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2012-02-26T07:51:00.005-08:00

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Be Ready Hawaii Emergency Preparedness Store

2012-02-08T10:39:00.000-08:00

Be Ready Hawaii

Unbelieveable! For the first time in history Hawaii gets it's very own emergency preparedness store. By now you'd think Hawaii would have done something like this a long time ago, but nope that's how slow the state of Hawaii is. All the while residents would have to rely on what's out here in what ever stores we have on any given day such as Costco's, Sam's, and every other store that just may happen to carry emergency preparedness items which is more like slim to none. If anyone would want a host of preparedness items it would have to be ordered and shipped over at the price of an arm and a leg and your first born. Or a lot of disaster preapredness companies just don't ship to Hawaii period.
Keep in mind, that this is the ONLY disaster preparedness store in town. I have not visited it yet but eventually I'll go and check it out.
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Prepare The Immune System

2012-01-17T16:59:00.000-08:00

This is the first day of the new year that I have had to call in sick to work. I was hoping that I would last at least a few months into the year before getting sick but oh well. With people coughing, sneezing and hacking in your face just about every where you go it's a good thing to build on that immune system of yours. I started feeling the "sicky" symptoms come on from the second half of my shift at work the other day, then by the time I got off I started getting chills, headache, and body aches. All I wanted was to get better ASAP because I knew I would have to call in to work sick. As I drove home I progressively got worse. So I remedied myself to some major herbal super atioxidant free radical reducing green tea, honey, mega doses of clementines, a naturopathic flu medicine, some very watery miso soup, showered, bundled up, had more tea and went to bed SUPER early. I majorly sweated my sickness out throughout the night, suffice to say I am feeling WAY better than what I have felt the night before. Most of my symptoms have diminished surprisingly to my astonishment.

With flu season happening just about any time these days it is imperative to keep the immune system working and protecting you in top form. As preppers you not only need to prepare in the food storage arena but also in your health arena. I would not want to be sick or stricken by some debilitating virus in times of emergency, that would be just horrible and a nightmare if you ask me because it would hamper your efforts in preparing and doing the things that need to be done in an instants notice. And what if you will not be able to access a doctor or hospital? It's going to be all up to you to nurse yourself back to good health, something to really think hard and seriously about I know I have. So make sure you have fully stocked and supplied yourselves medically with much needed first aid supplies, medicines, antibiotics, herbs, teas, spices that can also be used as remedies for sickness.

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Prepping in Paradise

2012-01-14T06:41:00.001-08:00

by BigIslandPrepper

If you are new to prepping in Hawaii (Paradise) you are in for some different issues than they face on the mainland. Southern warm and humid states have similar problems but we are unique. Our warm Islands are warm and humid 365 days a year.

We are also unique in that we have almost all the same disaster scenarios that they have on the mainland, except cold blizzard conditions. We have, high winds, hurricanes, and tornados. Then we also have tsunamis, volcanoes, lava flows, and lots of earthquakes.

A lot, one would think to prepare for. However, prepping is the same for one and all of our potential disasters.

I will be covering a new topic every week and waiting for responses before moving on. We will start with location, shelters, and mobility. Then move on to food, food storage, meal preparation, power, lighting, cooking, water storage and quality. Finally we will cover health, medical, nutrition, sanitation, and personal safety.

What Will 2012 The Year of The Dragon Bring Us?

2011-12-28T01:54:00.000-08:00

Yes indeed, this year is fastly coming to an end filled with natural and man made disasters of all types, sizes, and shapes. Who could ever forget about Japan's tsunami of March 11th 2011 and following that a nuclear fallout from Japan's nuclear plants that were damaged from the earthquake. Japan had the 1-2-3 punch fully loaded disaster. Egypt uprising protests revolutions around the globe started to take flight and burn like never ending wildfires across the globe into other countries. The death of North Korea's leader Kim Jong II leaves a lot of questions out there regarding the next leadership in command his son. Yet famine still flourishes in North Korea. The end of Gadhafi and Osama Bin Laden? Seems as though this guy supposedly died several times throughout the years. And no proof was ever presented to the public when the claim was made by the US government. I found it quite odd in how they seemingly got rid of the body ASAP, how about you? Strange year indeed for disasters in full swing and protests, revolutions and just plain weirdness. Yet the year zipped by like no other. The "Occupy" trend. It's not what they're for, but what they're against? Big corporations? Um, that soda pop and bottled water you're drinking is from a big corporation and so are all the foods that you eat and clothes that you wear come from. Hows about occupying the real monsters GOVERNMENT SPENDING! And everything else connected to those deceptive tentacles derived from the government. There's so much more things that came out of the year 2011 good and not so good but this would lead me to go on forever here which I refuse to because I don't have to repeat anymore news that you all hopefully already know by now.

But I will repeat the ever importance of preparedness and there has never been a greater time than now to be moreso vigilant in your preps. Don't wait for a disaster to occur because it will and don't hesitate and wait to prepare because by then it's already too late. So set yourselves up with preps and be on top of things at all times because anything is possible and impossible simultaneously. Keep on prepping!!!

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The Price Of Paradise

2011-11-17T12:29:00.000-08:00

An excellent article by Alternative Hawaii

photo by Aloha2U

The Cost of Living in Paradise is High!
If you are thinking of making Hawaii your home, consider the following facts:

Sources indicate a cost of living ranging from 30%¹ above the national average to well over 60%² for certain family sizes.

In 2006, a family of 4 renting accommodation in Honolulu needs to earn $111,695 or 55% more income to maintain a lifestyle similar to a comparable family earning $72,000 in the continental United States.²
Although the 2003 median income of $71,320 for a family of 4 in Hawaii was higher than the national figure of $65,093, this is still below the amount required to maintain the same standard of living for a family of 4 in Hawaii as elsewhere in America.³

Hawaii's High Cost of Housing and Low Income

A major component of Hawaii's high cost of living can be attributed to its high cost of housing and low income.

In 2005, the State of Hawaii ranked number 10 out of 47 States surveyed (Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana were excluded) for having the most expensive housing market based on a 2200 sq. ft. (approx.) single family dwelling with 4-bedrooms, 2.5 baths, family room (or equivalent) and a 2-car garage in a corporate middle-management neighborhood. Hawaii ranks number 47 (bottom of the list) for the most affordable housing market! ⁴
The national average of the markets surveyed in the above study was $401,767. The survey showed that the 2005 Average Sales Price for the most expensive Hawaii market was $745,454 (Kihei, Maui) and the most affordable was $737,625 (Honolulu, Oahu) - well over the national average.
2005 set record high prices for single family dwellings on the Island of Oahu. The 2005 median resale price of a single family home was $590,000. The 2005 median resale price for a condominium was $269,000.⁵ The cost of housing on neighbor islands was even higher and higher incomes were harder to obtain.⁶
In 2004, Hawaii's home ownership rate (proportion of owner households to the total number of occupied households) was only 60.9%, ranking Hawaii as 48th (one of the lowest) in the nation - indicative of widespread speculative investment.⁷
In 2005, Hawaii's total personal income grew by 8% - the biggest increase since 1990 and the third largest increase in the nation.⁸ However, Hawaii's 2004 Per Capita Personal Income of $32,606 ranked 20th in the United States, below the national average of $33,041.⁹

For salary and cost of living comparisons between Honolulu and other U.S. cities, see the Cost of Living Wizard.

