms is how to operate a Citizens band or CB radio. Citizens band
radios provide safety and company on the road, and can be more reliable than
cell phones. In order to operate a CB radio you will need a CB radio,
familiarity with 10 codes and a pseudonym. You should follow the steps:
Tune into one of the
40 channels. Chanel 19 is the preferred drivers/calling channel used by
truckers and channel 9 is the emergency channel. The CB’s range is 5 to 20
miles depending on time weather and location. You may occasionally pick up skip
conversations from 100’s or even 1000’s of miles away as I did today
Make sure the mic
control is set to maximum listen for a break in the conversation to press the
microphone transmission button and say break to let people know you are using
the channel. Listen for clearance and begin speaking.
Tip: use the signal
meter to gauge reception and distance.
Familiarize yourself
with CB jargon including the many 10 codes which are abbreviations used by CB
operators i.e 10-4 means affirmative; 10-2 means receiving well; 10-3 means
stop transmitting. Create a handle or on air pseudonym i.e. “the wingman”.
Keep your
communications brief. Close transmissions by taking your thumb off of the
microphone button.
Turn the squelch
knob up to cut off the noise from a channel that’s not transmitting. The more
you turn it up however the more stations you will lose starting with the most
distant.
I will be starting a
prepping/survival/CB radio page on FB and I will be organising training events
to not only test you’re prepping and survival skills but comms as well.
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How to survive
a Pandemic
I believe that the
only way to protect myself and my family from becoming infected during a flu
pandemic or other virus type pandemic for example Ebola is to take the same
precautions that we would take to protect us from an NBC threat or as it is
known today CBRN attack, accident or event.
In other words, you
will have to seal yourself into your shelter that means windows, doors,
chimneys, sky lights and any other openings to the outside world.
If you are a prepper
then you have a chance depending on the extent of your preps, knowledge and
skills.
If you are not a
prepper then quite simply you and your family will die within a month.
I say this because
without water you have up to 3 days to live and without food you have up to 3
weeks to live.
Now depending on the
time of year many will die of hypothermia and well as heat stroke, because
without water and food our bodies will not function and will therefore succumb
to these temperature extremes.
But even if you
manage to survive this then imagine having no more access to medical attention,
to medications that we all take for granted today.
I mean how will
people deal with no toilet facilities or water in the system at all. No
heating, lighting or cooking facilities.
With no telephone,
computers or mobiles how will people manage and keep in touch.
What happens when
the bin men stop collecting our rubbish, can we deal with the smell alone and
what about dead cats and dogs just lying around or as a worst case scenario
even dead human bodies on our streets, imagine the spread of disease and that
smell too.
The shops and
supermarkets will be emptied their shelves will never be filled again I ask you
what will you eat then?
How will you and your family survive?
It has been said
that as a population in the UK we are only 9 meals from anarchy I think it is
actually less than that.
Now combine that
with a fast spreading pandemic and you have the worst nightmare you can ever
imagine.
Pet dogs will form
wild dog packs scavenging and running down other domestic animals and possibly
even humans.
I know as I have
seen this happen at the end of the season in Corfu when I lived there, when
dogs who had only survived the holiday season by being fed in the restaurants
by the holidaymakers who consider them to be cute.
As the season drew
to an end these dogs began sorting out the pack order and began roaming for
food, it appeared that the dogs had timed the birth of their puppies to
coincide with the holiday season. This was a learned response but meant that in
the winter months there was not enough food for all of them.
The farmers had to
shoot and poison these wild dog packs as they were taking goats and other farm
animals.
Now combine these
packs of wild hungry dogs with the amount of human bodies that would lie
unburied for some time and you have a Zombie type disaster with whatever the
pandemic is being spread at every bite.
I really feel that
bugging-in would be the best choice, in fact the only choice and that is where
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The TaskOne
Review
Protection with function. TaskOne G3 is the ultimate iPhone case for the outdoorsman, gadget
lover or handyman.
Built with aircraft aluminium and tough polycarbonate, the TaskOne G3 provides 22 different tools as well as 2 kickstands and a universal mount for attaching reciprocating saw blades. Large, aluminium buttons make tools more accessible and convenient to use.
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Thicker, stronger
U-bands not only provide more protection for your phone, but also a sturdier
grip for when you need your tools. New modifications allow the bottle opener,
Allen wrench and knife to be locked in place during use and in storage.
The new TaskOne G3 will come in all black with a choice of silicone-rubber accents. The new silicone accents add more than just style, they also provide bump and shock protection.
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The TaskOne G3
transforms what it means to be a phone case.
That’s OK but how
does it operate, in other words is it any good?
Firstly please watch
the video that comes with it and you will informed unlike yours truly who
attempted to review it without doing so, silly me.
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Tools included in the TaskOne G3:
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2.5" Knife with
serrations
1.8" saw blade
Pliers with wire
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5" ruler
(1/8" graduations)
6 Allen wrenches
(1/16", 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6mm)
Dual spoke wrenches
Wire stripper
Small and large
flathead screwdrivers
Phillips screwdriver
Universal
reciprocating saw-blade mount
Dual landscape and
portrait kickstands
Bottle opener
If you have an
Iphone then this is the ultimate accessary for you, as by carrying your phone
around with you, you will always have a set of tools to help you out when
needed. I have to say that it does impress me a lot however I would like to see
a survival version with an LED and a magnesium rod.
But that is just my,
and this is not a survival version, but what I would classify as for everyday
use in an urban setting and that is no bad thing.
Just imaging a
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Tasty Survival
Meals
For those who are new
to prepping and survival I will not overweigh you with too much information in
one go
But I suggest that you get organised and think logically.
Don't go to the
supermarket and buy 500 lbs of rice and beans and nothing else because you have
run out of money.
You should start
with what you actually like to eat most and plan to survive on that, just write
down the meals you normally have each week or month
I will use my family
as an example, there are 4 of us in our household and here are some of our favourite
foods and some meals that I make every week or two.
