Knight1

“I share Wretchard’s grimness. Cashed out my 401K’s (available due to layoffs) – rolled ‘em into IRAs, then took some cash out to buy gold and silver – I’d rather take the penalties now before it all becomes worthless. I opened an account with a credit union and will be shifting my accounts over away from the national banks.”

This is good especially going to a credit union. Don’t forget to stash a few hundred dollars in cash in a safe place.

“Using monies to store up supplies – a good book is “Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook” by Peggy Layton; the bible for canning is the Ball Blue Book guide to preserving. Signed up for an Intro to Guns, a four hour class and will buy a gun and ammunition (if any is left).”

Good stuff and a good idea to have books because the internet may not be always available as well as electricity. Water…it should be your first priority. The storage of large amounts. I understand this is a problem for urban residents but there are places such as under your bed or in your attic for storage. Don’t forget chemicals or UV or other water sterilizers and filters. Water doesn’t keep forever and rotating it out monthly as you can is something to do while you still have ample supplies of it.

If you don’t have ample drinkable water you will get sick and die.

[edit] If you have a generator or camp stove or something that requires fuel, storage for the fuel can be a problem. Fuel is dangerous, the fumes are dangerous, storage needs to be safe. Study the rules of fuel storage. Urban storage can be a problem but it can be over come with a little ingenuity and planning. Even urban storage where it is not visible or can cause problems needs to be thought out. Fuel also doesn’t keep forever, rotate it out and buy additives to put in it to make it last longer.

“Will everyone please be careful, any expression that crosses the line into advocating violence is not only unwarranted but endangers the credibility of this forum. My belief is that there are agents provocateurs going onto conservative blogs to incite people to advocate for violence.”

LOTM is correct. Watch what you say and don’t forget that everything on the internet is read by anyone and can be traced back to you.

If you want to discuss something in private it will have to be person to person from now on. Email is not private!

Remember that.

Papa Ray