Even with 2 adults working full time, rental housing and home ownership are becoming increasingly unaffordable, if not impossible, for the average family in Hawaii.

Cost of Food

Amazingly, Hawaii has less than a seven day supply of many foods, especially perishables. Some 90% of our food is still imported.

In recent years, the cost of food in Hawaii has been offset to some degree with the arrival of major warehouse outlets throughout the Islands (e.g. Costco, Sam's Club, Wal-Mart). However, the Economic Research Institute's 2006 Cost of Living Analyses for Honolulu shows that the cost of consumables weighted to pricing patterns of grocery and drug store chains is as much as 66% more than the U.S. average depending upon family size, earnings level and spending patterns.²

Perhaps 10,000 acres could grow all the perishable food Hawaii needs. Unfortunately, key factors in utilizing these acres are the high cost of some land, tax laws and leasing difficulties, water, labor and transportation.

You just can't grow cucumbers on $95,000+-an-acre land!

Land Availability

Nearly half of Hawaii's 4.1 million acres are managed by the State or Federal Government and of the remaining 50% in private ownership, approximately 20 percent is controlled by seven private landowners.¹⁰

Of the total acreage, the State Land Use Commission classifies 95% as belonging to either Agriculture or Conservation Districts and only 5% to Rural and Urban Districts.¹¹

Increasing urbanization and growing pressure from developers to use agricultural land for resort and large subdivision development is likely to continue fueling the high price of housing, food, and cost of living in Hawaii.

America's Health Care - A System in Crisis

The Nation's health care costs in 2006 have hit the $1.9 trillion mark and now consume 16 percent of the gross domestic product.

Half of the people filing for bankruptcy in the United States cited medical costs as the reason. About 75 percent of those filing had health insurance when they became ill.

Currently, 46 million Americans are uninsured and millions more have inadequate health insurance. In terms of health indicators like life expectancy, infant and maternal mortality, and obesity, the United States ranks close to the bottom of the list of Western countries.¹²

Health Care Costs in Hawaii

As at January 1, 2006, the average cost for HMO (Managed Care) for an individual in Hawaii was $437 a month - for a family $747 a month. The average cost for Indemnity (Non Managed Care) for an individual was $563 a month - for a family $936 a month.²

The 2006 U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Poverty Guideline for a family or household of 4 people in Hawaii is $23,000 a year.¹³ In Hawaii, approximately one in ten persons were living "at or below poverty level" in 2004. Of those below poverty, 12.4% were uninsured (compared to 4.4% of those above poverty).¹⁴

Hawaii Quest is a State program that provides health coverage through managed care plans for eligible lower income Hawaii residents. To be eligible for Hawaii Quest, you must have income not more than 100% of the current Federal Poverty Guidelines.¹⁵

In 2004, the percentage of the Nation's population without health insurance remained unchanged, at 15.7% percent.¹⁶ Hawaii had a total uninsured population of 5.2% in 2004.¹⁷

Beginning in 2006, Hawaii intends to extend Medicaid coverage to an additional 29,000 people over the next six years.⁸

Many Hawaiians believe that health care is a precious human right that cannot be trusted to the vagaries of the profit-driven market model. -Alternative Hawaii

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

2011-08-12T05:36:00.000-07:00

Your food storage plan should most definitely be supplemented by having an edible garden. Growing vegetables and fruits is a step in the right direction to being self-reliant and self sufficient when it comes to preparedness. As a prepper I have managed to grow and harvest time and time again endless amounts of fruit and vegetables that grow specifically in my area. Living in Hawaii you have the normal gardening challenges and dealing with garden insects is universal wherever you live in the world. My neighbor gave me excellent advice when growing fruits and vegetables. She said "always remember, grow one for the birds, one for the bugs, and one for you in any and everything that you grow." And with this advice I grew 5-6 times the amount of food that I'd normally grow because I know that not everything will grow and turn out the way that I might expect it to. It's better to have more than less and these days you never can tell what's going to happen on a daily basis when it comes to disasters. And disasters come in many shapes and forms when you least expect them to.

Having an edible garden gives you a peace of mind and provides you with a set of skills to take care of yourself and family if all else fails when the grocery stores shut down and are looted in the event of SHTF scenario. I'm no expert in what I do preparedness wise but I am willing and ready to be prepared and do what is needed to acquire the much needed skills to be where I need to be in a preparedness manner. And if someone needs help prepping I am more than happy to assist the person(s) where assisting is needed because the first step in prepping is being aware of your surrounding and having an understanding of what is going on in the world and how it affects you on many levels. If you have not noticed by now how unstable the world is and how volitile things are you better start waking up because time is definitely running out and real fast.

What ever the living situation you may find yourself in there are ways to start a garden at any budget and living space. You don't need an acreage to grow fruits and vegetables although that would be an ideal situation. If you live in an apartment you can grow things on the balcony in planter pots and or 5 galon buckets. You can also grow things indoors as hanging planters. Get a sprouting kit and start sprouting vege's it's really easy and always at your fingertips. You really don't need to spend a lot of money on gardening because you can always recycle things that you use normally in the home to start with. All those clear plastic containers that hold berries or tomatoes that you purchase from the grocery stores can be used for sprouting seeds and starting seeds. Seeds can be harvested and saved from your fruits and vege's that you normally buy and consume. Or you can also purchase a packet of seeds which run about a dollar a pack.

Start somewhere and don't wait, have an edible garden as part of your food storge plan. My food storage plan consists of canned goods, dehydrated, freeze dried, garden edibles, etc. I made it a point to always have a variety of different types of foods to allow myself in having options that will become critical especially if I'm faced with a disaster that will not allow me to get to any store for fresh vege's or anything else foodwise for that matter. Growing herbs in the garden is also an excellent idea because herbs will give you many options and flavors to chose from when making the same thing over and over again to eat because after awhile eating that can of spam day in and day out will wear out REAL fast. So you'll want to kick it up a notch and spice things up with lots of herbs and spices. Besides, they are easy to grow and you can dry them out such as lavender and use as a tea and they are healthy for you and provide you with other medicinal properties, many herbs do so remember to grow these as well. And a lot of herbs are insect repellents in and out of the garden. So it is beneficial to have some of these in the garden because they perform multiple duties that will only benefit you in the long run.

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Prepare for Tighter Manipulation and Control with Conditions

2011-07-25T05:21:00.000-07:00

I don't know about you but if you haven't noticed by now how the government in it's many tentacles, offshoots, and forms works to prevent, eliminate, and basically destroy a lot of our very freedoms and liberties you're in bad shape to say the least to not be aware of. The FDA regulates the food and drug industry but I would not trust them with a ten foot pole, no make that a one inch pole.

Keep in mind, this was uploaded April 2007. We are currently facing this very issue NOW in 2011.