The following is an example of dinner menus:
1. Spaghetti, garlic bread, parmesan cheese.
2. Beef Stroganoff and mashed potatoes
3. Sweet and Sour chicken, rice or chips
4. Chile with beans, mashed potatoes or rice
5. Beef Stew mashed potatoes and veg
6. Tuna, rice and cheese casserole
7. Pork Curry with Apples, Rice
8. Pork chops potatoes and veg
9. Ham egg and chips
10. Chicken thighs
tinned tomatoes and cream casserole
11. Homemade beef
burgers chips
12. Homemade game
stew
13. Homemade chilli
con-carne
14. Slow cooker lamb
The above are not
written in stone for us. We can switch
our menu for similar menus like - making beef burgundy instead of stroganoff.
Or chicken and rice
casserole instead of sweet and sour chicken.
You get the idea.
I will have the same
meats but made in a different way in case we tire of the same meal every 2
weeks. I may make chilli mince instead
of beef burgers in the winter Mexican lasagne is also an alternative.
Tired of spaghetti?
Try lasagne or stuffed pasta shells.
If you want a
meatless meal each week then have vegetable soup, spaghetti marinara, red beans
and rice, or just a good salad. The
ideas are endless.
Look through different
cookbooks and find interesting recipes.
Most recipes can be converted to food storage recipes.
Deep fried chicken,
medium or rare steaks, and the like will be hard to get or make in post
collapse because they require fresh meats and we are not going to have those
things at that time.
You may be able to
raise chickens or rabbits where you live and then you can have the deep fried
chicken or rabbit.
I also will not have
fresh milk. I will have powdered milk so
I will be making yogurt, yogurt cheese, cottage cheese, and fresh farmer’s
style cheese from powdered milk.
I will store
parmesan for the first year and have some canned cheeses and powdered cheddar
cheese for that first year as well. All
these things I will cover later. Now let’s make a menu for 7 breakfasts:
Pancakes with syrup
and dried reconstituted fruit.
Scrambled eggs and
toast with Orange Drink
Poached eggs and
toast
Sausage, cheese,
omelette with toast
Oatmeal with apples
and brown sugar and cinnamon
Mushroom omelette
and Orange drink
Homemade muesli with
Orange drink
Now for your midday meal.
You may be eating it
at night because of lack of power. You
could cook the large meal in a solar oven if you have one and you should have a
rocket stove or propane burner to hopefully fill in on bad weather days.
Back to the light supper or lunch in the evening.
Think about it, this
is the healthier way to eat anyway.
Leftovers will need to be eaten up in the evening because of poor or no
refrigeration (if there are power cuts).
Leftovers of what
you had for your big meal or Dinner....
Tuna Sandwiches
Peanut butter
sandwiches
Soup and crackers
Ham sandwiches
Chicken
salad/sandwiches
In the summer if you
can grow gardens and this is when you should be eating salads with dried fruit
and leftover meats or beans in them.
These are just some
ideas. There are many others. You may want to make up some beef burgers for
a treat or grill some vegetables to serve with cheese and bread.
Your personal tastes
and creativity are not limited to my ideas.
Just start thinking every time you make a meal for your family,
"Could I have made this with food storage?" You will start thinking about what you will
need to start storing.
Take the normal
ingredient amounts and multiply times 8 for a 3.1/2 month supply of once per 2
weeks for that particular meal.
Write those
ingredients and amounts down in your list, notebook or wherever you will be
keeping your info.
Example: For a 3.1/2 month supply take 8 times the
amount of the item needed for that recipe because that will give you the amount
you need to have for cooking it every 2 weeks.
Spaghetti - 1 pint
of home canned ground beef, 8 pints
1 jar of mushroom
spaghetti sauce, 8 cans
1 can of diced
tomatoes
8 cans
1 teaspoon of garlic
powder
8 tsp.
1 teaspoon of dried
basil
8 tsp.
4 tablespoons of
parmesan cheese 32 tbsp.
A packet of
spaghetti
8 packets
Now you do this with
every recipe and then add up the ingredients and you will have what you need to
buy or can or dry your foods for your food storage.
For instance I plan
to use ground beef at least 3 times each 2 week period so I will need 24 pints
of ground beef. I hope this is clear and
understandable.
I have to say of
course that although these meals are exactly what you want and need as you will
have chosen them, their ingredients will have to change due to perhaps the lack
of power or the lack of the ingredients themselves.
Start out with your
menus like above and then we can work on it together if you need help.
Happy Prepping! You are on your way to becoming
self-sufficient one step at a time!
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The Breathing
Mobile Washer Review
Product Overview
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Easy to dismantle and reassemble for packing or stowing - portable washing system!
Powerful cleaning action - pushes AND pulls waster through the clothing - will actually pull out residual detergent left by electric washers!
Gentle on fabric, controlled agitation and easy to use
Sturdy enough for large items (Comforters, Sleeping bags, rugs and blankets)
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Easy to dismantle and reassemble for packing or stowing - portable washing system!
Powerful cleaning action - pushes AND pulls waster through the clothing - will actually pull out residual detergent left by electric washers!
Gentle on fabric, controlled agitation and easy to use
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The Food for a Survival Camping Menu
When preparing for a survival exercise, the food chosen for the menu
should reflect the trip's nature. Being on the menu doesn't mean a lack of
creativity!
When a person is first learning about survival, they may wish to
experience things directly. This is fine of course, but should be taken slowly.
Some things can be learned at home in the back yard, while others are best
learned in the field.
Since a survival exercise is a great way to learn skills in a
controlled environment, this may be a great way to get started.
Early on, the would-be survivalist is not likely to be able to hunt,
gather and scrounge the food they would need, assuming they can even yet
identify it.
At the very least, doing so will leave less time for honing other
skills such as shelter building and fire starting. Because of this, it may be
wise for the survivalist group or individual to simulate the food found in a
survival diet amid the woods with store-bought items carried in.
