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Disaster Dozen: 12 Myths of Disaster Preparedness
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| 9/7/12
| Paul Purcell
Posted on 09/07/2012 2:23:13 PM PDT by Kartographer
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To: JRandomFreeper
You’d go Union Army Civil War over WWI???
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posted on
09/07/2012 7:30:02 PM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: montag813
anything can set off the inner city feral yutes...anything...NBA game loss, canceling a rap concert,etc...
I don't think the mass of black Americans will do anything though....deep down, probably a sizable minority don't even like the idiot....
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posted on
09/07/2012 7:39:06 PM PDT
by
cherry
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
In a heartbeat.
a) it's not in France.
b) medicine is fairly close to the same.
c) Sec Stanton, for all his stupid faults, did food logistics fairly less screwed up since the logistics tail was much shorter.
Throw in the flu of 1917/18, screwed up weather patterns, gas warfare, and the introduction of the machine gun (yes, Dr. Gatling had his during the Civil War, but it was lumped with arty), and it's no question in my little brain.
/johnny
To: glock rocks; SnakeDoctor; Jim Robinson; Squantos; Pete-R-Bilt; B4Ranch; DoughtyOne; Eaker; ...
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posted on
09/07/2012 7:45:30 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer; Old Sarge
Um, yup. As I was saying...
BTW thanks, Sarge. Salute.
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posted on
09/07/2012 7:50:51 PM PDT
by
glock rocks
(Hey... shut the damn barn! Were you raised in a... um, wait...)
To: cherry
I don't think the mass of black Americans will do anything though"It's a pea-wit that judges by the group".
/johnny
To: Pollster1
>>1. If something happens I could call 911. Of course, that might make the problem far worse. Whether to call 911 is a decision to be made based on whether an official response is more likely than not to be helpful.
There is a line I’ve learned here that goes “There are very few situations that can’t be made worse by the addition of a cop.”
Unfortunately, based on reading a lot of news articles here, I’m forced to agree.
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posted on
09/07/2012 8:03:59 PM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: FreedomPoster; Squantos
There are very few situations that cant be made worse by the addition of a cop.The flip side of that is that any interpersonal relationship problems can be resolved by the proper application of high explosives. ;)
Did I get that right, Lefty?
/johnny
To: glock rocks
As always you are the man my friend and brother!
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posted on
09/07/2012 8:42:57 PM PDT
by
Eaker
(Stripping Americans of their freedom and dignity and rubbing their noses in it is a very bad idea.)
To: CrazyIvan
...1500W power inverter in my Jeep...yes I've bought a 2500W inverter since then to run off a marine battery or in an extended outage off of the car battery - but the problem wasn't the power supply so much as the radio stations, at least the ones we were picking up, which apparently hadn't gotten the message that they were supposed to be keeping the public fully informed about the progress of the storm - at least with an inverter and rabbit ears we should be able to pick up local TV, which seems to thrive on detailed coverage of even minimal weather events.....
To: glock rocks
I don't practice shooting as much as I used to, but I find that I can still hit the target when I want to.
It's not a porch swing for me, but I know exactly what you mean. For me it's not so much a porch swing model, as a model of just wanting to be left alone. You do your thing, and I'll do mine. Just leave me the BLANK alone.
Start screwing with me, my patience isn't going to stretch to please like it once did. Why should I accommodate an idiot? It's like the scene in Raiders, where Indiana Jones takes one look at that guy swirling his saber, shoots the mo-fo, and gets on with his life.
Doing my own thing doesn't mean I don't care to involve myself in issues or causes. I just try to hunt and peck where I put my efforts these days. If I think it can make a difference, I'm in. If I think it's more of a wasted effort, I'll sit it out.
Eastwood is the man. I don't think he's as sharp as he once was. Heck, at 61 I'm not as sharp as I once was. He still got out there and give it a go, and he did a great job. My hat is off to him. He didn't care what he looked like doing it. It wasn't about him. He just went out there and did it. At 82, this guy is spry enough to kick sand in his contemporaries' faces. Now that's cool, and very funny.
Perhaps it's my age, but I'll be darned if I see men's men on the public stage very often these days. I doubt Eastwood and I see eye to eye on a number of issues, but I do admire him standing up and being counted on an important issue of the day. When he addressed the nation from the Republican Convention, Eastwood was the man. Head 'em up! Move out Roudy!
You can still do it bud...
Thanks Glock Rocks. Good call.
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posted on
09/07/2012 11:04:24 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Americans want what Americans always wanted: Better lives for families; little government authority.)
To: Kartographer
I just made a response above, and referenced this scene. LOL
Then I came back to move on to the next ping, and there was your film clip.
Hilarious. Exactly right bud.
Nice one.
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posted on
09/07/2012 11:08:59 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Americans want what Americans always wanted: Better lives for families; little government authority.)
To: ChildOfThe60s
Add iodized salt to your list. AND sugar. AND Yeast packets.
LOOOONG shelf-life.
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posted on
09/08/2012 2:29:01 AM PDT
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
To: Mortrey
Low melt-temp, softer wax like this: http://www.cheesemaking.com/RedCheeseWax.html
But you can also use FAR CHEAPER “gulf wax” — white/clear, sold in a box in most any baking section of the grocery store.
Just be mindful of temps.
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posted on
09/08/2012 2:40:06 AM PDT
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
To: Mortrey
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posted on
09/08/2012 2:42:28 AM PDT
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
To: WilliamRobert
"When the zombies come you will need surplus to barter with."LOL...So what will a zombie have to offer me in return for a bottle of booze?
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posted on
09/08/2012 5:28:10 AM PDT
by
Mich Patriot
(Today if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse. RReagan)
To: Marcella
Anyway, I had economics in college so it is taught. and everybody goes to college and elects to take economics. my bad
To: glock rocks; Travis McGee
Wise words well thought out and presented GR as always .....
As stated here many times we live as grandparents and parents taught us as they experiencd the great depression first hand. I have experienced and seen the worlds worst with my career in the military.
The world is a fragile place where humans dictate by their actions what does and doesn’t happen. If your up to your hips in grenade pins it’s up to you to use USAF Colonel John Boyd’s OODA loop and improve your lot in life .....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OODA_loop
Our own buddy Travis Mcgee has a variant he adopted for our use......his cube at the bottom of his home page here at FR.
http://www.freerepublic.com/~travismcgee/
The basics of water, food, shelter, security, transportation, communications, medical and hygiene all have redundant layers from every day sources to stored backups, barter ability and sources and improvised sustainability of our basic needs.
We prepare, we maintain, we inspect and repair, we learn, we live how we would if all power and commercial sources were to cease tomorrow.
Key also is to be aware of local, area and national threat assessments. Evaluate such data from ALL SOURCES be they trusted, left or right politically, conspiracy sorts and foreign news outlets as well.
Free insurance for all but total anarchy and natural disasters. For that we have skill sets to survive if the good lord lets us.
Prepping is not all beans, bullets, barriers and bullion.
My opinion and how we address our “insurance”....;o)
Stay safe !
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posted on
09/08/2012 6:56:36 AM PDT
by
Squantos
To: JRandomFreeper
That is the commercial version...., no professionalism in that method.
Carefully measure and calculate what you need then double the amount. Albeit I pride myself on knowing just how much to shove up a bulls butt to blow his horns off without making his eyes water.....
Stay safe !
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posted on
09/08/2012 7:27:10 AM PDT
by
Squantos
To: Squantos
Not all areas will suffer in the same way or at the same time. The most important thing would-be "preppers" can do at this time is move to a (relatively) safer corner of the CW2 cube.
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posted on
09/08/2012 7:35:00 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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