[Biofuel] White House owes Preppers and survivalists a massive apology
Page / Story Link http://www.naturalnews.com/037822_liberal_media_preppers_survivalists.html Liberal media, White House owes Preppers and Survivalists a massive apology in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy [] Sunday, November 04, 2012 by https://plus.google.com/u/0/108002809946749848449?rel=authorMike Adams, the Health Ranger Editor of NaturalNews.com http://www.naturalnews.com/index-HRarticles.html(See all articles...) (NaturalNews) In the wake of superstorm Sandy, Preppers are the new prophets. Those who failed to prepare are the new homeless. For as long as we can all remember, preppers and survivalists have been derided by the mainstream media, labeled kooks and wing nuts for stockpiling food, water, ammunition, medical supplies and emergency gear. Only paranoid conspiracy theorists engage in evil preparedness activities, we were told by the sellout mainstream media, and they've convinced many that preppers may even be terrorists. The very word stockpiling has been used in a derogatory manner, as if it's somehow bad for private citizens to stockpile food, medicine and emergency supplies that might save lives in a crisis. Never mind that the government stockpiles all these things for its own survival; citizens are routinely taught that stockpiling is bad! Suddenly all that has changed. In the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, preppers are the ones who aren't starving, freezing or begging the government to come save them with emergency supplies. Those who failed to prepare are now subjected to the chaotic, incompetent actions of the federal government which is, predictably, operating in a never-ending state of logistical failure. An one example, in response to the ongoing scarcity of gasoline, New York announced that http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/responders-gas-article-1.1196180the Defense Department would be opening up free gas stations near areas hardest-hit, but that residents should stay away and let first responders fuel up ahead of them. This, of course, set off a wave of confusion. It was then announced that those civilians (a derogatory term against citizens, used only in a police state) who were already in line could stay in line, but no civilians could join the line. Many people waited up to six hours for gasoline. Tempers flared, fist fights were commonplace, and state troopers had to be sent to gas stations to keep the peace. Preppers, of course, already stored away spare fuel at home and therefore didn't need to wait in line and subject themselves to the chaos and desperation. FEMA runs out of water This one was easy to see coming: FEMA has run out of water to distribute to Sandy victims and is now desperately trying to find a private contractor that will deliver millions of bottles of water to the region. That this could happen in the aftermath of a storm that everybody saw coming at least a week ahead of time is nothing short of bewildering. How could FEMA, whose only job is to plan for crisis, not have stockpiled some supplies in advance of the storm? The answer is that FEMA is just flat-out incompetent. As described http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/11/02/FEMA-Still-Doesn-t-Have-Bottled-Water-to-Distribute-Finally-Places-Large-Order-Today-for-Delivery-Mondayin an article by Michael Patrick Leahy: ...the agency appears to have been completely unprepared to distribute bottled water to Hurricane Sandy victims when the storm hit this Monday. In contrast to its stated policy, FEMA failed to have any meaningful supplies of bottled water -- or any other supplies, for that matter -- stored in nearby facilities as it had proclaimed it would on its website. This was the case despite several days advance warning of the impending storm. Once again, http://www.naturalnews.com/preppers.htmlpreppers who had stockpiled water in advance of all this were sitting pretty, living on stored water supplies. Those who invested in water filters were even able to use water that would not have been drinkable otherwise. No electricity = no heat for cooking Even today, the power grid is down in many areas, and for all those residents using electric stoves and toasters, that means no ability cook anything... not even to boil water! Most people simply have no backup plan for when the power grid goes down. So they become yet another victim who needs to be rescued by a government that has a terrible track record on rescues. Preppers, on the other hand, own non-electric cookstoves such as this http://www.amazon.com/EcoZoom-ZD-WMC26-Zoom-Dura/dp/B005GSGSTIZoom Dura cookstove which can burn paper, wood, small branches and almost anything flammable. It boils water, cooks meals, and kills bacteria. No batteries required. In the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, people who own emergency campstoves or cookstoves have been able to cook meals if they also stored some food. Something as simple as a few
Re: [Biofuel] White House owes Preppers and survivalists a massive apology
