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Emergency Preparedness (year's supply of food, 72 hour kit)
9-15-2001 | Utah Girl

Posted on 12/07/2008 8:09:30 AM PST by Sen Jack S. Fogbound

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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

This area of Washington has a significant number of ex mil guys and gals. They came through Fort Lewis or McChord and liked it so much, they stayed.
Or they were defense consultants at Boeing.

That kind of thing.

When Dudes batteries run out in his I-phone and he can’t get to Google maps, he’s SOL!!


321 posted on 12/07/2008 6:57:08 PM PST by djf (...heard about a couple livin in the USA, he said they traded in their baby for a Chevrolet...)
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To: jack308
"Duct tape is always useful for sucking chest wounds too."

And more...

About two years ago my wife got a 6" long 1/2" deep laceration on her calf. We were way up in the mountains. We always have Duct tape with us. I cinched a tournequet on her femural artery, and cleaned the wound, and then closed it tightly with duct tape. By the time that we got back to civilization, two days later, the wound had fully closed. It healed without any visible scar. Great stuff!

322 posted on 12/07/2008 6:59:02 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Obama - not just an empty suit - - A Suit Bomb invading the White House)
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To: panaxanax

I can’t help myself. I’m in to Rehab and want to “change” um.:’) They try to take my food though and they are gonna be in a world of hurt though.


323 posted on 12/07/2008 7:01:29 PM PST by CindyDawg (Lord, please bless America)
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To: Gabz

That’s part of what my 2.5K of .22 is for!

Small game.


324 posted on 12/07/2008 7:02:45 PM PST by djf (...heard about a couple livin in the USA, he said they traded in their baby for a Chevrolet...)
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To: CindyDawg; panaxanax

There be some that just cain’t be changed..............

Gots ta feel fer them thar folks.


325 posted on 12/07/2008 7:03:24 PM PST by Gabz (Is a sarcasm tag really needed?)
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To: panaxanax; AppyPappy
The last I heard from him I think he was choking on something

Probably his ego.

326 posted on 12/07/2008 7:04:18 PM PST by CindyDawg (Lord, please bless America)
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To: Sen Jack S. Fogbound

bookmark to print out


327 posted on 12/07/2008 7:05:20 PM PST by ozarkgirl (Sarah Palin: pro-life, pro-guns, pro-family, anti-government corruption!)
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To: Gabz

I suppose....


328 posted on 12/07/2008 7:06:05 PM PST by CindyDawg (Lord, please bless America)
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To: djf

Good for you!!!

There are some serious reasons for threads like this one, but some people go WAAAAAAAAY overboard. I find them extremely informative, and a lot of fun.

Who says being serious about being prepared for who knows what needs to only be dull and boring?


329 posted on 12/07/2008 7:06:27 PM PST by Gabz (Is a sarcasm tag really needed?)
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To: CindyDawg

I know, I know.........but we must remember what He said about doing for the LEAST of His brothers.........


330 posted on 12/07/2008 7:07:48 PM PST by Gabz (Is a sarcasm tag really needed?)
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To: Gabz
"Who says being serious about being prepared for who knows what needs to only be dull and boring?"

Anything but.

I'm guessing that you're too young to remember the 'survivalist' movement from the early 70s? Some of them actually purchased property in remote places, and armed themselves to the teeth. Most of them lived communally, and that led to some interesting news reports. One of the leaders of one camp had decided that he had sharing rights to as many of the wives as he wanted. Not a good thing to do in a heavily armed camp...

331 posted on 12/07/2008 7:15:26 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Obama - not just an empty suit - - A Suit Bomb invading the White House)
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To: Gabz

Well, I’ve recommended talking to and getting to know your neighbors. Community meetings, that sort of thing.

If things continue to get worse, community groups are the only thing that might work.

It would be a very different world, but if people work together and lower their expectations, they can get through.


332 posted on 12/07/2008 7:16:31 PM PST by djf (...heard about a couple livin in the USA, he said they traded in their baby for a Chevrolet...)
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To: mouser
"...also bay leaves put in flower or macaroni or spaghetti will keep the weevils and other bugs out just be sure to remove as you take the flour out and sift"

The bugs come in the form of eggs that hatch already in the flour, etc.

333 posted on 12/07/2008 7:23:20 PM PST by blam
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To: djf
Most of my neighbors are dems and think everything is going to be peachy now. I guess I could set it up as a hurricane awareness though.
334 posted on 12/07/2008 7:23:38 PM PST by CindyDawg (Lord, please bless America)
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To: Sen Jack S. Fogbound

Survival Info Bump! ;-)


335 posted on 12/07/2008 7:32:56 PM PST by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here. ;-)
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To: djf

LOL,,,Roger Dat on the SOL !

I guess half the folks in that place worked for Boeing at

one time or another,,,

My ex-mil and her sister worked on the B-52’s,,,

The kids would take off from school to pick berries at

the local farms when the season came,,,

Earned money and could bring home plenty for Mom to can,,,
(try that now)

I hate to hear about the thugs movin’ into the Puyallup area

but lots of places are like that now...


336 posted on 12/07/2008 7:35:11 PM PST by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: blam

Sifting is good. Also, freeze the flour for four days before storing it in a good food storage bag.


337 posted on 12/07/2008 7:40:19 PM PST by grandpa jones (L.O.M.A. (loyal opposition my azz))
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To: djf
I live in Virginia Beach where there are more retired seals than
actual seals in some parts of Alaska. We (friends) already have a plan, and it doesn't
include waiting around for the Government to protect hungry looters.

Having a 4-stoke motorcycle to get out of populated urban areas fast,
was the best advice I was ever told. Don't forget the bug-out bag.

338 posted on 12/07/2008 7:40:44 PM PST by MaxMax (I'll welcome death when God calls me. Until then, the fight is on)
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To: editor-surveyor
Anything but.

Oh really? this coming from the one invoking scripture againt folks that choose to be prepared?

I do agree you did make things interesting, in a rather weird way, but that was not the sort of thread involvement I was speaking of.

I'm guessing that you're too young to remember the 'survivalist' movement from the early 70s?

You guess wrong. If you choose to equate discussions such as this to that sort of mentality, you might want to rethink your participation in such discussions.

339 posted on 12/07/2008 7:51:39 PM PST by Gabz (Is a sarcasm tag really needed?)
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To: djf

That sort of describes where I’m at right now. Although we’re physically spaced apart, as in we don’t live on “blocks” in the sense of how my husband and I grew up (he grew up in a small town and I grew up in a big city) we still have our “community” of neighbors.

We all know what we can each “provide” for ourselves and the others.


340 posted on 12/07/2008 7:57:49 PM PST by Gabz (Is a sarcasm tag really needed?)
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