Angel said...
[My husband's] cousin was locked up in a hospital operating room last night. She is having a baby. Her, her husband and 4 year old daughter and others were shut inside with shot guns. People were trying to break in to steal meds and stuff. Most of the family is scared to go back. They are letting the heads os house go in and get stuff and then have to leave.
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Friday, September 02, 2005
Playing the blame game
People have already started to blame bush. Funny, thing is that New Orleans had 40 plus years to prepare for this. Every single year it only became more and more likely that this would occur.
Have you seen the videos of people talking? Shepherd smith is asking people what they need they then say they need water, food, or a place to sleep. I understand that people where unable to get out, what I find funny is that those same people apparently have plenty of energy to wade through water to get out now.
Secondly, you knew there was a hurricane coming and you choose to stay, why didn't you run as much water and buy as much food as you possibly could. You can't even survive 4 days with our electricity or water when you have at least 4 days to prepare for it.
Tonight Bill O'Reily was complaining that the national guard should have been there day one. I guess they could have flown them though the tropical Strom that katrina became or maybe driven then on the same roads people were using to escape. Though the could have followed behind the storm, I still do not know how feasible that really is.
One lady was complaining that the meals she was being served at the superdome were cold. WTF. I know the situation in the superdome is bad, but a little street justice should solve that.
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Have you seen the videos of people talking? Shepherd smith is asking people what they need they then say they need water, food, or a place to sleep. I understand that people where unable to get out, what I find funny is that those same people apparently have plenty of energy to wade through water to get out now.
Secondly, you knew there was a hurricane coming and you choose to stay, why didn't you run as much water and buy as much food as you possibly could. You can't even survive 4 days with our electricity or water when you have at least 4 days to prepare for it.
Tonight Bill O'Reily was complaining that the national guard should have been there day one. I guess they could have flown them though the tropical Strom that katrina became or maybe driven then on the same roads people were using to escape. Though the could have followed behind the storm, I still do not know how feasible that really is.
One lady was complaining that the meals she was being served at the superdome were cold. WTF. I know the situation in the superdome is bad, but a little street justice should solve that.
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Donation
I went shopping for a place to donate. This blurb by Michelle Malkin sold me on mercy corps, where you can donate by credit card (big plus for me).
"I've donated to and am recommending Mercy Corps, which is teaming with Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) to meet the immediate and longer-term needs of people displaced from their homes in coastal Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. Mercy Corps consistently ranks as one of America's most effective and efficient charitable organizations. Last year, more than 92 percent of its resources went directly to programs serving people in need."
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Other sites with links
http://instapundit.com/archives/025235.php
http://truthlaidbear.com/katrinarelief.php
"I've donated to and am recommending Mercy Corps, which is teaming with Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) to meet the immediate and longer-term needs of people displaced from their homes in coastal Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. Mercy Corps consistently ranks as one of America's most effective and efficient charitable organizations. Last year, more than 92 percent of its resources went directly to programs serving people in need."
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Other sites with links
http://instapundit.com/archives/025235.php
http://truthlaidbear.com/katrinarelief.php
Hurricane Katrina Update
Over at survival blog there is an "Hurricane Katrina Update"
Serach for "Hurricane Katrina Update (SAs: Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Relief, Lessons from Katrina)"
Some first hand accounts show that it may be getting worse as far as the looting is concerned.
1.) In New Orleans, looters are shooting at police stations, in one instance with a semi-auto AK-47. The looting is completely out of hand, and spreading.
2.) Jefferson Parish Louisiana Sheriff Harry Lee has issued a "shoot to kill" order.
3.) At the Super Dome (cum Relocation Center) there have been countless armed robberies, suicides, rapes, and three murders in the past 72 hours. Conditions are intolerable there (with no running water and no sanitation, so it has been ordered evacuated. Several thousand Super Dome evacuees are being bussed/trucked to the Houston Astro Dome. At least the electricity is working there...
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Serach for "Hurricane Katrina Update (SAs: Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Relief, Lessons from Katrina)"
Some first hand accounts show that it may be getting worse as far as the looting is concerned.
