Famine, storms, riots, lawlessness, economic & natural disasters, diseases & violence!
"Gather A Double Portion Of Manna On The Sixth Day."
The Israelites were commanded by God to prepare a double portion of manna on the sixth day, as the seventh day was holy. In Father's blessed provision, the second day's manna never spoiled, God kept it miraculously preserved.
As the time draws closer each of us must determine if we are to put up a second portion of manna or if God's plan for our family is to prepare nothing. There are two paths of thought on the issue of preparing for tribulation. The first is that God has spoken to you that He will provide for all your needs miraculously and therefore you are to do nothing in way of preparing as an act of obedience. If this is your conviction then by all means follow the Holy Spirit's voice and do not prepare. I firmly believe God will instruct some in this path, as these believers will be on the move preaching the gospel, unable to carry supplies. I believe some of the household of faith will be instructed by the Holy Spirit to prepare extra provisions. I believe this to be scriptural. Clearly the early church has many times depended on the charity of fellow believers to provide for their basic physical needs. Philippians 4:15-19, says, "You yourselves also know, Philippians, that at the first preaching of the gospel, after I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you alone; for even in Thessalonica you sent a gift more than once for my needs. Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for the profit which increases to your account. But I have received everything in full and have abundance; I am amply supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you have sent, a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God. And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus."
The second thought is to prepare according to the guidance of God. Joseph prepared food for seven years of famine and Noah prepared for 100 years and I'm certain many considered both quite nuts for doing it. Paul, though a great evangelist, his time being extremely valuable still worked as a tent maker at times, frequently working for his own provisions. I believe God does provide for our families as He provides us with good health so that we may work for an income that we may go to the store and purchase food. He gave us a brain and many scriptural warnings. If a storm is coming, common sense tells me to take down the laundry, close the windows and bring in the kids.
We need to prepare as soon as possible before "smart dust" and other forms of surveillance. e.g. google earth, are in place throughout America and monitor all our purchases. Of course in many stores if you pay with a check or credit card your purchases are recorded. I recommend you use cash and prepare quietly. Remember Sam's and Costco type stores with membership cards keep records of all purchases. They can easily compute how many bags of rice, etc., you have purchased from day one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw7mcq5NDCo smart dust
Jesus said in Matthew 24: 44-46, "For this reason you also must be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will. Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes."
1Titus 5:8," But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel." Unless God tells you not to, I feel generally speaking that it is prudent to prepare as the Lord has given us warning of famine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M61sewBVU-k&feature=related famine
Philippians 2:4, ".... do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others." If you choose to prepare I feel it is wise to prepare a generous portion for the stranger, friends, relatives, and the traveling missionary. Romans 12:9-13, says, "Let love be without hypocrisy Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, contributing to the needs of the saints, …"
Phil 4:11-14, "Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Nevertheless, you have done well to share with me in my affliction." Do well towards the household of faith.
Be Ready
When world events spiral out of control you will become extremely vulnerable. A stock market crash and financial collapse could result in a run on the banks forcing banks to close. The money supply could become pretty much worthless in a short time, that is, if you can get it out of the bank should the government call for a bank holiday. Chaos, whether it is from a terrorist attack, natural disasters, a stock market crash or pandemic flu, these events could cause breakdowns in the supply of essential goods and services. Crime suddenly makes the streets as dangerous as the jungle, where wandering outside is putting your life in jeopardy. With no cash, no food and mob rule outside the door, now what?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS3YQU8bz7k&feature=player_embedded A mother's vision of famine in America. Be forwarned it is a chilling prophecy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nJ7LM3iyNg&feature=related Trends Institute Gerald Celente
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkeRD0AVNCo&feature=related Trends Institute
Finding food under these conditions will be extremely difficult if not impossible. Everyone will have the same needs and few will choose to share what they do have as they know not what tomorrow will bring. When tomorrow looks even more ominous, and folks are gripped in fear, many tend to not to be so charitable. Grocery stores would be emptied in less than a day. Food riots are likely to breakout, but not with yelling, and pushing but with knives and handguns, stealing food right out of your shopping cart. Then if you do get a few items you must now fight off the bandits who await you in the parking lot.
During the Chicago winter of 1968 as a young child I witnessed a severe food shortage during a prolonged blizzard. When the grocery stores finally opened food began to fly off the shelves, I will never forget that day. It was the first time in my life I ever experienced people behaving selfishly. When people were seen hoarding 3 loaves of bread, milk, etc. the store manager started rationing food at the check out counter. If he tried that in our day he might get knifed. With no cars on the road due to the snow accumulation, we could only buy what we could carry. There may come a day where you’ll have no gas to get you to the grocery store. Could you carry six or seven bags of groceries home? What would you do if after buying the food, a roving gang robbed you of all? You may say you would carry a gun to protect your food. But would you really shoot someone, possibly kill them to protect your food? I can't see myself doing it.
The second problem is America's emergency food supply. It is dangerously low with only a three-week supply of food in the national food distribution network. This amount has decreased by two thirds thanks to our progressive Congress.
Thirdly, under many circumstances, natural disasters, absent sick workers victims of a pandemic flu, fuel shortages, bombed infrastructure, etc. there could easily be a disruption in food distribution leading to empty grocery stores for weeks. Katrina was a nightmare of hunger and thirst, unsanitary conditions, chaos and crime. And that was just one small area of the country. I would imagine that as looting and riots break out at grocery stores and the police are out numbered, that store employees will simply refuse to risk their life to come to work forcing stores to close. Those depending on a generous neighbor or good friend for food would prove unfruitful as most American households have a mere 3 to 5 days worth of food on hand.
EMP ~~ Lights out in America
Our next cataclysmic attack may not come with crashing planes or chemical warfare, but as a distant crack of thunder over the central US, an EMP, electro-magnetic pulse attack. Literally in a nanosecond, America would suddenly come to a screeching halt, unaware of the incoming missile until it is too late to react. Everything you left plugged in that day, is now dead, possibly never to work again. Your computer, most government computers, workplace computers, bank computers, airlines computers, hospital computers, all dead. Trucks, cars, buses, airplanes, ambulances, weapon systems, sensors, satellites, telecommunication outages, power transmission lines, pipelines, cell phones, elevators, ATM's, public safety and emergency response systems, utilities, water lines, and anything connected to electrical cables, will be affected by the pulse. Can you imagine if America’s 6000 in route airplanes suddenly are without flight panel electrical power, loosing all radio transmissions with control towers and dead positioning system apparatus? It could mean hundreds or even thousands of plane crashes occurring within hours. Experts predict an EMP attack would destroy any electronics within range of its impact. Can you imagine, literally in a flash, no electrical power, or telecommunications? No television, radio, Internet, cell phones, stove, oven, refrigerator or heat/AC. Our infrastructure would be paralyzed as we are thrown back in to the 19Th century. This isn't a hypothetical situation but the Pentagon's realistic assessment of the damage that could be inflicted by the latest scientific weapon invention, E- bombs.
A nuclear explosion generates intense outputs of energy in the form of gamma rays. These rays would interact with the upper atmosphere's air molecules and would generate an enormous electromagnetic pulsed current of high-energy electrons that would disrupt the Earth's magnetic field. This would result in the creation of a mega-radio-frequency wave, a Titanic voltage surge. An off shore nuclear weapon would be all it would take to generate catastrophic EMP effects over most of America. Can you imagine the chaos and terror, and then not being able to turn on the news to know what was happening around the country?
