Preppers’ PING!!
It still wouldn’t have stopped me. How would the authorities have known?
Too much Liberty Cabbage there, citizen!
I can remember seeing WWII cartoons decrying hoarding. I don’t know if any were prosecuted then.
The trick is opsec - don’t let anyone know how much you have stored. Even if you are encouraging a receptive neighbor to “be prepared” and using food as an example, never admit to having over 30 days of anything. One person can keep a secret; two cannot.
Just rereading King Rat - James Clavell’s monument to the King of hoarders.
The Republic has been dead for 100 years. This article from 1918 is just one more bit of proof.
From a comment at the link:
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10 barrels and 373 pounds of flour;
2200 lbs of granulated sugar;
595 lbs of brown sugar;
637 lbs of domino sugar;
122 lbs of ham;
185 lbs of strip bacon;
387 tins of slcied bacon;
67 tins of roast beef;
58 tins of corned beef;
large quantities of olive oil;
138 cans of sardines;
77 cans of salmon;
35 cans of molasses;
5 cans of German sausage;
hundreds of cans of soup;
hundreds of cans of baked beans;
176 cans of asparagus;
a number of bottles of anchovies and Russian caviar;
138 lbs of coffee;
953 lbs of rice;
jelly sufficient for many months;
200 lbs of salt;
30 lbs of gumdrops;
20 lbs of chocolates;
34 dozen jars of orange marmalade;
Plus many other supplies...
AND
2 bottles of cordial;
A case of champagne;
A case of Italian wines;
6 quarts of whisky;
48 quarts of California brandy;
84 quarts of sherry
AND even more coffee and tea.
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I feel inadequate in terms of my preparedness!
Ping.
Hmmmm Hoover and Wilson. Should’ve known those guys were involved....
America declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917 and President Wilson called Herbert Hoover home to take charge of food organization in America. Hoover was appointed U.S. Food Administrator.
America had to provide food for her own armies and the other Allies, for the Allied peoples and for the American people at home. Herbert Hoover saw the effort as a willingness of the people to serve the nation voluntarily. He called his program food conservation, but many Americans called it “Hooverizing.” There were wheatless Wednesdays and meatless Mondays, as examples.
http://www.ecommcode.com/hoover/hooveronline/hoover_bio/food.htm
Never tell. Never admit. Don’t know nuthin’.
Mr mm and I came across a source for very good water filters.
We know someone who has used these and had their water tested and they work quite well in taking out contaminants and improving the taste of the water. Mr. mm has tasted the water and seen the test results for the water purification.
The filters are huge, not your countertop models and the one we have is almost two feet high and rated to take out chlorine, lead, critters, and improve taste and odor and is rated for 40,000 gallons of water before needing to be changed and they are quite reasonably priced compared to other filter systems we have looked into.
The site appears to cater to preppers.
Here is a link to them.....
http://www.h2ofilters.com/mafifrkxin.html
We have the PB1 which is the CTO model but takes out lead as well. There are other varieties of filter available.
“In 1994, former President Bill Clinton released an executive order that lumped together a number of laws that could go into effect in the event of a declaration of martial law. One of the laws included in this order, number 10998, allows the federal government to sieze hoarded food supplies from both public and private sources.”
Sorry, there is other legislation against hoarding food. They just aren’t being enforced. Yet.
Alot of people “kept” their “hoard” by burying some of their supplies out in the yard, right under the petunias.
The funny thing is that one is considered a prepper if you have 3 weeks worth of food.
bttt
Just another way the government may make itself the enemy.
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