Posted on 04/27/2011 6:08:52 PM PDT by blam
My fears are for when the government checks stop coming and the lights start going out.
Yep, most common sense is gone and the mobs will be ugly.
Last week someone put an ad in the local paper about canning jars to give away. I called within five minutes of when my paper hit the porch, and they were gone. I rarely see canning jars offered at yard sales.
My son used to clean an older lady’s sidewalk of snow- and what a pleasant surprise- some years later when she went into a nursing home, she showed up on his doorstep step with boxes of good canning jars and a very good pressure canner. She told him she knew he would use them. And yes, he has canned forever.
Something bad is going to happen this year. I can feel it in my bones.
For preparedness information: listen to The Survival Podcast and read their forum. Lots of good stuff there.
Now does that in general mean that taking the daily recommended value is all that is needed ?
Oh, metmom, you aren’t the only one!
My hubby and daughter are the same, too.
It is tougher, but someone has to do it. I know it helps me sleep better.
I do think hubby is coming around more lately at least, but I am the food storage planner, canner and gardener.
Lead can prevent the uptake of liberalism
I don’t know about the Iron or the Potassium but I looked in my Adelle Davis books and she did recommend the calcium for the strontium.
It is more important if you are low on your calcium intake, than if you don’t have a deficiency. Another of my books also recommended apples for their pectin. Not sure about that, but it wouldn’t hurt and be good for you either way.
I think the main principle is that these radiation related elements are picked up by your body IF you are deficient in the element that is like them. Like iodine for the thyroid instead of the radioactive element iodine.
Hope this helps.
Sort of like noticing that there have been some earthquakes, and noticing that the ocean has receded away from the shoreline. Putting two and two together.
I was just at The Dollar Store and you can order your supplies online.
This would be for those who are supplementing their prep with ready to eat 1-4 meal servings per package/can.
You can get all kinds of things that are very tasty and will last years until you need them.
They Ship for free and you just go down to your local Dollar Store and pickup your order.
How easy is that?
http://www.dollartree.com/home.jsp
Avgas (sans-alcohol) would keep longer, but the JP fuels(2-3-4-5) are refined kerosenes and keep pretty well if treated.
When I was in elementary school, nobody had ever heard of Strontium 90 - by the time I went to college, everyone in the world had it in their bones... Not a good omen...
I just installed two 350 gallon fuel barrels (on eight foot towers with filters and hoses and gravity feed nozzles) and had to pay $36 dollars per gallon, it took 2, of sta-bil to add to the fuel. I think the smaller pint bottles were about $11...
They also found Americium and Curium in the Japanese soil.
See my tag line.
SeaFoam IIRC is a motor treatment to clean out the carb, etc. You add it to the gas. I heard it is pretty good stuff as a “tune up” for small engines, etc. Maybe something like once a year, or before you put it away for the season run it with gas treated with SeaFoam.
But the Stabil is the stuff you want to put in the gas for storage. And I just had my lawnmower repaired from not putting it away properly a few winters ago and the gas gunked up the carb. (Lacquer). The neighborhood small-engine repair guy said what he does before he puts his stuff away is put some stabil in the tank and run it for awhile, then put it away. I imagine if the carb has a drain spigot to drain the carb of fuel - but I guess with the Stabil in it you might not need to. (I’ll have to ask him)
Is it safe to store those little green Coleman tanks in a shed? I want to get some more (have a small camp stove that I’ve kept for preps since DH is NOT a camper). I have two old ones from a long-ago (pre-DH) camping trip and I think they are empty. They are looking ragged and I’m not sure how to dispose of them.
Folks, don’t forget antibiotics!! In a SHTF situation, there will be no medical help. You can get antibiotics from Tractor Supply and other such stores.
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