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Buy Lots Of
Food And Store It Some Place Safe, Because Very Difficult Times Are Approaching
I’m just going to be very blunt with you. Things have
already gotten quite crazy, but they are going to get even crazier.
Global food supplies have already gotten tight, but they are going to get even
tighter.
When even the UN starts using the word Biblical to describe the famine
that the world is facing, that is a sign that the hour is very late.
Thankfully, we are not facing famine in the short-term here in the United
States, but “temporary shortages” of certain items have already been popping
up, and food prices are aggressively shooting higher. Earlier today my
wife stopped by the grocery store to pick up a couple of things, and one
particular item that used to cost about 12 dollars was now 20 dollars
instead.
But thanks to the Federal Reserve, this is about as low as food
prices are going to get. The Fed seems absolutely determined to crank up
inflation, and that is going to have very serious implications during the times
that are ahead. Right now we have a window of opportunity before the next
wave of trouble comes along, and I would greatly encourage you to use this
window of opportunity to buy lots of food and store it some place safe.
Some people seem to think that if they have stored up a couple
months worth of food that they will be just fine.
Unfortunately, that is not the reality of what we are
facing. The truth is that you should have enough food to feed every
single person in your household for an extended period of time, and many of you
will need much more than that. Because when things get really crazy, many
of the friends, neighbors and extended family members that neglected to prepare
will come knocking on your door asking for help.
There are some people that would turn away those friends,
neighbors and extended family members, but I couldn’t do that. Yes, they
are at fault for refusing to get prepared, but I just couldn’t turn them out
into the street.
If you also plan to assist those around you that are in need, that
just makes your job even bigger. In the end, there is a limit to what any
of us can do, and so we will do what we can with what we have and we will leave
the rest to God.
The overwhelming demand that we are witnessing at food banks
around the nation right now gives us some clues about what we can expect as
economic conditions get even worse. In Alameda County, vehicles are
lining up as early as 7am just to get a little bit of food from the local food banks…
“They start lining up as early as seven in the morning and this
will run for six straight hours” said Altfest.
Hundreds of cars slowly snake their way through the parking lot
across from the Acura dealership on Interstate 880. Folks from all walks of
life driving everything from Toyota’s, BMW’s, to Mercedes, all coming to get
food. Folks are grateful for the charity.
When I read that quote from a local CBS news report, it struck me
that it sounded almost exactly like what Heidi Baker said when she saw people
waiting in line to get food…
And I saw all these people and they had beautiful cars, 4 by 4’s
and Lexus, Mercedez, BMW’s, Toyotas. There they were with fancy shiny cars, but
they were standing in line.
On the east coast we are seeing similar things happen.
In fact, there was a quarter-mile line at the break of dawn at a
food bank in Queens on Saturday…
The line stretched a quarter-mile before the sun was barely up
Saturday, snaking around corners like bread lines in the 1930s. But the hungry
in Queens are today’s New Yorkers, left jobless by the coronavirus.
Until the pandemic struck the city, La Jornada food pantry used to
hand out groceries to roughly 1,000 families a week. Now, the figure tops
10,000. And volunteers serve lunch every day to 1,000 — many of them kids with
growling stomachs. Across the five boroughs, the hungry number in the hundreds
of thousands, the Food Bank of New York estimates.
I found it quite interesting that the New York Post is comparing
what is happening now to the “bread lines in the 1930s”.
This is the reality of what we are facing people. So many
people are already in desperate need, and this “perfect storm” is just getting
started.
In the Richmond, Virginia area things are even worse.
According to one recent report, vehicles have been lining up at one food bank
“as early as six hours” before it opens…
Every Friday, cars line up as early as six hours before the food
bank on Iron Bridge Road opens the drive-thru. At noon, the first 20 cars or so
are allowed to park in the parking lot where they wait another three hours.
Once 3 p.m. hits, the operation begins with a slew of volunteers working in the
warehouse to fill grocery carts with fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy
products, meat, prepared foods and nonperishable items.
Can you imagine sitting in your vehicle for six hours waiting for
a food bank to open?
This is how desperate some people in America have already become.
And as I noted at the beginning of this article, the United
Nations is using the word “biblical” to describe the famine and starvation that
are coming all around the world. The following comes from CNBC…
Famines of “biblical proportions” are becoming a serious risk as
the coronavirus crisis threatens to double the number of people nearing
starvation, a U.N. body has warned.