Iran, China, North Korea, and Russia have the capability to inflict an EMP attack, with Iran and North Korea the most dangerous. And we all know how Pres. Kim Jung Il cares about threats against North Korea, as he starves, tortures and murders his own people. No amount of Obama fireside chats will deter Kim from his diabolical road to fame. The "Death to America" Iranian President Ahmedinejad has recently conducted missile launches testing high-altitude explosions from the Shahab-3 medium-range missile, compatible for an EMP attack. Launching the missiles from a ship 200 miles off our shores would enable short-range missiles to be employed. With our infrastructure in ruins, our military would have limited ability to retaliate promptly and effectively. Rep. Rosco Bartlett, R-MD said, "It's my understanding that a robust lay-down, like we produced by a single weapon of 200 kilovolts per meter that made it 300 miles high over Iowa or Nebraska, would probably shut down all of our national infrastructure," "There would be no electricity. The SCATA units in our substations and so forth would all be gone. The large transformers would be destroyed, and we don't make those. It would take a year and a half or so to buy them from somebody overseas who makes them."
William Graham, head of a congressional commission that investigated EMP threat, said the United States is vulnerable to EMP weapons. Graham spoke before the House Armed Services Committee, "Iranian military writings explicitly discuss a nuclear EMP attack that would gravely harm the United States," "Several potential adversaries have, and more can acquire the capability to attack the United States with a high altitude nuclear weapon generated electromagnetic pulse." "An EMP strike would cover a wide geographic region and would cause significant damage to critical infrastructures and "thus the very fabric of society," Graham went on to say that said an EMP detonation targeted over Kansas "has the capability to produce significant damage to critical infrastructures that support the fabric of U.S. society and the ability of the United States and Western nations to project influence and military power." After the EMP Threat Commission submitted their report and dire warnings to Congress, all fell on deaf ears. Congress continues to fail to give this matter any urgent attention. As congress remains ambivalent America is inviting calamity beyond our imagination.
Would your family be ready in the event of an EMP attack? What if trucks couldn't move food? How would you get to work? Could you survive without a stove, oven, refrigerator, water, air conditioning, fans, heater, television, radio and dare I say it, no emails and no cell phones? Should this nightmare become reality those unprepared for this level of catastrophe will find themselves in a daily life or death struggle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFZo5PqvEak&feature=related A Terrorist Dream
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvu08Y9XJ0U EMP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnYGHA5asj4&feature=related What are the chances of an attack?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEIY_zzfoTQ Underground city for the elite in Congress 89 feet below sea level
Decision to Prepare
After you have made a decision to prepare you then must decide on the amount of food to store for your family. You may also choose to store food for your family, relatives, friends, neighbors, strangers and a little more to barter. When choosing foods consider nutritional value, vitamins and variety. Make sure your family will eat what you buy, make the foods familiar. All foods age differently and have variable shelf lives. Don’t over buy foods you cannot eat by the expiration date. "Buy what you eat and eat what you buy." This way you'll never waste food or money. Buy what your family normally eats and plan complete meals. We know from the past that people will actually choose not to eat rather than to eat foods they have been forced to eat daily for several months, variety is essential. When planning what foods to buy for storage remember to purchase a complete diet, a little of every kind of food and not a lot of one thing, with the exception of rice and wheat. You never know when disaster will strike. You don't want to be caught with only 30 bottles of ketchup and 15 cases of green beans. When planning how much food to store consider the average American adult consumes 10 times their body weight in food, in one year.
I strongly recommend a bare minimum of three months of food and optionally two year's supply plus extra rice and wheat. If storing food for famine I recommend three years of life sustaining wheat, rice, pasta and various beans. A one-year supply of wheat, rice and beans for one person is approximately 15 5-gallon buckets, 45 buckets for three years. This may seem like a lot but it will fit into a 3X5 foot area, stacking them three high. This will cost approximately $350.00 per person if you buy it NOW.1/17/2010.
Homegrown
Now is the time to start a vegetable garden and plant fruit trees and vines like blueberries and raspberries. Keeping several, 3-5. vacuum packed cans of "non- hybrid" open pollinating vegetable seeds is prudent. Most seed cans cost approx. $45.00 and produce a football field sized garden. Purchasing extra tins of seeds is a prudent decision as thieves rob gardens too, inclement weather and friends in need. When buying seeds, you should choose "non-hybrid" seeds. These types of seeds once planted and bearing food will then "go to seed" at the end of the season. The seeds can then be collected and used for a future garden. Hybrid seeds produce foods with seeds that are dead, called terminator seeds, these seeds will not reproduce more plants, so don't buy these dead seeds for storage. It is vitally important that you do not purchase these seeds. There are several good seed companies on the Internet. I buy mine from Mountain Valley Seeds, Inc. in Utah. http://www.mvseeds.com 801-486-0480. Email at info@mvseeds.com They are inexpensive, hermetically sealed, {air tight} in 16 individual packets and then are vacuum-sealed in a tin. Most canned vacuum-sealed seeds will last at least seven years if kept sealed in a deep freezer. Once opened, the seeds can be used for the next two years if kept in a cool, dry place.
A FEW GARDENING TIPS.
MAKE SURE THE AREA YOU DECIDE TO GARDEN HAS AT LEAST 6 HOURS OF FULL SUN. 8 HOURS IS IDEAL.
GET YOUR SOIL TESTED. IT SHOULD BE FREE AT THE COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE.
LOAD IT UP WITH CHICKEN OR TURKEY DUNG
START SMALL, PLANT ONLY 5 OR 6 DIFFERENT VEGES. MASTER THOSE BEFORE MOVING ON.
ASK A NEIGHBORING GARDENER AND THE LOCAL COUNTY AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE WHAT VEGES DO
WELL FOR YOUR SOIL. THEY HAVE GREAT FREE INFO PACKETS.
DEVISE A WATERING SYSTEM. USE RAIN BARRELS IF YOUR WATER ISN'T FREE.
YOU CAN PROBABLY FIND A GOOD USED TILLER ON CRAIGS LIST OR RENT ONE FOR A DAY AND SHARE IT WITH A NEIGHBOR TO SPLIT THE COST. I WOULD USE A REAR TINE TILLER, IT'S EASIER ON YOUR BACK.
CHECK CONSUMER REPORTS ON THE BEST TILLER MODELS, SOME POPULAR BRAND NAMES ARE TERRIBLE.
WATER ~~ LIFE'S NECESSITY
Water is essential to life. This should be #1 on everyone's emergency list.
Losing electric power can mean losing your water supply. In a state of emergency chlorine trucks may not be able to reach your town's water system and that equals no water. I recommend storing a minimum of 28 gallons per person, 2 gallons per person per day for 2 weeks, half to drink and cook with and half for cleaning. This storage should be done BEFORE an emergency, not when one is occurring. Good hygiene is essential. Buy two 55 gallons plastic food grade drums or 20 5 gal food grade buckets for bulk water storage. When storing single gallons of water for more than two months use plastic pop bottles, plastic jugs crack, especially if left in a cold/hot garage. Don't stack jugs, as this will crack them. Check expiration date on bottled water. Keep several gallons, 5-10, of regular bleach to purify water. Sam's Store sells 4 gallons in sturdy jugs for about $4.50. It's worth it because the jugs probably won't crack.
