Coming Chaos: No Banks, No Public Facilities, No Food and Rampaging Gangs of Desperate People

The Market Oracle ^ | 7-5-2010 | Mac Salvo

[The Duke]

What do you like about that particular recommendation? (The price certainly looks right!)

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

I am stuck on Napalm, ‘cause Napalm’s stuck on me.
I am stuck on Napalm, as you can plainly see.
‘Cause it sticks on open infantry, and sticks to APCs,
I am stuck on Napalm, ‘cause Napalm’s stuck on me.

[combat_boots]

I agree. The MENSA folks I’ve known are way out there in pine nut territory odd.

[WVNan]

People in more rural communities will watch out for each other. Think snow storms & floods. I know that around here when people got low on food or water, some of us went to help. We fortunately live on the river, so water will never be an issue. Just need a purifier or learn to filter and boil. We have many friends who live on farms who have gardens and can produce all summer. We also have a lot of Amish families who will be most helpful in hard times. They can teach those who don't know how to do things.

Much of my childhood was spent living without any modern conveniences, and then came WWII with rationing. I know how to survive if I want to. At 76 I'm not sure I want to watch my children suffer, and they will, because they don't believe that anything will happen. Hard times in America? Are you kidding? No way that can happen. Foolish deluded people.

[WVNan]

I’m curious. How is Napalm used? Do you set fire to it, shoot it...what? I’m ignorant to it’s use. I seem to recall it being associated with fire.

[Lurker]

What do I like about it? They're superbly reliable and wickedly accurate.

At less than $300 a copy they're incredible value. They have a unique straight pull bolt action which makes them very fast to operate. They're engineered like a Swiss watch, which is no surprise.

Ammo is a bit more dear than your usual surplus arm, but that's because all of the Swiss made ammo for it is Match Grade. The Swiss don't make anything BUT match grade ammo.

If you're looking for a relatively inexpensive bolt rifle, one could do a lot worse.

[Hugin]

From a smoothbore I like Breneke slugs. They have a plastic tail attached, kind of like a badmitten birdie that keeps them stable in flight and are harder than a typical slug for better penetrartion.

I also have a rifled slug barrel for my Mossy 500, which lets you shoot sabots. That will give you something very similar to a 45-70 in performance.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

It can be dropped from aircraft (as seen in the movie Apocalypse Now, which used file footage of a real Napalm drop in the Philippines.)

On the ground, it is used by the US Army as Flame Field Expedients (FFE).

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/policy/army/fm/3-7/Ch7.htm

[MrPiper]

This is pretty much what happened in the Great Depression, where “A pound of hamburger cost only a nickel, but nobody had any nickels.”

So,, you are saying deflation?

[Lurker]

I’m curious. How is Napalm used?

Napalm, short for Napthatic-Palmatic Acid is basically a jellied gasoline. It was used in against infantry troops in the open both in bombs and in flamethrowers. It was also used in quantity in the firebombings of Dresden and Tokyo.

Imagine flaming jellied gasoline sticking to everything and it's nearly impossible to extinguish.

I love the stuff.

[The Duke]

Thanks ... you’ve sold me. :)

[Little Bill]

Produced Crispy Critters as we used to call them. Better living through Chemistry.

[gusopol3]

Better get back in the car.

[MrPiper]

Thanks ... you’ve sold me. :)

Dude,, can you buy ammo at WalMart? My Remington 700, 30.06,, I can!

[driftdiver]

Here in Florida they’ve found around 80% of the people don’t have 3 days of food in their home.

[Lancey Howard]

Homemade Flamethrower Tutorial

[blam]

"how coincidental! I have just returned from the all you can eat Chinese buffet"

I just got back too...I stopped and bought another case of tuna for my supplies, lol.

[Wingy]

bfl

[DTogo]

A world of no banks, no public facilities, no food and rampaging gangs of desperate people. Unemployment of 50% and little law and order. Violence will be rife.

In such a situation Martial Law may not be a viable option as the Reserve/National Guard types, and many LEOs would be too pre-occupied protecting their own.

Washington DC may very well be one of the first cities to be sacked and burned by the already near "rampaging gangs" surrounding it.

Hope & Change will come home to roost.

[Blue Collar Christian]

Just like today, their census takers were not interested in the math...