Not here in the US (yet), But EBOLA IS AIRBORNE.

Now, this isn’t a big deal, as long as you have the appropriate precautions….have you a supply of facemasks and a supply of hand sanitzer and other methods of sterilizing your skin after you interact with other people? (I am prepped for this, you should be too, if not for ebola, then for influenza). I’d order a supply of facemasks before the rush.  Seriously. if there is an outbreak then these masks will very quickly become unavailable…. have some on hand.enough for 30 days worth.

Gloves aren’t a bad idea either.  (and if nothing else, you can play “Bad TSA Agent” with your significant other….)

If there is no outbreak this year, it isn’t like these spoil in storage.

I call it capitalism. Basic economics drive the price.

Some people in Toledo were prepared. Others had to pay a higher price for bottled water because demand went up and they couldn’t use the municipal water for drinking. The demand for bottled water went up…the supp;y stayed the same. ergo the price increased. This is a basic supply/demand/price equation I learned in Econ 101.

Some merchants drove many miles to find a supply of water….who pays for their time and fuel they invested to meet a need?

If they had paid for the water and couldn’t sell it, who would reimburse them for their investment (and loss?).

If these people had bothered to have a weeks worth of water on hand, they’d not have had to pay a higher price for their water.

Much like people bemoaning the increase in price for plywood before a hurricane (and the increase in price for gasoline after) demand increases the price….as it should.

it is getting difficult for Obamacare patients to find doctors who will accept them as patients.

There will soon be two levels of care….(because there will not nay uninsured, otherwise there’d be three levels): One for those who have Obamacare, and one for those who have “normal” insurance.

Those who have Obamacare will not get as good treatment for things like cancer or other diseases, not for those who have chronic issues as those who have normal insurance. And how many people lost their insurance and were forced into Obamacare plans?

Thanks, Barry! You took a system that worked and broke it.

I mean, this could be serious here.

There is, apparently, a shortage of pigs. This means that BACON pricing will soon skyrocket.

Prepare now, while you can.

Don’t say you weren’t warned. 

It’ll take more that just the Amish type skillset to survive in a grid-down situation:

The Amish likely won’t survive. Or at least their faith won’t.

Like the rest of us, they’ll have to make some hard choices.

I think many would remain true to their faith, Hopefully they could find some decent folks to defend them….If only so they could survive to feed others.

Emulate Vladimir Putin:

“In Russia live Russians. Any minority, from anywhere, if it wants to live in Russia, to work and eat in Russia, should speak Russian, and should respect the Russian laws. If they prefer Shari’ya Law, then we advise them to go to those places where that’s the state law. Russia does not need minorities. Minorities need Russia, and we will not grant them special privileges, or try to change our laws to fit their desires, no matter how loud they yell ‘discrimination’. We better learn from the suicides of America, England, Holland and France, if we are to survive as a nation. The Russian customs and traditions are not compatible with the lack of culture or the primitive ways of most minorities. When this honorable legislative body thinks of creating new laws, it should have in mind the national interest first, observing that the minorities are not Russians.” — Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, addressing the Duma February 4th, 2013. The politicians in the Duma gave Putin a standing ovation for 5+ minutes!

If any politician had the balls to say something similar here in the US, they’d likely receive a standing ovation as well….and likely get elected.

Bet it’d get you elected here in the US as well. 

(and yes, it is a “when”, not an “if”‘….. you really need to suck it up and buy the book, as you will learn things and will enjoy it)

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Help feed starving rifles and pistols!

So now there are several cases of “Possible” Ebola here in the US.

All from people who travelled from west Africa recently.

Now here is the thing:Ebola has an incubation period of 21 days. You are contagious for about 4 days BEFORE having definite symptoms in most cases.

90% death rate (in Africa, which has a much lesser supportive care infrastructure that the US, but still….)

21 days incubation….. Yet you can be back in the continental US in 17 HOURS from West Africa.
 

Not saying that there will be an outbreak here, but could happen very easily.The environment is different, we have better health care, and Ebola has adapted to live (and especially spread) in the environmental conditions found in Africa….not the US.

 Having said that:

Can you deal with no electricity and no governmental support (police, etc) for a 60-90 day period? Remember, the aid organizations that provide doctors and other care in Africa are so afraid of this new strain of Ebola that they are pulling their staff back to the US….

If you don’t have the ability to deal with no stores open and no electricity and no fuel for 60-90 days, then you will have a hard time should things get bad here.

Think about it. Things are getting ugly over there, and while the situation is different here, that could change.What if someone decides to quarantine the area in which you reside? How much food and police protection do you think those quarantined folks are gonna get?

Got food? Water (or a source of water other than Municipal tap water?)? A means of defending that food and water?

If not, think about getting it. Might be that you could be needing it, if and when.

Yeah, I am crazy….
Those Africans didn’t think they’d need it either….Yet their areas are now “Quarantined”.

Seems that the Kurds are having to pull back from their fighting positions because they are running out of ammo.

I wonder what caliber they need?

I mean, if we each sent them 100 rounds of that caliber, it’d be like a goFundMe thing, only in brass and lead.

Anyone got any idea what caliber they need? And where to send it? 9mm, .5.56X45, 7.62X39, 7.62 NATO, I can spare a few hunnerd rounds……

Give, give ’til it hurts…..

It probably won’t hold up in court, but the fact that the legislature in Massachusetts even PASSED such a piece of legislation is too scary for me.

Read the article:  Realize that the legislature in Massachusetts OVERWHELMINGLY chose to pass a a law that makes your Second Amendment rights subject to police permission and judicial review….They can be taken away at any time.

Why would anyone choose to remain there?