Posted on 09/01/2020 5:05:15 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
I’m just going to be very blunt with you. Things have already gotten quite crazy, but they are going to get even crazier. Global food supplies have already gotten tight, but they are going to get even tighter. When even the UN starts using the word “biblical” to describe the famine that the world is facing, that is a sign that the hour is very late. Thankfully, we are not facing famine in the short-term here in the United States, but “temporary shortages” of certain items have already been popping up, and food prices are aggressively shooting higher. Earlier today my wife stopped by the grocery store to pick up a couple of things, and one particular item that used to cost about 12 dollars was now 20 dollars instead. But thanks to the Federal Reserve, this is about as low as food prices are going to get. The Fed seems absolutely determined to crank up inflation, and that is going to have very serious implications during the times that are ahead. Right now we have a window of opportunity before the next wave of trouble comes along, and I would greatly encourage you to use this window of opportunity to buy lots of food and store it some place safe.
Some people seem to think that if they have stored up a couple months worth of food that they will be just fine.
Unfortunately, that is not the reality of what we are facing. The truth is that you should have enough food to feed every single person in your household for an extended period of time, and many of you will need much more than that. Because when things get really crazy, many of the friends, neighbors and extended family members that neglected to prepare will come knocking on your door asking for help.
There are some people that would turn away those friends, neighbors and extended family members, but I couldn’t do that. Yes, they are at fault for refusing to get prepared, but I just couldn’t turn them out into the street.
If you also plan to assist those around you that are in need, that just makes your job even bigger. In the end, there is a limit to what any of us can do, and so we will do what we can with what we have and we will leave the rest to God.
The overwhelming demand that we are witnessing at food banks around the nation right now gives us some clues about what we can expect as economic conditions get even worse. In Alameda County, vehicles are lining up “as early as seven in the morning” just to get a little bit of food from the local food banks…
“They start lining up as early as seven in the morning and this will run for six straight hours” said Altfest.
Hundreds of cars slowly snake their way through the parking lot across from the Acura dealership on Interstate 880. Folks from all walks of life driving everything from Toyota’s, BMW’s, to Mercedes, all coming to get food. Folks are grateful for the charity.
When I read that quote from a local CBS news report, it struck me that it sounded almost exactly like what Heidi Baker said when she saw people waiting in line to get food…
And I saw all these people and they had beautiful cars, 4 by 4’s and Lexus, Mercedez, BMW’s, Toyotas. There they were with fancy shiny cars, but they were standing in line.
On the east coast we are seeing similar things happen.
In fact, there was a quarter-mile line at the break of dawn at a food bank in Queens on Saturday…
The line stretched a quarter-mile before the sun was barely up Saturday, snaking around corners like bread lines in the 1930s. But the hungry in Queens are today’s New Yorkers, left jobless by the coronavirus.
Until the pandemic struck the city, La Jornada food pantry used to hand out groceries to roughly 1,000 families a week. Now, the figure tops 10,000. And volunteers serve lunch every day to 1,000 — many of them kids with growling stomachs. Across the five boroughs, the hungry number in the hundreds of thousands, the Food Bank of New York estimates.
I found it quite interesting that the New York Post is comparing what is happening now to the “bread lines in the 1930s”.
This is the reality of what we are facing people. So many people are already in desperate need, and this “perfect storm” is just getting started.
In the Richmond, Virginia area things are even worse. According to one recent report, vehicles have been lining up at one food bank “as early as six hours” before it opens…
Every Friday, cars line up as early as six hours before the food bank on Iron Bridge Road opens the drive-thru. At noon, the first 20 cars or so are allowed to park in the parking lot where they wait another three hours. Once 3 p.m. hits, the operation begins with a slew of volunteers working in the warehouse to fill grocery carts with fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy products, meat, prepared foods and nonperishable items.
Can you imagine sitting in your vehicle for six hours waiting for a food bank to open?
This is how desperate some people in America have already become.
And as I noted at the beginning of this article, the United Nations is using the word “biblical” to describe the famine and starvation that are coming all around the world. The following comes from CNBC…
Famines of “biblical proportions” are becoming a serious risk as the coronavirus crisis threatens to double the number of people nearing starvation, a U.N. body has warned.
