CA...... they want to have the right to confiscate your car if you don't pay in the toll road and also to take away your drivers license..... and a fine that could be as much as $93,000 hahahahahahah.

Feds thinking of lowering the interest rate another .50%.....nothing more than another link of the chain going around your kneck.

Park in the state of Israel named after Pollak (the Zionist spy), it will open while Bush is visiting........I wonder if Bushe's handler will give him order to go to the opening.

Now all the experts are saying that there is a 50% chance of a recession, in what planet do this people live in???

So much going on....... I wonder which will be the straw that will brake the camel's back.

I'm prepped for and continually prepping for whatever happens, but regardless of the "nature" of the circumstances that bring about TEOTWAWKI or TOECAWKI, I comfort myself with the knowledge that I am prepared to ensure my family still has the basics covered. The Triangle of Life, Water, Food, Shelter and the ability and tools (weapons and know-how) to protect those three basics. I own my own land (as much as our government will allow me to, but that's a different post) and have my basics pre-stored and prepped there, so if and when my family and I have to Bug Out, we are there within 2 hours (pending traffic, though I have 4 routes to take) and we can hunker down.

I think we all prepare for as much as we can...we figure that almost no matter what happens it will mean shortages and high costs for the things we count on to survive, possibly long term grid down (whether by economics or actual failure of the grid).
as far as gas goes, I have repeatedly heard over the last couple of days that they are talking about deliberately raising the price per gallon up to between $7.50-$10. per gallon to get our usage down. This would be catstrophic for all Americans and I believe would lead to a complete collapse. (as seen in Rawle's book "Patriots")
The president has talked lately about reducing our usage by 1/3 over the next 10 years. NOT that I think he can do that or that the government is capable of managing such a feat, but it is clear that he has intent to raise prices dramatically with his actions. We still have (at LEAST) two more years with this bozo and we didn't think he could get health care thru either.

As for what I prepare for, I prepare less by type of disaster than I do by basic human needs. The basic needs are pretty much the same, no matter what the disaster. As I meet my goals for the basics I do specific things for specific disasters. There really aren't that many individual elements that aren't appropriate for several sets of circumstances. My ultimate goal is to be as self-sufficient for as long of a period as it is practical to be in modern society.

This is a list of the things I consider when I’m making preps, in no specific order after the first four (No. I’m not ready for all of them yet. And yes, some of them simply call for having your affairs in order.)

Armageddon
Global nuclear war
Limited nuclear war/attack
Chemical/Biological war/attack
Infrastructure collapse/failures
Weather Modification attack
Major conventional war
New colonial activity (Fr., Sp., Port., It., Germ., Japan, China, Russia, UK, Brazil, Ven.)
A new Persian Empire
Invasion of the US
Regional climate change
Global warming
Global cooling/Ice Age
Celestial object impact/near miss
Nemesis induced Oort Cloud meteorite rain
Black hole appearance
Dark matter/anti-matter incident
UN/One World Gov
NWO (New World Order)
US Coup
US revolution
Government Tyranny
Anarchy
Rogue Military Activity
CME (Coronal Mass Ejection)
Ozone layer depletion
Solar radiation increase/decrease
Gamma ray burst from neutron star collision
Earth orbit shift
Magnetic pole shift
Rotational pole shift
Earth Core Cooling
Massive tectonic activity
Grand Alignment induced tectonic activity
EMP attack (Electro Magnetic Pulse)
EMP from solar activity
Major nuclear power re incident
Utilities failures
Terrorism in about a thousand different forms
Martial Law
Travel restrictions
Communication restrictions
Weapons restrictions
New, more restrictive assault weapons ban
Total gun ban
Local/regional gun grab
Gold/PM restrictions
Gold/PM recall
Rampant inflation
Major economic depression
Nationwide/global economic breakdown
Personal financial breakdown
Loss of job
Personal/family catastrophic illness
Bank closure/failure/mandated bank holiday
State bankruptcy/default
National bankruptcy/default
Strikes/boycotts/embargoes/price controls
Food shortages/price increases
Large scale JIT delivery failures
Crop failures
Drought
Water shortages
Shortages of goods and services for a variety of reasons
Peak oil
Fuel shortages/price increases
Limnic eruption
Methane Hydrate release
Dam failure/collapse
Tailings pond failure/collapse
Environmental disaster
Gulf Stream shutdown
Overpopulation
Rapid Population Decline
Social break down
Widespread civil unrest/riots
Aztlan/Reconquista Uprising
Civil war
Ethnic war
Racial war
Religious war
Resource war
Refugees
Becoming a refugee
Landslide/mudslide
Brownout
Blackout
Avalanche
Superstorm
Hurricane
Hypercane
Tornado
Earthquake
Flood
Sea level rise
Sea level drop
Tsunami
Mega Tsunami (La Palma, West Antarctic Ice Sheet)
Volcano
Mega Volcano (Yellowstone Caldera)
Lahar
Pyroclastic flow
Ice Storm
Blizzard
Hail
Severe Lightning
Heat wave
Sinkholes
Antibiotic resistant bacteria
Epidemic
Pandemic
Pestilence
Rainforest deforestation
Forest fire/wild fire
Fire storm
Sand/dust storms/Haboob
House/apartment/building fire
Hazmat incident
Medical emergency
Local major accident (aircraft/auto/rail/building)
Airplane crash
Automotive accident
Train wreck
Vehicle breakdown/stranded
Shipwrecked/marooned
Becoming lost in the wilderness
Becoming lost in the megalopolis
Crime wave
Local major crime
Dangerous wildlife confrontation
Wild animal rampage
Released/escaped dangerous zoo animals
Addictive Entertainment
Eco-system collapse
Out of control bio-genetics/bio-technology/Nano-technology/robotics
Runaway GM food plant failure/cross contamination
Sub-atomic particle research accident
Advanced Technology disaster
Extraterrestrial biological contamination
Evidence of extraterrestrials
Hostile extraterrestrials
Peaceful extraterrestrials
Biblical flood
Biblical plagues
Second coming
A New Messiah
The Anti-Christ
Zombies/vampires/werewolves/other supernatural dangers (just kidding!)

holy crap old thread....
jerry you forgot about people praying pranks on ya

Yeah. Don't have much of a sense of humor, so I get pranked a lot. Even when I don't know. Drives some people crazy that I don't acknowledge something they think is hilarious. But sometimes I just don't get it.

Took me a month to figure out the commercial using the line, "De-nile ain't just a river in Egypt."

that's the best thing about prepping in general. you shouldn't have any ONE thing you prepare for, it should cover basic living and then a bit. If you can live with food, shelter,heat and medicalnd continue long after the preps run out (garden, skills, herbs etc), then you can survive pretty much anything.

I'm not prepping anymore, and I've quit worrying about SHTF events. I'm just a spectator on this trip .

Now I'm just 'planning' for the worlds longest, staycation, All-American backyard camping trip. And it could turn into a hunting trip, if anyone tries to take my 'camping equipment'.

If your prepared for the zombie hordes your prepared for anything. :)