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With Iran, the economy (few jobs, high government spending), rising gas and food costs, and all the other stuff like H5N1, sun storms, etc...
where are you spending all of your "extra money" or savings.

In the past 5 years with a sick and dying husband I quit doing much prepping. Now I am scared and back to getting food and emergency preps for two bug out bags.

I was wondering am I nuts or are others doing the same?

FluMom wrote: With Iran, the economy (few jobs, high government spending), rising gas and food costs, and all the other stuff like H5N1, sun storms, etc... where are you spending all of your "extra money" or savings.

Some of our extra money went to buying things such as shoes, clothing, soaps of all kinds, shampoos, TP, food wraps, garbage bags etc.  My idea is that if I stock up on those things that I know I'll use in the future I won't have to buy them later on at higher prices.  Grocery prices are rising faster than any amount of interest you can get at a bank.  Spend some time with a notepad & jot down all those items that you know you'll need over the next 10 years & start buying a little extra now.  Clothing is practically all imported.  Will you need a new winter coat in a couple of years?  Need shoes or socks?  Buy them now.  Food is also a good thing to stock up on because if we have a "bank holiday" where they devalue the money then grocery stores may be empty for awhile or simply not have everything you're used to.

No FluMom, you're not nuts, you're smart!! I've been around since 2006 and have bought lots of food, etc. The food has to be used or it gets old. I just found 2007 cans that had to be thrown out. What a waste. just bought a Generac 10kw standby generator. It sits outside my house, hooked up to gas and breaker box. When power goes off for more than 20 seconds, it automatically comes on. Runs whole house. Had plug installed so my neighbor can run an extension cord. I'm hoping gas will be one of the last things to stop.

I like the precious metals. Altho it is correct that a bar of metal will be hard to use for buying every-day stuff. Coin is preferred. Also, many are buying pints of alcohol, cigarettes, etc for barter. Stocks are favored in gold-mining companies; Barrick is big. Look in Canada, too. Jewelry and loose gemstones are also favored. Easily used for purchase and very easy to carry. D

Evergreen wrote: No FluMom, you're not nuts, you're smart!! I've been around since 2006 and have bought lots of food, etc. The food has to be used or it gets old. I just found 2007 cans that had to be thrown out. What a waste. just bought a Generac 10kw standby generator. It sits outside my house, hooked up to gas and breaker box. When power goes off for more than 20 seconds, it automatically comes on. Runs whole house. Had plug installed so my neighbor can run an extension cord. I'm hoping gas will be one of the last things to stop.

Is your generator gasoline or diesel?

It might be a good idea to look into getting your hands on a diesel generator. If you live in the east or some other places, you can get your hands on #4 heating oil which is basically diesel fuel, dyed red so people don't use it in their cars. It's untaxed as road fuel, so is actually very, very cheap and you can buy it by the barrel.

Gas will stop as soon as the electricity stops. (Bout the same time the water turns unpotable.) I guess if you live near a gas station you might be able to use your generator to supply power to the gas station and get the pumps working long enough for you to get some more fuel. Problem with that is that you'll incur loads of attention walking down the street with a generator or better yet when you fire it up at the gas station and start pumping gas out. Probably wind up having to get medieval on someone over your generator or the fuel you pumped out.

Thank you for the compliment Evergreen, "Should be thinking like FluMom."

I have had lots of time to figure out what to do in the worst case. My mama is an old farm girl and they did without so that is where I figured I would start. I am going back to pioneer days when TSHTF.

I can cut off all of my house from my family room with the wood stove and I have a bathroom right off the family room so the pipes there will not freeze in that room. Easy to stay really warm in one room. I still have to get a striling fan for my stove and a battery fan to move the heat into the bathroom.

Makes me think... if I turn off my main water and let my faucets run so my pipes drain, will this keep the pipes from splitting if frozen??? Anyone out there can you confirm this?

I am not getting any younger but I am thinking of buying a one/two man felling saw so I/my kid can saw down trees for my stove. Takes 2 years to season the wood so you have to think ahead.

I just do not want to have to depend on electric, gas, or gasoline. I only need a car to go get water in areas only 2 -3 miles from my home. So as long as I have full tanks in my cars I will be good for a long time. I also have a 4 wheel cart that will carry 300 lbs that I can walk 2-3 miles with for water. Hate that idea but can do it if I have to.

Evergreen, you did good with your Generac I wish I had one!

Just a couple questions...........Charlie McGrath Wide Awake News

While the majority of Americans are oblivious to the warning signs around them, recent actions taken by our government and the governments of other industrialized nations suggest The Powers That Be know very well where we're headed. They are and have been taking steps for quite some time to prepare for what is coming next.

-What is the purpose of the National Defense Authorization act unless they plan on indefinitely detaining American citizens without charge or trial?

-Why does the President of the United States (and his proxies) have the ability order the assassination or execution of an American citizen, again without trial, charge or reason?

-For what reason does President Obama's "Doomsday" executive order (National Defense Resources Preparedness) allow the seizure of food, land, energy resources and skilled laborers?

-Why is the Pentagon actively war-gaming economic collapse scenarios and the civil unrest that would follow such an event?

-With roughly 1 million active law enforcement officers in the United States, why is the US military training tens of thousands of personnel for domestic urban response, riot control and mass detentions?

-For what purpose do we require some 30,000 armed surveillance drones over American cities?

-Why has the Department of Homeland Security acquired in excess of 140 million emergency rations, over 450 million rounds of ammunition, bullet resistant checkpoint booths, and expedited the regionalization of supplies.
Just askin....... D

I do know one thing, FluMom, when bush Sr. attacked Kuwait, the US used an energy weapon (not the right word) that implanted the emotion "fear" into the brains of the Republican Guard (crack fighters), who all surrendered in mass. The reason that was done was because the US expected a huge fight from these troops and wanted to "save lives. Point being, if that weapon was used on US citizens, say to get them to comply with a demand to turn over all food and weapons, can we really resist? Those hardened fighters sure couldn't. BTW, that same weapon can cause death or cause a person to commit suicide. Not very ethical, I'd say. Don't take my word for it, research it yourself. Love ya, D

Scary! Hope I have so little that they will not pay attention.   I bet that it would take lots of time to go back several years to see who has food. Not sure but scary!