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Originally Posted by historycircus
You can call it doom and gloom if you wish, perhaps that is indeed the right label. Preparation is the key.
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Preparation is ALWAYS a GOOD PLAN...
BUT!!!!!
How can you PREPARE if you have no clue what exactly to prepare FOR?
Sure it seems Avalon is supposed to be set up to get at that issue... but I see rampant confusion and disagreement with what we should focus on...
I would LIKE to see a point form list of the real issues
"Radiant Zones", "Support groups", "Ground Crews" sound like a marvelous idea... and certainly nothing wrong with educating people
Look at the last big Tsunami... people running out to the beach collecting shells as the tide went out. There was one native fishing village... they saw the receding tide... and said "Boys... today we don't fish, we go to the mountain to worship"
They survived... You know we were taught that in grade school... when the tide goes out like that... its coming back with a vengeance... head for the hills...
People that believe Nibiru is coming to hit the Earth... Okay so tell me how you will prepare for this?
I actually see people WISHING for Nibiru to come... hoping its real..
A support group you must establish first if you can REALLY count on them in a time of crisis... Look at New Orleans... even the Police abandoned posts and some turned looters...
I would like to ask EVERYONE here... how many of you have a minimum of a 72 hour emergency kit by the front door IN CASE you have to bug out in a hurry? The Mormon Church demands this of their members... but how many have it?
You need ONE kit for each family member. This is just a smart idea if you live in flood plains, tornado country or earthquake zones...
You need to put stuff in it you will NEED like medication if you take any, food water etc that you can survive with for three days at minimum
Stocking food in the house is a good idea simply for monetary reasons... but you should have energy bars that last a long time... things like that. If you practice buying specials and rotating stockpiles you can save a TON of money and always have an emergency backup.
Now the crunch... you here the talk about "help your fellow man" But what happens now when all hell breaks loose? Example
You have a three month supply of food and water (and toilet paper
(Oh yeah? Try doing without THAT for three months)) for your family...
So the crunch comes... but your parents did not prepare... and your best friend was too busy shopping at the mall to worry about hard times...
Do you now share YOUR food and water with them?
Your neighbors... they did not prepare... but you have mentioned time and again that YOU did... so now they have nothing and they know YOU do...
Do you share with them?
So what has now happened to your three months supply?
Will those who did not prepare understand rationing even if you do share?
Just think about all this for a bit...
Me personally... we have a swimming pool with 35,000 gallons that can do in a pinch, a years supply of food, a generator to keep the freezers going in case of power outage and we are part of a Medieval re-enactment group.
As such we have the skills to do without electricity, make our own bread and 'spirits' and even have our own loom...
Just my personal equipment for the events can support a tent city of 60 comfortably... and like the Roman generals... it is portable in a hurry...
But we also have the skills, the means and the wherewithall to protect it. We DO know how to turn Plowshares into Swords
Now just think about all this...
And please stop WISHING for GLOOM AND DOOM lest Ye fulfill Prophesy by the desire of the masses.
The Universe could care less about GOOD or EVIL... Look at Hubble Stars and Solar Systems die continuosly... In a flicker of a moment our Sun could go NOVA and all our history our art our hopes and dreams would vanish in seconds... and the Universe would not notice our passing... and some Alien world would look at the beautiful NEBULA the death of our solar system left behind and might wonder...
Was there ever life in that system?
But GOOD has one small advantage over EVIL... Good is more focused, while Evil is selfish and scattered
This ONE SIMPLE DIFFERENCE makes it possible for those thinking GOOD thought to have sway over EVIL... It is the ONLY thing we have going for us... the ONLY thing that separates Chaos from Order
Thanks for this thread... I am glad others are seeing through the muck