Posted on 12/04/2012 4:27:33 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Freedom Outpost has previously reported on the fact that gun sales represent at least one booming sector of the American economy since the re-election of Barak Obama. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to interpret that piece of data in terms of sociology: What must people be thinking? That’s a legitimate question, and it’s easy to think of an answer.
Horror icon, Stephen King, has a theory that the same sort of “weather vane” indication of the public mood can be discerned from the popularity, or lack thereof, of current scary movies. In his nonfiction book about creating horror fiction, Danse Macabre, King theorizes that if horror flicks are enjoying a great deal of success, that’s an indication that the public at large is nervous or fearful. If the horror industry tanks, that means the public is generally optimistic about the future. (And, by the way, horror flicks have been doing really well since about 2008. I’m just sayin’.)
I believe I’ve stumbled onto another bit of information that says a great deal about the public mood. And that is, as a writer whose wares are on sale at Amazon.com, it behooves me to keep an eye on what’s selling and what isn’t. What are the hot topics?
Well, before the November election, books about President Obama and about political theory in general were flying off the shelves. But now, checking the same bestseller lists that used to show those books doing well, it is plain that the mood has shifted. Those sorts of books have been supplanted and upstaged to a large degree. And the genre or theme that has replaced them is [insert drumroll here] Disaster Preparedness.
Books about how to assemble a “survival preparedness kit,” or more popularly, a “bug-out bag,” are all the rage. Freedom Outpost, as always, is here to help. Save your money: the information is widely available for free. In fact, here is a link to the aptly named Bug Out Bag List website which has done a good job of consolidating it for you.
Caution: As I perused the provided links, I noted that my computer started acting “wonky” when I tried to access the list provided at the Ready.Gov site (the third link on the “other lists” list.) You might stay away from that.
So, here you go: A short list that represents what experts seem to agree are the absolute essentials of disaster preparedness. Of course, the number of other items that might well be extremely useful is endless. But this seems to be the general consensus on critical items:
As you’re considering this, recall that the folks affected by Sandy were without basic services like water and electricity for a lot longer than 72 hours…
Is this the perfect list for you? That’s doubtful. The perfect list is the one that fits your needs to take care of your family.
But back to our sociological experiment. Let me ask, what’s going on in the public mood that prepping is suddenly all the rage? I’m guessing the answer is probably the same as with all the gun sales. Is there some alarmism involved? Probably. But I think it’s more about people simply coming to the realization that they can’t really depend on anyone, especially the government, to make sure they survive a crisis. It’s still good American advice: Trust in God and keep your powder dry.
For more discussion about how Bible-believing patriots specifically ought to respond to darkening skies, caused by their own government, get the book, Resistance to Tyrants: Romans 13 and the Christian Duty to Oppose Wicked Rulers, for less than a decent cup of hipster latte’.
So sorry to hear about your wife. And thank you for the advice.
rebellion is unlawful attempt to take power from a legitimate authority - think lucifer attepting to overthrow heaven.
revolt is lawful attempt to take power from sources that have proven themselves to be illegitimate - think american revolution.
That list is a little light on guns and ammo. :)
“I can’t see that type having the wherewithal to walk out of the city to where the food is.”
They will when they get tired of eating their dead.
Those thousands of cars not moving were caused by Hwy. 45 in Conroe, Texas. There were four lanes coming out of Houston on 45 and things were okay until Conroe where two lanes dropped off so it was two lanes going north and it stayed two lanes through Huntsville north. Somewhere north of Conroe, a stalled car must have happened.
All those cars in Conroe stopped and did not move - they were stopped all the way back to Houston and still south to Galveston - about 100 miles and thousands of cars and nothing was going forward until they moved in Conroe. I don't know why, but officials had blocked off the exits so no car could get off into Conroe proper. Those cars could not get off. More cars began to run out of gas in Conroe and south all the way to Galveston.
If those people left home without water and food, they were stuck on that highway, not allowed to get off, naturally no potties, and it was terrible. When I went outside, I could see the cars stacked on that highway. Why didn't they let the cars take the exists? The storm had not hit and there were plenty of places with water and food and bathrooms in Conroe close to every exit. If you remember, some people died on that road as they headed to Dallas.
That is why there was no evacuation in Houston for Hurricane Ike - people were told to shelter in place except for those in low lying areas - Galveston was told to evacuate. Never again would Texas have that pile up of cars. The road through Conroe was made into four lanes all the way through Huntsville. If a hurricane is coming, Texas now puts gasoline trucks every so often on highways where people are evacuating. I think there may be water with those gasoline trucks. Our Texas Guard is also stationed in ready position in Austin to immediately go where the hurricane comes in.