A pattern of manipulation and control is closing in tighter and tighter knowing these things you need to be reactive and proactive in preparing for yourself and family at a vigilant level. Knowledge is power and power is knowledge. Fully arm yourselves with knowledge in all aspects that you will need to survive any type of storm including and if not the most important of all is your health and wellbeing. I don't need to tell you how to eat or what precautions to take to keep yourself healthy because that's your responsibility and everyone has different needs. But I can tell you to prepare yourself nutritionally by eating foods that are right for your body and that will provide all the proper nutrtional values that you would need to survive and function properly. Especially if you'll need to rely on your health in the event of a disaster that may require you to live without food or water for an unspecified time. And if this would ever happen pray that you have prepared with all the food storage preps ahead of time. Hopefully, you will have stocked up on medicine, vitamins, heirloom seeds, books and everything else that you'd need in a survival situation to keep your mind, body and sprirt going strong. Something to ponder, should the FDA regulate your vitamins.

And, how Big Pharma got Americans hooked on anti-psychotic drugs. Um, this is a no brainer here. If you weren't aware of this one then Big Pharma has already gotten to your brains and body, lot's a luck in detoxing yourself on this one. Any and everyone that takes prescribed drugs will be taking them for the rest of their not so healthy life and you will never heal from these drugs it's all an illusion. The drug just keeps you going and hobbling along never tackling and eliminating your underlying health problem think about it. And how about the side effects that come along with each and every drug that you take, when you think about it the drug you're taking for one ailment is compounding you with another ailment that you probably never had to begin with, now you got an additional one and need another drug to maintain that condition or ailment at this rate you'll never be fully healthy ever again. Big Pharma really has people wrapped around "pill taking" so deceiving. People, you have got to take better responsible care of your own bodies, health and wellbeing. Start somewhere and become self-reliant with yourself and not allow others to dictate your health. Do something for yourself and your family, be the rock and pillar of strength that will lead the way for them and you. You have a choice you know. Choose self-reliance and self-suffciency, a sound mind and body is a better prepared one to face any type of storm.

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Survival Skills - From Camping to 2012

2011-06-27T04:28:00.000-07:00

Here's an excellent article I've come across from Survival-Goods. Thought I'd share this with you all.

There’s a lot of chatter about 2012 these days. Everyone seems to have an opinion. Some are dismissive, viewing apocalypse prophecies as a ruse drummed up by ancient calendars that don’t perpetuate beyond December 12, 2012. In the other camp are individuals who are greatly apprehensive, even fearful, about prospects of solar flares, planetary collisions and cataclysmic events.

The point missed by many in these extremes is that we all should be ready for any crisis. Maybe we won’t face catastrophes of the “world-ending sort”, but perhaps, more of the common “garden variety” disaster. Floods, tornados, hurricanes, raging wildfires, nuclear threats, bioterrorism, and epidemics- we humans already have more than our share of mini-cataclysmic events, even apart from 2012 mayhem. Any one of these events could significantly alter life as we know it for an undisclosed period.

In history, nearly everything is finite. Mighty dinosaurs and many powerful cultures that once ruled the Earth are no more. Of those who do survive- from animal to mankind- the sole characteristic that seems to perpetuate the species is the ability to adapt. How adaptable is the typical, urban modern man anyway? How likely would he be to survive for an extended period without normal comforts?

Even in a minor calamity (like a few hours without power) many of us wouldn’t fair well if we weren’t prepared with adequate food, water and warm clothing. But survival is more than attaining the right supplies. It means having a problem solver mentality, lacking rigidity and possessing the will to live. Along with this come certain technical skills survivors must acquire.

Whether stranded in the wilderness on a backpacking adventure gone awry, facing a natural disaster, or even in the midst of a catastrophic global crisis, you’ll need some skill to withstand the event.

Survival Skills:

Shelter: Understanding the importance of shelter is paramount. If exposed to extremely cold conditions, a human body can perish in as little as three short hours. Wandering around until fatigued in extreme temperatures instead of creating a shelter remains one of the biggest mistakes made by those in peril. Know how to build shelters in all climates, with a variety of items. This also includes realizing the necessity of staying in an existing shelter, such as your vehicle, if stranded in bitterly cold weather.
Fire: Creating fire is the single most versatile and required survival skill. In addition to providing heat, fire also cooks, purifies water by boiling, melts snow into drinking water, keeps dangerous wildlife away and can alert rescuers. Have a backup plan or two on items that can start fire in the event of a major emergency. Keep extra lighters or waterproof matches on hand. In addition, learn how to build a proper wood fire if out in the wilderness. (There is a special set of skill required to build a fire). Be aware of flammable, everyday items (like Vaseline or petroleum based lip balm smeared on cotton) that can be ignited to start a fire.
Water: In survival, you’ll hear references to the rule of 3’s. It’s a bit of information to tuck your brain for times when the going gets tough. While it’s stated that death can occur in as little as 3 hours without shelter, the second part of the rule of 3’s relates to water. 3 days without water can be lethal, especially in arid weather or when the body is suffering great exertion. Maintain at least a 72 hour store of water. Know how to purify water, both from boiling a minute and by using plain household bleach for when reserves run out or are unavailable. When in the wilderness, remember, water is usually found in low places. Go downhill toward valleys to find streams.
Food: The last of the rules of 3’s is about food. Even though hunger can be excruciating, adults can survive for up to 3 weeks without food. This means if you have to choose between finding water or food, make sure you have adequate water first. However, food is a viable way for the body to maintain warmth, as burning calories creates heat. In addition, food keeps energy levels higher. Keep a food store of high calorie, long shelf life non-perishable food products on hand. Consider items like 3600 Calorie Mayday Bars, which take up little room and last for years. In the wild, a general rule of thumb is that furry mammals and insects with 6 legs are food. Plants are risky. Unless you are very familiar with botany, don’t attempt consuming vegetation.
First Aid: Today’s response time for emergency medical teams is very impressive. In most of the United States, dialing 911 brings relief in moments. But in the event of a disaster, workers may be overwhelmed, cell phones may not have signals and you could suddenly be quite alone with a major injury. Take classes now and research means to identify and treat the following:

o Dehydration/Heat stress

o Broken bones

o Cuts, scrapes

o Severe bleeding

o Stroke

o Heart Attack Symptoms

o Concussions

o Sprains

o Choking

Learn CPR. Buy the best first aid kit you can for your home or car and tuck smaller ones in various places. Too often we skimp on this. In the event of a major illness or injury, apart from quick response of health care providers, your training and products in your first aid kit might be all you have to depend on.

Navigation: Without GPS, many of our brains couldn’t locate a building across town; much less navigate in the wilds. Remember, if a sudden disaster struck, familiar landmarks may be eradicated. Even a well traveled urban area may seem like foreign territory. You should have a map of the area handy, know how to find vital points, such as community shelters and possess a compass. Consider how you would find shelter, food and water on foot if transportation were not available. Learn at least one other means to find directions, such as using a watch to center the sun. (Hold analog watch horizontally. Point hour hand at sun. 1/2 the distance between the 12 o’clock position and the hour hand is south. For example- if the hour hand is on 8, half the distance to 12 o’clock is 10 (or south). From this you can easily figure other directions).
Other Necessary Skills: Depending on the length of a disaster, skills that will carry survivors through to recovery might be as varied as learning to use firearms, grow food products, hunt, and fish and preserve foods. Building and mechanical expertise, such as carpentry, auto repair, electrical or plumbing capabilities would be of course needed techniques. But long before recovery, the adaptive, skilled and prepared individuals must first survive.