In projections released Tuesday, the UN’s World Food Programme
(WFP) predicted that the number of people facing “acute food insecurity” stood
to rise to 265 million by the end of this year, up from 135 million in 2019.
I don’t know about you, but I find that warning to be quite sobering.
In a “worst-case scenario”, the UN projects that …nearly
one-tenth of the world won’t have enough to eat.
Initial United Nations forecasts show that in a worst-case
scenario, about a tenth of the world’s population won’t have enough to eat this
year. The impact will go beyond just hunger as millions more are also likely to
experience other forms of food insecurity, including not being able to afford
healthy diets, which can lead to malnutrition and obesity.
Sadly, even though we have already seen so many crazy things
happen in 2020, most Americans are still not prepping.
And so when things really start to unravel in a major way, most of
them are going to be short on food and supplies very rapidly.
The other day I was interviewed by Dr. Steve Greene, and we discussed some of the reasons why the
troubles that we have experienced so far are just the tip of the iceberg.
So much more is coming, but most people don’t want to hear that.
Most Americans still want to believe that the future is going to
be just wonderful, and so they see absolutely no need to prepare for the
chaotic times that are approaching.
***Michael’s new book entitled “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of
America” is now available in
paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.***
SIDEBAR:
You can have all the survival food in
the world…
But, if you don’t have a
way to cook it, you’re up the creek without a paddle.
This is why I have multiple
ways to cook my family’s food storage in the event the grid is down and there’s
no power.
I want to share these ways
with you today, so you too can have plenty of backup options.
The first and easiest way
to cook your survival food is using a propane stove.
I actually own three
propane camp stoves.
I own the Coleman
Single-Burner propane stove that is lightweight and easy to carry around.
I own a Stansport propane
stove, which is still relatively portable.
And then I own one of the
large Camp Chef stoves that weighs a million pounds.
Of course, I have plenty of
propane too, both the 20-gallon tanks and small green canisters.
The next way I cook my
survival food is over a fire.
I have a portable fire pit
with grate in my backyard.
I can throw some logs on
the fire and boil water, cook food, and whatever else I need to do.
The fire pit didn’t cost
that much, only about $60 at Home Depot.
And finally, I have
generators.
I have a solar generator.
A propane generator.
And a gas generator.
I have an electric “hot
plate stove” that my generators can easily power.
I just plug the hot plate
into my generator and can cook food as if I had normal electricity.
So, there you have it…
Plenty of ways to cook your
survival food when the lights go out.
USEFUL
STUFF…
There
Are Still Some Shortages of Flour At The Grocery Store, But Your Pantry May
Have Some Flours You Simply Haven’t Seen.
An old pioneer method for making flour was to use a hand-cranked
flour mill to grind wheat grains into flour. That works. But a flour mill can
turn lots of things into flour, from beans or rice to acorns and amaranth
seeds.
And you don’t need a flour mill to do it. A food processor can
convert a lot of things into dust, from corn flakes to chickpeas. That’s
essentially what defines any flour—something pulverized to dust...
How
to Make Flour from Beans, Nuts, Seeds and Even Corn Flakes
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inflationary storm?
Some 12 years later… we finally have our answer… it will be an
inflationary storm.
Last week, the Fed announced that:
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is changing its inflationary target from 2% to an average of
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it is OK with higher rates of inflation has systemic implications.
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targeting American military and security networks, according to a warning
from the National Security Agency this week.
The warning
comes just weeks ahead of Election Day which will either see President Donald
Trump, who has been harder on China than any U.S. president in decades,
reelected, or replaced by former Vice President Joe Biden, someone widely
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Our phones are extremely important in a crisis.
They hold
information and special functions that are essential for survival.
Essential
information like important contacts, incoming public alerts, and they give us
online access to survival strategies and life-saving techniques.
Your phone
also has special functions like digital compasses, levels, and even the tiny
flashlight that can be the difference between life or death in a crisis.
Your phone
is that important, and should not be overlooked as an
essential survival device.
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4 comments:
W/ the approval vote of our new Supreme Court judge, I breathe slightly easier but we all know Dem-Socialists play dirty.
Got your book & Start a Prepper Group Guide-a big thanks...it sure looks like it will come in handy!
Globalists Bloomberg, Soros & other left wing rich jerks are trying to over throw Trump AND America-we must stop them!
Heard you were preparing a socialist takeover guide-can't wait!
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