[betsyross60]

I have been dry canning things like cornmeal, bread flour, pasta, and dehydrated foods. We are giving our son ammo for his birthday present; I will be canning pinto beans over the next two weeks, along with a turkey we have in the freezer. I have accumulated a lot of great first aid supplies that I am putting into various first aid kits for all of the cars of all of the family members. Each week I teach a Bible study and the ladies in it are scheduling a prayer vigil for the Monday before the election. I am planning Christmas gifts around the preparedness theme. We are headed to a gun show in two weeks to see what we can buy there. I sense the need to move quickly now.

[JRandomFreeper]

I sense the need to move quickly now.

Over and above the obvious crap in the world going on, do understand that humans have a normal reflex to stock up for winter, and that normally shows up in the fall.

We've been doing it for tens of thousands of years.

/johnny

[PA Engineer]

I sense the need to move quickly now.

I understand and agree. I sense the same and I have been prepping for a long time. We are in a transitional phase of societal development. Every time in history technological change has brought must suffering as a response. IMHO we are there on steroids.

I am torn at this point. I have prepped to help both family and neighbors. Two of my neighbors are surprisingly rough and tumble. One is a general surgeon and the other a dental surgeon. They know things are bad, but have not taken steps to prepare. My Wife is a doctor and we have laid away many medical supplies. I don't think we can afford more advanced medical preparations. What do I do? We can feed them (and their families) for a year. Do we risk OpSec? Do I broach advanced medical supplies? I don't know. That is where I am at right now.

OpSec or the next step? I do not know.

[djf]

I sense the need to move quickly now.

Funny thing. This story is ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

My prepping started, and I can tell you exactly when.
I was cleaning out a closet, my wife had passed the previous year, and there is a closet in a spare bedroom I have.

I was due to leave town during mid-week, had some things I needed to take care of.

So that weekend, I started thinking I should use the space and store some stuff, I went to the store, bought about a hundred dollars of canned goods, and started arranging it in the closet.

I know the exact date, because a bit more than one week later, two airplanes crashed into the WTC buildings.

It was Sep 2, 2001

I took that as a sign that I need to get serious about learning things and making preps.

This time it feels different, though. Like a volcano getting ready to erupt...