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Disaster Preparedness Community Town Meeting

2011-05-22T22:13:00.000-07:00

Government officials and others will hold a community meeting on disaster preparedness Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Pearl Ridge Elementary School cafeteria. Representatives from state and county Civil Defense, the National Weather Service and Hawaiian Electric Co. will explain how to prepare tsunamis, earthquake, hurricanes, floods and other events. -staradvertiser

For those of you who are concerned about being prepared in any and all disaster types please do attend this meeting and if you have questions have them ready. If you would like to have a disaster preparedness community meeting in your area on the island please contact your representatives, you just may have to bombard them with emails in order to get their attention or you may end up creating one of your own which is a good idea when all else fails. All representatives statewide should realize the importance of disaster preparedness and the implementation of having the entire island prepared in more ways than one. Rep. Kymberly Pine was the first and is the front runner here, hats off to you Rep. Pine!

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When The Power Goes Out

2011-05-09T03:29:00.000-07:00

Where I work there are two ATM machines, just so happen both were down and out of service for unknown reasons and they were going to be down till Monday, mind you it was Saturday. So many people rely on these money machines, as I watched and observed truck loads of sheeple trying to extract funds from these machines I could not help but think how prudent to have had money, cash stashed away on the side in the home for things of this nature. But, who am I kidding (lol) no one really thinks this way nor does it. As far as I know I'm the only one here that does it. I may be wrong, there may be others but I'm positive they are few far and wide. I don't even have a debit card and my bank card, I have no idea what the pin number is because I don't use it. If I need money I always have cash on hand 24-7. Hubby restricts me from using my credit card with good reason and I am more than thankful for his strict direction in usage of a menace that literally ruins peoples credit beyond repair. And no, mines is not ruined beyond repair.

Now, in the event there is a power outage, statewide or globally everyone will be SOL for not preparing ahead of time for unexpected events that have happened time and time again before but only on a smaller scale. You'd think all the previous ATM shutdowns would wise a few sheeples up but as history always repeats itself things of this nature is predictable in response of sheeple habit. I have no idea why people would not have at least an extra stash of cash on hand just in case. Because when you think about it, if there was ever a major disaster and the grid went down for an unspecified amount of time, businesses will not be taking credit cards, debit cards and checks how could they without electricity? The only people that will be able to make purchases will be those that have cash and cash only. Now, if we're talking a longer period of time without power the bartering system will be kicking in very shortly if not immediately.

When the dollar crashes completely more than likely everyone's financial situations will come crashing down as well. Get yourself situated in gold and silver and keep all those pennies and not just any penny I'm talking about the wheat penny, the one that says "one cent" with wheat on each side. Currently these are worth 3 cents a piece so save all you can on these. In these particular pennies the amount of copper is in the 90% plus range, so that means it's worth far more than the rest of the average pennies that you see and have in your pocket. Aside from having different types of funds don't forget to have food storage because having a sound food storage plan will help you and your family get through some of the greatest challenges that we are all about to face in the very near and dear future. And when the power goes out you're going to want to be prepared and ready at all costs don't be caught off guard and ill prepared, do the preparations now while there is still enough ample time and don't forget to always have cash on hand at all times always.

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News Headlines Should Prompt Preparedness In All

2011-05-02T03:19:00.000-07:00

I don't know about you but it's best we all get into high gear and prepare, prepare, prepare. These past couple of days has been quite strange and odd to say the least. First it was the royal wedding which to me was actually a royal distraction, second for some odd reason the space shuttle was unable to blast off into space, and third US forces kill Osama bin Laden. Now, they are saying that his body was buried at sea.
How is this possible within such a short time after telling the world that US forces have killed Osama bin Laden? In fact I did not know that islams bury at sea, as far as I know islamic culture does not bury at sea.
I must admit after hearing of all these events they all just did not add up to me, the main impressions I was getting was lies, lies, lies. My question is, where's the body? And why have they not shown it to prove to the world that they in fact did kill him? The people dancing in the streets at the White House have no idea how deceived nor the depth of deception that has fallen upon them. I hate to admit it but the government has people literally eating out of their hands and going along with what ever they say and do. Like I said prepare, prepare, prepare. Too many out of sync things going on here that raises several red flags.

And let us not forget about all the tornados in the southern states killing hundreds of people. Here's another one Herbal medicines banned as EU directive comes into force. Let's not forget this can happen in America as well, are you stocked up on herbal medicines and herbs? You can grow quite a bit of these herbs in your garden think about it and utilize it as part of your food storage and emergency supplies. It is so important to keep up with all the news going on globally but you won't find honest news on your television, in fact you won't find anything that you would need to know and be in the "know" that is so vital to your health, mind, soul and wellbeing. There are several resources and avenues that offer streamlining news way ahead of mainstream news one of them is George Noory on Coast to Coast AM. Majority of my news comes from listening to this radio talk show host and his news is ahead of any TV news by far and you get the unfiltered facts in your face, nothings hidden or covered up. In fact, by the time the media ever gets anything out I'm already in the "know" by months and years thanks to George Noory. Glenn Beck is another source to draw from, although many people may dislike him but what I realized is that he does his homework and does the research into everything and tells you to do the same for yourself to find answers on your own.....now that's what knowledge is all about. Black Listed News is an independent media for independent minds. There are tons of outlets to be found on the net that can find you better news than what you're currently watching on TV which is excatly why I no longer watch TV. I only see it at work on my break in the break room, but it's useless to me because everyone watches rubbish on that TV.

But too with all these things of media nature one must also decipher and test each source of information outlet and you can't believe everything you see and hear out there this all leads to doing your own homework and investigating and researching things for yourself. Nothing empowers a person more than doing the work for yourself and becoming knowledgeble. And as a prepper having knowledge and wisdom in a wide array of categories is mandatory it's all a part of being self-reliant and self-sufficient. When you prepare regarding food storage remember to also prepare mentally, emotionally, physically, spritually and financially.

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The Solution is Preparedness

2011-04-04T06:36:00.000-07:00

Doesn't take a genius to tell you to prepare or does it? But little do people realize there are celebrities out there that are preparing as well for some unsettling times coming. Ashton Kutcher was recently in the news a few days ago talking about preparing and what he's been doing to prepare. Most Americans and individuals cannot grasp nor are aware of the reality of changes that are currently playing out around the world financially, economically, spiritually, and environmentally. What is disturbing is that there is a false sense of security in everything people do, think and know. Corruption is rampant in the media, government, federal courts, educational system, etc. Deception is business as usual, it literally blankets the United States which should scare the heck out of everyone but it does not. Why? simple answer here, it's a part of life. It's a big part of everyones lives and people are used to living, thinking and being this way.

I'll tell you one thing, this type of way of thinking does not sit too well with me and I'm positive neither does it sit well with other preppers globally. Preparing has never been so prevalent than it is now. Indonesia has just experienced another earthquake today. And there will be more earthquakes shaking up different parts of the world to come, got food storage? Radiation fall out jet streaming around the globe from the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan is highly toxic, any amount of radiation is unsafe for any living and breathing creature. There is no such thing as a safe low dosage of radiation. Got potassium iodide? Try stocking up on spirulina, kelp, chlorella, NAC, melatonin, vitamin C, selenium, coQ10, vitamin E complex, and krill oil. All of these are designed to help you internally, especially when it comes to radiation from nuclear fall out or any other type of radiation. The link attached to radiation is an excellent one do read up on it and add it to your prepper skills and knowledge. As a reminder it may now take months to seal the crack in the Fukushima nuclear plants that are releasing radiation in the atmosphere, water and soil.