A menu should be tailored to the time of year a person will be camping
in and needs to take into consideration factors such as time to be spent on
this camping trip and safe storage needs.
The food choices should also befit the nature of a survival situation.
Cuts of beef are not likely to be common to a survival situation, though deer
meat might suffice for those more advanced. Similarly, apples in the spring or
strawberries in the fall are probably an unlikely find.
Leafy greens are great for a spring or summer menu, as are items such
as asparagus and green onions. Berries are usually good if they are in season
at the time of year the trip will be taken.
Autumn trips are great for root vegetables, fruits such as apples as
they can be found wild. Nuts and grains are abundant in the autumn as well, so
including them is a great option.
Adjust the menu to the survival diet typical of that time of year.
Meats that are good choices include small game birds, fish and small
mammals such as rabbit if they can be obtained. Small animals are far more
likely to be eaten by a more advanced survival camper, as they are plentiful
and easier to catch.
They are also less wasteful. Eggs are also another protein that can be
readily found in a survival situation in many parts of the world.
There are any number of combinations, based largely on what the person
organizing the survival camping trip can find available. If it is hard to get
some more logical items, there is no shame in bringing food items that would
not normally be in season.
The point isn’t to perfectly mimic the diet of a survival situation, but
rather to force the person camping to think about what they have and how to use
it. Working without seasonings alone is a major shift for many.
Part of the learning curve is in deciding how best to prepare the food
so that nothing is wasted and everything is edible. Enclosing them in foil or
roasting things over a spit is fine for a new survival camper.
The more advanced may wish to try cooking on live coals, baking in mud
or using hot rocks in interesting ways. Though the menu is simple, ingenuity
can create a wide variety of meals with the same ingredients.
Obviously these foods are low impact even if those doing the survival
camping are also harvesting from the wild to augment the meal. It does however
mean that they must prepare ahead of time, working out the menus by day and
deciding what must be bought and brought.
Specialty shops may have unusual grains that are wilder in nature. Most
supermarkets have game lines when in season to serve in place of a wild
bird.
Fish might be obtained from a reputable seafood market, allowing for
whole trout or other such varieties.
Many of the vegetables found in a supermarket can serve as stand-ins
for their wild cousins. Get creative and be watching what is common to your
area. Also look into farmer’s markets that sometimes sell unusual items that
are native to the area and may have been gathered wild.
There is also of course the mail order option on food such as grains.
Thinking creatively here will serve well for the creativity needed for survival
camping.
As the person learns more about survival cooking techniques and plant
identification, it will be possible to expand the options greatly from the
simple foods found on the basic menu.
It will also ensure a minimal impact on the area where the survival
camping occurs.
Planning a menu such as this ensures that distractions thanks to the
lack of food are not a primary worry while one is still learning the most basic
aspects.
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BOB-A Bug-Out Boat
One survival option I have considered over the last year is planning to
bug out in my boat.
Within the survival prepping community there are two major camps, the
bug-out doctrine and the bug-out doctrine.
Needless to say each has many variations and are highly tailorable to
personal needs and available options.
I think for many
families the bug-in doctrine is preferable, for solo young men probably the bug
out.
Being a young lad in the 80’s with minimal financial resources, I was
mostly prone to bug out prepping, with the focus largely on skills (as I had a
lack of gear or resources to acquire gear).
Now as an old git l, I face the prospect of seeing my family exist in a
growing police state, one where what my children eat, are taught, and medicated
would be controlled by the state.
For many of us who see the writing on the wall and are desperate to
secure a viable future for our family, there is a perception that any survival
prep would be woefully inadequate to sustain a family.
Of course, the
perception of an insurmountable barrier to providing for your family is merely
that, a perception in my opinion.
In reality, we can all take small steps to become providers for our
families. As I own a boat I continue to ask myself the same question over and
over again, will it work, as a BOB=bug-out-boat, I would like to share an
option that began as an exotic fascination that may perhaps grow into a viable
survival option.
A more detailed analysis could go in depth into the various nuances of
boats and how they can be tailored to nearly any survival need, but I think as
an introductory analysis it should be approached as simply as possible to
encourage feedback and discussion.
Let’s analyse
how a boat can provide the basic essentials for survival: shelter, water,
power, and food.
The first requirement would be a shelter. Living aboard a sailboat is
not something that is difficult or even out of the ordinary.
There are many liveaboards in the UK already. Some live year round in
their boat, only occasionally sailing to holiday destinations.
Others live on board with the intention of sailing every available
weekend. As a survival option the boat can be much cheaper than purchasing a
house or land, offers superb mobility, and is as self-contained as any
homestead.
A boat for living aboard, roughly 30 to 40 feet can be very reasonably
acquired in a sailing condition for around 2,000 to £5,000.
Sailboats, boats, sometimes get a bad rap for being a money pit that
requires more money to operate than should be required. I believe this is a
common misconception from individuals who buy boats just like that fourth or
fifth car, to use ‘every now and then.’
Then complain
when the motor has problems after not being maintained or run for six
months.
A boat is just like any other vehicle or piece of property; it should
be maintained and used to have utility. Using a boat as a home would help
ensure that needed repairs and maintenance are kept up.
Liveaboards who come from homes on shore to live on the sea, report
that boat maintenance is not beyond the scope of home repair on land.
There are certain things that should be done yearly (cleaning the hull
and boat bottom) and some every few months (motor check), not unlike a
home.
The ability to
be truly mobile is probably the biggest advantage a boat has to a
homestead.
Is Government
coming for your food stores? Do you have ‘too many guns,’ according to the
houses of treason? The adage ‘fight or flight’ comes to mind.
Of course many would like to think that fight is the superior option,
who doesn’t like to be Rambo sometimes? But in reality, with a family in a
world of uncertainty I believe the flight option offers the best security and
preservation of lifestyle.
Should an unacceptable scenario occur where you would fear for your
family or lifestyle, one can always untie in the middle of the night and
motor/sail for the Scottish islands.
The second requirement is water. Water procurement and purification is
probably the premier survival issue in 99% of situations.
