Your grandparents, parents, teachers, spiritual advisers, or even your government are unlikely to have taught you how important it is to be prepared for an emergency, disaster, or catastrophe. There is a more than 90% chance that my statement is accurate based on numerous recent polls to determine how many Americans are prepared for an apocalypse. Was I wrong, or do you happen to be part of the 10% who are fully prepared for a catastrophic change in your world as you know it?
If not, let me assure you that based on the most recent predictions from scientists, meteorologists, seismologists, geologists, volcanologists, physicists, astronomers, geophysicists, oceanographers, and epidemiologists, you should stock up on some extra cans of beans.
Why do only the Boy Scouts of America have the motto “Get Ready”? They also have an aggressive training program that teaches young children how to survive, from the age of six, covering every scenario imaginable, from surviving in a desert to staying alive at sea. They are taught to tie dozens of knots, build a shelter, find food and water, and even find their way without the use of a compass. For every skill set they learn, whether it’s swimming, mountaineering, skiing, archery, rifle skills, or how to start a fire without matches or a lighter, they receive a “Badge of Merit” to sew on uniform sleeves or in a girdle. worn around his neck and on his chest.
As they accumulate these merit badges, they automatically advance to higher levels or ranks. These recognitions begin in Cub Scouts. And no matter what age they join, the Bobcat level is earned first by all Cub Scouts, then by Tiger for 7-year-olds, the next by Wolf at 8, followed by Bear. Ten-year-olds become Webelos, followed by fourth grade Arrows of Light. Next is graduation in Boy Scouts with ranks of advancement achievement such as Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star, Life, and Eagle. Eagle Scout is the highest rank achievable in the Boy Scouts. Since the Eagle Scout rank was introduced in 1911, more than two million young men have attained this higher rank. Eagle Scouts are taught leadership and social skills.
If you’ve ever wondered why most Boy Scouts grow up to be prominent citizens, consider the organization’s framework, part of which is the Boy Scout Oath or Promise: “On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and obey the Scout Law; help other people at all times; stay physically strong, mentally awake, and morally upright. ” So what is this scout law that you have sworn to obey? The Scout must be:
Dependable
Loyal
Useful
Friendly
Cuts
Guy
Obedient
Cheerful
Thrifty
Brave
Cleansed
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Wow, “… to do your duty to GOD and your country …” The Scout Oath and Promise is the only place where godless pagan and atheist judges have not completely eliminated God.
However, I digress. Why have I bored you with the history of the Boy Scouts? Because the Boy Scouts are one of the vertebrae in this nation that help support its rapidly disintegrating and decomposing spine. Let me help you put all of this in perspective. The proverbial feces are about to hit the fan, according to all the experts; and less than ten percent of this God-forsaken country is prepared for what lies ahead. Sorry, but the light you see at the end of the tunnel that you think is daylight is actually the headlight of a runaway locomotive heading your way. Americans are totally spoiled, they are not totally prepared. The early pioneers did not have Costco or Ralphs, clothing or hardware stores, electricity, appliances, cars, roads, pharmacies, or hospitals. Did I mention Starbucks? They had no choice but to become with each other and with nature in order to survive. They quickly learned to prepare for natural disasters, droughts and long, freezing winters and always be prepared for that inevitable “coming storm.”
Americans have never been taught to work together on common tasks or important community projects, like building a church. Trust me and the experts when we say it’s not about whether disaster is coming, it’s just about when. The storm is coming! When you do, you want to be fully prepared, or at least have a Boy Scout close by to share what he knows about survival with you.
If there is a major earthquake in California, it could trigger other faults such as the Madrid Fault in the Midwest, affecting seven states: Southeastern Missouri, Northeast Arkansas, West Tennessee, West Kentucky, South Illinois, Southwest Indiana and Northwest Mississippi.