1.) In New Orleans, looters are shooting at police stations, in one instance with a semi-auto AK-47. The looting is completely out of hand, and spreading.
2.) Jefferson Parish Louisiana Sheriff Harry Lee has issued a "shoot to kill" order.
3.) At the Super Dome (cum Relocation Center) there have been countless armed robberies, suicides, rapes, and three murders in the past 72 hours. Conditions are intolerable there (with no running water and no sanitation, so it has been ordered evacuated. Several thousand Super Dome evacuees are being bussed/trucked to the Houston Astro Dome. At least the electricity is working there...
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Thursday, September 01, 2005
Preparedness - Sun Oven
As part of a wider preparedness strategy, you goal should be find new and novel ways of doing things outside the normal trappings of your comfortable life. In the most extreme preparedness situations, you are going to be with out power and fuel (gas, diesel, wood) could be limited or useless...Or....In a long term survival siuation where you were completely prepared, you might want to ration your stored fuel in an efficient manner.
Sunovens hold some promise from what I have read. I know the dialogue concerning sunovens is controlled by the radical environmentalist, but as a student of the preparedness doctrine you should evaluate all options, even if the ideas come from people you think are crazier than you.
Sunovens could play a role in a permanent survival situation by reducing the need for electricity to purify water and other cooking chores. I doubt they would be of much use to the freedom fighter, the person in the midst of a temporary disturbance, or a person in an unstable situation. They require a time to build and use on a large scale, which if you were in a permanent stable survival situation you might just have to time to attempt such a project.
For my introduction I have chosen a simple model to build and test. Presently my resources are limited. I do not have a workshop to attempt to build a large one, so I have chosen a simple small sample to test.
I do not have a protractor so I am going to wing it from the picture. I also have no glue, so I will see how it works with the items I have (duct tape). I will build it, test it, and report.
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Other sunoven links:
http://solarcooking.org/
http://solarcookers.org/
Principles of Solar Box Cooker Design
NOTE: There are much more efficient designs than the one I am building. I would think it wise to store large amounts of plans and directions in your future retreat, so that you will have a information store to use when you have the time.
Sunovens hold some promise from what I have read. I know the dialogue concerning sunovens is controlled by the radical environmentalist, but as a student of the preparedness doctrine you should evaluate all options, even if the ideas come from people you think are crazier than you.
Sunovens could play a role in a permanent survival situation by reducing the need for electricity to purify water and other cooking chores. I doubt they would be of much use to the freedom fighter, the person in the midst of a temporary disturbance, or a person in an unstable situation. They require a time to build and use on a large scale, which if you were in a permanent stable survival situation you might just have to time to attempt such a project.
For my introduction I have chosen a simple model to build and test. Presently my resources are limited. I do not have a workshop to attempt to build a large one, so I have chosen a simple small sample to test.
I do not have a protractor so I am going to wing it from the picture. I also have no glue, so I will see how it works with the items I have (duct tape). I will build it, test it, and report.
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Other sunoven links:
http://solarcooking.org/
http://solarcookers.org/
Principles of Solar Box Cooker Design
NOTE: There are much more efficient designs than the one I am building. I would think it wise to store large amounts of plans and directions in your future retreat, so that you will have a information store to use when you have the time.
Why I carry a gun
Source: "He [a godforsaken pimp who sent his boyz to beat up a woman after gettin dissed] got mad. That's about when the videotape begins, with an unidentified narrator saying the young woman in the car had "ratted out" local gang members [not true]. A mob begins jumping on top of the car and beating at the windows. Within minutes, the young woman is assaulted by several people as she sits in the car trying to defend herself. Her attackers rip at her hair and punch her face and body. Some of her clothes are torn off.
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She is then pulled from the car and beaten on the ground by at least 12 people. The video ends with the narrator saying the woman was "fighting for her life." [The woman lived and came forward after seeing the tape on the news, but the assialants have not been caught] "
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Should it be rebuilt?