Got books? Always have books on hand, and I don't mean ebooks because in the event there's a power outage you definitely won't be able to access that survival book that you got on file on your PC unless you have a hard copy in hand. An excellent book and must have, is IT'S A DISASTER.......and what are YOU gonna do about it. And make sure you secure several copies. Set up your preparedness library with gardening, healing herbs, first aid, food storage, skills in what you'll need to-do type books, survival, nuclear, self defense, the bible, any and everything else that you and your family will need to have on hand in book form. Have a sizeable library of books because you'll need it!

Stock up on extra items, more of what you already have or items that you'd never think of stocking up on because this will give you an advantage when bartering. If you decide to barter a six pack of beer for labor work to be done DON'T do it. That beer that you just bartered may create a monster. Use your head and preps wisely when bartering. And never ever verbally advertise or show your case of bottled water to anyone. If you're bartering that water use one bottle and make it half empty. Always leave an impression of slim pickin's to none. No one knows how far I am nor how much preps I have, as well as exactly what I have for good reason and I'm keeping it that way. I will say things in general but I will not reveal the true scope, depth and identity of my preps.

Get your animal and pets in gear. Make sure they are prepared as well and first foremost. Stock up on their feed, food, water, first aid emergency pet kits and anything else that they would need. Do all your vet check up's ahead of time and get them squared away and updated in the event a disaster hits and you don't have their medication pills that they will need for a life time. Have alternatives regarding foods, if you run out of pet food incorporate some food that you eat such as canned vegetables, chicken but do this now ahead of time to adjust their tummies to hard times. But do also look into and research what they can and cannot eat when it comes to people food because some foods are toxic for pets.

Get yourself physically fit as much as possible. Building up on the immune system and making it as solid as can. When everything collapses death, disease, and sickness will get the best of those that are not prepared physically. Always be ready for what's coming in all aspects of life, never leave anything up to chance and definitely never leave anything up to the government. Everyone that relies on the government will one day in the very near future get a rude awakening. Don't be part of the problem, be a bigger part of the solution and always be prepared.

Last but not least, the producer to the Learning Channel has contacted me via email. They are putting together a documentary and would like to know if there are anyone across the United States that are interested in participating. They are currently casting for a documentary focusing on stories of true and serious survivalists and preppers. Education is the emphasis here on the necessities and benefits of emergency preparedness that would help educate a largely unprepared public.

For those interested contact
Diana Johnson
310.842.9300 ext 205
Producer
Good Clean Fun
castinggcf@gmail.com

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Disasters That Affect Preparedness Items

2011-04-01T06:35:00.000-07:00

As the radiation from Japan's nuclear disaster spreads across the US. We are informed by officials, experts, and researchers that the levels are low. I don't know about you but I'm not waiting for any kind of informed status update by anyone when it comes to nuclear radiation. The situation in Japan is beyond serious and we keep getting conflicting reports from the government of Japan. I don't really even trust our own governments reports for that matter either. Although I do have a couple bottles of potassium iodide, I have not taken them. Instead I am currently taking spirulina which by the way has radiation protective benefits, I use the powder form but I also have on hand the tablets. As a prepper you really want to be on top of things as best as possible.

My findings have concluded that preparing goes well beyond one disaster such as Japan, that endured 3 and still working on capping the third. Evidently, the nuclear radiation will affect us all in some way, shape, or form as it travels across the globe. Knowing this fact there are more things that will also affect us here in the US as well, such as cars that are manufactured from Japan and think about the parts that are made there too.
Japan imports a great deal of food and other commodities to the state of Hawaii, now everything needs to be scrutinized before coming in to this state from Japan with good reason. I was planning on going there sometime this year, but well a big cancel there!

As a reminder, I would like to suggest that if you are continually working on your preps as we all are doing at this time in leaps and bounds. Do so diligently and in a timely manner, especially when it comes to items that need to be shipped from elsewhere that you may need to order outside of your state. Reason being is that you never know when and where the next disaster will occur and how it will affect the items as well as the availability of those items that you may need for your preps. You want to do this NOW if anything. I used to order certain things from Japan but now I will not be doing this for a long time. And if I purchase anything made in Japan here in Hawaii I need to question the merchant and get as much info when it comes to radiation and when was this product brought in and so forth. I would strongly suggest you do the same.

Disasters, man made or natural in general will affect supplies of all types be it food, water, medical, etc. And disasters also affect retail and wholesale outlets which eventually trickles down to the consumer, that's you and I. In summary, get all and as much of your preps in gear ASAP because no disaster will wait for you to be prepared.

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The Preppers Ultimate Challenge

2011-03-20T08:13:00.000-07:00

Upon waking each day we no longer know what to expect anymore when it comes to the economy, weather, financial outlook of the dollar, housing market, jobs, civil unrest in the Middle East which ultimately leads to oil and fuel, that trickles right into the rising cost of food around the world as global food prices continue to rise. The only thing that shows consistency is unstability in the world. Natural disasters are on the rise as well, or have any of you noticed by now? Trying my hardest not to laugh at that question.

While most sheeples are more mesmerised and hypnotised by the latest Ipads, Ipods, cellphones and the best and latest Wii games, preppers such as I are more focused and honed into the likes of disasters of all types. On a continuous never ending streak of preparedness in all fields and aspects when it comes to preparing for the "what if" and "when" factor. A magnitude of preppers are already hunkering down with plans, skills, knowledge and beforehand knowledge on any and everything preparedness. We know and have known for many years the trials and tribulations that we will all be facing in these times. As we've built this wisdom of preparing, we've strengthened the knowledge of being prepared and ready for what may come. Acquiring skills in food storage, first aid, medicine, weapons of defense, gardening, hunting, the what-to's, the how-to's, the not what to-do's, etc, and the many aspects that this all entails. Researching, studying, learning and continuously building our knowledge in regards to preparedness. Our greatest teachers are history, disasters and man's unfailing predictability to NOT prepare.

Japan is a beautiful country, an industrialized country just as America is but they are different. Technology wise, they are far superior than the United states. Culturally, they are far humble, gracious and polite than Americans. Musically, more outrageous and highly talented in a multitude of styles and sounds, they are the chameleons of the music industry. They are ultimately the trendsetters of all time. Most or some of you may not agree with me but this is in my opinion only because I have lived and worked there many years ago and was able to pick up and learn the language through the Japanese people. They are accustomed to earthquakes and tsunami's, but they are not used to disasters of such magnitude in succession or sequence of one another. And the world has witnessed the unfolding of not 1 or 2 but 3 disasters Japan was faced with, one after another.

