SurvivalCopyright 1997-99 Educate-Yourself, (cont.)
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Survival
Consider the exponential increase in strong earthquakes (over 6.0 Richter) in 1997 alone around the Pacific Rim: China (January), Indonesia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Costa Rica, Aleutian Islands, Japan, Iran (May), Pakistan (May), Marianna Islands (May), Bangladesh (May), the list goes on and on. Observe the increasingly bizarre weather abnormalities: tornadoes in Arkansas and Kentucky in February; heavy flooding already in many western states in late February/early March '97; 53 foot over-flood height of the Red River in North Dakota and Canada in mid-April; a never-before-recorded 12' wide tornado/waterspout along Miami Beach's hotel front area (May). Grapefruit sized hail from thunderstorms occurring 4 months too early in the season. These unusual weather patterns will continue to increase in frequency and severity. Large scale crop failure is inevitable.
Obtaining food and potable water will become the biggest concern for survival within a few years. Widespread food shortages will lead to an economic tailspin, growing civil strife, and eventually food riots. This would intensify breakaway efforts by militias and other sovereign-minded groups (E.g. ... McLeran case in Texas). Harsh government crackdowns might lead to Waco type disasters and a further increase in anti-government sentiment. Martial law will be declared when things begin to get out of hand. When that happens, you can throw the Constitution and the Bill of Rights out the window. You won't be needing them any more.
History has repeatedly shown that as an economy goes downhill, paper money at first inflates and then becomes valueless when stock markets collapse. Precious metals will probably continue to be an instrument of currency as past history has shown, but bartering and food exchange will undoubtedly become the principle means of goods/service exchange for most folks. People will have to fend for themselves. There will be no other choice.
Location Planning
The general, pre-cataclysm survival strategy should be to move inland (if you live near the coasts or large bodies of water), to higher ground (at least 700 feet, but preferably thousands of feet above sea level), to an area that is relatively remote and located between two mountain ranges. This allows you a mountainous barrier from tidal waters and a wind barrier from both directions. Shelter will have to built underground in remote areas in preparation for the major cataclysms of 2003. Initially, accommodations should be planned for a small core group of builders/settlers, but it will be necessary to plan on expansion facilities to accommodate wandering refugees after the major upheavals occur. Camouflage and defense strategies against violent marauders need to be in place, but some sort of aid for innocent refugees must be taken into account.
Free energy devices should be explored with the greatest expediency, but conventional electricity production could take advantage of the perpetual high winds (post 2003) by using wind generators. Solar power probably won't work well because it will take some years (perhaps 10-20 years) before the atmosphere settles down enough to allow full sunshine to penetrate again (the Biblical references to Moses and the Israelites "wandering in the desert for 40 years" and walking through "the Darkness in The Valley of Death" allude to this darkened period (consider this: is there any logical reason why Moses would be wandering around in the desert "lost" for forty years?). Hand tools for work/repair should be the rule. Multiple-year supplies of long term storage food should be stocked as a backup to in-house food production strategies. Very few will have the resources and strength to survive as single family units. Group strength allows a higher probability of survival.
The web site, Troubled Times (../thub00.htm) provides plenty of information on survival techniques with links to other survival sites. It's a source of invaluable information and ideas.
Crop Failure
As the weather anomalies continue to escalate, sporadic instances of crop failure will gradually rise between now and the year 2000. Crops will not only be destroyed by flooding and droughts, but unexpected freezing and frost conditions will kill off flowering buds in many instances as well. The Zetas point out that the worst crop failures will occur in the 3 years prior to the Pole shift in 2003. Self-contained, self-sustaining food production facilities need to be put in place before the major upheavals.
Some ideas for post-cataclysm food production include hydroponically grown vegetables, fish tanks, harvesting bugs/worms for proteins, and green algae (E.g. Chorella) for chlorophyll and amino acids, etc. Purchasing and caching of long-term survival rations should be implemented now.
The Clock is Ticking
There isn't a lot of time to prepare. Food production and supply problems might begin to show up in the later part of '97 and become more acute as we approach the turn of the century. Bizarre weather anomalies will abound. Tornadoes and hurricanes will escalate in frequency and severity. New plant diseases might show up which would further reduce food availability. These crop-related calamities will act in concert to drive up food prices. The media will explain it away as solar flare activity, ozone depletion, increased ultraviolet (UV) light radiation, etc. However, each succeeding year will be progressively worst than the previous on all fronts: including food availability, bad weather, the economy, etc. Rapid increases in the spread of infectious diseases, and worldwide epidemics will affect millions of people in the near future (Note: over 18 million died from the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918). By the time 2003 rolls around, most people will be struggling to just survive. For most, any thought of escaping big cities and beginning the arduous task of setting up a remote, self sustaining, protected living environment will be next to impossible. In order to survive, people need to prepare ahead of time to survive underground for a number of years following the cataclysms.
When food supply problems start showing up, the economy will go south and things will go downhill from there. Folks lose their jobs, inflation goes through the roof, and people start getting desperate. You don't want to be scrambling at the last minute. Most people will act panicky and the situation (even to travel) can become dangerous. Make provisions now. Spend your money now, while it still has buying power. It will also be necessary to take steps to improve your nutrition and build up your immune system now, before the disease outbreaks occur.
(Contact me if you are interested in more information about joining up with groups who are planing to survive the coming difficulties. I'll probably be putting out a newsletter in the near future to keep folks updated).
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