Blake over at Nashville files as the question I was asking myself this morning: Should it be rebuilt?
I fall on the side of let it go. I am not saying do not help the families affected (they are just going to end up on welfare anyways), because they need help. I am just not sure we should help them rebuild in the same spot their house just got destroyed. There are not many upsides to rebuilding in this case.
Maybe parts of New Orleans could be rebuilt, the part that did not get flooded. Maybe a partial rebuilding could occur? Leave the most dangerous areas alone and use them as a buffer zone against future storms. I am sure some rebuilding will occur, but we could also use this opportunity to restructure the surrounding area to better protect it from future storms.
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I fall on the side of let it go. I am not saying do not help the families affected (they are just going to end up on welfare anyways), because they need help. I am just not sure we should help them rebuild in the same spot their house just got destroyed. There are not many upsides to rebuilding in this case.
Maybe parts of New Orleans could be rebuilt, the part that did not get flooded. Maybe a partial rebuilding could occur? Leave the most dangerous areas alone and use them as a buffer zone against future storms. I am sure some rebuilding will occur, but we could also use this opportunity to restructure the surrounding area to better protect it from future storms.
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Link round up from what i have read
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Cut your loses
Concerning the damage done from hurricane Katrina, I do you know much about insurance payouts, but if it possible I would take the money that I got from the damage in my home and move elsewhere. If some random law prohibited that, I would try to fake my death (hey now would be a good time, just tell you family that you died in the hurricane), and move some where else...Or...Lobby for the government to change the law.
I would look at the flood patterns and if you place was in the middle of all that I would ditch it for higher ground, like Colorado. Your property values, most likely, are not going to go up, so the most money you can get will be from you insurance company. If you property values are not going to go up, then you are sinking money into a bad investment. You will not be able to sell the house for what it is worth, so you could end up side down on you loan. Even if the insurance does not pay the full value of you house, the money could make a good down payment on a house somewhere else.
If I was a long term investor, I would offer people a low price for their "unimproved land\as is", and buy up as much land as possible. I am sure eventually people will forget this disaster, though it may take a generation.
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I would look at the flood patterns and if you place was in the middle of all that I would ditch it for higher ground, like Colorado. Your property values, most likely, are not going to go up, so the most money you can get will be from you insurance company. If you property values are not going to go up, then you are sinking money into a bad investment. You will not be able to sell the house for what it is worth, so you could end up side down on you loan. Even if the insurance does not pay the full value of you house, the money could make a good down payment on a house somewhere else.
If I was a long term investor, I would offer people a low price for their "unimproved land\as is", and buy up as much land as possible. I am sure eventually people will forget this disaster, though it may take a generation.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Wind power
You know if you had a mobile wind power station, you could have made a killing on the wind from Katrina.
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I thought that shorts would be a dumb idea
A while back I mentioned that I had found my next book and my new hero. John Twelve Hawks who wrote "The Traveler". I bought the book a few weeks back and I read it in about 4 days. I really did not have anything interesting to say about the book. I though the idea of the book was great. I thought one of the main characters of the book was a Jack Bauer\trained from birth ninja, which I really liked. Overall I found his writing a little choppy, like he was describing a real event, which after awhile I thought that added to the novel. Another thing I also discovered was the fact that this book was the fist in a series, which is kind of disappointed, because I do not know how to find out when the next book comes out. I was looking for an automatic update system at Amazon when I found this: How We Live Now, an Amazon Short by John Twelve Hawks (Author)
So I am going to force my girlfriend to buy it for me as her now that she is getting internet in her new apartment.
Overall I would say that his book also strengthened my interest in being prepared and learning how to be self sufficient, which has put me into a major preparedness kick.
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So I am going to force my girlfriend to buy it for me as her now that she is getting internet in her new apartment.
Overall I would say that his book also strengthened my interest in being prepared and learning how to be self sufficient, which has put me into a major preparedness kick.