On a boat: water, water everywhere…. Water procurement would be the
easy part, one would just need to take care to only fill tanks with (purified)
seawater from offshore, and not near major ports or sea lanes.
The purification and storage are the possible problems. To convert
seawater into drinkable water, a boat must be equipped with a reverse osmosis
system (referred to as watermakers).
Watermakers do not run cheap and should not be considered lightly, as
with any water filtration system. The ability to turn seawater into clean
drinking water provides an almost unlimited supply of the basic necessity of
life.
A basic watermaker system for a sailboat will likely cost anywhere from
£3,000 to £5,000. I consider this as a necessary upgrade to any boat and should
be included in the final cost analysis of a survival boat.
Of course in addition to the ability to purify the water, the ability
to hold it is important. All liveaboard boats have clean water holding tanks
that range in size from 25 to 75 gallons.
For drinking and cooking this is plenty of water storage for almost a
week. To keep the watermaker working, a power source is needed.
Generating power on a boat is no different than any other off grid
power system. The bonus that boats have out of the box against a homestead is
that they have a fossil fuel generator included in the function of the
motor.
With a battery
bank, this is enough to power most needs during a short trip.
Similar to onshore off grid systems you can (and probably should)
supplement the generator with solar and wind power generation.
Wind and solar generators are a familiar sight on boats and
liveaboards, the prices for such systems can vary widely, but take the same
approach one would take with an onshore off grid system.
One must gauge their own power usage and tailor a system to meet those
needs. One concern is those with high power needs would not have the space for
the requisite battery bank to provide.
Those with low power concerns could find a boat very attractive. Expect
similar costs and concerns with power generation for a boat in comparison to a
bug-out location.
The final requirement for a boat is food. Food is a mixed bag for
survival minded liveaboards and motor cruisers. The limited storage space creates
a problem for individuals who are keen to store much of their food.
This can be countered though by the relative availability of fish from
the sea and fresh produce (often cheaper than on the UK mainland) from many
cruising destinations.
As a fisherman and lover of fresh produce, I am more inclined to take
the latter option stored. Now given the smaller space on the ship you would
need to acquire and use fishing, cleaning, and cooking skills.
This is another
important skill useful in many survival situations, remember practice makes
perfect.
The predominant cooling method in boats is the tried and tested ice box
method of our grandfathers, still requiring physical ice to cool the box.
I believe this
would be a better option in a grid down scenario, where power becomes a
premium.
Coming from the bug out survival doctrine, this is not a huge change
from the skills based food acquisition requirements for bugging out.
The food requirement would require the least amount of initial
investment but perhaps the most amount of skills investment.
After considering the four basic essentials for survival and the
ability of a boat to provide adequately, I believe the boat should be
considered a viable and worthy survival option to many along the costs of the
nation, and especially for those with boats moored inland on our extensive
river and canal system.
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Prepare, Prepare, Prepare NOW
Today, millions of Britons say that they believe that the United
Kingdom is on the verge of a major economic collapse and will soon be entering
another Great Depression.
But only a small
percentage of those same people are prepared for that to happen.
The sad truth is that the vast majority of Brits would last little more
than a month on what they have stored up in their homes. Most of us are so used to running out to the
supermarket for whatever we need that we never even stop to consider what would
happen if suddenly we were not able to do that.
Already the UK economy is starting to stumble about like a drunken
teenager. All it would take for the
entire UK to resemble East London after the bombers had left would be for a
major war, a terror attack, a deadly pandemic or a massive natural disaster to
strike at just the right time and push the teetering UK economy over the
edge.
So just how would you survive if you suddenly could not rely on the
huge international corporate giants to feed, clothe and supply you and your
family?
Do you have a
plan?
Unless you already live in a cave or you are a complete and total
mindless follower of the establishment media, you should be able to see very
clearly that our society is more vulnerable now than it ever has been.
This year there have been an unprecedented number of large earthquakes
around the world and volcanoes all over the globe are awakening and don’t
forget the massive flooding we have seen.
You can just take a look at what has happened in Haiti and in Iceland
to see how devastating a natural disaster can be. Not only that, but we have a world that is
full of lunatics in positions of power, and if one of them decides to set off a
nuclear, chemical or biological weapon in a major city it could paralyze an
entire region.
War could erupt in the Middle East at literally any moment, and if it
does the price of oil will double or triple (at least) and there is the
possibility that much of the entire world could be drawn into the conflict.
Scientists tell
us that a massive high-altitude EMP (electromagnetic pulse) blast could send
large portions of the Northern hemisphere back to the Stone Age in an
instant.
In addition, there is the constant threat that the outbreak of a major viral
pandemic (such as what happened with the 1918 Spanish Flu) could kill tens of
millions of people around the globe and paralyze the economies of the world.
But even without all of that, the truth is that the UK and the EU
economy is going to collapse. So just
think of what will happen if one (or more) of those things does happen on top
of all the economic problems that we are having.
Are you
prepared?
The following is a list of 20 things you and your family will need to
survive when the economy totally collapses and the next Great Depression
begins....
Storable Food
Food is going to instantly become one of the most valuable commodities
in existence in the event of an economic collapse.
If you do not
have food you are not going to survive.
Most UK families would not last much longer than a month on what they
have in their house right now, in fact I would say that many would be dead by
then anyway.. So what about you?
If disaster
struck right now, how long could you survive on what you have?
The truth is that we all need to start storing up food. If you and your family run out of food, you
will suddenly find yourselves competing with the hordes of hungry people who
are looting the stores and roaming the streets looking for something to eat.
Of course you can grow your own food, but that is going to take
time. So you need to have enough food
stored up until the food that you plant has time to grow. But if you have not stored up any seeds you
might as well forget it. When the
economy totally collapses, the remaining seeds will disappear very
quickly.
So if you think
that you are going to need seeds, now is the time to get them.