When a crisis emergency is imminent start immediately to store MORE water. Put water on the top of your emergency list. {Keep your emergency list on the side of your frig. for easy access.} Everyone in your community will be running their faucet at the same time so be prepared to eventually run out. Take 2 clean 55-gallon food grade drums fill with water, then add 10 drops of bleach per gal., and close tightly. You may want to place the container in the shower stall. I personally would fill these drums before an emergency, as the chances of having enough community water to fill all containers may be slim. Fill bathtubs for toilet flushing. and laundry. Fill wash machine, sinks, and all pitchers, pots, etc..
http://www.waterbob.com/Welcome.do;jsessionid=120B4DE6B812E0F3F94FDBBFAE896977
A Water Bob is a great way to store 200 gallons of water in an emergency. 2 costs about $40.00 plus $10.00 S&H. It comes with a pump and Water Bob says it keeps water fresh for about a month.
Please remember to never remove water from a water heater until you have first turned OFF the electric power or you will get up close and personal with mega volts of electricity! {Keep a flashlight near the power box.} Once the power is off then connect a hose to the drain spigot. Use this water last.
Large amounts of water, hundreds of gallons, can easily be obtained from rainwater. Place 2 or 3 food grade rain barrels or if these are unavailable, use several large plastic bag lined boxes in a row beneath a sloping area of roof. {Sears gave me 6 washing machine boxes for free. All I did was ask.}Use roofing nails, nail a large tarp to a sloping portion of your roof to receive the water, funnel the tarp to a large polyurethane pipe, place pipe in a rain barrel directly below. If you have only one pipe you must keep an eye on when the barrel fills so you can switch the pipe to the next barrel, they can fill quite fast in a good storm or you can connect the containers by pipes.You may want to place the barrels near a door. Make sure when using boxes that the outside of the box is overlapped with the plastic bag and off the wet ground so it doesn't collapse. If you don't have large food grade rain barrels, remove the rain water from the plastic lined boxes immediately after the rain and transfer to 5 gal food grade pails. This method is not preferable as the plastic bag is not food grade, but in an emergency you may have to use what's on hand.
First strain water with a coffee filter or layers of tightly woven cloths such as a bed sheet to remove particles of debris then use a water filter, {1 micron is best} add bleach to all rain water. I buy all my 1 micron water filters from www.fastfilters.com. This is a great company, great products, reasonably priced and they mail the products out fast. 1-800-438-3458.
If storing water in plastic pop bottles wash bottles with dish-washing soap and water, and rinse completely. Add a solution of 1 teaspoon of plain liquid household chlorine bleach to a quart of water. Swish the solution in the bottle so that it touches all surfaces for at least 60 seconds, rinse thoroughly. Fill the bottle to the top with regular chlorinated tap water. If the tap water is not treated with chlorine, add two drops of non-scented liquid chlorine bleach to the water. Close tightly. Date and store in a cool, dark place. Replace water every six months.
1. Boiling is the safest method to make water safe to drink. Bring water to a vigorous boil for at least 1 minute. Switching water back and forth between two clean containers aerates the water and will make it taste better.
2. Disinfect with liquid regular bleach, which is 5.25 percent sodium hypochlorite only. Do not use color safe bleach or bleach with added scents or cleaners. Add 16 drops of bleach to "clean" water. Add 16 more drops of bleach per gallon of water that appears dirty or cloudy or if you don't smell a slight bleach odor. Let stand another 15 minutes until clear and smells slightly of bleach/ Always wait 30 minutes before drinking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZJ6TwGjqgA&feature=related water purification
3. Iodine from your medicine chest can also be used to purify water. The iodine should be 2% United States Pharmacopoeia Strength. Use twelve drop of 2% tincture of iodine per gallon of water. Water must stand for a minimum of 30 minutes before it is safe to use. For cold or very cloudy water, use twenty four drops of 2% tincture of iodine, let stand three or four hours before drinking. However, to ensure that the bacteria Cryptosporidium are completely killed, let stand for 15 hours before drinking. {Drop amounts vary from different info. sources.} Use this chemically treated water no longer than two weeks, max. This method should be a last resort to purifying water along with water purification tablets, {follow manufacturer's directions.}
Do not eat if you have no water supply, this will make you more dehydrated. Food uses body fluids for digestion. Serious electrolyte imbalances can occur if you eat but do not take in fluids.
Food storage
The best way to store large quantities of most foods is to to use Mylar bags and oxygen absorbers.
You do this by placing the Mylar bag in a 5 gallon food grade bucket, add an O2 absorber to the bag, add grain, beans, whatever, 1/3 of the way, add another 500 O2 absorber, then another 1/3, another 500 absorber, then the rest and an absorber, 500, on top. Seal the Mylar completely and carefully with a hot iron, let cool and then seal the bucket. This is not as easy as it looks so be careful to get a complete seal or you've just wasted a bag. and O2 absorbers. This may cost a little more than dry ice but this is the most modern and most convenient way to preserve food. This video will explain in detail the complete process.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW7_cTn6YpE&feature=related P.A.W. Dave in Idaho part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PylQCiFBtH4&NR=1 P.A.W. Dave part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk9b0dAtJ80&feature=related Sealing with a hot iron
If you're going to be taking a long time storing a lot of buckets you can keep the O2 absorbers in the smallest a glass jar that can fit all the absorbers and close tightly. Open only one bag of absorbers at a time, they start absorbing O2 quickly so you've got to be organized and ready to store when you open the absorbers. I have all my cleaned buckets with bags in the buckets in a row, my grain bags are opened and ready to pour into the bags. My iron is hot and my metal board/stick {to iron the bags on} is ready to go. Then I open my absorbers and place them in a jar. My helper hands me absorbers as I need them. A helper is a great blessing to have when you store large quantities of food.
If the absorbers test dot is purple and the absorbers are hard they have absorbed O2 and are useless. Call the company and tell them, they should mail replacements. This does happen sometimes. It happened to me. Make sure you have enough absorbers, 2000= four 500's per 5 gallon bucket. Don't skimp, use enough to get the job done right! You'll be one sad puppy if you open the bag during the famine and find your food has already been eaten by intruders. {bugs}
I buy all my Mylar bags, I use 5 gallon bags, but you may want some 1 gal bags as well, and O2 absorbers from Survival Unlimited. They are reasonably priced and they deliver them fast!
http://www.survivalunlimited.com/buckets.htm
I get all my buckets with lids from my local bakery for $2.00 each. Check IHOP, Dunkin' Donuts, restaurants, etc., but I think bakeries are the best source.
FREEZING
An inexpensive method is to take one gallon jugs/5 gal buckets of rice. wheat, etc., and place them in a deep freezer for 5 or 6 days to kill bugs and eggs. I have read that this is effective and have done it but I haven't kept the foods long enough to know for sure if it works. I would imagine it does. This only kills the bugs it doesn't remove the O2, but if the bugs are dead it shouldn't have to have the O2 removed.
