I was in the Navy stuck in the dry dock in Charleston when Hugo hit. The ship did fairly well after banging out about 2million dollars of concrete. Town was totally locked up. Bag ice was $15+ if you could find it. Everyone had giant neighborhood BBQ’s because all the frigs and freezers were out long term. Not a chainsaw or generator to be found for hundreds of miles. Couple of surfer idiots died trying to ride the storm waves otherwise, everyone lived through the storm itself. Afterward, that’s another story. All kinds of idiots killing or getting killed because they knew nothing about how to operate chainsaws and generators. I don’t remember the exact body count but it could have been avoided with common sense and taking the time to learn how to use the equipment. Second biggest problem were the brown recluse spider invading yards and homes. Area bitten has a ring of flesh that keeps rotting away until cored out. Nasty little buggers. It wasn’t uncommon for people to get gauged and pay thousands of dollars to the vultures that swooped in from the north to handle tree removal. Lots of those people had never used a chainsaw either. It was complete chaos. Looting was only prevented by guarding your home armed. I was lucky and able to return to my ship for shelter, food and air conditioning. It was hot as hell after that hurricane.

personally i believe in a lethal situation anything can be used as a weapon, my lamp next me, break it apart and stab in the eye….not quite as effective as a gun but at least you wont kill someone whos just trying to protect or feed their own family. I personally would rather have tasers and knives, i dont want someone elses death to be on my conscious when they are just trying to survive too.

FDR made ownership of gold bullion by citizens illegal. What was done before can be done again. Buy jewelry. The wealthy will never allow ownership of jewelry to be outlawed.

The banks are changing their policies so that in a crisis, they can just keep your money. The small local bank we have here requires business accounts to keep $1,500 as a minimum deposit. I read about a man in Italy whose accounts were seized by the banks. He was elderly and had worked hard his whole life and his life savings were stolen from him. He committed suicide.

People in Southern Calif are being encouraged to register with the gov’t that they have emergency supplies. This is to provide them with guidance on how much to store, what kind of stuff and how to store it. The real reason is so FEMA can come get everything for redistribution.

After the Northridge quake the land lines still worked but all I could get for three days was a busy signal. No power south of Beulton. In LA the 9-1-1 operators were getting panicked calls about strange lights in the sky. People had never seen stars before!

I agree. During the Great Depression, people knew how to grow gardens, raise livestock, can and dehydrate food. Most of the younger generation do not even know how to cut up a chicken! Keep cash in small bills and coins. If all you have are $20 bills, you will find that people can’t change them – you’ll be paying $20 for half a loaf of bread! My husband learned to brew beer and grow tobacco, because people under stress will want a drink and a smoke. People in the cities will die and it won’t be pretty.

1. More earthquakes thanks to the fracking going on…
2. Prone to flooding due to frequent storms in the spring time.
3. We are also prone to tornadoes as well.
4. High crime in my area. Lots of gangs and drug dealers. Plus the apartment complex next door to mine has a lot of these said drug dealers and prostitutes.

5. There are a lot of crazy fucking people coming out of the wood work lately. Just within the past three weeks, I was been by two crazy women within the span of only four to five days.