Rita was the defining moment for Texas and Texas fixed it for future hurricanes.
“What will you do when all the middle class obuma liberals are chased out of the big cities by savagery, and they show up at your doorstep begging for food and protection? Some will have babies and little kids in tow.”
Give them some Kool-Aid; they like Kool-Aid. Just use the Jonestown variety.
Clearly, hussein and the people in his administration don’t give a shiite if this country is destroyed. That is their plan and you know they all have their escape plans in place. However, you’d think that congress (demwits AND spineless) would wake up and do something about it for their own self-preservation.
Oh no! I was hoping that quote wouldn’t show up! LOL...all kidding aside, very profound and applicable even though its fiction ;)
"Mommy, can we have that gold bullion soup again?
Gold: It's What's For Dinner...
Any time someone bitches about Kart’s Star Trek quote, I just remind them that John Galt is fictional, too.
They call me a racist right after that...
Everything out of Houston was pretty much stopped.
People were heading my direction, which is east of Houston, directly into the storms path because they couldn't go anywhere else. Beaumont, west of me, was also dumping people and they were also going any direction they could.
The idiot Highway Patrol were directing traffic and tried to stop me from going back to the house and directed me to get in line and go north on 146. The roads were lined with cars out of gas already.
I just ignored him and drove past him the other direction. He nailed my truck with a bottle of water.
About 400 yard down the road a second Highway Patrol stopped me and told me the road was blocked and I couldn't go that direction.
I told her to move the barricade or I was going to drive over it. She moved it.
Back at the house after I got everything ready for the storm,gang bangers out of Houston were driving around looking for easy pickings.
They thought they had found it with my house and started to pull into the driveway. I stepped out from under the car port with a shotgun. They changed their minds real fast.
Other people that stayed were outside doing the same thing letting the gang bangers know there wasn't going to be easy pickings.
Bitch all you want that I use it to much or that using a quote from a SciFi/Fantasy TV Program lessens the seriousness of the subject of preparedness.
Then read this quote from the AP story- Exasperation builds on Day 3 in storm-stricken NYC ( http://news.yahoo.com/exasperation-builds-day-3-storm-stricken-nyc-202314418.html ): “You can clearly tell at the office, or even walking down the street, who has power and who doesn’t,” said Jordan Spiro, who lives in the blackout zone. “New Yorkers may not be known as the friendliest bunch, but take away their ability to shower and communicate and you’ll see how disgruntled they can get.”
Sound familiar?
Judge Andrew Napolitano: Revolution is Duty of the People
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af5KJ2aD8F0
You’re an anti-Ferengi racist, you know... :)
Yes, I know it was bad east and worst west and horrible on 45 north. I don't recall how many died on the way to Dallas. I remember there was a bus on 45 taking special needs people I think it was, going to Dallas and something happened to the bus and a person died there.
So, in your case, too, they didn't want you to leave that road, had it blocked. I couldn't believe the exits off 45 were blocked so the people couldn't get off that freeway. They could have gone to other roads, FM roads out of Conroe if they could have gotten off. They were stuck on the highway to hell with no way off.
Our town was okay, didn't hear of any looting for the five days we didn't have power.
If you were more rural, maybe the zombies thought the cops wouldn't be around there.
During those down days, cops here were patrolling day and night, checking shopping centers. They made their presence known.
That was Rita and not so many left for Ike, but Ike did a terrible amount of damage around Galveston and some places north of there. There is a hotel in the NASA area and reporters were staying there and that hotel started to come apart. That was one time reporters were in trouble.
Looks like someone lurks on your threads, Kart... ;)
A friend of mine was headed to Dallas to meet her husband there since he couldn't fly back into Houston.
She, her mother, and her daughter headed north on 146 then west on 105 to 45 then north on 45 to Dallas.
They were on the road for 24 hours before they ran out of gas on 45. They were less than 100 miles from their house.
Her mother told her she wouldn't get in a car with a gun in it. Her daughter said she wouldn't get in the car without the gun. Her mother gave in.
After they ran out of gas and were stuck on side of the road, she said she was glad her daughter didn't give in because people were going down the road breaking into cars abandoned on side of the road.
She flashed her lights to let them know someone was in the car and they walked past them. If they hadn't and tried to break in, her daughter would have shot them. Her mother was in complete melt down.
After Rita she got her own gun and was learning how to use it, and they also bought their daughter her own gun.
A local gun dealer got a visit from DHS for similar photos when someone complained.
Can you buy guns for cash anywhere without the government knowing about it? Gunshows? Do stores record the ammo you purchase even for cash?
Isn’t that a concern?
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