In projections released Tuesday, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) predicted that the number of people facing “acute food insecurity” stood to rise to 265 million by the end of this year, up from 135 million in 2019.
I don’t know about you, but I find that warning to be quite sobering.
In a “worst-case scenario”, the UN projects that “about a tenth of the world’s population won’t have enough to eat this year”…
Initial United Nations forecasts show that in a worst-case scenario, about a tenth of the world’s population won’t have enough to eat this year. The impact will go beyond just hunger as millions more are also likely to experience other forms of food insecurity, including not being able to afford healthy diets, which can lead to malnutrition and obesity.
Sadly, even though we have already seen so many crazy things happen in 2020, most Americans are still not prepping.
And so when things really start to unravel in a major way, most of them are going to be short on food and supplies very rapidly.
The other day I was interviewed by Dr. Steve Greene, and we discussed some of the reasons why the troubles that we have experienced so far are just the tip of the iceberg.
So much more is coming, but most people don’t want to hear that.
Most Americans still want to believe that the future is going to be just wonderful, and so they see absolutely no need to prepare for the chaotic times that are approaching.
[I got plenty of fresh protein walking around outside in the form of Iguanas.]
Watch out for Salamanders. They have teefs.
Unfortunately, I am living in a hotel right now, due to house fire. Most of my “storage” is packed up where I can’t get to it and I don’t have room to store more in the hotel.
3 months now and they have not started working on the house. Hopefully sometime in the next 2 weeks, then another 3-4 months waiting.
That kind of thinking will get you killed in a hurry if things go sideways. The wiser course is to stock up and be ready to hunker down and use those arms to keep what you have.
High on a hillside, the trucks are loading
Everything’s ready to roll
No kidding. Last time I was in a store in CA I felt like I was caught up in a buffalo roundup. I'm talken supersized hogjawed heffers and the whole heard seemed to have feedbags strapped to their faces.
Corn, soybeans, wheat and other foodstuffs yields are way up as well as quality.
They won't have much to take. Liberals are the last ones to be prepared for tough times. Still, it might be satisfying to take their last bottle of Perrier.
Local Walmart was stripped of beef, in all forms (steak, ground beef, roast) within 2 days of the start. Including, of course, toilet paper and paper towels. Panic, of course.
Soup, gone. Bread, gone. Frozen aisle, all cases stripped. Two whole rows of cases. Canned vegetables - gone. Back in March, I mean. Stayed that way, too,for a couple months at least.
Was still stripped of aerosol disinfectant last week. Haven’t looked this week.
Yes, the food aisles above are at about 75% now.
Well, just remember that those who are well stocked with food are also usually well armed, too.
Herd...herd...Herd of heffers.
While I have a couple months food available I don’t kid myself. Unless you love on a farm and are self sustaining there is no way to have enough in a global famine. The only foolproof preparation is to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. All else will fail
[I am thinking about buying a mountain of Twinkies. They should last a long time.]
You would think they would. Bought two large packages (this was in the 1990’s). Boxes of lots of Twinkies, maybe 12 or 24 per box. Thought, OK, covered on snacks for about 3 months.
They were green and furry, 100%, in about two weeks.
Went into the kitchen, reached into a box and saw a whole lot of completely-green packages. Yikes.
That’s 20 years ago! However, if it’s canned food, been kept in a cool dry place, it should be good yet. Same with dried foods if vacuum sealed.
[I just came across a coupon for soylent green.]
I go for Soylent Yellow and Soylent Blue.
Call me old-fashioned but I liked the Soylent before Green.
The Green tastes like chicken.
I will be fine...
Pistol at every door...but I'm rural.
Ain't to worried...
Hell we had "go bags" in the 80's in SoCal..
Nothing new under the sun.....
TP cleared out.
Beans of any kind practically gone.
Canned meat gone.
Fresh meat was limited.
It can get worse.
Especially if the smoldering Civil War really erupts.
14 million acres damaged or destroyed in Iowa a couple of weeks ago. To say nothing of Wisconsin and Illinois.
God only knows how many acres flooded in China, or eaten by locusts.
Food’s going to be scarce and expensive shortly.
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