Posted on 08/05/2013 4:17:10 PM PDT by Kartographer
In recent years the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been regionalizing disaster supplies and rapidly procuring hundreds of millions of ready-to-eat meals, blankets, and body bags. Coupled with the Department of Homeland Security’s suspiciously massive purchases of ammunition, firearms, and riot gear, it is becoming increasingly clear that the U.S. government is positioning itself in advance of an as of yet unknown widespread calamity.
The stockpiling of supplies often considered prepper staples has been occurring since at least 2008, and has increased in scope and velocity throughout the last several years. In fact, the government has been buying so many supplies and in such large amounts that shortages have affected the world’s leading manufacturers to the point they’ve been forced to suspend shipments to retail customers of survival foods and ammunition.
The efforts to stockpile supplies have not abated, despite the mainstream notion that we are experiencing an economic recovery and that relative peace exists throughout the world. In fact, it seems that FEMA and DHS are increasingly expanding their efforts. As evidenced in the report below, they are no longer just waiting for bids posted on the Federal Business Opportunities web site.
FEMA is now actively engaging businesses on the retail supply level, suggesting that whatever they are preparing for is imminent and may occur in short order:
Via Intellihub.com and My Patriot Supply:
The owner of MyPatriotSupply.com was contacted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) by way of email, leading on that something is ready to pop off.
“Here we are, August 2013 and FEMA once again is trying to buy up large stockpiles of food. And they don’t want anyone to know it, and they want to take immediately delivery… I’ve studied history. That is what got me into preparedness in the first place. History has shown us time after time that those who depend on the government to come to their aid during a disaster are the ones waiting the longest for help. Sometimes help never comes…or comes too late.
I do not believe these critical emergency food supplies should be in the hands of the government, stored in some secret warehouse only to be brought out and distributed to their own agencies first, with the rest of us getting table scraps long after we need it.
These life-saving meals belong in the hands of people like you and me. This is why I declined the opportunity to sell to the Department of Homeland Security.
But let’s not forget the most important part of this:
Why the sudden sense of urgency? What do they know that we do not?
I’m not one to cry that the sky is always falling, but when DHS/FEMA make a move to quietly buy up emergency food supplies and ask how much we can ship within 24 hours…I think this is far enough outside the realm of what is “normal” to beg some questions.“
A snapshot of the email from FEMA has been made available below:
FEMA-mypatriotsupply
Granted, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is tasked with preparing America for unexpected, widespread emergencies, so having supplies should be their top priority. However, that they would be anxiously contacting retail suppliers of emergency food and equipment is highly suspect.
We know the U.S. government has been actively preparing for and simulating scenarios that include economic collapse and civil unrest with participants including everyone from the Pentagon to hybrid local law enforcement agencies.
For all intents and purposes the government of this country is engaging in activity that is, when applied to individual behavior, considered suspicious terroristic activity. They are doing everything their FBI bulletins say we as individual citizens should be reporting to police, including the bulk purchases of meals-ready-eat, ammunition, high capacity magazines, and firearms.
Though most Americans are ignorant of these facts, many of those who are aware of what the government has been doing dismiss this as completely normal. They believe that, should disaster strike, those supplies are being stockpiled for their benefit, never realizing that they will be the last in line when a true breakdown happens.
When Hurricane Sandy struck the east coast last year tens of thousands of people were left without homes and supplies. Where was FEMA? We’re not sure, but we do know that within 72 hours of the grid being down residents of New York and New Jersey were starving and rummaging through trash looking for scraps of food. Those who were lucky enough to find a FEMA shelter soon found out that the assistance being provided felt more like a concentration camp than a refugee center. We saw similar events unfold in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
The bottom line is that these supplies and the hundreds of billions of dollars being spent by FEMA are not for us. They are being allocated for the elite members of society, not the average American on the ground.
For those who fail to prepare for long-term disaster situations, life will be horrific and unbearable, because, as noted by FEMA itself, government recovery assistance could take weeks or months.
They are preparing. For what? We can only speculate, but the evidence suggests it’s big and involves a potentially long-duration event.
When it hits the fan all bets are off and you’ll have only yourself, those close to you, and your community to keep you alive.
Preppers’ PING!!
I don’t post a lot that could be considered conspiracy stuff. In fact I took more than a little heat for posting articles about the government buying of ammo and was assured by any number of FReepers that it was all business as usual and there was nothing to it. Though now we know different. So take it for what you will, but I believe someone knows that the excrement is soon to hit the osculating air moving appliance.
I do! A LOT!!!
Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!
To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don’t add you to the list...
There is a coup underway, to eliminate the constitution, eliminate private property, eliminate religion, and eliminate US. Their deviants will have your children, their loyalists will have your money unless you prepare to defend.
More important question: How do I GET OFF and make sure I stay OFF the list???
OK, is that email an actual order for immediate delivery, which would be extremely disconcerting, or is it simply to build up a database of potential suppliers to utilize in case of an actual emergency, which would be surprisingly proactive?
Sadly, I can't remove you. You aren't on the list...
They should not have blotted out the pertinent information so others could verify the legitimacy.
This could be true.....or not.
Could be the food dealer’s business was slowing down so he decided to make up a nice story.
The closer the public gets to discovering Obama’s impeachable offenses, the closer we get to a ‘Wag the dog’ event...
Since 2008? Of course, that’s when America KNEW it was headed to Hell in a hand-basket, with the Usurper-in-Chief/Token Black being used to implement Socialism for all.....
I think the rule is, you have to threaten to report nully to the admin-moderator to stay off the list.
Nope, It’s like getting to Heaven, you have to really work at it. Any failing and fugiddaboutdit!
I see no offer to purchase anything here. The standard operating procedure for the federal agencies would be to solicit bids. Are they scrambling to buy freeze-dried meals, or, just probing to find out about what “Matt” has available in his inventory for sale. Or, possibly (I do not know “Matt”), maybe this story is a ruse to drum up sales?
Yes, it now appears that ‘they’ are locking in contracts and purchasing gargantuan quantities of small-arms ammunition. Even asking for fairly large supplies of unusual foreign calibers. It seems that ‘they’ are doing this purchasing, arguably, to choke the available supply in the whole market and perhaps simultaneously raise the cost of ammunition to absurd levels. Perhaps the same technique may be used for long-term storage food. Why? It does not matter why, if the benefit accrues to only a select few but the cost accrues to many. Then it matters only as to ‘who.’ If “Matt” is real, then he needs to profoundly ignore this inquiry, for so many reasons.
I see no offer to purchase anything here. The standard operating procedure for the federal agencies would be to solicit bids. Are they scrambling to buy freeze-dried meals, or, just probing to find out about what “Matt” has available in his inventory for sale. Or, possibly (I do not know “Matt”), maybe this story is a ruse to drum up sales?
Yes, it now appears that ‘they’ are locking in contracts and purchasing gargantuan quantities of small-arms ammunition. Even asking for fairly large supplies of unusual foreign calibers. It seems that ‘they’ are doing this purchasing, arguably, to choke the available supply in the whole market and perhaps simultaneously raise the cost of ammunition to absurd levels. Perhaps the same technique may be used for long-term storage food. Why? It does not matter why, if the benefit accrues to only a select few but the cost accrues to many. Then it matters only as to ‘who.’ If “Matt” is real, then he needs to profoundly ignore this inquiry, for so many reasons.
Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice.......
Yah! Shame on ‘them!’ Let’s wait to hear from Mountain House, and other producers, because this is only one source.
nothing to worry about.... move along...
Even if the FEMA ammunition buying were true, why would they be buying up .22 cartridges?
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