Soon we’ll all be burning ice for our heat.

Methane Hydrates might soon replace gas wells.

or not.

But hey, the search for energy goes on.

For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald.

 36 years ago today.

For an interesting history, Go to Wikepedia. Lots of info you likely didn’t know.

If you care. I did.

The fact is that if he REALLY believed the words that were coming out (or, in this case, failing to) of his mouth, he’d likely have been able to remember that pesky third agency.

Sadly, Perry fails the test. If he really believed what he says, he’d have been able to remember. Maybe a stumble, but to completely forget? Total brain freeze? Nah, I don’t buy it. He forgot the words he was briefed to say. The words someone told him would resonate with people like you and I.

I was considering him. ’cause, with the exception of his stance on immigration and related issues, I liked  what he had to say. But it now appears to me that his statements do not reflect his beliefs, but rather are the products of focus groups.

So he goes into the discard bucket with Newt. (not that Romney was ever considered)/

Who is left? Can Cain overcome the lynching attempt smear campaign?

’cause I’ll vote Wookiee before I vote for Mittens Romneycare.

To the US Marine Corps.

Follow this link and read.

I donated $20. Think about it.

spend the cost of a latte every day for a week….

The internet was down at the asylum and I had other things to do anyway.

Seriously, in Connecticut, after only a few days without power, folks are going nuts.

Apparently unable to go for even a few days without the convenience of blow dryers, microwave ovens and electric lights, these people (at least some of them) are going off on the power company and the line workers.

All after only a few days without power.

They are apparently unable to deal without that wonderful AC and all that it does. And it’s not like there is real winter yet. Not too terribly cold. Not too terribly windy. 

Look folks: if you want to know what things will be like after an EMP or CME event (also known as a Carrington event), you need look no farther than this story.  Folks there do have people who can help, they do have a timeframe for repair of the grid, they do have shelters to which they can retreat. Think about what these folks would do if the power DIDN’T come back on in a week or a month.

These are the same folks who depend on electricity but cannot take the time to prepare for a bad storm…who won’t get a generator, who can’t be bothered to have a few days of low-prep or no-prep food on hand. Who cannot be bothered to have a secondary source of heat for their home.  These folks have access to food, water and shelter. Just think if none of that were available. How would they act then…when there was NO food and NO shelter and no near term (like months or years) chance that it would be available…What would they act like then? You think that the thin veneer of civilization is going to still be intact after weeks or months? When they are hungry and thirsty (or their children are)?
 Kaytina and scenes like this should be a warning to all of us.

Be smart folks: have a generator or a plan to access one…have fuel for it for at least 40 hours. Or a plan as to where you can take your perishables and your family where there will be what you need. And a plan to keep what you have, and a plan to prevent others from taking your stuff.

’cause sure as shit, the folks referenced above will likely be demanding it.

And if things get all pear shaped, you’d better have a plan to deal with folks like this….and the smarter but less ethically challenged ones too…’cause otherwise they’ll likely take your shit and squander it.

HT

And I have noticed that for some reason this sort of thing seems to happen more in the bluer shaded areas than the red ones. Here, we are glad that the line workers show up after (or during!) a storm. Few people get all bent at delays due to massive line damage. I remember an ice storm years ago that saw 99+ percent of the area without power. We dealt with it. We might have been uncomfortable, but we survived, and quite well. And no one whined, even though we had no power for a week or two.

Must be the blueness. Must make people into sheep, unable to care for themselves.

Read HERE

Jimmeh Carter just wore his sweatah just 40 years to soon.

  H/T: Real Science

no doubt many of it’s followers are peaceful.  I know some who are as nice and decent as anyone could ask. In fact, I wouldn’t mind having those folks as neighbors.

Yet I bet we see no outraged condemnation of things like this. And until there is condemnation of such things, there can be no mutual respect.

and prepare for when Momma Nature deals harshly with the infrastructure which makes their lives comfortable.

I mean, seriously. If you need electricity  to keep your home from freezing, have a spare method besides a fragile electric grid which can be damaged by ice and snow and wind. If you need electricity to keep your food from spoiling, same advice. You can get a generator for less than $500. That is likely about  the cost of the contents of your freezer and fridge. And what will it cost if you have to have your home fixed because your pipes freeze? (yeah,  insurance will (maybe) cover it, but you are still out the deductible.) End result, cheaper and less hassle to have the genny and a few gallons of gas. Personally I am thinking of buying one of these so that Midwest Chick can have some power until I get home and start the Lister diesel generator. I already stock both gas and diesel in fairly large quantity.

Which brings me to:

IF YOU KNOW that a significant storm is coming (and who in the US could fail to be aware of the fact, as the east coast based media trumpeted the fact for several days) FILL UP your gas tanks on your vehicle. Fill up your gas cans too. BEFORE the storm hits. Before the electricity that operates the gas pumps fails. Bother to prepare. Bother to think farther ahead than your next bowel movement.

For gods sake people, stop being sheep. Learn to take care of yourself (and your family), even if just for a few days. I’m not saying you should be prepared for the “Zombie Apocalypse” (but if you were, then you’d not have any issues with a mere power outage), but a little thought and preparation will take you a long way.If you have an all electric house, then you might want to plan for some other way to heat it, like a Kerosene heater or something, and maybe have some alternate method of cooking food, like a Coleman stove. 

Must be a “blue” thing. Seems like the less “blue” a state is, the more they are able to deal with things and the more they have preps to deal with issues like the above linked storm.

Have you checked your preps for the winter? Car stuff? Storm and blizzard preps? Power outage preps?

I have. I’m good for (no kidding) power outages of 40+ days, if I stretch it, more like 75.  I got food for longer than that. I don’t expect you to have that kind of prep, but you SHOULD have some, say a week’s worth or more. If you have them, then ya oughta check ’em.

If you haven’t checked ’em, you should. Srsly