Dry ice method
Most dry bean types, including navy, kidney, black, and pinto beans, lentils, split peas, store well and can be kept for upwards of 15 years when packaged properly. Store only white rice for long-term storage, as brown rice will become rancid by 18 months at best when refrigerated. I recommend hard red winter/spring wheat for long-term storage. Oxygen causes food's rapid decay and allows any bugs or their eggs to survive. Using the dry ice method removes the oxygen from the containers. Dry ice storage will keep rice, wheat and beans good for at least ten years at 70 degrees and 15-20 years if kept at 60 degrees.
You will need:
White rice, hard red winter wheat, corn, beans
Funnel / one large cup
Dense food grade plastic bucket or plastic jugs, {never glass}
Dry ice pellets, Clothe gloves/ protective eye-wear
Dry ice is usually purchased in ten pound bags, and it’s not cheap. $12-14.00. Therefore if this is your first time storing you may not want to have to deal with such a large volume of food, but start out with a smaller amount that you can closely monitor until you feel like a pro. I suggest your first storing experience you share with a friend and split the costs.
As I stated earlier milk jugs are a popular container for storage, however they aren't the best containers, as they tend to crack over time. If your budget limits you to jugs then clean jugs with soap and water adding 2-3 teaspoons of bleach, rinse well. ALWAYS use plastic jugs, NEVER glass when using dry ice. Holding the jug upside down by its handle I forcefully hit the jug's opening against my counter-top 15 or so times, shaking out most of the water then allow to dry overnight. Then in a well-ventilated area, {open windows} wearing cloth gloves and protective eye-wear, fill jugs with one inch of rice. Add one ounce of dry ice per gallon capacity. Next fill jugs to the top with rice, place the cap over the opening but do not seal, the lid is only to sit on the opening. After 10 minutes seal the container for 20 seconds, then burp the lid. If you hear a "swoosh" of air escaping, seal and repeat burping process. {If you never hear the "swoosh" sound, you haven't added enough dry ice.} The longer time passes the longer you can close the lid, {3-4 minutes} before burping. Repeat process until you no longer hear the burp of escaping air. This process can take 35 minutes or more for jugs and up to two hours for large buckets. Do not move or shake the container while the ice is sublimating so as to minimize turbulence and mixing. Once you feel certain that all the air has escaped seal with lid, and then burp once again after 30-45 minutes. Watch containers for an hour or so to be sure pressure is not building up. Plastic jugs will bulge when over pressured. When all air has escaped, close lid, and seal with wide tape or melted wax for a strong seal.
5 Gallon Buckets
Buckets work in principle the same as jugs. Place one inch of rice in container, add 5 or 6 ounces of dry ice, then fill to nearly the top with rice, beans, etc. Place the lid on top but do not completely seal it for 20-25 minutes. There must remain a small vent for air to escape until the dry ice has completely dissipated (sublimed). When the bottom of the bucket begins to feel warmer, place the lid on tightly. After a few minutes it should start to slightly bulge, when you see bulging open slightly to release the pressure, "burp." I want to emphasis that if all the air is not allowed to escape or you wait too long to burp the lid your container can explode and can cause very serious injury. I highly recommend first timers start with one jug container and sit with it, burping it until you get the hang of it. I have been doing this for years and yet I recently had a small explosion in my kitchen. In the middle of storing, I received a phone call concerning a small crisis looming and so I began rushing to finish. I was sealing and burping 20 containers with my teenage daughters but one got missed. We left the room for one minute when a plastic soda pop container shot like a rocket into the air smashing into my chandelier, bending the metal and spraying glass and rice everywhere. I highly recommend you take no phone calls nor have young children in the room while storing.
Storage Tips
Since some grains and legumes absorb carbon dioxide when stored in a atmosphere with high levels of the gas, a drop in head space air pressure can occur. Precautions should be taken in thin walled containers against buckling and possible loss of seal integrity. Dry ice is extremely cold, if there is too much moisture in the air; the moisture can condense and be trapped in the container. You don't want this result, so choose a day when the relative humidity is low unless you are in an area with low humidity, such as in an air-conditioned house. You may want to use a desiccant package, moisture absorber, when using dry ice to purge storage containers.
NEVER SWALLOW DRY ICE, by putting it in a drink for example, or touch it to your skin, it will give you a severe burn and burn a hole in your mucus membrane.
Always use food grade containers. The bottom of all US food grade buckets will have a triangle composed of 3 arrows with the number 2 in the middle of the triangle. Never use a container unless you know for certain that only food was in it prior to use. Paint and chemicals will poison your food no matter how well you clean the container. Date containers in permanent ink and store in cool, dark, dry place indoors. I do not recommend a garage or attic as temps can vary greatly. The lower the temperature the longer your food will last. Hot temps will destroy your food's nutrition value. There are many more ways to store foods and dry ice will not be appropriate for many foods.
Store grains whole, and not ground or processed. I suggest you store these at a ratio of 1 soybean, to 2 corns to 2 wheat.
Beans lose their oils and dry out over time, they resist water absorption and become hard. Storing beans in nitrogen and keeping in cool temps helps retain their oils. Pressure cookers seem to help soften tough beans.
Brown rice normally stores for 6 months because of its fatty acids, however if kept in the refrigerator, hermetically sealed, {in the absence of oxygen,} brown rice may last up to 18 months. Check the smell and feel of it before eating.
The storage life for white rice hermetically sealed is 8-10 years at 70 degrees F and up to 20 years at 60 and below temps. Heat kills it's nutritional value.
Store vacuum-sealed tinned garden non-hybrid seeds in a deep freezer.
Pancake, cake, biscuit and flour mixes should not be eaten after their expiration date as these can build up dangerous bacteria. The last thing you want during a crisis is having to venture out into the chaos with several deathly ill family members. "When in doubt, throw it out." Use your eyes and nose to detect spoiled foods, NOT your tongue.
This is the time to take the greatest caution in preventing accidents and illness in your home.
You just can't afford another crisis.
Here's a great nutritious bread recipe from the Bible, true manna. Ezekiel bread is a Biblical recipe for bread and is very nutritious.
WHEAT BREAD, THE STAFF OF LIFE
When I first purchased wheat I went to my local health food store and bought 200 pounds at .99 a pound, which seemed a good price at the time. Since then I have realized that feed wheat, {animal wheat} is the exact same wheat but with the chaff still intact. This chaff can easily be removed by taking the wheat outside on a windy day and pouring a cup full back and forth between bowls, the chaff will blow away.
Dry the wheat on top of the wood-stove or in the oven, don't toast it, just dry it. Depending on how fine you grind it you can go from cereal to flour.
Please note SEED wheat, or any other grain marked SEED, may or WILL have been treated with fungicides and is poisonous. Don't ever eat it or feed it to animals.
Ezekiel Bread
2 1/2 cups Hard Red Wheat or Kamut
1 1/2 cups Spelt or rye
1/2 cup Barley
1/4 cup Millet
1/4 cup Lentils
2 Tbsp Great Northern Beans
2 Tbsp Red Kidney Beans
2 Tbsp Pinto Beans
Mix all grains and beans in a large bowl and mill into a fine flour.
Measure into a large bowl: 4 cups warm water, 1 cup honey or brown or sugar, molasses, Add a little extra water if you choose to use dry sweeteners
1/2-cup oil (corn / olive/peanut)
2 Tbsp yeast/ instant yeast
Mix then set aside for 5 minutes~ mix will become frothy.