- Original Message - From: Tony cr...@vianet.net.au To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, November 5, 2012 6:39:10 AM Subject: [Biofuel] White House owes Preppers and survivalists a massive apology Page / Story Link http://www.naturalnews.com/037822_liberal_media_preppers_survivalists.html Liberal media, White House owes Preppers and Survivalists a massive apology in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy [] SNIP As someone who might be called a prepper, maybe even doomer, perhaps survivalist, or whatever you want, who *also* is prior law enforcement, and has done a bit of SAR and EMS work, I think this article is heavy on rhetoric and hyperbole. here's something I wrote on this issue a few years back: http://cubic-dog.blogspot.com/2008/05/weather-be-prepared.html ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel
Re: [Biofuel] White House owes Preppers and survivalists a massive apology
Mike Adams (the Health Ranger) isn't bad when he sticks to food and health, and this time he's hit on a timely topic, but he doesn't get very far with it. For as long as we can all remember, preppers and survivalists have been derided by the mainstream media, labeled for stockpiling food, water, ammunition, medical supplies and emergency gear. Only paranoid conspiracy theorists engage in evil preparedness activities, we were told by the sellout mainstream media, and they've convinced many that preppers may even be terrorists. The MSM does label them kooks and wing nuts and paranoid conspiracy theorists, but perhaps not so much because they stockpile food, water, ammunition, medical supplies and emergency gear - quite a lot of them ARE kooks and wing nuts and paranoid conspiracy theorists, and it does give preppers a bad name. Why does ammunition always rate such a high priority - third, here, after food and water, ahead of medical supplies and emergency gear - instead of having a bit extra to spare for the neighbours if they need it? They seem to expect a dog-eat-dog social breakdown, which is the opposite of what usually happens. I think there's a big difference between preparation and hording. Chip's piece at The Dog House is much better, IMHO. I'll post that in full too, and also the Lessons Learned piece by Anita Evangelista that Chip refers to, next post. Best Keith - Original Message - From: Tony cr...@vianet.net.au To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, November 5, 2012 6:39:10 AM Subject: [Biofuel] White House owes Preppers and survivalists a massive apology Page / Story Link http://www.naturalnews.com/037822_liberal_media_preppers_survivalists.html Liberal media, White House owes Preppers and Survivalists a massive apology in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy SNIP As someone who might be called a prepper, maybe even doomer, perhaps survivalist, or whatever you want, who *also* is prior law enforcement, and has done a bit of SAR and EMS work, I think this article is heavy on rhetoric and hyperbole. here's something I wrote on this issue a few years back: http://cubic-dog.blogspot.com/2008/05/weather-be-prepared.html http://cubic-dog.blogspot.com/2008/05/weather-be-prepared.html FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2008 Weather, be prepared Weather, et al. If what they say is even 20% true, then what folks are referring to as strange weather, is going, or is becoming more like normal weather. Meaning, normal is as normal does, and it does act strange. Read an interesting story over at http://www.backwoodshome.com a while back, called 'Lessons learned from the Ice Storm'. Pretty good stuff. A few years back, when I was spending my work-week nights in a tiny cottage on the back of a small horse farm in what used to be a rather nice region outside our Nation's Capitol (now completely buried under tract mansions) there was (as there often is) a 'significant rain event'. In this area, this causes low grade flooding, and of course, everyone who is relatively new to the area freaks out. When folks around DC freak out, they like to smash their cars into each other. I don't know why. When it rains really hard, rather than slowing down, they like to hydroplane off the road into each other, and all kinds of fun things. They also love to get on the cellphone, and use up every available circuit, so that cell communication becomes rather spotty. These folks are always in a big hurry, and anything that slows them down drives them nuts. at least, in the short run. So, I was happily sitting on my couch in my tiny little house, glad I don't have that commute, when I noticed the flashing blue light out on the main road, and the zillions of brake lights. I ignored it, but after a few minutes, it was still there. meaning, that whatever it was, it was happening right there. About that time, my landlord showed up at my door. Seems someone had managed to drop off the berm of the road and was blocking outbound traffic. Sheesh! Okay, I grabbed my rain gear, and muck boots, went over to my trusty, rusty, brush-painted-by-hand toyota land cruiser pickup, told the land lord to get in, locked the hubs, lit'er up and headed out, drove off onto the right of way around all the hoopla, to the scene of the incident. A gal had given up on the completely stopped traffic, tried to turn around, misjudged the edge of the road way, and dropped her back wheels off the embankment. sigh. The temp was about 40, and it was raining hard, that inches per hour stuff. nasty. I walked up to the soaked and sad looking cop, told him I could get her out. He said there had already been a tow truck dispatched. I countered that we could clear this right now, or wait for the truck, but it was his call. He said, Sure, go ahead. So, I talked to the gal for a few moments. Bless her, she was really shook up, climbed under the front