Clean Water
Most people can survive for a number of weeks without food, but without
water you will die in just a few days, try going without water for 24hrs, I
have and I did not like it. So where
would you get water if the water suddenly stopped flowing out of your
taps?
Do you have a plan? Is there an
abundant supply of clean water near your home? Would you be able to boil water
if you need to? OH1 and by the way you will need to.
Besides storing water and figuring out how you are going to gather
water if society breaks down, another thing to consider is water purification
tablets. The water you are able to
gather during a time of crisis may not be suitable for drinking. So you may find that water purification
tablets come in very, very handy.
Shelter
You can't sleep on the streets, can you? Well, some people will be able to get by
living on the streets, but the vast majority of us will need some form of
shelter to survive for long. So what
would you do if you and your family lost your home or suddenly were forced from
your home?
Where would you
go?
The best thing to do is to come up with several plans. Do you have relatives that you can bunk with
in case of emergency? Do you own a tent
and sleeping bags if you had to rough it?
If one day everything hits the fan and you and your family have to
"bug out" somewhere, where would that be?
Warm Clothing
If you plan to survive for long in a nightmare economic situation, you
are probably going to need some warm, functional clothing. If you live in a cold climate, this is going
to mean storing up plenty of blankets and cold weather clothes. If you live in an area where it rains a lot,
you will need to be sure to store up some rain gear.
If you think you may have to survive outdoors in an emergency
situation, make sure that you and your family have something warm to put on
your heads. Someday after the economy
has collapsed and people are scrambling to survive, a lot of folks are going to
end up freezing to death.
In fact, in the coldest areas it is actually possible to freeze to
death in your own home. Don't let that
happen to you.
An Axe
Staying along the theme of staying warm, you may want to consider
investing in a good axe. In the event of
a major emergency, gathering firewood will be a priority. Without a good tool to cut the wood with that
will be much more difficult.
Lighters or Matches
You will also want something to start a fire with. If you can start a fire, you can cook food,
you can boil water and you can stay warm.
So in a true emergency situation, how do you plan to start a fire? By rubbing sticks together?
Now is the time to put away a supply of lighters or matches so that you
will be prepared when you really need them, and just to be sure please include
a fire steel.
In addition, you may want to consider storing up a good supply of
candles. Candles come in quite handy whenever
the electricity goes out, and in the event of a long-term economic nightmare we
will all see why our forefathers relied on candles so much.
Hiking Boots or
Comfortable Shoes
When you ask most people to list things necessary for survival, this is
not the first or the second thing that comes to mind. But having hiking boots or very comfortable
and functional shoes will be absolutely critical.
You may very well find yourself in a situation where you and your
family must walk everywhere you want to go.
So how far do you think you will get in high heels? You will want footwear that you would feel
comfortable walking in for hours if necessary.
You will also want footwear that will last a long time, because when
the economy truly collapses you may not be able to run out to the shoe store
and get what you need at that point.
A Torch and/or
Lantern
When the power goes off in your home, what is the first thing that you
grab? Just think about it. A Torch or a lantern of course. In a major emergency, a torch or a lantern is
going to be a necessity - especially if you need to go anywhere at night.
Solar powered or "wind up" torches or lanterns will probably
be best during a long-term emergency. If
you have battery-powered units you will want to begin storing up lots and lots
of batteries.
A Radio
If a major crisis does hit the UK, what will you and your family
want? Among other things, you will all
want to know what in the world is going on.
A radio can be an invaluable tool for keeping up with the news.
Once again, solar powered or "wind up" radios will probably
work best for the long term. A
battery-powered until would work as well - but only for as long as your
batteries are able to last.
Communication
Equipment
When things really hit the fan you are going to want to communicate
with your family and friends. You will
also want to be able to contact an ambulance or law enforcement if necessary.
Having an emergency mobile phone is great, but it may or may not work
during a time of crisis.
The Internet also may or may not be available. Be sure to have a plan (whether it be
high-tech or low-tech) for staying in communication with others during a major
emergency.
A Swiss Army
Knife
If you have ever owned a Swiss Army knife you probably already know how
incredibly handy they can be. It can be
a very valuable and versatile tool. In a
true survival situation, a Swiss Army knife can literally do dozens of
different things for you. Make sure that
you have at least one stored up for emergencies.
Personal Hygiene
Items
While these may not be absolute "essentials", the truth is
that life will get very unpleasant very quickly without them. For example, what would you do without toilet
paper? Just think about it. Imagine that you just finished your last roll
of toilet paper and now you can't get any more.
What would you
do?
The truth is that soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, toilet paper
and other hygiene products are things that we completely take for granted in
society today. So what would happen if
we could not go out and buy them any longer?
A First Aid Kit
and Other Medical Supplies
On a more serious note, you may not be able to access a hospital or a
doctor during a major crisis. In your
survival supplies, be absolutely certain that you have a good first aid kit and
any other medical supplies that you think you may need, and don’t forget any
prescription medicine
Extra Fuel
There may come a day when fuel is rationed or is simply not available
at all. If that happens, how will you
get around? Be certain to have some
extra fuel stored away just in case you find yourself really needing to get
somewhere someday.
A Sewing Kit
If you were not able to run out and buy new clothes for you and your
family, what would you do? Well, you
would want to repair the clothes that you have and make them last as long as
possible. Without a good sewing kit that
will be very difficult to do.
Self-Defence
Equipment
Whether it is pepper spray to fend off wild animals or something more
"robust" to fend off wild humans, millions of us will one day be
thankful that they have something to defend themselves with.
A Compass and a
Map
In the event of a major emergency, you and your family may find
yourselves having to be on the move. If
you are in a wilderness area, it will be very hard to tell what direction you
are heading without a compass and a map.
It is always a good idea to have at least one compass stored up.
A Hiking
Backpack
If you and your family suddenly have to "bug out", what will
you carry all of your survival supplies in?
Having a good hiking backpack or "survival bag" for everyone
in your family is extremely important.
If something happened in the city where you live and you suddenly had to
"go", what would you put your most important stuff in?