Measure the flours and add 2 or 3 tsp salt
Mix until batter is elastic – approximately 6 or 7 minutes.
Pour into 3 greased bread pans in even amounts.
Place pans in oven at 170 degrees for about 20 minutes. Allow bread to rise to within 1/2 inch of the top of the pan. Overfilling will leave your oven a real mess!
Once raised, turn the heat up to 350. Do not open the door or the bread will fall.
Bake at 350 degrees for approx. 25-30 minutes until the top is nicely browned.
Cool the bread on wire racks. Once completely cooled this bread may be frozen in freezer bags. Make sure you get out all the air before sealing the bag.
Beware, this bread is addicting!
Word to the wise. Practice making bread and other emergency food dishes before a crisis happens so you know for certain how to prepare them, as there may be no Internet, phones, etc to find out how to prepare your food.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Before The Emergency Happens~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ask your city planners how you would be warned of an emergency and learn your community's evacuation routes and shelters closest to your home.
-Learn the emergency plan at your workplace, your child's school and day care.
-Buy emergency radio/extra batteries, this is a must.
-Make arrangements for your pets. Animals are not allowed in public shelters.
-Stash emergency cash and phone card
-Complete a grab and go "bug out bag" {BOB}emergency kit. Create an Emergency Plan for your family then discuss all plans clearly to your children. Determine two home escape plans in case of fire. Practice an emergency evacuation fire drill with your kids, showing them how to crawl out of their beds to the floor and find the front door with their eyes closed. Have a meeting place, a tree, or somewhere away from the house.
Learn how to turn off the water, gas, and electricity at main switches. Have a list of all important phone numbers, police, fire, a neighbor, schools, work, relatives, local TV newsroom, an out of state contact person which all family members could contact if you are apart to transmit messages, etc.. If an emergency occurs during the day when the kids are in school and parents are at work, choose a meeting place and an alternate, not close to each other. If a family member goes to the first meeting place and it becomes an unsafe location, leave a sign you were there like a brightly colored scarf on a tree and go to the next meeting place.
Have a contact person who lives out of state, which can receive calls from both parties, in the event that you cannot reach your family. Make sure that your child has this phone number on a waterproof paper at all times. Give each child a house key to reach a two-day life kit in case they need to walk a long distance to meet the family. Let a neighbor know when you left and where you are going. If your pet is at home, it may be a good idea that the child takes their dog with them for protection if chaos is evident. Remember food and water for them as well. Or make arrangements for pets, as animals are not allowed in public shelters.
In Case Of Earthquake PLEASE READ THIS!
First secure anything that can move, fall, break, cause a fire, or anything that is a potential hazard now. Keep anything heavy away from above beds.
My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI), the world's most experienced rescue team. The information in this article will save lives in an earthquake. I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in several countries, and I am a member of many rescue teams from many countries. I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for two years. I have worked at every major disaster in the world since 1985, except for simultaneous disasters.The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was under its desk. Every child was crushed to the thickness of their bones. They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It was obscene, unnecessary and I wondered why the children were not in the aisles. I didn't at the time know that the children were told to hide under something. Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the ceilings falling upon the objects or furniture inside crushes these objects, leaving a space or void next to them. This space is what I call the 'triangle of life'. The larger the object, the stronger, the less it will compact. The less the object compacts, the larger the void, the greater the probability that the person who is using this void for safety will not be injured. The next time you watch collapsed buildings, on television, count the 'triangles' you see formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common shape, you will see, in a collapsed building.
TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY
1) Most everyone who simply 'ducks and covers' WHEN BUILDINGS
COLLAPSE are crushed to death. People who get under objects, like desks or
cars, are crushed.
2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fetal position.You should too in an earthquake. It is a natural safety/survival instinct. You can survive in a smaller void. Get next to an object, next to a sofa, next to a large bulky object that will compress slightly but leave a void next to it.
3) Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to be in during an earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with the force of the earthquake. If the wooden building does collapse, large survival voids are created. Also, the wooden building has less concentrated, crushing weight. Brick buildings will break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many injuries but less squashed bodies than concrete slabs.
4) If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs, simply roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed. Hotels can achieve a much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply by posting a sign on The back of the door of every room telling occupants to lie down on the floor, next to the bottom of the bed during an earthquake.
5) If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape by getting out the door or window, then lie down and curl up in the fetal position next to a sofa, or large chair.
6) Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings collapse is killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and the doorjamb falls forward or backward you will be crushed by the ceiling above. If the door jam falls sideways you will be cut in half by the doorway. In either case, you will be killed!
7) Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different 'moment of frequency' (they swing separately from the main part of the building).The stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump into each other until structural failure of the stairs takes place. The people who get on stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair treads - horribly mutilated. Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away from the stairs.The stairs are a likely part of the building to be damaged. Even if the stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake, they may collapse later when overloaded by fleeing people. They should always be checked for safety, even when the rest of the building is not damaged.
8) Get Near the Outer Walls Of Buildings Or Outside Of Them If Possible
It is much better to be near the outside of the building rather than the interior. The farther inside you are from the outside perimeter of the building the greater the probability that your escape route will be blocked.
9) People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the road above falls in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is exactly what happened with the slabs between the decks of the Nimitz Freeway. The victims of the San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside of their vehicles. They were all killed. They could have easily survived by getting out and sitting or lying next to their vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived if they had been able to get out of their cars and sit or lie next to them. All the crushed cars had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars
that had columns fall directly across them.
10) I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper offices and other offices with a lot of paper, that paper does not compact. Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper.
In 1996 we made a film, which proved my survival methodology to be correct. The Turkish Federal Government, City of Istanbul , University of Istanbul Case Productions and ARTI cooperated to film this practical, scientific test. We collapsed a school and a home with 20 mannequins inside. Ten mannequins did 'duck and cover,' and ten mannequins I used in my 'triangle of life' survival method. After the simulated earthquake collapse we crawled through the rubble and entered the building to film and
document the results. The film, in which I practiced my survival techniques under directly observable, scientific conditions , relevant to building collapse, showed there would have been zero percent survival for those doing duck and cover.There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for people using my method of the 'triangle of life.' This film has been seen by millions of viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe, and it was seen in the USA , Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV.
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Have a fire extinguisher on hand, an A-B-C type. Keep refrigerator closed after the quake as food is safe for up to 24 hours if kept closed. Freezer food is safe for 3 days if kept closed. Most unrefrigerated foods usually will be OK for about 8 hours, but use your best judgment, if it smells strange, chuck it. Eat food from the refrigerator first, then from the freezer. Eat canned food and MRE's last.
Generator: use appropriate size/strength cord, usually a heavy-duty extension cord is a must. Prepare for after shocks. Check your home for objects that can fall on you. Open closet and cupboard doors cautiously. Look for electrical system damage. If you see sparks or broken or frayed wires, or if you smell hot insulation, turn off the electricity at the main fuse box or circuit breaker. Check for sewage and water lines damage. Fill bathtub, pots/ pans/ clean garbage containers with water, but if water pipes are damaged, avoid using water from the tap and contact the water company if possible. You can obtain safe water by melting ice cubes, or from your water heater.
