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Just In Time: When the Trucks Stop, America Will Stop
SHTF Plan.com ^ | 4/2/12 | Mac Slavo

Posted on 04/02/2012 5:45:41 PM PDT by Kartographer

A report prepared for legislators and business leaders by the American Trucking Associations highlights just how critical our just-in-time inventory and delivery systems are, and assesses the impact on the general population in the event of an emergency or incident of national significance that disrupts the truck transportation systems which are responsible for carrying some ten billion tons of commodities and supplies across the United States each year.

A shut down of truck operations as a result of elevated threat levels, terrorist attacks, or pandemics would, according to the report, have “a swift and devastating impact on the food, healthcare, transportation, waste removal, retail, manufacturing, and financial sectors.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Society
KEYWORDS: 2012; economy; preparedness; prepperping; preppers; selfreliance; shtfplan; survivalping
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Significant shortages will occur in as little as three days, especially for perishable items following a national emergency and a ban on truck traffic. Consumer fear and panic will exacerbate shortages. News of a truck stoppage—whether on the local level, state or regional level, or nationwide—will spur hoarding and drastic increases in consumer purchases of essential goods. Shortages will materialize quickly and could lead to civil unrest. (We’re seeing this in the UK right now)

1 posted on 04/02/2012 5:45:52 PM PDT by Kartographer
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To: appalachian_dweller; OldPossum; DuncanWaring; VirginiaMom; CodeToad; goosie; kalee; ...

Preppers’ PING!


2 posted on 04/02/2012 5:47:00 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

I suspect it will be a lot quicker than 3 days. The small grocery store near me probably has 20,000 living within 10 miles of it.


3 posted on 04/02/2012 5:51:19 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Kartographer

Is the media finally starting to catch up and catch on? ... We will see what we see when we see what we see ...


4 posted on 04/02/2012 5:52:07 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: Kartographer

Post the story on radiation while you’re at it. :)


5 posted on 04/02/2012 5:52:10 PM PDT by Errant
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To: Kartographer
I'm not sure it's a good thing to bring this to the politicians attention. Next thing you know they will be federalizing the trucking industry.
6 posted on 04/02/2012 5:54:06 PM PDT by 2111USMC (Not a hard man to track. Leaves dead men wherever he goes.)
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To: Errant

I don’t need the headache! Too many here on FR think that Fukushima is no more dangerous than the radiation in your smoke detector or from an old radium watch.


7 posted on 04/02/2012 6:04:58 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

The Ballad of K.C. River Rat, 1973, about halfway down. http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/national-lampoon?before=1330796260


8 posted on 04/02/2012 6:06:29 PM PDT by irgbar-man (had to sell my good tagline for food)
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To: Kartographer

LOL! My thoughts exactly...


9 posted on 04/02/2012 6:08:18 PM PDT by Errant
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To: Errant

And global warming. And the derivative markets going under. Obama winning a second term? Get it all out.


10 posted on 04/02/2012 6:08:34 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Kartographer

There is nothing new or surprising in this post and its supporting articles.

I have lived in Florida since 1949 and have ridden out many hurricanes. As a result, I have a hurricane preparation checklist that I run every May just as the local governments and military bases have their hurricane exercise.

My personal checklist assumes no outside deliveries of anything for 3 to 7 days. It also assumes that the electrical grid goes down for at least a week. While I know my plans are for just a week to 10 days and represent only a fraction of what I could (will?) see in a larger systemic collapse at least I have an idea.

Want to see what happens when there is systemic no prior planning to prevent pi** poor performance? Look no farther than New Orleans and Hurricane Katerina. Then multiply it by two to four orders of magnitude (times 100 to 10,00 times).


11 posted on 04/02/2012 6:11:31 PM PDT by Nip (TANSTAAFL and BOHICA)
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To: Secret Agent Man
And global warming.

Now that you mentioned it, there may actually be some "global warming" occuring. But not for the reasons the globalist claim, but much, much deeper ( at the bottom of the seas )...

12 posted on 04/02/2012 6:15:33 PM PDT by Errant
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To: 2111USMC

Too late! The report was prepared for politicians. Read again, “A report prepared for legislators...” This is clearly a report to justify some draconian law that will be foisted on us soon.


13 posted on 04/02/2012 6:27:41 PM PDT by JimWayne
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To: Kartographer
Consumer fear and panic will exacerbate shortages.

The last place you want to be during a pandemic.
14 posted on 04/02/2012 6:29:43 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Time to beat the swords of government tyranny into the plowshares of freedom.)
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To: cripplecreek

I use Florida hurricanes as an example. It takes a day to empty out the stores.


15 posted on 04/02/2012 6:30:30 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: JimWayne

Yes, I did read that. Hence my comment.


16 posted on 04/02/2012 6:30:57 PM PDT by 2111USMC (Not a hard man to track. Leaves dead men wherever he goes.)
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To: Kartographer
Have you seen this recent post by James Rawlings? It's thought provoking.

Letter Re: Prospects for the Eastern U.S. in a Societal Collapse

17 posted on 04/02/2012 6:32:03 PM PDT by Errant
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To: driftdiver

There are much larger stores like Walmart in town but I don’t want any part of those places in a panic.


18 posted on 04/02/2012 6:36:45 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Secret Agent Man
Marc Faber Predicts 'Massive Wealth Destruction' Through Hyperinflation, Social Unrest, Credit Collapse, Or War
19 posted on 04/02/2012 6:42:52 PM PDT by blam
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To: cripplecreek
During Rita, had the opportunity to do a bit of shopping at the local Walmart after it had reopened. Walmart had armed guards at the store and we had to enter through a side door. When finished with our shopping, we went out the front door as long lines of others waiting were told that there was nothing left to buy in the store.

The looks we got while wheeling our buggies to our vehicles was pretty unnerving - good thing the guards where there!

20 posted on 04/02/2012 6:46:46 PM PDT by Errant
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