How would you
carry it all if you had to travel by foot?
These are very important things to think about.
A Community
During a long-term crisis, it is those who are willing to work together
that will have the best chance of making it.
Whether it is your family, your friends, a church or a local group of
people that you know, make sure that you have some people that you can rely on
and work together with in the event that everything hits the fan. Loners are going to have a really hard time
of surviving for long.
A Backup Plan
Lastly, it is always, always, always important to have a backup plan
for everything.
If someone comes in and steals all the food that you have stored up,
what are you going to do?
If travel is restricted and you can't get to your "bug out"
location immediately do you have a Plan B?
If you have built your house into an impregnable survival fortress but
circumstances force you to leave do you have an alternate plan?
The truth is that crisis situations rarely unfold just as we
envision. It is important to be flexible
and to be ready with backup plans when disaster strikes.
You don't want to end up like the folks in New Orleans after Hurricane
Katrina. You don't want to have to rely
on the government to take care of you if something really bad happens.
I do not about here in the UK but for example right now the U.S.
strategic grain reserve contains only enough wheat to make half a loaf of bread
for each of the approximately 300 million people in the United States.
How long do you think that is going to last?
Now is the time to get ready.
Now is the time to prepare.
The UK economy
is going to collapse and incredibly hard times are coming.
Will you be able to survive when it happens?
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The BodyGard is the
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The BodyGard also includes a sonic alarm (to attract attention and ward-off a would-be attacker), LED flashlight, and distress flasher (a bright red flashing light).
The BodyGard is compact and smartly attaches to your keychain so it's within reach during an emergency. You owe it to yourself and to your family to carry a BodyGard.
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The powermonkey
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Compatible with the majority of smartphones including iPhone and
BlackBerry, mobile phones, iPods, MP3 / MP4, PDAs and portable games consoles,
the powermonkey explorer is a portable charger for your 5V devices - giving you
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games console, 48 hours on your PDA and 6 hours on MP3/MP4 players.
Thoughts on Urban Survival
As a part of my unforeseen disaster event preparation, I have taken a
good look at the Bug out Bag essentials to build a packing list for a basic set
of survival gear.
However, to be truly well prepared you will want to tailor your
survival kit to your surroundings. For example, someone from a highly
urbanized area will have different needs from someone living in a more rural
area. So let’s look at some urban survival gear to add to your Bug out
Bag contents that will customize it into a self-sufficient urban survival
kit.
Urban Survival
Kit
Bug out situations that occur in urban areas have a number of unique
factors to consider when building your Bug out Bag packing list. These
urban survival factors include: Having to deal with building debris and glass
in the wake of the disaster event.
Increased likelihood of opportunities to scavenge water and food from
abandoned buildings
Possibility of finding supply caches in abandoned buildings – looting
is not endorsed by me but post SHTF if abandoned supplies mean the difference
between life and death, go for it
You will have an increased likelihood of encountering humans – This can
be both good and bad based on the disposition of the people encountered and how
you handle the situation. Other survivors can be bartered with and be
valuable sources for information as well as dangerous criminals. Always
approach them with caution in mind.
You will have less need for emergency shelter as there should be many
buildings around and debris available to put a shelter together if need be.
Some urban
survival gear that will help you deal with these factors:
Crow bar/pry bar – For scavenging
and removing barriers and debris as well as hammering out glass. The Ka
Bar – Becker is an excellent choice for this as it is compact and can smash and
pry as well as cut as the situation requires.
Work Gloves – If you have to
break glass or move debris these will save your hands and keep you working and
moving much longer. These can be picked up in any hardware store.
Dust Mask – If there are
collapsed buildings in your area this will protect your lungs from airborne
debris particles. These can also be picked up in any hardware shop.
Permanent Marker – The nature of
the urban environment will give you opportunities to leave markings or notes
for yourselves or others in your party.
Can opener – In an urban
survival situation there will be many more opportunities to scavenge food than
in a rural locality. A can opener will enable you to easily access
preserved food that you come across.
Metal Spork – Scavenged food
will need a way to get to your mouth.
Should I have a
weapon in my urban survival kit?
Encountering unfriendly people can be an unpleasant scenario and is
best thought through as a part of your survival preparation.
Would you plan on talking your way out?
Does bribing an unfriendly party with cash or goods seem like the best
option to you?
These may be the preferable option for some people and it is the kind
of thing that you should trust your gut instinct with.
However, if a situation does devolve into fight or flight you are best
served by considering self-defence as a part of planning your overall survival
tactics and Bug out Bag contents.
If you do choose to carry a weapon with you or repurpose a piece of
urban survival gear such as the above mentioned Ka Bar you should choose to
implement one that you are familiar with and able to use.
If you have never held a gun before, you are probably better off not
having one. If you aren’t confident with a knife, use something else.
Go with something you have confidence in whether it be marker spray or
another option.
But remember once you are committed to a course of action then you must
go for it 100%.
Escape & Evade Wrist compass Review
The Escape & Evade® Wrist Compass provides the wearer with a
convenient way to get immediate bearings and move out. Designed to be worn on a
watch band or other wrist band (not included), but also able to be hung from a
paracord lanyard. The flip-top housing protects the compass, and also keeps it
in a non-reflective carrying capacity when not used.
The Grade AA cushion-mounted compass is liquid filled, and remains luminous after exposure to sunlight, or even from a red lens micro LED. Submersible and water resistant. A great backup to traditional compasses, GPS, and watch compasses that use power and calibration to function. Get one on and get moving.
The Grade AA cushion-mounted compass is liquid filled, and remains luminous after exposure to sunlight, or even from a red lens micro LED. Submersible and water resistant. A great backup to traditional compasses, GPS, and watch compasses that use power and calibration to function. Get one on and get moving.
FEATURES:
Grade AA
Luminous
Protective flip-top shell
Able to be worn on a lanyard
Cushion-mounted compass is liquid-filled
Fits most sports watchbands
Working temperature range of -20 degrees F to 120 degrees F
Water resistant to 100 ft (30 m)
Made in the USA
I have tried this compass against a Silva and also my watch compass and it is accurate to a fault, I really love it.
