Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Wednesday: 9 May 2018


Welcome Preppers and Survivalists,

Emperor Nicholas I's Visit to the Public Library (ca 1853)
painting by
Stefan De Ladveze


Ten Years
As you probably know, GSiEP has been around for ten years, in June.

What you probably don't know, ...

Link:
The Modern Survivalist - 10 things I learned in 10 years of Modern Survivalism
http://www.themodernsurvivalist.com/archives/5453

Monday, May 7, 2018

Volume Four: Number Nineteen



사시팔경도 (만춘)
Ahn Gyeon
(15th Century)

My Weekend
Last week, on Wednesday, my supervisor walked into the office and said, 'Go Home, Now!' It seems, severe weather was predicted, so everybody left work, a half an hour early.

Cool, ... Since I was taking a couple vacation days, but there was a traffic jam, getting out of the parking lot, so I got home, at my normal time, 10:30 pm.

Well, ...

I immediately walked out to one of our fields and started pinning recently installed weed barrier cloth. It seems the weather was going to get windy and rainy, so it needed properly secured.

Katniss and I finished about midnight,. (Really it was 12:15 am because Katniss was keeping track ; - )


On Thursday, we hopped out of bed, got dressed, brushed our teeth, and drove for 10 hours to Holland, Michigan.

I wish, I could say, we were going to the annual Tulip festival, but alas we were there for an eight o'clock pickup, on Friday.

The pickup went according to plan, so we left for a ten hour drive home. ... We though!

Twelve hour later, with a side trip to buy some supplies, Katniss and I arrived home, tired and sleepy.

We hopped into bed, slept for eight hours and hopped out of bed, to brush our teeth.

And, ... Started planting our new business.

Over the next three days, (That's right. It's 9:30ish pm on Monday) Katniss, a wonderful young lady, and I burned holes in weed control cloth, dug holes, and planted plants for the next three days.

So, ... Thanks for understanding.


Doom and Gloom

$300

$488,000,000,000

Autopilot

Caterpillars

Education

Iran

Nurse's Aid

Philadelphia

Terrorism


Things You Might Want to Think About


Biological Warfare

Bushcraft


Fuel
It's not that fuel is getting more expensive. It's our currency is getting worth less.




Not Yet




Rent Control




Shooting
As Ol' Remus, from Yer Ol' Woodpile Report, says ...

Stay away from crowds

TBI



Traitor
I don't care that he spied for our greatest ally in the Middle East.

Jonathan Pollard should have be hung, by his neck, until he is dead, after he had been wrung dry of every secret about the Israeli spying operation.


Overheard

"Personally, I expect our collapse to be as sudden and unexpected as the USSR’s, but probably bloodier because there’s simply more stuff just lying around to fight over. Of course, I expect the collapse to express itself first in banking, finance, and markets — being so deeply faith-based and so subject to simple failures of faith. But it will become political and social soon enough, maybe all-at once. And when it happens in the USA, it will spread through the financial systems the whole world round."

"The real threat to the republic, however, lies not in the weapons available but in the unlimited and unaccountable bureaucracy in Washington that deploys them, both at home and abroad."



What Others Wrote

Ace of Spades HQ: The Morning Report, 6/9/17

Defense One: The D Brief, 9 June, 2017

Shall Not Be Questioned: Weekly Gun News, Edition 60

Yer Ol' Woodpile Report: Index 527

The Z Blog: Home


That's Just the Way it Was: , California (ca 19??)






Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Wednesday: 2 May 2018, Part Three


Welcome Preppers and Survivalists,

15th or 16th Century Cannons (ca 2010)
photograph by
Dennis Jarvis

Zip Guns
All you need is a length of pipe, a piece of wood, an end cap for the pipe, some tape, a strip of metal, and a rubber band

Link:
wikiHow - How to Make a Zip Gun
https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Zip-Gun

Guns Save Lives - the Two Dollar 9mm Zip Gun
http://www.gunssavelife.com/the-2-9mm-zip-gun/

Murder Cube - Zipguns, Pipe Guns, and Silencers
https://murdercube.com/files/Snipers%20&%20Silencers/zipgun.pdf


Ha, Ha, Ha
An interesting story that you might be interested in reading.

Link:
City Room - The Very Brief Revival of the Homemade Zip Gun
https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/the-very-brief-revival-of-the-homemade-zip-gun/


The Intent
Why do you and your family need to know this information?

So, ...

You can kill an invader, take their firearm, and kill more invaders.

That's if you and your family aren't hightailing it out of town, for a safer local ; - )

Wednesday: 2 May 2018, Part Two


Welcome Preppers and Survivalists,

Quick-Serve Meals (ca 1961)
source
U.S. Army Research and Development


Oldies
In a few short months, Getting Started in Emergency Preparedness will be ten years old,

In honor of this event, ...

I have collected, every Wednesday for the next year, a few blurbs from various places, such as ...


Safely Gathered In
Hannah and Abbie with Brittany, Aleasha, Sarah, and Tiffany provided wonderful advice and suggestions about gathering, storing and using food storage for you and your family. The six women also provided great, delicious recipes based on their food storage that their families eat at family meal times.

Link:
Safely Gathered In - Food Storage Friday: Rice Pudding
http://safelygatheredin.blogspot.com/2009/05/food-storage-friday-rice-pudding.html


Food Storage Made Easy
Jodi and Julie have a wonderful blog with lots of information, so they also have many tips, tricks, and recipes, for you and your family.

Link:
Food Storage Made Easy - Shelf Stable Recipes: Curried Lentils & Rice
http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2011/04/30/shelf-stable-recipes-curried-lentils-rice/

Food Storage Made Easy - Homemade Ranch Dip or Dressing
http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2013/04/30/homemade-ranch-dip-or-dressing/

Wednesday: 2 May 2018


Welcome Preppers and Survivalists,

Evacuation Zones (ca 2011)
illustration modified by
Mayhew

Seven Years
Many years ago, Japan suffered an earthquake that killed close to 18,000 people, injured over 6,000 people, and forced the continued evacuation of over 228,000 people. The earthquake and resulting tsunami destroyed many homes and businesses.

It also caused over 100,000 people to flee a nuclear disaster that is still on-going.

Just think, ...

What would you and your family do, if ...

You and your partner suddenly died, at the same time?

You and your family had to leave your home and everything in it, forever?

You and your partner had to immediately leave successful careers with a local or regional company?

Oooh, ...

The event was completely unanticipated?

Link
The Mirror - Eerie pictures show the desolate streets of Fukushima, seven years after 100,000 fled for their lives after nuclear disaster
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/eerie-pictures-show-desolate-streets-12453086