With all the technology any industrialized country has, it's still no match for 3 disasters, two of which were natural and the third is man made. Natural and man made collided as we all watched in horror and disbelief.
Japan's nuclear reactors failed due to no power caused by the earthquake which compounded into a more serious crisis, nuclear radiation. As if the tsunami was not enough and before that the 9.1 earthquake.
What would happen if our nation was faced with a multitude of disasters of these magnitudes all at the same time? Who would step up to the plate and be brave enough to help us? Look and learn from how long it takes to provide help and assistance to the people of Japan. Emotionally, I don't even want to go there or begin to tell you where it ends or starts. So much loss and devastation, how would they mentally cope with this. Physically, you really need to be fit, healthy, quick reflexes, fast and or darn lucky to have been able to survive this without any scars whatsoever. And if they did survive this, how will they be able to sustain their survival in the present situation they are currently in which is bad, very bad. On a spiritual level I'm not so sure where they're at. Financially, this affects everyone.

Prepping has just gotten punked. Disasters of this multitude has changed the playing fields of preparing, the stakes have risen kicking it up a couple notches now. Knowing these things our plans, skills and everything else for that matter needs to be tweaked tenfold to the tenth power to warp ten. And tweaking them needs to be at warp speed out of this world in another galaxy. We need to be on top of, over and under and way beyond the milky way in our prepping. This is what I call the preppers ultimate challenge.

Japanese search for survivors

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Always Prepare For The Worst

2011-03-14T09:39:00.000-07:00

Here is an excellent article regarding one of the most industrialized countries in the world, Japan. The overwhelming scale of damage is astronomical, heartbreaking and definitely makes the world hopefully, think about the "what if" factor if this was ever to arrive on the shores of their nation.

Japan overwhelmed by the scale of damage -msnbc

As I read the article I could not help but read into it a little more deeper. From this disaster alone it's saying WAKE-UP! More things are to come. But not only that, I've noticed of how great and enormous this disaster is not even their own government can truely help their people. This industrialized country has literally been brought to it's knees. Foreign search and rescue teams being dispatched to assist Japan has taken a while to reach all these cities or prefectures, and majority of the people of Japan in the hardest areas hit have been running on empty for four days now. One man stated that his wife had prepared by having stocked up on water in the event of a disaster, this man is very fortunate to have a wife that at least prepared them with water. I cannot say the same for everyone else.

I strongly believe every single country will be brought down to it's knee's and we are all being shown a few of the things that will come upon us all, it's just so evident in what is happening globally, economically and nationally with all countries. There are no favorites when it comes to disasters. And if this article alone does not speak volumes on end regarding preparing in full force to the mass, I don't know what will. I have no idea how many horrendous disasters it will take to wake people up out of their slumber to start preparing. These days no country is exempt from catastrophic disasters and that goes for industrialized countries like the US.

Oh don't get me wrong the US is and has suffered disasters throughout the years but not of this porportion and magnitude, this one far outweighs anything we have ever seen here in the US alone.

Yes, the Japanese people are a humble people indeed and polite and courteous by far, there's no comparison to any other culture and their humble ways but you must also realize one thing here. When you are faced with a catstrophic disaster so large and huge in scale, not to mention the nuclear plants exploding and giving off radiation to who knows what levels compounding this with no food, water, shelter, gas, electricity, sanitation, loss of major life and families being displaced and or still missing and so much more for how long more will one be able to keep hope alive? How long more faced with this can one be so humble and sustain a positive attitude in all this? We are all human and sooner than later we will all breakdown and things will start to get ugly out there without the necessities that our body needs in order to function properly and think straight. I hate to say it but if help does not reach these people sooner than later it just might turn pretty ugly. No one was prepared for this Mentally, emotionally, physically, and financially. I don't think anyone was even prepared for this spiritually either.

I urge everyone to REALLY read this article and let it speak to you LOUD and CLEAR.
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Preparedness Prevents Panic

2011-03-12T03:39:00.000-08:00

Twice the charm, three times....well I won't go there. Reminiscent of last year in February when the state of Hawaii was placed on alert for a Tsunami warning stemming from an 8.8 magnitude earthquake occuring off the coast of the Maule region of Chile. It is a miracle that Hawaii has not once but twice dodged another bullet from being hit by a potentially catastrophic Tsunami. Somebody was definitely watching over us. However, all fortunate streaks must come to an end at some point and time. And unfortuantely all of us end up learning the hard way just like those unprepared residents who scurried to stores across the state once again in search of food, water, and gas haphazardly as they usually do right before a disaster strikes. Luckily, Hawaii had a 5 hour window to do and or get the needed items everyone rushed out to try and secure along with everybody else. But in my books I don't see that window as "lucky" because now you're out there with hundreds if not thousands competing for gas, food, and water. Compound that with having to evacuate your entire family and let's not forget to add you have not a clue where you're going and what you will all be needing. Oh yes and don't forget about your pets, what type of plans would you have for them as well? In fact would you even have a well thought out plan to begin with? I know the answer to that one and it's obviously no. While you're running around like chickens without heads the clock is ticking away and as you head out to the car you look out into the streets and all you see is wall to wall traffic for miles on end with no end in sight. At this point most of you have not even reached a store or gas station and then the officials start to close down major roads and highways. How prepared were you at this point? That 5 hour window was a key component in evacuating period and that does not include going to a store for food and water or stopping at a gas station to fill up.

If it was like Japan, literally no warning basically, A lot of residents would not stand a chance, were talking major devastation. Let the nature of our reality that we are all living in now teach you some major valuable lessons. If you have not noticed by now globally, many natural and man made disasters are continually going to occur and they have been occuring more frequently than usual, PAY ATTENTION! This year into next year are the years to watch but not only to watch but to be prepared. Be prepared for anything and everything. For those of you who choose to live near the ocean or water, well, that's your choice but know the risks. Begin or start to have a plan for the family and pets do this ahead of time and do a practice run every so often. The next step would be is to have a food storage plan, start stocking up on foods, water, first aid kits and items that you'd need "just in case" something arises out of the blue when you least expect it to because that is how all disasters occur when you least expect them to. Don't be caught with your pants down you'll be sorry. Remember, when the need arises the time to prepare has passed but also remember the 3 P's Preparedness Prevents Panic.

As I flew out of bed hearing the sirens blaring late in the evening of March 10th I rushed to turn on my radio and the hubby tuned into the TV to hear the news of the earthquake in Japan and a Tsunami warning issued for the state of Hawaii all I could think about was informing people on the blog as best as I possibly could. You see, I knew how prepared I was because this is something that I do on a constant basis and have been doing for years. It's in my blood and I wear it like second skin, you have to these days you just have to. Everything in the world now is so unstable you just never know what each day will bring or take away from you, your state or nation or any other nation for that matter. I am an avid prepper and I wouldn't have it any other way. And the reason I am here on this blog is to help others in this state to better prepare themselves for anything and everything as best as I possibly can. Ultimately, preparedness starts with you.

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Tsunami Warning Affecting All Islands Of Hawaii!

2011-03-11T01:33:00.000-08:00

An 8.9 magnitude earthquake near Japan has occured generating a Tsunami. Lihue and Kahului Airports will be closed and shutdown. Urgent action should be taken. Expectation of first wave is 3:07. The Tsunami will be travelling East from Japan. NOW is not the time to run to the store because if you do LOTS-A-LUCK! More details soon. Click on link for more info!

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Hawaii Preppers Roll Call - All Preppers Please Check In

2011-03-06T21:10:00.000-08:00

The American Preppers Network is conducting a network-wide roll call. Whether you are a member or not please check in and let us know what you are doing to prepare.