Grade AA
Luminous
Protective flip-top shell
Able to be worn on a lanyard
Cushion-mounted compass is liquid-filled
Fits most sports watchbands
Working temperature range of -20 degrees F to 120 degrees F
Water resistant to 100 ft (30 m)
Made in the USA
I have tried this compass against a Silva and also my watch compass and it is accurate to a fault, I really love it.
I have not been down to 30ft with it yet but it still works having been
left underwater overnight so that is good enough for me.
Unusual Ways of Water Purification
There is a cheap and easy way for any community in the developed (or
underdeveloped) world to purify their water. The peels of some of the most
widely consumed fruits in the world are remarkably efficient at absorbing a wide
variety of harmful pollutants, including heavy metals, and they can be
transformed into effective water filters with only minor preparation.
BANANA PEELS
Minced banana peels could be used repeatedly to purify water
contaminated by industrial plants and farms — up to 11 times — and still be
effective. Banana Peel Applied to the Solid Phase Extraction of Copper and Lead
from River Water: Preconcentration of Metal Ions with a Fruit Waste they
also noted the very low cost of banana peels and the fact there is no need to
prepare them chemically for the water purification procedure.
Runoff from farms, and industrial wastes can all put heavy metals, such
as lead and copper, into waterways. Heavy metals can have adverse health and
environmental effects.
Current methods of removing heavy metals from water are expensive, and
some substances used in the process are toxic themselves.
Compounds in banana peels contain atoms of nitrogen, sulphur and
organic compounds such as carboxylic acids. These acids are charged such that
their negatively charged electron pairs are exposed, meaning they can bind with
metals in the water that usually have a positive charge.
APPLE AND TOMATO
PEELS
An easy, cheap way for a rural community in the developing world and
those bugged out to purify their water. Apple and tomato peels — two of the
most widely consumed fruits in the world — are remarkably efficient at
absorbing a wide variety of harmful pollutants, and that they could be
transformed into effective water filters with only minor preparation.
You begin by peeling your apples and tomatoes and placing them in a
rubbing alcohol solution and letting them soak. Next, remove the peels and let
them dry out. Once they’re thoroughly desiccated, simply place the peels in a
container of water and wait. After a few hours, remove the peels from the water
and it’s ready to drink.
The apple and tomato peels together were reliable absorbents of toxic
heavy metal ions, dissolved organic and inorganic chemicals, various
nanoparticles, dyes and pesticides.
SOLAR
DISINFECTION WITH LIME
Solar disinfection of water combined with almost any type of citrus is
very effective at reducing dangerous E. coli levels, however limes seem to work
best. A recent study published by the Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine found that adding limes to water that is being disinfected by the
sun speeds up the disinfection process.
The preliminary results of this study show solar disinfection of water
combined with citrus could be effective at greatly reducing E. coli levels in
just 30 minutes, a treatment time on par with boiling and other household water
treatment methods.
In addition, the 30 millilitres of juice per 2 litres of water amounts
to about one-half lime per bottle, a quantity that will likely not be prohibitively
expensive or create an unpleasant flavour.”
Please note that these methods do not remove all pathogens from the
water, just a wide variety of pollutants, so you shouldn’t use it as an
all-encompassing water purifier.
Ebola the Risks and the Mis-Information?
The Public Health England website states
Risk to people in the UK
No Ebola cases have ever occurred amongst people returning to the UK
from Africa, and it is unlikely that any such cases will occur in this
outbreak. However, the incubation period of Ebola virus ranges from 2 to 21
days, and so whilst unlikely, it is possible that a person infected in Guinea,
Liberia or Sierra Leone could arrive in the UK before developing symptoms.
For this reason, travellers returning from affected areas who have
symptoms such as fever, headache, sore throat and general malaise within three
weeks of their return should seek rapid medical attention, and inform the
healthcare professional of their recent travel to West Africa.
Sorry but this
is not good enough at all, as an infected person would have spread the disease
to a plane full of innocent passengers and no-one would know for up to 21 days,
plus their family, friends and the rest of us.
Why is travel
from the infected area not prohibited at least for 21 days as this would
elevate the risk?
We hear that
40,000 or 50,000 suspected people are being confined by the military to prevent
the spread of Ebola outside the infected area.
Really, listen
to this as you will see how effective the quarantine has been.
Ebola: A summary
of suspected imported cases
SUSPECTED
imported cases:
Many locations are testing people who have travelled to countries with
Ebola and return with a fever and other symptoms. So far, none of these have
proven to be Ebola. International SOS is monitoring these closely.
• Albania: On 13 August,
media reported the detention of 40 Eritrean immigrants, some of whom had
symptoms consistent with Ebola. Eritrea has no confirmed or suspected Ebola
cases.
• Benin: On 7 August,
two possible cases. One is a person in Cotonou who travelled from Nigeria,
the other is in Porto-Novo. Tests were sent to Senegal and
have since been reported to be negative.
• Cameroon: Unverified
sources have reported that the two Nigerians who arrived in Cameroon were suspected
to be suffering from Ebola. Other sources quote health officials denying this.
There is no official confirmation. International SOS is monitoring this
closely.
• Canada: A patient
who had travelled to Nigeria was hospitalised in Ontario out of an abundance of
caution. Tested negative on 10 August.
• Germany: A traveller from
Sierra Leone who was quarantined has tested negative for Ebola.
• Ghana: Suspected
cases were reported, and placed in isolation at the Nsawam government hospital
in the Eastern region. All test results from the four suspected cases are
negative.
• Hong Kong: A traveller from
Lagos, Nigeria, has tested negative for Ebola on 10 August.
• India: A traveller from
Guinea, kept under observation at a government hospital in Chennai, is healthy.
Officials will monitor his health. Another traveller who returned from
Nigeria on 28 July has been quarantined at a hospital in Mumbai. Tests results
are pending.