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Monday, August 29, 2005
Basic Preparedness Philosophy - Planning to Plan
Select the events to plan for. Organize the events according to which is most likely. This requires a few things from you, an open and honest mind; and research. What you think might be the most likely event, might actually be fairly rare. During this phase it is good to have a second person whose judgment you trust, to question the order of events to prepare for. By including another person the list will be more useful and more accurate.
The list events to prepare for will vary from region to region, but in theory you neighbor should have close to the same list that you do. While your neighbor might have a different equipment and supply list, he will most likely be preparing for the same disturbances that you will be preparing for.
You can then classify the events in the preparedness spectrum (Personal disturbance, Local disturbance, National disturbance, Regional (multi-national) disturbance, and Global disturbance.)
During this phase is when you will want to take into account disasters that can happen near your local area, but not to your local area. For example, the recent evacuation of New Orleans. There are places that are six hours away and those hotels are filled with people. Keep in mind that disasters like hurricanes affect everyone in the region, not just the area being hit. While you might be hours away from New Orleans, you still could be affected in several different ways. Everyday supplies could be hard to find and even the criminals have to leave town when there is a mandatory evacuation.
Without a priority list and action items your attempts to prepare could be haphazard, contain blind spots, or even dangerous to those you love.
NOTE: The reason I suggest utility as the guiding principle for choosing which events
to plan is because most people have limited time and resources to prepare. Of course,
if you are one of the select few that has very few limitations, then by all means
prepare for the worst possible case (i.e. Nuke strikes and total societal meltdown).
NOTE: I also had written this before I read this. Though they say very close to what
I said, but they left out the important prevention step.
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The list events to prepare for will vary from region to region, but in theory you neighbor should have close to the same list that you do. While your neighbor might have a different equipment and supply list, he will most likely be preparing for the same disturbances that you will be preparing for.
You can then classify the events in the preparedness spectrum (Personal disturbance, Local disturbance, National disturbance, Regional (multi-national) disturbance, and Global disturbance.)
During this phase is when you will want to take into account disasters that can happen near your local area, but not to your local area. For example, the recent evacuation of New Orleans. There are places that are six hours away and those hotels are filled with people. Keep in mind that disasters like hurricanes affect everyone in the region, not just the area being hit. While you might be hours away from New Orleans, you still could be affected in several different ways. Everyday supplies could be hard to find and even the criminals have to leave town when there is a mandatory evacuation.
Without a priority list and action items your attempts to prepare could be haphazard, contain blind spots, or even dangerous to those you love.
NOTE: The reason I suggest utility as the guiding principle for choosing which events
to plan is because most people have limited time and resources to prepare. Of course,
if you are one of the select few that has very few limitations, then by all means
prepare for the worst possible case (i.e. Nuke strikes and total societal meltdown).
NOTE: I also had written this before I read this. Though they say very close to what
I said, but they left out the important prevention step.
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Basic Preparedness Philosophy - Prevention
In this post, I am going to outline my basic preparedness philosophy. This will be the guide which I am going to weigh all preparedness decisions against. Keep in mind this is only a first draft, I reserve the right to change or add to any part of the basic philosophy below.
Basic preparedness philosophy is made up of prevention, planning to plan (or risk assessment), planning, execution of plans, testing of plans, and upkeep of plans.
Prevention - "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of preparedness"
If you can prevent the disaster, you will never have to use the equipment, supplies, and plans that you have carefully crafted. I know this step seems like it takes out all the fun of preparing, but preparing is not fun. Preparing is a responsibility that you have to yourself and to you family.
For example, you can lessen the chance of your car breaking down if you follow regularly planned maintenance. You can prevent running out of gas, if you always fill up at a quarter of a tank. You can avoid becoming a crime victim, if you avoid crime ridden areas. In some cases, people can overcome health problems by choosing a healthy lifestyle. This will remove the need for pharmaceuticals, which would remove the possibility of a future shortage during a disturbance.
You can look both ways when you pull out into the street, and that could lessen the possibility of having to use your life insurance. You can have eye surgery which can remove your dependence on contacts or glasses. You can avoid nature disasters, by choosing a places to live that has a low frequency of certain natural disasters.
