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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 473345" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Let's see......... the CDC wasn't it, did an article on what to do to survive a Zombie attack. It was done to get people's attention to be prepared for any catastrophic event, be it natural, warfare, civil unrest, epidemic, whatever. Supposed to have been done somewhat in fun......yet the facts they put there were very important. </p><p></p><p>Ok. This week History channel is running a thing about Zombies. Now one is just the history of zombies. The other I'm not sure what it's called because I didn't catch all of it, darn it. But it was doing the same thing the CDC did on a much deeper level. </p><p></p><p>They had things about storing food, learning to grow your own, hunting, skills that would be valuable to have and marketable, self defence, what types of weapons are best for people who don't normally handle weapons......</p><p></p><p>And I start wondering. Now I belong to a prepper organization. Some mighty good tips there though I don't go to extremes, couldn't if I wanted to. If nothing else, it's greatly helping me survive on no income. Both prepper organizations AND the sites where they get their supplies from are reporting shortages because the govt has been buying from them suddenly as well. </p><p></p><p>So I'm sitting in my chair crocheting a camouflage mitten for Darrin (he has a hat and scarf that will match) watching this thinking........wth is going on? Are certain sources attempting to get information out to the public without screaming "the sky is falling" and causing a mass panic or what? </p><p></p><p>I hang out on the history channels quite often.......because well, main tv doesn't have much on that interests me. They have a show Decoded that recently did an episode to prove or disprove that fort knox is empty. Now I'm not even a huge fan of this show, I think the host is a twit, but that one gave me chills.........and from what they turned up, I'd bet my house it's empty, has been empty since not long after Reagan demanded to see the gold to make sure it was there. (he was the last to see it by the way) Their employees say it's not there, the town it's in says it's not there.....exmilitary that "guarded" it says it's not there, they were guarding empty rooms and other top secret things but not gold. </p><p></p><p>Now the show was not dumb enough to state for a fact the gold is no longer in fort knox. They'd have probably been cancelled on the spot. But me? It's not there. The people they spoke with had no reason to lie about it. </p><p></p><p>Makes you really stop and think. And since I consider you all my family here, I'd like you all to stop and think too. Paranoia, maybe. But look at the news, read the paper, walk through the grocery stores and really pay attention to the prices (which have already begun to jump up) search for online news sources, get informed. </p><p></p><p>Something is hovering. I've no clue what it is.......could be anything. We've got natural disasters all over the place, govts all over the world are tanking economically, blah blah blah......But when the govt is preparing for the worst (whatever the heck it is) and not telling it's citizens to do the same......I get suspicious, and scared. </p><p></p><p>I know we've posted about this before.........but I'm suddenly seeing "specials" about this all over the place, and it's giving me a much more urgent feeling in my gut. </p><p></p><p>You don't have to go overboard. But when you shop, say you're buying canned goods on sale, pick up several extra cans, same with flour, sugar ect. Say they've got a sale on soda in 2 liters.....and you're soda drinkers......snatch them up, drink the soda, wash the bottle and put water or rice/beans/ect into the bottle for storage. Stock up on medical supplies and first aide items and stuff like cold medicine ect when you see a sale. </p><p></p><p>easy child and I have been doing this for months. Step can testify to my current stockpile.......and it's steadily growing. I watch for sales (I don't have a choice), I use my coupons, and I buy it whether I need it or not.....it then is added to the stockpile. I do what I can to keep the cost down as much as possible. I just bought a lot of soup for .49 cents a can. I'm not a big soup person, but if the power is out and I want to eat I can dump it into a can and cook it on my propane camp stove. No fuss, good food. </p><p></p><p>I crochet. I'm learning how to crochet things I'd never have bothered with normally.......like those mittens, hats ect. I'm perfecting my awful knitting skills and plan this winter to work on my sewing by hand skills. </p><p></p><p>We're doing canning and learned how so we can put up our gardens next year.......and any product ect that has a really good sale........And I had to laugh cuz we both thought what if our power went out and we had to throw out all the meat we have packed away in our freezers......ehh no biggie, we'll can it all. lol </p><p></p><p>We're learning to bake from scratch.....especially bread. Although I also know how to make Indian fry bread which doesn't require yeast. </p><p></p><p>We're always on the look out for new skills or items that with make life a bit easier should things go to pot for whatever reason. </p><p></p><p>The nice thing about prepping for a disaster? Is all of it is usable all the time. You're going to eat the food you put up, you're going to use the household supplies ect......I can wash clothes with my washboard and wash tubs hang them on the line and save money on gas and electric if I want......I can bake my own bread and use whole wheat flour I've ground myself and eat healthier bread with no preservatives. If the power goes out I can do stuff with my battery lanterns and my oil/candle lanterns ect. It just doesn't get wasted. If I just can't eat all the food as I rotate it in time, the food pantry would LOVE to have it. Know what I mean??</p><p></p><p>We've become a spoiled society. I think back at the things my grandma did at 70........and I'm like omg, I'd keel over and I'm only 47. I'm out of shape but I'm working on it. </p><p></p><p>We don't expect bad things to happen to us as a whole, and if it does we expect the govt to pick up the pieces and make it better. And maybe that worked for a while. But the govt is broke. Like it or not, don't care who's fault it is cuz it's ALL their fault regardless of party. And the govt doesn't have the funds to make it better in any real sense. We've as a whole forgotten what our grandparents and great grandparents knew so well.......you always prepare for the worst even in the best of times. </p><p></p><p>So yeah. I may be totally paranoid. But the way I look at it? I'd rather be as ready as I can, than being the person who suddenly realizes they can't see in the dark, they have nothing to drink, that week's supply of food in the cupboards doesn't last long even if you ration it............... </p><p></p><p>But seriously.............I can't be the only one noticing the sudden rash of This is what you do if things both online and on tv.......