This is a good opportunity to network with other preppers near you.

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Prepping Your Vehicles

2011-03-06T17:59:00.001-08:00

Prepping Your Vehicles
From: Jolynn

Most Americans spend an average 2 to 3 hours per day driving in their cars. For those dedicated parents who commute their children to and from school, to soccer games and then to karate classes, may call their cars their "Second Home". I'm a mom with a 21 year old son who is now driving himself around in his own car, and my husband and I share a car.

A year ago, I started to research about surviving a natural disaster. It's been a year since our state of Hawaii issued a Tsunami Warning, which thankfully did not happen. Most people in our state are not prepared for such a disruption to the kick back lifestyle in paradise, so a Tsunami would have been crippling to just about everyone I know, including myself. What do people living on a tropical island do when there's an unexpected disaster....!PANIC! And that's what we did. Our markets were so busy at dusk, cars inched their way in to the parking lots and it was another feat to find an empty cart. The gas stations had around the block lines causing traffic jams on the main streets and highways. So this lead me to my decision to be prepared, and not be a Hawaiian ostrich with its head in the sand. I wanted peace of mind knowing that if anything was to happen, whether by natural disaster or by an economic collapse, that I was prepared for the unexpected events of the future.

The first Youtube videos I watched on prepping talked about BOB aka Bug Out Bags. I didn't think that was enough, so I prepped my car as my BOC aka Bug Out Car. Then I prepped my sons car. As a mother, what a great feeling of comfort knowing that while we are on the road going about our busy days, we could all survive for 3 days or more in our cars. The main categories I decided to prep our vehicles: Water, Food, First Aid and Tools.

Water: I bought a case of bottled water and looked for nooks and crannies in my car. Our SUV has a compartment under the back floor for storage and access to the spare tire with lots of air space. This compartment also served as a cooler with added insulation from the rubber floor mat. My packing skills of my many travels with limited suitcases helped, and I managed to get the entire case of water stored out of site. Check

Food: I picked up a large priority mailing box from the post office, this fits perfect under the drivers seat and out of the way of back seat passengers. Filled it up with complete freeze dried meals, vacuum sealed bags of oatmeal, dehydrated vegetables, snacks, teas, hot chocolate and dried saimin. The box sealed up nicely with added tape so that no uninvited critters will get to the food anytime this century (let's hope). Check

First Aid and Tools: This section created a challenge and again my packing skills were of great use. Here is a list of items I packed in a plastic tool box from our local hardware store which measures 10"x7"x14" and sits on the floor behind the drivers seat and can easily be moved around in the car.
SS Folding Knife
Scissors (Kid's size)
Hydrocortizone Cream
Alcohol Wipes
Hydrogen Peroxide (small dropper bottle)
Band aids/Butterfly closures
Sting-Kill insect Bite Swabs
Emergency First Aid Pocket Guide
Q-tips and cotton pads
Fingernail Clipper
Elastic Bandage Wrap
Waterproof Matches
Anti-Bacterial Gel
Wet Ones hands and Face Wipes
Ziploc Bags (gallon and sandwich sizes)
Multi-purpose tool
3 Face masks with filters
Rubber Globes
2 Glide Dental Floss (multi-purpose uses)
Sunscreen (sample packets)
Votive Candles
2 Flashlights
Spare batteries (both AAA and AA)
Yellow Electrical Tape
Grocery Plastic Bags for trash with rubber bands
Utensils (Forks, Spoons, Knives)
Emergency Water Filter by Aquamira
Mosquito Net
100' Parachute Cord
Mylar Emergency Blankets
2 Sternos
Chlorine Bleach (Dropper Bottle for Disinfecting/Water Purifier)
Shampoo
Folding Stove and Pan
Large Cooking Spoon
Coffee Mug
Super Absorbent Hand Towel
and more Matches

The last thing I added to my car were rolls of toilet paper and rolls of nickels, just in case we had to barter with money worth more than paper. Sitting in our living room we have a soft car top luggage carrier, in case we are forced to evacuate our home. If we did have the time to pack, our comforts of home would be added like pillows, blankets, extra clothing, and towels...maybe even the kitchen sink. I can now say that I do feel the "peace" knowing that my family gained an added chance of survival while driving in our cars. Check.

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Better Late Than Never Get Your Food Together!

2011-02-18T04:39:00.000-08:00

Tillamook cheese 12 oz.

Like I said in my last post prices are definitely up and set to climb more this year. Here's an article on food prices. Instability in the Middle East will definitely cause fuel to rise in cost and China growing by leaps and bounds buying up a lot of America's commodities to feed their appetites will also have a profound impact on our food prices and everything else we consume and use. Don't forget about the climate changes and how the weather all over the nation has been affecting crops drastically for the past few years now. Also, corn and how they've been using it as fuel. All of these factors are contributed to the rise in prices globally.

It doesn't help when our nation is in debt to the sound of over $14 trillion dollars and it increases by the second as interest is compounded, see for yourself at the U.S. National Debt clock. Our dollar has gotten weak and is falling faster and losing it's momentum in purchasing power, I should know as well as a lot of others just by the amount of food you can get for your dollar which is not much these days. I can remember when I used to go grocery shopping and come out of the store with 6-7 bags full of groceries for under $100. Now it's more like 2-3 bags for about $95 and up. My grocery shopping now is more selective because of the high food prices. Even if there are sales to be had the prices are still in the high range. I look at the sale prices and I want to laugh because it's like does this really make me feel like I'm getting a deal?

Witnessing the dollar dropping in value is surreal but witnessing everything else in the world going on prompts you to even more so be ready and prepared for what ever may come that is why I always advocate preparedness and food storage. You can never go wrong there and with the way things are going nowadays I think it's best to get a move on before you end up paying $20 for a loaf of bread. Every family should have a food storage plan no matter what and if one person or more in the family thinks you're nuts just show them the proof in whats going on globally, nationally and in your own state as well as other states. My hubby thought I was a nut a few years back but now he doesn't think so anymore. I find it funny because he starts to tell me all the things I've been telling him for years about what is about to unfold globally, all the things that he would shrug me off on and say "it would never happen." Then I'd have to remind him that I was the one who told him a long time ago yet he'd never listen to me.

Orange juice prices

P.S. take a gander at these sticker shock prices in Canada in the High Arctic community of Arctic Bay, Nunavut. There are 9 photos just click on the numbers below the CheezeWhiz photo.

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Prices Are Up Despite Sales In Hawaii

2011-01-22T17:16:00.000-08:00

Prices are definitely up in the state of Hawaii and it has been continually rising whether people are aware of it or not. I know I sure am aware of it because our dollars no longer have the purchasing power that it use to have 5, 10 or even 20 years ago. And knowing this it definitely will never be the same, nor return to those "good old days" prices again. For one, take a real good look at our economy and the shape it's in. Gerald Celente a trend expert has been spot on for many, many years regarding our economy, he's good and he definitely would run circles around Nostradamus if he were alive today!

With the continuation of growing and rising prices of food in Hawaii it makes absolute sense to purchase these items on sale and if there is a limit to buy the limit. Hawaii is weird where they limit your purchases but I am assuming the limit is due to supply on hand. All the more reason to always have a food storage plan in place at all times. Oh yes, cannot forget about the 5 cent tax placed upon every bottled, canned, plastic beverage here in Hawaii that we have to also pay for with an additional one cent tax nonrefundable.

