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This First Before You Decide That Preppers Are Crazy
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Do you believe that preppers are a few cards short of a full deck? Do you
assume that anyone that is "preparing for doomsday" does not have
their elevator going all the way to the top floor? Well, you might want
to read this first before you make a final decision that all preppers are crazy. The information that you are
about to read shook me up a bit when I first looked it over. To be
honest, I had no idea how incredibly vulnerable our economic system is to a
transportation disruption. I am continually getting emails and comments
on my websites asking "how to prepare" for what is coming, so when I
came across this information I knew that I had to share it with all of
you. Hopefully what you are about to read will motivate you to prepare
like never before, and hopefully you will share this information with others.
Originally, I was going to write an
article about the rising unemployment in
But I have written dozens of articles
about the economic crisis in
Well, an article had just been posted over
there about a report put out by the American Trucker Associations entitled
"When Trucks Stop,
America Stops".
I went and found that original report
and I was stunned as I read it.
The truth is that our "just in
time" inventory and delivery systems leave us incredibly vulnerable to a
nationwide disaster.
You see, it is very expensive to hold
and store inventory, so most manufacturers and retailers rely on a continual
flow of deliveries that are scheduled to arrive "just in time", and
this significantly reduces their operating expenses.
This is considered to be good
business practice for manufacturers and retailers, but it also means that if
there was a major nationwide transportation disruption that our economic system
would grind to a halt almost immediately.
Once store shelves are picked clean,
they would not be able to be replenished until trucks could get back on the
road. In the event of a major nationwide disaster, that could be quite a
while.
So what could potentially cause a
nationwide transportation shutdown?
Well, it is easy to imagine a lot of
potential scenarios - a volcanic eruption, a historic earthquake, an EMP attack, a solar megastorm, a war, a major terror attack, an asteroid
strike, a killer pandemic, mass rioting in U.S. cities, or even martial law.
If something caused the trucks to
stop running, life in
So exactly what would that look like?
The following is an excerpt from the
report mentioned above put out by the American Trucker Associations entitled
"When Trucks Stop,
America Stops"....
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A Timeline Showing the Deterioration
of Major Industries Following a Truck Stoppage
The first 24 hours
• Delivery of medical supplies to the
affected area will cease.
• Hospitals will run out of basic supplies such as syringes and catheters
within hours. Radiopharmaceuticals will deteriorate and become unusable.
• Service stations will begin to run out of fuel.
• Manufacturers using just-in-time manufacturing will develop component
shortages.
•
Within one day
• Food shortages will begin to
develop.
• Automobile fuel availability and delivery will dwindle, leading to
skyrocketing prices and long lines at the gas pumps.
• Without manufacturing components and trucks for product delivery,
assembly lines will shut down, putting thousands out of work.
Within two to three days
• Food shortages will escalate,
especially in the face of hoarding and consumer panic.
• Supplies of essentials—such as bottled water, powdered milk, and
canned meat—at major retailers will disappear.
• ATMs will run out of cash and banks will be unable to process
transactions.
• Service stations will completely run out of fuel for autos and trucks.
• Garbage will start piling up in urban and suburban areas.
• Container ships will sit idle in ports and rail transport will be disrupted,
eventually coming to a standstill.
Within a week
• Automobile travel will cease due to
the lack of fuel. Without autos and busses, many people will not be able to get
to work, shop for groceries, or access medical care.
• Hospitals will begin to exhaust oxygen supplies.
Within two weeks
• The nation’s clean water supply
will begin to run dry.
Within four weeks
• The nation will exhaust its clean
water supply and water will be safe for drinking only after boiling. As a
result gastrointestinal illnesses will increase, further taxing an already
weakened health care system.
This timeline presents only the
primary effects of a freeze on truck travel. Secondary effects must be considered
as well, such as inability to maintain telecommunications service, reduced law
enforcement, increased crime, increased illness and injury, higher death rates,
and likely, civil unrest.
*****
Earlier in the report, the reasons why
According
to the American Water Works Association, Americans drink more than one billion
glasses of tap water per day. For safety and security reasons, most water
supply plants maintain a larger inventory of supplies than the typical
business. However, the amount of chemical storage varies significantly and is site
specific. According to the Chlorine Institute, most water treatment facilities
receive chlorine in cylinders (150 pounds and one ton cylinders) that are
delivered by motor carriers. On average, trucks deliver purification chemicals
to water supply plants every seven to 14 days. Without these chemicals, water
cannot be purified and made safe for drinking. Without truck deliveries of
purification chemicals, water supply plants will run out of drinkable water in
14 to 28 days. Once the water supply is drained, water will be deemed safe for
drinking only when boiled. Lack of clean drinking water will lead to increased
gastrointestinal and other illnesses, further taxing an already weakened
healthcare system.
Can you see why I always recommend
that you make sure that you and your family have access to fresh water and a
way to purify it?
This report should be very sobering
for all of us.
What would you and your family do if
you had no food, no clean water and the stores were shut down because their
supplies were gone?
An article by Tess Pennington entitled
"Emergency Items: What Will Disappear First" contains a list of 100 things
that are likely to disappear from store shelves first. The following are
the first 10 things on her list....
1. Generators (Good ones cost dearly.
Gas storage, risky. Noisy…target of
thieves; maintenance etc.)
2. Water Filters/Purifiers
3. Portable Toilets
4. Seasoned Firewood. Wood takes about 6 – 12
months to become dried, for home
uses.
5. Lamp Oil, Wicks, Lamps (First Choice: Buy CLEAR oil. If scarce, stockpile
ANY!)
6. Coleman Fuel. Impossible to stockpile too much.
7. Guns, Ammunition, Pepper Spray, Knives, Clubs, Bats & Slingshots.
8. Hand-can openers, & hand egg beaters, whisks.
9. Honey/Syrups/white, brown sugar
10. Rice – Beans – Wheat
You can find the rest of the list right here.
Most Americans just assume that they
will always be able to run out to the supermarket or to Wal-Mart and buy
anything that they need.
But if the trucks stop running that
will change almost overnight.
After reading the information above,
does anyone out there still believe that preppers are
crazy?
The truth is that there are good,
solid reasons why millions of Americans have
been storing up food, water filters and other supplies.
Our world is becoming increasingly
unstable, and all of us need to get educated about how to prepare for the difficult years that are
coming.
One nightmarish event can change
everything that we take for granted in a single moment.
Just remember what happened after Hurricane Katrina.
Even though that was only a regional disaster, millions of people had their
lives completely turned upside down by that tragedy.
Don't make the mistake of assuming
that just because the
Our lives will only continue to be
"normal" as long as the trucks continue running.
When the trucks stop running in
Are you prepared for that?