Experts say Mount Saint Helens is set to erupt again, along with Mount Rainier and the Super Volcano, the Caldera in Yellowstone National Park. (Hundreds of tremors this year across a 100 mile diameter of the Caldera. Do your own research and you will learn that any of these pending events coupled with an attack on our power grid from the sun, EMP weapon or terrorist will plunge our country into darkness and total chaos, with millions of people perishing. Most of the victims will simply be the result of being unprepared, lacking the simplest supplies, adequate water, food, medical supplies, alternative ways of cooking, keeping warm, and so on.
If I have in any way motivated or persuaded you to do your own research on survival preparedness, please understand that online preparers can be your best friend or worst enemy when it comes to survival advice. Many have a hidden motive or agenda, trying to sell you something on their website. I spent hours trying to find an unbiased website on the most important survival supplies or kits to share with you. I found dozens of websites that claim to have the perfect top 10 or top 20 list of the most important things to have in a natural disaster. What a joke! The 10 or 20 items they list are simply what they hope to sell you.
What’s sad or really pathetic is that most don’t even have water on their list. Water is the most important critical component that determines life or death. The average healthy person can live 50 to 80 days without food (depending on stress level) but will die in 3 to 5 days without water. I personally fast with nothing but distilled water every two years or so for a minimum of 21 days, and every three years for 40 days, just water. I even did a 60 day fast. Fasting cleanses your body and gives you a chance to rest. Imagine, most of the lists do not include water or it is at the bottom of your list in a quantity of a few liters.
You should always have three to six months of both food and water on hand. For the sake of discussion, let’s say nothing happens in the next ten years. What is the worst case? He has two years of food to eat for the next two years and stores two more years of fresh food. Now what if something happens? Case closed!
What’s better than just having stored water is having a way to purify your water in case it runs out or gangs steal your stored water. In emergencies, disasters or catastrophes, the Red Cross, Homeland Security, and FEMA recommend electric or non-electric water distillers, not filters. This is because the distillation process kills viruses, cysts, all bacteria, parasites and will remove toxins and most chemicals. . If you lose water pressure, your water filters and reverse osmosis units are worthless; and simply boiling water only kills bacteria. Distillation removes all contaminants. With a non-electric water still, you can purify the water from any polluted water source, river, lake, pond, swimming pool, drainage ditch, even a sewer or the ocean. Since water is the most important survival item, if all you had was a non-electric water still, you could easily swap the water for whatever you need! There are several non-electric water stills on the internet, and there is one that is fully automatic and produces 18 gallons per day using any heat source. I calculated that it was six cups a day for 48 people. Google survival still images and compare.
When it comes to food storage, remember: you’re not thriving, you’re surviving … A great long-lasting survival food is rice and beans. Together they have all the nutrients the body needs: proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, etc. Also, a cup of rice is cooked in three cups, the same with beans. Both are stored forever in a seven gallon plastic pail with a tight and tight screw-on Gamma lid. Two 7-gallon buckets of rice and beans provide an adult’s annual supply of nutritious food (about 50 pounds). Survival websites want you to spend thousands of dollars on freeze-dried gourmet foods in Mylar packages. For $ 20 at Costco you can buy 50 pounds. of rice and 50 lbs. of beans that will last one adult a year.
You should have warm blankets or sleeping bags in case you are forced to leave your house and sleep outside. A tent would be nice and a tarp to set it up. You need a first aid kit, extra batteries, flashlight and / or flashlight, fire-lighting tools, lighter, matches, iron rod and firing pin, a way to cook food, mess kits, solar oven, single propane stove burner with a dozen 1-pound. tanks (you can cook on campfires when you run out of propane). Have a backpack with items such as a knife, can opener, ax, string string or Skydiving lanyard, hand crank radio / light / cell phone charger. Get a complete list of a Bug Out bag on the internet. Do your research by fully preparing for the next inevitable emergency or disaster. Watch National Geographic’s “After Armageddon” on YouTube and ask yourself, what would you do in that same situation or would you have avoided it?
Interpreting the times
Jesus told the crowd: “When evening comes, they say:” There will be good weather, because the sky is red, “and in the morning,” Today there will be a storm, because the sky is red and cloudy. “You know how to interpret the appearance of the Heaven but you can’t interpret the signs of the times
