I am putting this on all my blogs at once since this information is so important. Look at the Archives for the rest of the information I was referring to.
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