Different types of prevention are, but are not limited to, maintenance, prevention by avoidance, and fixing current problems. If thing are barely running now, they will fail under stress, which will most likely be the time you need it the most.
NOTE: Prevention does not remove the need to prepare, it just lessens the chance of you having to use your preparations.
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Basic preparedness philosophy is made up of prevention, planning to plan (or risk assessment), planning, execution of plans, testing of plans, and upkeep of plans.
Prevention - "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of preparedness"
If you can prevent the disaster, you will never have to use the equipment, supplies, and plans that you have carefully crafted. I know this step seems like it takes out all the fun of preparing, but preparing is not fun. Preparing is a responsibility that you have to yourself and to you family.
For example, you can lessen the chance of your car breaking down if you follow regularly planned maintenance. You can prevent running out of gas, if you always fill up at a quarter of a tank. You can avoid becoming a crime victim, if you avoid crime ridden areas. In some cases, people can overcome health problems by choosing a healthy lifestyle. This will remove the need for pharmaceuticals, which would remove the possibility of a future shortage during a disturbance.
You can look both ways when you pull out into the street, and that could lessen the possibility of having to use your life insurance. You can have eye surgery which can remove your dependence on contacts or glasses. You can avoid nature disasters, by choosing a places to live that has a low frequency of certain natural disasters.
Different types of prevention are, but are not limited to, maintenance, prevention by avoidance, and fixing current problems. If thing are barely running now, they will fail under stress, which will most likely be the time you need it the most.
NOTE: Prevention does not remove the need to prepare, it just lessens the chance of you having to use your preparations.
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Sunday, August 28, 2005
Friday, August 26, 2005
A little self-examination
Some of you may have noticed that I tend to go though phases. I went though a phase there were I had lots of posts about guns, handguns to be exact. I went though the election phase and so on and so forth. I think now I will be moving into my next phase. I think that I am going to be reading and consequently writing about surviving the eventual downfall of society. For some reason I find it enjoyable to talk of such things.
As I was trying to collect my thoughts and organize the information I have read and am going to read, I realized that there are different levels of events to prepare for. Which I had a hard time trying to break up the categories, but I think that I have got a good rough draft to show to you. Keep in mind this is just a draft and things might change. I have a few more levels than this page does, but it is basically the same idea.
These are the basic kinds of events to prepare for: Personal disturbance, Local disturbance, National disturbance, Regional (multi-national) disturbance, and Global disturbance.
I hope to flesh out the categories, techniques, and certain ideas I have for dealing with these different levels as time goes on.
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As I was trying to collect my thoughts and organize the information I have read and am going to read, I realized that there are different levels of events to prepare for. Which I had a hard time trying to break up the categories, but I think that I have got a good rough draft to show to you. Keep in mind this is just a draft and things might change. I have a few more levels than this page does, but it is basically the same idea.
These are the basic kinds of events to prepare for: Personal disturbance, Local disturbance, National disturbance, Regional (multi-national) disturbance, and Global disturbance.
I hope to flesh out the categories, techniques, and certain ideas I have for dealing with these different levels as time goes on.
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Iraq Constitution
The standard conservative line is that it took America two tries and much longer than 6 months to put together a document that has lasted for 250 years. I agree and disagree with this point of view.
I agree that Iraq might have to tear something down and rebuild it. If you do something wrong in software or even social engineering, it is sometimes better to just start over instead of patching the system you have built poorly. If the constitution is not perfect then I would be okay with starting over, though I would not be okay with it not being perfect.
The second part of the argument I do not agree with fully. 250 years ago they did not have telephones, Internet, or any other grand constitutions to start from. They had several supporting documents, a couple revolutions, and some basic philosophy. The Iraqis have much more than that. There is a wealth of information on how to build a great and prosperous nation and it is getting better everyday.
The Iraqis are much further along in the constitution development life cycle than we were 250 years ago. They have many examples to choose from. Heck, if they need the help we can write one for them.