Here's a couple sales going on here in the islands just to let our mainland counterparts know what we're faced with here regarding food prices. Foodland sale ads may take a few seconds to load but you could mouse over the items and get a clearer picture and zoom. Go to the top of page to change pages on the ad as well. Times supermarket, scroll to the very bottom of page to change pages. Don Quijote go to the very bottom to change pages. Down to Earth is an all natural and organic grocery store. I will be posting other stores here later and updating some big box store prices as well. This is just to give you an idea of our sale prices here in the islands.

The price is in the pudding I need not any longer repeat myself over and over like some broken record regarding food storage and getting your preps in order. The only difference now is that you'll have to pay for things at a higher price and in lesser quantity. Quality? Well, you're on your own there if you have not done your homework by now lot's of luck!

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Top 10 Survival Downloads You Should Have

2011-01-08T16:22:00.000-08:00

Author: Contributing Author

The following article has been generously contributed for your reading pleasure by Rourke at Modern Survival Online. We strongly urge our readers to take Rourke’s advice and download or print (or both) the following guides, which are available 100% free. Ideally, retain a paper copy if you have a survival folder, and save a copy to your reserve USB drive, which should be a component of your bug out survival bag or stored at your bug out location.

There are tons of good downloads in the Survival Database Download section of this website. For this article – I have selected 10 that everyone should have either printed and put away, or placed on a USB drive – or better yet both.

So – let’s get to it:

#10. FM 4-25-11 First Aid (2002) - Military First Aid Manual.First aid information is a must – get training before you need it – use this manual for reference.

#9. Guide to Canning – Being able to preserve crops to be able to provide for yourself and your family long after the growing season is over is important. This guide will help with that.

#8. Rangers Handbook (2006) – Crammed with info on demolitions, booby traps, communications, patrolling, tactical movement, battle drills, combat intelligence and much more

#7. Where There is No Dentist - The author uses straightforward language and careful instructions to explain how to: examine patients; diagnose common dental problems; make and use dental equipment; use local anesthetics; place fillings; and remove teeth.

#6. NATO Emergency War Surgery – While this is certainly not a manual that would stand alone in most persons emergency/disaster library, it is an absolutely necessary resource if you expect to handle any type of trauma where immediate comprehensive medical care is not available.

#5. A Guide to Raised Bed Gardening – This is not an “all knowing” gardening book – however it provides a lot of information to the “urban gardener” before or after TSHTF. Best to get the experience and knowledge of gardening NOW rather than later.

#4. FM 3-06 Combined Arms Operations in Urban Terrain - Combat techniques covered in the manual which may be very valuable in a “Roadwarrior”-type world.

#3. 1881 Household Cyclopedia – A massive resource of information that much of it has been lost over the past 203 generations. From Angling to Knitting – its here.

#2. FM 21-76-1 Survival-Evasion-Recovery (1999) – Excellent manual geared towards the soldier that finds himself behind enemy lines

#1. FM 21-76 US Army Survival Manual - From Amazon.com: This manual has been written to help you acquire survival skills. It tells you how to travel, find water and food, shelter yourself from the weather and care for yourself if you become sick or injured. This information is first treated generally and then applied specifically to such special areas as the Arctic, the desert, the jungle and the ocean.1970 Military Issue Manual. General Introduction and Individual and Group Survival Orientation Navigation, Finding Water In All Parts of The Globe. How To Obtain Food, Start a Fire and much more!

Well, there’s my list. Best of all – they are all 100% free. So, feel free to download them all.

Rourke

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Date: December 31st, 2010
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A Time of Preparedness is Now

2010-12-28T03:24:00.000-08:00

With another new year approaching and upon us all we have already seen and experienced far too many events to not be aware of on our part when it comes to preparedness. Home foreclosures across the nation, bankruptcy, businesses closing, companies downsizing cutting overhead costs and in a lot of these cases laying off employees, job loss is tremendous but it's played down, the media does no justice to what we as a people are truely experiencing on a global scale. I take it they just don't want to create panic on a mass scale and probably there's more to what meets the eye when it comes to the media in general. And let's not forget about the natural and man made disasters occuring in record breaking numbers just within this year alone.

Disasters are happening more frequently than usual and disruption to peoples lifestyles are being directly affected whether they realize it or not. Where is this all leading to? Well, the bottom line is it's all up to you.
If you lost your job like say, tomorrow, where would your next meal come from let alone how would you pay for your existing bills especially if you're living paycheck to paycheck and do most of your purchases using credit cards? Do you even have a sufficient amount of money saved up for several rainy days ahead, that will come and have been coming in waves these days. What's gonna happen if all the ATM machines were out of service due to a major power outage and there was no way of knowing how and when they would ever be up again and working? If a major storm rolled through your neck of the woods like it is now throughout the country in certain states would you have enough food and water to sustain you for an indefinite amount of time? And this does not even include the fuel you'll need to keep the home warm and running as smoothly as you'll need it to run in order to be somewhat comfortable. Would you even know how to administer first-aid in the midst of all this if your life or a family members depended on it? Because no emergency responders were available because their services were spread so thin that there weren't just enough of them to respond within 72 hours, not even three weeks what would you do?

Presented here are just a mere few important questions everyone should reflect on and think about when it comes to being prepared for what ever may blow your way. Having a family preparedness self-assessment test would be an excellent place to start off on. The Family Preparedness Guide is an excellent place to start. Another excellent and all around informative site to visit would be the American Preppers Network, here you'll find everything you need to know and be in the know when it comes to preparedness on all fronts, because the American Preppers Network encompasses all 50 states. You'll find hundreds if not thousands of topics, tips and info on just about any and everything preparedness. You'll get a glimpse and learn what's happening in all the different states, you could even listen in on the Prepper Podcast Show and gain major insights on all the guestspeakers Monday through Friday. And, if there's one book that I'd like everyone to read it would have to be IT'S A DISASTER!....and what are YOU gonna do about it by Bill and Janet Liebsch. A must have disaster preparedness book to have in your emergency kit, this book does not disappoint, what it does do is inform and help you to be better prepared in the event of a disaster.

So, now that I've refreshed a few of your memory banks deep within the sleepy vaults of your mind, the last place that I'd want anyone to be is in a state of being unprepared. And yes, I'm definitely talking especially, to the people of the state of Hawaii, whom have been asleep since who knows how long and when....too long. WAKE-UP people, we live on an island out in the middle of the Pacific......do the math!!!

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Merry Christmas!

2010-12-25T07:37:00.000-08:00

Aloha all and Mele Kalikimaka as they say in Hawaiian "Merry Christmas". Wishing you and your families the very best during this holiday season. Sorry to have missed several months but I'm still here with you all continually working as swiftly as possible on prepping and everything else life seemingly throws at you. I'm also hoping to have another prepper within the state of Hawaii to pick up my gaps and slack to help things move along to inform the people of Hawaii as best as possible of the dire importance in prepping, that would be a tremendous help.

If there is any Hawaii preppers out there that would like to contribute to the Hawaii Preppers Network in a constructive and informative way please feel free to contact The American Preppers Network.

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