Beware of downed power lines and gas leaks. Locate utility shutoffs for water, power, and gas. Place a flashlight or an emergency light next to your breaker panel, never matches. Keep a wrench in your water meter box and on your gas meter to turn off the gas. Turn off gas mains first, then turn off main power breakers and if water pipes break turn off the water main. If you smell gas or hear a hissing noise, open a window and get family out to the house immediately! Turn off the gas at the outside main valve, and call the gas company. NEVER return into your house. A professional must turn on the gas back.
Decide Whether To Stay And Hunker Down Or Evacuate.
This will depend on the nature of the disaster, your preparations, and obtaining the correct information. You must ask yourself, if I leave now will I possibly get stuck in a worse place if I cannot reach my destination? Will we be safe from lunatic criminals, masses of refugees, and panicked mobs? Remember the police will be a rare sight. Will we be safe from difficult weather conditions? Will there be enough food, water, gas, and money to see us through to our destination? Can everyone walk to the destination if need be? If you can't answer these with confidence, it may be life threatening to proceed.
However, if evacuation is a viable option, don't wait, move out. This would probably work best with a prepared family who can move in minutes with all their prepared supplies. The hours it takes to prepare will lock you into the same time frame as those unprepared. Because of the danger of a stampede or traffic congestion I believe for many of us our best bet is to stay put and hunker down. Neighbors are more likely to come to your rescue than strangers. I hope you know yours.
The Family Action List
Have money on hand, {in a fireproof wrapper} well hidden, not in the master bedroom. For example, taped to the underside, middle of a large rug, with furniture over it is difficult to access and therefore a good hiding place. Have several hiding places; don't hide it all in one place. If you don't have cash on hand then someone go to the ATM or bank. This won't be pretty. I personally would never put myself in harms way by venturing out to a place I know will have a mob. But if you feel you have no choice and can't borrow it, you may have to chance it. Hopefully you will heed this wisdom and stash emergency funds. You may want to call the bank to see if they are even open and how much money they can actually give you. They certainly won’t break your $20,000.00 CD and hand you cash, banks just don't have those huge amounts sitting around.
Hopefully you have already stored at least 3 months supply of food and preparation now is minimal. However, if you have inadequate amounts of food and water for an extended period of time, one person must be put in charge of food shopping. Preferably a man, as things can get heated with hundreds of anxious shoppers in food aisles reaching for the same foods you want. If possible, use your credit card to save your cash. Making a list of essentials is OK to bring but remember, those that wait until the emergency happens will get few of the items on their list. You must get to the store as quickly as possible so skip the 15-minutes of making a list, just walk the aisles and see what's available. Choose foods that are easy to prepare and won’t need to be refrigerated or cooked. If water is limited you will need to avoid foods that are high in fat, salt or protein.
A Word About Nuclear Protection
Public nuclear shelters are almost unheard of anymore in America. Contact your local emergency management engineer and ask where the nearest shelter exists. Then go look at it. I took a news reporter with me to my nearest shelter. It was dark, filthy and had no bathroom facilities. There were about 40 cases of crackers. We opened one case, the crackers were literally dust in our hands. They were over 20 years old.
I feel it is a worthy effort to read about building a shelter. A nuclear bomb is a real threat in our day and planning for it takes only about ten hours. The vast majority of people who will die in a nuclear attack will be those who succumb to radiation poisoning of fallout and not from the blast at ground zero. The people who survive will have been those who prepared, period. The radioactive fallout, the dust that falls from the sky, drifts for miles and will settle down on your home. Fallout, will begin to fall minutes after the explosion near ground zero but will take several hours to reach areas of several hundreds of miles away. Fallout appears as tiny dust particles but can also be invisible to the naked eye. The dust acts as x-ray, emitting penetrating radiation energy. As the fallout lands on your house, your house becomes a microwave oven and you become the entree. It matters not if you manage to keep from inhaling the dust or keep it off of you, your clothes, etc. The harmful rays of radiation will penetrate your house, cooking you. The most important thing to know is that the first hours and days are the most crucial to staying alive because radiation loses its intensity quickly. For example the first hour is ten times stronger than the seventh hour and in two days it has weakened to 100th as strong as initially. 72 hours in a shelter is a must. A shelter needs to have as much mass between you and the radiation. The thicker the mass, the more radiation it stops. This means stacking furniture doesn't do much; we need density, the denser (heavier) the mass used, the better. The thickness necessary to decrease radiation levels to viable levels: concrete 11" Steel 3.3", water 24" earth 16", wood 38", etc. Obviously the best place for a shelter is a basement. The US government website has shelter information, with several designs and info concerning potassium iodide anti- radiation pills, contamination, etc.
A simple shelter for two can be built with numerous boxes lined in plastic bags or plastic sheeting, filled with water, {provided it's available} a large thick piece of plywood and a couple of very sturdy kitchen tables. When an attack is imminent is not the time to start thinking about buying plywood and hunting for boxes, and plastic bags, so spend the few hours now to gather up supplies. Recycling bins are a great place to find hundreds of boxes. 2 standard plywood sheets cost approximately $38.00. You can also make an emergency shelter by surrounding your table with your supply of canned stored foods and buckets of grains. This will of course have leak areas so consider this in an emergency only. Make sure a porta-potty is on your list of supplies. You can purchase a toilet lid at emergency essentials for $13.00, attach it to a 5 gal bucket, then line the bucket with a plastic bag. I use my Wal-mart bags. Start saving your bags.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty1SMtpuaO4&feature=fvw surviving a chemical attack
Home Protection
After watching the overwhelmed police and brazen, ruthless behavior of criminals murdering, raping and stealing after hurricane Katrina, you may be considering purchasing a weapon to protect your family. The Bible clearly states that a person can defend their lives and that of their children, spouse and others when they are in mortal danger.
I strongly recommend a shotgun because it's inexpensive, and in most states a license is not required, therefore there is no waiting period. I feel it's a good choice for home protection because you don't need to be a great shot at 3 AM when you're half awaken standing in the dark terrified. You merely aim it in the direction of the criminal and this usually will disable him, which is the goal. Use bird shot bullets only as deer shot will literally go through walls and can kill a family member. If you desire a handgun license this usually takes several weeks or even months so plan ahead. Since Pres. Obama became president gun and bullet sales have sky rocketed so waiting times may be longer. I have not found bullets in my local Wal-Mart for eleven months. The sales person there told me that Wal-Mart is now rationing bullets because every new shipment is gone in hours. Also if you are denied a handgun permit, contact an attorney. Usually one phone call is all it takes to clear up the matter.
In my opinion you must learn how to shoot the gun you plan on purchasing. The weapon you choose may be too difficult for you to shoot and what good will that do if after you buy it you can’t fire it? If you don't plan to learn how to aim and shoot, learning the safety rules and spending a few hours practicing, then please don't purchase a gun. You may kill yourself or a loved one. Certainly in your dazed moment of terror is not the time to figure out how to aim and shoot. I am absolutely serious about this. I took a handgun class and spent several hours practicing and learning safety rules and now I feel confident. Of course, keep all firearms and bullets AWAY from a child's reach.
