Why Be Prepared?
My girlfriend is getting fed up with me talking about ways in which our society as we know it could (rapidly) change. In my last post I talked about E.W.E.'s (Extreme Weather Events). In past posts on this and my other blogs (myhemp, survival-list, moneyhowtogetsome, moneythebook, xchangesnumber1 - all blogspot.com like this one)I have talked about how peak oil is going to drive gas prices too far up and more wars will be faught over this resource. One thing I have not addressed to well(so far) is the next pandemic. At first people think-Avian Flu and they could possibly be correct. It does not have to be Avian Flu, it could be another type of flu. History has shown that the entire regions where decimated by waves of flu and plague with a certain regular cycle to them. According to those cycles we should have had a bad one last year or maybe this year. Now that world-wide travel is easier to do, the spread will be world-wide. Someone is going to hop a plane to get out of a region that is struck by it, to get away and in the meantime infects half the passengers and crew. The crew and the other passengers do not know they have it till they report to work that they are ill in a few days. All those people have spread to other points of the country spreading the illness as they go. Since some percentage of the population will be immune, they may be carriers. If the United States or Canada decided to close their border and patrol it A) the cost would be huge, B) they would still not be able to keep everyone out. We are simply too wide open. This region of Ontario where I live has alot of farms that import hired hands to pick crops and such. One of the migrant workers may bring it in. They are a multitude of ways for a flu bug to spread.
So what do you do? Prepare as best you can!. The Mormans have a standing policy of having a year or more supply of everything they need. If they shut themselves in for the few months to 18 months a bad pandemic could last, they would be one group who would survive. The rest of us will be lucky if we have more than a week's worth of food and maybe a couple of bottles of water. EEEENK ( insert sound of buzzer), Guess what- you are out of the game. In all the research I did for my book, everyone said you need a gallon( 4 litres) of water a day to drink, cook food, wash etc. That is per person and more if you have babies or pregnent mothers to look after. If you stayed indoors for 3 months or so, say 100 days that equals 100 gallons per person or 400 litres if I filled up every jug and the tub and sink, I think I could just barely make it.I would still need 3 months supply of meds, vitimins and food. I have a 3 month supply of vitamins and about that much or more in food, but my prescription meds I can only get a month at a time. Ok lets say you have 100 days worth of water, food and what not, what are you going to do with yourself for 3 months indoors? I will not be anywhere close to my girlfriend since she will be a frontline worker, if and when it breaks ( she works for public health). I have a large library of tapes and dvds I could go through. Lots of music besides. I have music instruments to play, a sewing machine to work on, silver wire and hemp twine to make jewelry with, about 50 pounds of bee's wax to make candles with and lots of books and magazines as well as the internet and TV to watch. I can do Tai Chi exersises to keep fit. Great. Now what happens if the electricity or gas shuts off because too many people running them get too sick to work? Right now I have a couple of small solar panels that could charge a battery long enough to charge my laptop. I may still be able to get online even if the power goes off, but it will not be for long periods. I have enough propane to last a few days if I used the grill in the garage to cook my meals and heat water for coffee and tea. I would use up any fuel for my camp stove, but I could not be able to heat my house. It would mean a cold winter covered in blankets and heavy clothes. It would mean not being able to wash my clothes. It would mean no shaving, who cares I am not going outside anyway. It would mean I would survive but just barely. I would have to have enough cash in the house to pay for my meds and phone them up to deliver them, putting the money in my mailbox and getting them to put the package in the mailbox also. I would have to get it with gloves on and a face mask and spray the bag with a bleach/water solution as well as the actual bottles. Garbage would have to be stored somehow. It is do-able for 3 months, but right now it is not do-able for any longer time period.
Can you see why my girlfriend is calling me Mr. Joyfull and Mr. Happy? This is enough to depress almost anyone. Don't shoot the messenger, instead plow that emotion into saving your own butt. The Government at all levels will be too overwhelmed all at once to help much. You must help yourself. I hope you pass this on to a friend or even an enemy ( if they work for public works or the gas company) the more you do now , the better off you will be later. Buy my book and read it. Go to www.mjk.private-income.com and get the book, "What Money Can't Buy". After you do that and pass to all your list of people, then do some of your own looking around on the net. There are too many sites for me to list but they are out they. Jusy google "prepared" or "avian flu" , something good will show up. Sorry this is so long, but the information is good. USE IT!
Michael J. Kaer, owner of www.2bitpixel.com
So what do you do? Prepare as best you can!. The Mormans have a standing policy of having a year or more supply of everything they need. If they shut themselves in for the few months to 18 months a bad pandemic could last, they would be one group who would survive. The rest of us will be lucky if we have more than a week's worth of food and maybe a couple of bottles of water. EEEENK ( insert sound of buzzer), Guess what- you are out of the game. In all the research I did for my book, everyone said you need a gallon( 4 litres) of water a day to drink, cook food, wash etc. That is per person and more if you have babies or pregnent mothers to look after. If you stayed indoors for 3 months or so, say 100 days that equals 100 gallons per person or 400 litres if I filled up every jug and the tub and sink, I think I could just barely make it.I would still need 3 months supply of meds, vitimins and food. I have a 3 month supply of vitamins and about that much or more in food, but my prescription meds I can only get a month at a time. Ok lets say you have 100 days worth of water, food and what not, what are you going to do with yourself for 3 months indoors? I will not be anywhere close to my girlfriend since she will be a frontline worker, if and when it breaks ( she works for public health). I have a large library of tapes and dvds I could go through. Lots of music besides. I have music instruments to play, a sewing machine to work on, silver wire and hemp twine to make jewelry with, about 50 pounds of bee's wax to make candles with and lots of books and magazines as well as the internet and TV to watch. I can do Tai Chi exersises to keep fit. Great. Now what happens if the electricity or gas shuts off because too many people running them get too sick to work? Right now I have a couple of small solar panels that could charge a battery long enough to charge my laptop. I may still be able to get online even if the power goes off, but it will not be for long periods. I have enough propane to last a few days if I used the grill in the garage to cook my meals and heat water for coffee and tea. I would use up any fuel for my camp stove, but I could not be able to heat my house. It would mean a cold winter covered in blankets and heavy clothes. It would mean not being able to wash my clothes. It would mean no shaving, who cares I am not going outside anyway. It would mean I would survive but just barely. I would have to have enough cash in the house to pay for my meds and phone them up to deliver them, putting the money in my mailbox and getting them to put the package in the mailbox also. I would have to get it with gloves on and a face mask and spray the bag with a bleach/water solution as well as the actual bottles. Garbage would have to be stored somehow. It is do-able for 3 months, but right now it is not do-able for any longer time period.
Can you see why my girlfriend is calling me Mr. Joyfull and Mr. Happy? This is enough to depress almost anyone. Don't shoot the messenger, instead plow that emotion into saving your own butt. The Government at all levels will be too overwhelmed all at once to help much. You must help yourself. I hope you pass this on to a friend or even an enemy ( if they work for public works or the gas company) the more you do now , the better off you will be later. Buy my book and read it. Go to www.mjk.private-income.com and get the book, "What Money Can't Buy". After you do that and pass to all your list of people, then do some of your own looking around on the net. There are too many sites for me to list but they are out they. Jusy google "prepared" or "avian flu" , something good will show up. Sorry this is so long, but the information is good. USE IT!
Michael J. Kaer, owner of www.2bitpixel.com
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