• Mexico: The Ministry
of Health advises that there are NO Ebola cases, as of 7 August. News reports
of a suspected case are false.
• Morocco: The Ministry
of Health advises no Ebola cases in the country as of 2 August. The
Liberian citizen who died at Mohammed V airport did not have Ebola.
• Romania: A traveller
who returned to the country from Nigeria on 25 July is in isolation at a
hospital in Bucharest. The man's wife and son have placed themselves under
voluntary quarantine at home but do not have any symptoms. Results are
awaited.
• Rwanda: A German
medical student has been placed in isolation and samples have been sent for
testing. He had travelled to Liberia and developed Ebola-like-symptoms. Tests
are negative for Ebola.
• Saudi Arabia: One case detected
5 August, proved to be negative on 9 August.
• Senegal: A traveller
from Liberia, hospitalised in Dakar on 9 August, tested negative for Ebola on
10 August.
• Singapore: A Nigerian woman
was sent to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital after presenting to Gleneagles hospital
with a fever. She does not have Ebola.
• Turkey: A Nigerian woman
and her four-year-old son were isolated at Istanbul airport after the woman
complained of feeling unwell. Tested negative for Ebola on 13 August.
The Public
Health England website also says:
“Should a case occur in someone returning from the affected areas, the
risk of onward transmission to others in the UK would be extremely low?”
It goes on to
say:
The incubation period of Ebola virus disease ranges from 2 to 21 days.
The onset of illness is sudden, with fever, headache, joint and muscle pain,
sore throat and intense weakness. This is then followed by diarrhoea, vomiting,
rash, impaired kidney and liver function and stomach pain.
Some patients may develop a rash, red eyes, hiccups, internal and
external bleeding.
Ebola haemorrhagic fever is fatal in between 50 to 90% of cases.
No specific treatment or vaccine has yet been developed????
Routes of spread
Ebola virus spreads from animals to humans through contact with blood,
secretions organs or other bodily fluids of an infected animal. The virus can
then be transmitted onward to other people through direct contact with the
blood or other body fluids from an infected person.
This includes contact with objects (such as needles or soiled clothing)
that have been contaminated with infected body fluids. Hospital workers have
frequently been infected in Ebola outbreaks through close contact with infected
patients, where correct infection control precautions and barrier nursing
procedures are not sufficiently used.
“Ebola virus disease is not spread through ordinary social contact with
people who are well, such as shaking hands or sitting next to someone.”
But this
statement is wrong, it is a lie, if Ebola is spread by contact with moisture or
body fluids from an infected person then any infected person who coughs,
sneezes, spits or talks will propel into the air around you an infected source
that will alight on you and your clothes and even be breathed into your lungs.
Something is going on and we are not being told the truth.
The WHO’s website (updated August 8th) says this:
“Severely ill patients require intensive supportive care. They are
frequently dehydrated and need intravenous fluids or oral rehydration with
solutions that contain electrolytes. There is currently no specific treatment
to cure the disease.”
Yet within a
month of that statement two infected doctors are allowed to travel back to the
USA for treatment and within a few days they are cured, so what cured them
both, I thought there was no treatment?
Now if there is
a treatment, why the secrecy and deception, why is this miraculous treatment
not on its way to the infected areas in Africa?
My question is
did they actually have the infection in the first place? Or is the whole event
another false flag operation?
What might be the hidden agenda of the Ebola scare?
Well it has been suggested that an orchestrated Ebola outbreak in
America could be used to “create a level six pandemic emergency that includes
mandated vaccines, which will contain their patented weaponized Ebola.”
This nightmarish worst-case scenario envisions the eugenicist faction
of the global elite using a fake Ebola threat to create a real one.
With or without an actual threat, world governments could use the
spectre of an emergency pandemic to lock down their citizens and remove the few
remaining shreds of their civil and personal rights.
President Obama recently signed an amendment to George W. Bush’s Executive
Order 13295, which authorizes the “apprehension, detention, or conditional
release of individuals to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of
suspected communicable diseases.” Obama’s amendment broadens the order to allow
the detention of unlimited numbers of Americans based on mere suspicion that
they have a dangerous illness. Well timed I would say and very convenient
indeed.
Why would the US government manufacture a disease threat, real or
feigned, as an excuse for martial law and mass detentions?
It might do so as a pre-emptive measure against the likelihood of
popular unrest when the dollar collapses and the American economy implodes.
Currently the BRIC nations, led by Russia and China, are pulling the plug on
the US dollar, which is swirling with increasing rapidity as it prepares to go
down the drain.
When the dollar takes its final plunge, Americans will face the full
consequences of their government’s squandering of trillions on the 9/11 wars.
The likely result: A second American revolution.
If the US government can terrorize Americans with Ebola, militarize
society, and lock up thousands or millions of people in concentration camps, it
may be able to head off the revolution before it starts. That, at least, might
be their plan.
But natural Ebola could not possibly create a pandemic in the West. It
is not easily transmissible, it lacks a long latency period, and it cannot
survive outside the body except in extremely hot, humid temperatures.
So be forewarned: If the mainstream media reports an alleged Ebola
pandemic in the West, there are only two possibilities: Either they are lying,
or they have created a synthetic, weaponized version of Ebola.
If that happens, we had better start the revolution…before they lock us
up.
Or kill us.
Whether I am right or wrong the fact remains that our borders are as
secure as one of our open prisons and much more dangerous.
There is no government advice for travellers and holiday makers, no
restriction on flights to and from the infected areas, why is that then?
The most deadly virus in the world, “so they say” is on the loose
infecting and killing and we only know because of the TV reports we get from
the box in the living room.
With the easy of international travel and the possibility of a terrorist
bio weapon, even a walking, coughing, sneezing bio bomber why are our borders
simply open?
You owe it to you family to prepare and get into place your plan to
survive such an outbreak. Look even if nothing happens at least you will have
the tools, equipment and plan in place for when it does and you know it will.
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