The police will tell you to store a gun and bullets in separate places and to keep a gun empty. When my children were young I did keep my gun unloaded but not when I went to bed. In most cases when criminals break in, you have about 5-10 seconds tops before they reach your bedroom door. Most people take a few seconds just waking up and registering what's happening and realize they aren't dreaming, then terror hits, then you need to think about what to do, and you don't have much time to do it. This is not the time to walk around in the dark, climb to the top closet shelf and retrieve the gun from it’s case and then find and load 5 bullets. This is what they are counting on, you not being prepared. My gun is always within arms length when I sleep and I sleep well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_QjEL0uUgo&feature=related Our God given right to protect ourselves
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I also sleep with my phone with a lighted dial, a "Handy Light," a weather radio and my key chain at my bedside.
1. A great way to draw the attention of your neighbors and scare off criminals is to sound your car alarm. Make sure you test it from your bedroom.
2. Turning on the siren on your weather radio may convince criminals that your burglar alarm system has been activated and police are on the way.
3. A "Handy Light" can be plugged into a living room lamp which can turn on that light from your bedside, startling burglars and letting them know someone is awake and hears them. They may then think you're calling the police and decide to find a heavier sleeper elsewhere.
4. A magnetic door/window alarm can be purchased at Dollar Tree.
5. A "Warning: Electronic Alarm System" sticker can be purchased for a dollar at any locksmith store.
6. A 1/2 in. wide 24-28 in. long, square wooden pole placed at the top of your sliding glass door's track will prevent a burglar from being able to place his hands on the glass lifting up the glass door off it's track and then kicking it in. I was broken into this way, but my Chow, Rip, kept them from entering. I purchased one at Lowe's for 2 bucks.
7. The best burglar alarm in my opinion is a big protective dog. The sound of my dog barking has run off many a UPS man. If you don't have a dog, tape record a big dog with a deep bark and post a "Beware of Dog" sign in the yard or leave a large dog bowl with water on the front porch. Most burglars hate dog bites. : )
8. To fight off a car jacker or anyone whether it be on the street or in your home, { if you don't have a gun} I suggest you purchase wasp spray. The container's sprayer has the ability to spray a straight 20 feet. If an attacker approaches, roll your car window down only a few inches and spray it directly in their face, until the screams hit about 100 decibels. When that spray gets into their eyes, and it will, the only thing that will stop the extruciating pain is to have their eyes washed out in the ER. Police say wasp spray is even better than mace. Keep one in your car and one at home. Ladies, if you're walking to your car late at night in a parking lot carry one in a big purse.
9. For outdoor lighting instead of a more expensive porch light or flood light hang some mini white Christmas lights on a tree/bush near the front door. I also have candle lights in all my front windows. They really light up the entire front of my home. When criminals see such a brightly lit house they tend to keep going.
Preparing the Entire Family Mentally for the Coming Crisis
Mom this is where we will need you to take charge. There's no way one can predict how this crisis will effect us and our family. We may think we are a strong person but have you ever been tested with one slamming crisis after another for a prolonged period of time? I have, it was over a two year period and it almost broke me. The last thing you need in a crisis is to become the crisis and this is exactly what will happen to many of us. Many will crumble under the pressure of constant poverty, hunger, crime, fear, disobedient children, etc.. I don't care how super strong you are, this will be an unmatched time of peril, human tragedy, soaring crime and the depths of despair. The fear may be intense for days, weeks or even months. We just can't know what Satan will throw at us.
So how can we prepare for this? I believe one of the flash points will be from lack of entertainment as our society and Laodicean believers are all about being entertained, esp. ungodly children. So to solve this problem now so it won't be a problem later I got rid of our cable TV. We rarely watched anything but news programs but since the NWO {New World Order} owns the television stations I asked myself do I really want to pay to be brainwashed? The first three days was miserable not knowing the news, but not much happens on a daily basis so I'm not really missing alot. If the world explodes I'll run to a neighbors and watch theirs. Once a month we do get a movie for a dollar at Redbox.
Next, think like a person already in the depression. Here's a few things we do and have stopped doing. Except for birthdays we don't buy pop, candy, ice cream or cookies. We don't go to movies, bowling, or eat out. We carry ice water in the car so we never need to stop and buy a drink. I also carry packs of crackers in the car for hunger pangs whe we get the urge to run to MacDonald's.
To save money on water we take super fast showers, even turning off the water to wash and condition our hair. If our clothes look and smell clean we will wear them again,... this saves alot on laundry bills. We flush for solids only. We do the dishes with a small stream of water instead of full blasting it. We use about 1/2 cup of water to brush our teeth. I gather rain water to water my garden and some outdoor plants. Bathwater is saved for watering my houseplants, cleaning out mops, flushing the toilet, etc.. This has cut our water bill by about 25-30%.
If I have an appointment , I add on stopping at 2 or 3 more places on the way, e.g., Sam's, post office, Dollar Tree. I drive about 3 times a week. My gas bill has decreased by at least 30%. I plan my trips and always have a list so I know which stores have all of what I need. Think ahead, it does take a moment but it will save you money and get you in the habit of being careful with your gas and money.
Only because I live a mile from a recycling center and pass by it 3 times a week do I recycle. This gives me a 30% discount on my garbage pick up. I simply called my garbage company and explained that I knew my cost was based on the weight of my trash, as the company trash company must pay by weight to the landfill. So since my trash was a mere 2 bags a week I wanted a reduced rate or I would have to leave to find another waste company. Voila! Discount.
Saving electricity is how I save best. We use night lites in the bathrooms, hallway and kitchen. We unplug most things we aren't using except the stove and washer/dryer. Most appliances do use small amounts of electricity when they're in the off position. In a year that can add up. So pull it if you're not going to use it. In the winter it's 62* in my home in the daytime and 56 at night. We wear sweaters over our tops, socks and toasty warm slippers in the daytime. Sometimes we sleep with socks and a warm hat. Our beds have a thermnal blanket, a wool throw blanket for our feet, then a bedspread, two quilts {blanket} and a heavy down comforter on top. I bought my down comforter new for half price during an after Christmas sale. I'm always toasty warm and so warm that I throw the covers off sometimes or wake up and don't even feel the 56* temps for 15-20 minutes. My kids and I also collect big pine cones and burn them in the fireplace for heat. A pine cone can burn hot for 90 seconds, 40 or 50 can warm up a room. Get a few large boxes at the recycling center and store some up in your garage. They are great kindling too. My electric bill is almost half of all my friend's bills. Our typical highest winter electric bill is about $155.00 / 3 bedroom house.
One day a week we eat poor. Try eating plain white rice and a little vegetables, French toast, cold cereal, grits or even peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for dinner. When this becomes a part of your normal life being poor won't seem so abnormal. You will be use to the bowl of rice, cold cereal, or grits. It will be one less stress on the family, diverting another crisis breaking point. Remember, one third of the world would love to eat your rice dinner.
Prepare a Disaster Supplies Kit = BOB Bug Out Bag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y4rBJrf6CY The List
Use a waterproof backpack or duffel bag, or store in a heavy plastic bag where you can reach in seconds. These items can be spread out between several bags if you have family members. I purchased large red stick-on reflectors for $1.00 at Wal-mart and placed them on all emergency backpacks for night walking.