They also have the advantage of modern communications, although that advantage might be limited in a war zone like Iraq.
Thirdly, they are not riding in by horses, but by armored convoys that probably cover much more ground than the early horse and buggy covered.
Basically, since logistics and constitutional practices are much further along than they were 250 years ago, the Iraqis only have their selves to blame if they screw this thing up and have to redo it. I expect a lot more than what they are giving us.
To the Iraq people all I have to say is this: Americans fought and died for your freedom, maybe that does not mean anything to you, but to me it means quite a bit. Get you crap straight or we will let you fight it out amongst yourselves, because Americans really can be heartless bastards when we want. If you screw up the chance that we gave you, I could really careless what happens to you, your people, or you country.
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I agree that Iraq might have to tear something down and rebuild it. If you do something wrong in software or even social engineering, it is sometimes better to just start over instead of patching the system you have built poorly. If the constitution is not perfect then I would be okay with starting over, though I would not be okay with it not being perfect.
The second part of the argument I do not agree with fully. 250 years ago they did not have telephones, Internet, or any other grand constitutions to start from. They had several supporting documents, a couple revolutions, and some basic philosophy. The Iraqis have much more than that. There is a wealth of information on how to build a great and prosperous nation and it is getting better everyday.
The Iraqis are much further along in the constitution development life cycle than we were 250 years ago. They have many examples to choose from. Heck, if they need the help we can write one for them.
They also have the advantage of modern communications, although that advantage might be limited in a war zone like Iraq.
Thirdly, they are not riding in by horses, but by armored convoys that probably cover much more ground than the early horse and buggy covered.
Basically, since logistics and constitutional practices are much further along than they were 250 years ago, the Iraqis only have their selves to blame if they screw this thing up and have to redo it. I expect a lot more than what they are giving us.
To the Iraq people all I have to say is this: Americans fought and died for your freedom, maybe that does not mean anything to you, but to me it means quite a bit. Get you crap straight or we will let you fight it out amongst yourselves, because Americans really can be heartless bastards when we want. If you screw up the chance that we gave you, I could really careless what happens to you, your people, or you country.
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Big thank you
I want to give a shout out to Pat Robertson, who reminds us that crazy christians can still have a good idea every once and awhile.
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Interesting Unreported information
Sorry I am a little late on this one, but I have been quite busy. I recently read a first hand report of a person Camp Sheehan. Catfish goes into detail on things that he finds suspicious.
I will quickly list some of the things he mentioned.
"Everyone was very well behaved. No one was misbehaving. At the antiÂ’s check in table, there were clear instructions telling everyone to behave and to respect and appreciate everyoneÂ’s point of view even if you disagreed with it."
"The antiÂ’s were very well organized. This was a professional job. I base this on the fact that a good portion of my job is to organize large civic events and I can recognize good organization when I see it. And this event WAS organized. Contrary to what is reported on the news, this is not a spontaneous event."
Well it turns out the protesters have a good bit of help from others like minded rich folks.
"Ben and Jerry's founder pays for PR firm for mother of fallen son"
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I will quickly list some of the things he mentioned.
"Everyone was very well behaved. No one was misbehaving. At the antiÂ’s check in table, there were clear instructions telling everyone to behave and to respect and appreciate everyoneÂ’s point of view even if you disagreed with it."
"The antiÂ’s were very well organized. This was a professional job. I base this on the fact that a good portion of my job is to organize large civic events and I can recognize good organization when I see it. And this event WAS organized. Contrary to what is reported on the news, this is not a spontaneous event."
Well it turns out the protesters have a good bit of help from others like minded rich folks.
"Ben and Jerry's founder pays for PR firm for mother of fallen son"
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Wednesday, August 24, 2005
I have an idea
This idea was spawned by reading The Survival Blog found via the Carnival of Cordite #27 via Say Uncle.
The writer of the Survival blog suggests having a retreat special prepared for a catastrophic situation. The idea makes sense. There are many pros to this approach. You can pick the location, which means that it can be picked based on certain specific criteria. Water sources, defensibility, climate, or any other sort of criteria could be used in finding your retreat. You can also prestock your retreat with the goods that you will need to live a long, fruitful, and happy existence in a post apocalyptic world.