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 473345, member: 84"] Let's see......... the CDC wasn't it, did an article on what to do to survive a Zombie attack. It was done to get people's attention to be prepared for any catastrophic event, be it natural, warfare, civil unrest, epidemic, whatever. Supposed to have been done somewhat in fun......yet the facts they put there were very important. Ok. This week History channel is running a thing about Zombies. Now one is just the history of zombies. The other I'm not sure what it's called because I didn't catch all of it, darn it. But it was doing the same thing the CDC did on a much deeper level. They had things about storing food, learning to grow your own, hunting, skills that would be valuable to have and marketable, self defence, what types of weapons are best for people who don't normally handle weapons...... And I start wondering. Now I belong to a prepper organization. Some mighty good tips there though I don't go to extremes, couldn't if I wanted to. If nothing else, it's greatly helping me survive on no income. Both prepper organizations AND the sites where they get their supplies from are reporting shortages because the govt has been buying from them suddenly as well. So I'm sitting in my chair crocheting a camouflage mitten for Darrin (he has a hat and scarf that will match) watching this thinking........wth is going on? Are certain sources attempting to get information out to the public without screaming "the sky is falling" and causing a mass panic or what? I hang out on the history channels quite often.......because well, main tv doesn't have much on that interests me. They have a show Decoded that recently did an episode to prove or disprove that fort knox is empty. Now I'm not even a huge fan of this show, I think the host is a twit, but that one gave me chills.........and from what they turned up, I'd bet my house it's empty, has been empty since not long after Reagan demanded to see the gold to make sure it was there. (he was the last to see it by the way) Their employees say it's not there, the town it's in says it's not there.....exmilitary that "guarded" it says it's not there, they were guarding empty rooms and other top secret things but not gold. Now the show was not dumb enough to state for a fact the gold is no longer in fort knox. They'd have probably been cancelled on the spot. But me? It's not there. The people they spoke with had no reason to lie about it. Makes you really stop and think. And since I consider you all my family here, I'd like you all to stop and think too. Paranoia, maybe. But look at the news, read the paper, walk through the grocery stores and really pay attention to the prices (which have already begun to jump up) search for online news sources, get informed. Something is hovering. I've no clue what it is.......could be anything. We've got natural disasters all over the place, govts all over the world are tanking economically, blah blah blah......But when the govt is preparing for the worst (whatever the heck it is) and not telling it's citizens to do the same......I get suspicious, and scared. I know we've posted about this before.........but I'm suddenly seeing "specials" about this all over the place, and it's giving me a much more urgent feeling in my gut. You don't have to go overboard. But when you shop, say you're buying canned goods on sale, pick up several extra cans, same with flour, sugar ect. Say they've got a sale on soda in 2 liters.....and you're soda drinkers......snatch them up, drink the soda, wash the bottle and put water or rice/beans/ect into the bottle for storage. Stock up on medical supplies and first aide items and stuff like cold medicine ect when you see a sale. easy child and I have been doing this for months. Step can testify to my current stockpile.......and it's steadily growing. I watch for sales (I don't have a choice), I use my coupons, and I buy it whether I need it or not.....it then is added to the stockpile. I do what I can to keep the cost down as much as possible. I just bought a lot of soup for .49 cents a can. I'm not a big soup person, but if the power is out and I want to eat I can dump it into a can and cook it on my propane camp stove. No fuss, good food. I crochet. I'm learning how to crochet things I'd never have bothered with normally.......like those mittens, hats ect. I'm perfecting my awful knitting skills and plan this winter to work on my sewing by hand skills. We're doing canning and learned how so we can put up our gardens next year.......and any product ect that has a really good sale........And I had to laugh cuz we both thought what if our power went out and we had to throw out all the meat we have packed away in our freezers......ehh no biggie, we'll can it all. lol We're learning to bake from scratch.....especially bread. Although I also know how to make Indian fry bread which doesn't require yeast. We're always on the look out for new skills or items that with make life a bit easier should things go to pot for whatever reason. The nice thing about prepping for a disaster? Is all of it is usable all the time. You're going to eat the food you put up, you're going to use the household supplies ect......I can wash clothes with my washboard and wash tubs hang them on the line and save money on gas and electric if I want......I can bake my own bread and use whole wheat flour I've ground myself and eat healthier bread with no preservatives. If the power goes out I can do stuff with my battery lanterns and my oil/candle lanterns ect. It just doesn't get wasted. If I just can't eat all the food as I rotate it in time, the food pantry would LOVE to have it. Know what I mean?? We've become a spoiled society. I think back at the things my grandma did at 70........and I'm like omg, I'd keel over and I'm only 47. I'm out of shape but I'm working on it. We don't expect bad things to happen to us as a whole, and if it does we expect the govt to pick up the pieces and make it better. And maybe that worked for a while. But the govt is broke. Like it or not, don't care who's fault it is cuz it's ALL their fault regardless of party. And the govt doesn't have the funds to make it better in any real sense. We've as a whole forgotten what our grandparents and great grandparents knew so well.......you always prepare for the worst even in the best of times. So yeah. I may be totally paranoid. But the way I look at it? I'd rather be as ready as I can, than being the person who suddenly realizes they can't see in the dark, they have nothing to drink, that week's supply of food in the cupboards doesn't last long even if you ration it............... But seriously.............I can't be the only one noticing the sudden rash of This is what you do if things both online and on tv....... [/QUOTE]
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