Pocket Bible
Cash/ credit card/phone card
Bottled water, one gallon per person per day/ 3 days
OTC pain meds
First Aid book & kit splint/ace bandage/tweezers/scissors
Canned foods {a few}/ Ramen soup/non-perishables
High-energy foods/raisins/granola bars/peanut butter
Can opener/plastic utensils/paper plates/cups/wipes
small stove/sterno
Change of clothes, esp. 2 pr. socks, rain poncho, shoes
Mylar blankets/ sleeping bag/waterproof tent/mini-tent
Small tool kit/knife/ rope
candles/water proof matches
Important phone numbers/cell phone/pen/paper
Duct tape/ plastic sheeting/ compass/local map
Sunglasses /Visor cap /Sunscreen/hair ties/elastic band
Compact umbrella
Hand crank flashlight
Hand crank radio
Hand crank lantern
Infants, elderly, or disabled family members special care items.
Hand sanitizer/wipes/
plastic bags e.g Wal-Mart bags to cover toilet/ T.P.
N95 mask/one per person if needed/ flu
Whistle on string for each person /Mace/wasp spray
Small portable sterno holder /sterno for cooking
Spray paint can or item to attach to tree to signal family
Prescription medicines
Important papers, {ID info, blood type, allergies, child’s photo} keep in a Zip-lock bag
Eyeglasses
Car/house keys
Food 3 Day Supply
Water 6 gal per person/min. of 3 gal.
Ready-to-eat canned meats, tuna
Canned fruits and vegetables
Capri juices, Gatorade
Ramen cup of soup & crackers
Peanut butter, jelly, bread
Granola bars, trail mix
Cookies, hard candy,
Ready-to–eat cereals
Instant coffee, tea bags
Vitamins
Special diet needs
Suggested Long Term Food List
Corn, oats
Mac n cheese
Bible
Full tank of gas, never let your gas tank reach below 1/2
Strong battery/ Tire kit / fix a flat can
Old rug for tire traction
Antifreeze
Check wipers and windshield washer fluid
Tires with adequate tread/spare
Booster cables
Maps/compass
Small shovel
3 ft. "Call Police" sign, even if you have a cell phone
air pump/ Flares
First aid kit/ blanket/ sleeping bag/Warm hats/gloves
Water/gal for radiator
Matches/paper to start fire
Food/water
Big hand gun
Big shotgun
Bullets, a case
Big dog : )
Food grade water containers 100 gallons
Cord of well seasoned wood /clean chimney/ or Kerosene heater/ fuel/ matches/kindling
Oil lamps and fuel/ candles with glass holders/mirrors
Batteries 20+
Cook stove/30 sterno / cast iron kettle, dutch oven and frying pan for fireplace cooking
4 heavy blankets and down blanket per person .mylar sleeping bags/mylar blankets
Hats and gloves wool {not cotton} /warm slippers, thermo underwear
Generator with heavy-duty ext. cord
Water purifier/filters/tarp/poly piping/water drums/ boxes/plastic
Garden tiller / canned non hybrid seeds/ fertilizer
Gas containers many 5 gal/gas preservative
Push lawn mower
Rat traps/insect traps {they will come!}
$5-600.00 dependable water-proof tents {cheap tents don't last} / tent footprint/ shade canopy/ plastic extra plastic stakes/cords
Candles/matches 1000's /box of waterproof matches
Inflatable boat/life jackets {if you live near water}
Chain saw for cutting firewood, oil
Insect repellent/netting
Plastic sheeting
Air pump
Duct Tape 5/ Tarp/rope/nails/shingles/tools/roofing nails
Rain barrels/ poly piping/ large tarps for gathering water from roof
Bicycles
Canning jars, 4-8 cases, 30-50 boxes of lids, pressure cooker, and canning tools
3-5 #10 cans of NON-HYBRID seeds ONLY. One can grows a football field size garden
10-W-40 oil for car, filter, 5 gas cans, all car fluids, extra tire
Long Term Household Supplies
Bleach 10 gal/ Dishwasher/ dish/ laundry detergent /soap
Paper plates/cups/utensils/Paper towels/napkins
Plastic Wrap/foil/Storage Bags/trash bags
Tissue/Toilet Paper/wipes
Medical/Antacid/Band-Aids/Ace bandage
First Aid Creams/ABT oint.
Hydrogen Peroxide/ Rubbing Alcohol
Pain-Reliever/benadryl/ Thermometer
Pet food/litter/leash/rope/baggies
Deodorant/Toothbrush/Toothpaste/Floss
Lotion/Petroleum Jelly
Shampoo/soap
Shaving Cream/ Razors
Feminine Supplies
Vitamins esp. C&B, iron & echinacea
Sunscreen
Diapers/Baby Wipes
SURVIVE SERIES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYo6YPBXya8&NR=1 surviving a storm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnRGV2UXhLY&NR=1 Crisis in America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AV_AMKT7t4 Building an emergency tent in the event of possible hypothermia in the wilderness awesome video lots of geat tips to survive
Conclusion
Let me close by saying I realize many readers will scoff at the idea of Americans having a limited amount of food, water, cash etc. I wish I was wrong and that these disastrous times never come to America but I don't think so. The question is, are you willing to take the chance?
As we are witnessing the coming one world government of Satan we can see more clearly the urgency of "The Great Commission." We now know how to share Christ and see our need to prepare our hearts and spirit for the battle for souls. As the end draws near and we are afflicted with the unleashed fierce wrath of Satan our most powerful force of defense will be courageous faith. The only way to prepare for the terrors to come is by obtaining an unshakable faith by walking with Jesus hand in hand, moment by moment, until the end of time. Amen and amen.
Some of my favorite links
http://www.newswatchmagazine.org/
http://sermonindex.net/modules/myvideo/
http://visionvictorymanifesto.com/ Christian investor
http://777denny.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/will-the-biblical-great-tribulation-period-begin-in-2010/ Brother Denny has Daniel's Timeline and some good discussion groups {I don't support one of his views.}
http://www.fulfilledprophecy.com/
http://www.battlecry.com/index.php Battle Cry!
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=25485 World News Daily
http://crossexamined.org/
http://www.danielstimeline.com/danielstimeline.html Daniel's timeline
http://www.projectrestore.com/trumpet/trumpetndx.htm The trumpet
http://www.joelrosenberg.com/ezekiel.asp
http://www.zionshope.org/index.aspx
http://worldviewtimes.com/article.php/articleid-4928/Brannon-Howse/Michael-Reagan#
http://www.survivalunlimited.com/buckets.htm
http://www.aaoobfoods.com/inanutshell.htm
http://www.icr.org/ Institute for Creation Research
For a Christian Respite come aboard Thurman and Ayres' boat, the Sea Star and enjoy being in the spirit, apart from the chaos of the world. I've been on their lovely boat for dinner and prayer time. It was like going on a spiritual vacation! It's amazing what 24 hours on the Cape Fear River alone with God can do for your perspective on life and eternal life. God deserves a little alone time with you once in a while and if you can't find it at home come to the river! So if you're coming to N.C., spend a night or a weekend on the Sea Star.
Jubilee Snooze & Cruise. www.jubileesnoozeandcruise.com 910-620-3752 (Open year round)
Ps. 23:2-3 He leads me beside still waters and restores my soul.
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