The problem with this I that most people cannot afford an extra house you do not live in. That is also one reason why the writer suggests living there year round, just in case. (Personally, my girlfriends parents and my parents both live in excellent retreat locations, if they were prepared ahead of time.) He also mentions the option of trying to get our of town when disaster strikes, which in some situations would work just find and in others you will just be apart of the herd, and warns against it. Basically, if you are not already at your retreat, you cannot guarantee your arrival.
The problem is getting to your retreat through choked or even dangerous highways (Remember social order has broken down). If you run out of gas there may be none, you may run over homemade spike strips set out by bandits, you could be stopped by government roadblocks, or any number of things could happen.
Though what if you were able to raise you chances of getting to your retreat location drastically...
If you were able to do that, it would become much more feasible to live where ever you want and just leave town when disaster strikes. My idea would be to use a Ultralight to fly to your retreat location.
This has some pros. It bypasses the roads, which is where the city folks are going.
This also has some con's and many unknowns. You could be shot down, but with proper flying you might be able to limit you exposure to radar and ground based bullets, of course if you meet another enemy flying object you are dead.
It may also be dependent on weather. If a meteor strikes or volcano erupts, the weather could be severely disrupted.
You will also need a certain amount of clear space to get off the ground.
As far as unknowns go, how much weight can you carry, how far can you fly, can you fly at night with out running into anything. Over all I think the idea has potential, but it is one of those things you cannot test well due to freaking government interference.
NOTE: In a zombie invasion, I think an ultralight would work well. Weather would not be a concern. Zombies do not shoot back, at least at first. And you would not have to fly at night. The only problem would be finding enough space to take off with. Though, if you did a motorized landing, you would attract all zombies in the area.
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The writer of the Survival blog suggests having a retreat special prepared for a catastrophic situation. The idea makes sense. There are many pros to this approach. You can pick the location, which means that it can be picked based on certain specific criteria. Water sources, defensibility, climate, or any other sort of criteria could be used in finding your retreat. You can also prestock your retreat with the goods that you will need to live a long, fruitful, and happy existence in a post apocalyptic world.
The problem with this I that most people cannot afford an extra house you do not live in. That is also one reason why the writer suggests living there year round, just in case. (Personally, my girlfriends parents and my parents both live in excellent retreat locations, if they were prepared ahead of time.) He also mentions the option of trying to get our of town when disaster strikes, which in some situations would work just find and in others you will just be apart of the herd, and warns against it. Basically, if you are not already at your retreat, you cannot guarantee your arrival.
The problem is getting to your retreat through choked or even dangerous highways (Remember social order has broken down). If you run out of gas there may be none, you may run over homemade spike strips set out by bandits, you could be stopped by government roadblocks, or any number of things could happen.
Though what if you were able to raise you chances of getting to your retreat location drastically...
If you were able to do that, it would become much more feasible to live where ever you want and just leave town when disaster strikes. My idea would be to use a Ultralight to fly to your retreat location.
This has some pros. It bypasses the roads, which is where the city folks are going.
This also has some con's and many unknowns. You could be shot down, but with proper flying you might be able to limit you exposure to radar and ground based bullets, of course if you meet another enemy flying object you are dead.
It may also be dependent on weather. If a meteor strikes or volcano erupts, the weather could be severely disrupted.
You will also need a certain amount of clear space to get off the ground.
As far as unknowns go, how much weight can you carry, how far can you fly, can you fly at night with out running into anything. Over all I think the idea has potential, but it is one of those things you cannot test well due to freaking government interference.
NOTE: In a zombie invasion, I think an ultralight would work well. Weather would not be a concern. Zombies do not shoot back, at least at first. And you would not have to fly at night. The only problem would be finding enough space to take off with. Though, if you did a motorized landing, you would attract all zombies in the area.
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Tuesday, August 23, 2005
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