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Please keep in mind that this is my personal opinion, and I am in no way trying to fear monger. There is enough crap out there to worry about without any help from me.
I feel that we are in a calm before the storm. Not necessarily a SHTF storm, but a panic storm.
From right now until the first of 2012:
8-19-2011 (today): Kids are starting back to school in the next few days, parents are having to buy back to school supplies, clothes, meet the teachers and get their kids shots caught up. Right "now" parents have a lot to think about and worry about besides prepping.
Labor day: is right around the corner.
Halloween in October.
Hunting season starts in October in some places, and then in November.
November - thanksgiving
December - Christmas and then New Years.
People have stuff to keep their minds occupied until the first part of 2012. After the turn of the year, I look for the attention of the people to turn towards world events and the direction this nation is heading.
After new years I think is when the panic buying mode is going to kick in - and especially after people start getting their income taxes back.
As 2012 progresses, and the election season turns hostile, there are going to be a lot of propaganda on TV and the internet about the various people running for office. I look for this propaganda to have a side effect on the voters, and that is spreading fear through the general public.
I look for the debt talks to resume again, and I look for tension between the USA and the rest of the world (especially China) to increase.
My personal plans, and I am not suggesting that people do this, but buy whatever long term food supplies you can afford. If you have been thinking about buying #10 cans of freeze dried foods, please do so.
As the November 2012 elections get closer:
I look for worries to increase. Regardless of who gets election, there is going to be some kind of crap storm around it.
Over the past few months I have been stockpiling fishing supplies like crazy. Everytime my wife and I went to the local sporting goods store I would grab some hooks, trotline string, artificial worms, extra monofilament line, new fishing pole and reel,,,,,.
On top of the fishing supplies I have been stocking up on food in mylar bags, canned goods and #10 cans.
Do I expect some kind of civil unrest, no,, or rather I hope not. With the extreme drought in Texas, crops are dying in the fields, and people are having to sell off their livestock, what kind of impact on food prices can we expect due to the failed crops, I do not know.
I want to be as honest as possible, and say right up front, I do not know what the future holds. I suspect food prices will go up, but only time will tell.
Over the next few months my preps will focus on food - and that means everything from mylar bags, to canned goods, to #10 cans of freeze dried foods.
I feel that we are in a calm before the storm. Not necessarily a SHTF storm, but a panic storm.
From right now until the first of 2012:
8-19-2011 (today): Kids are starting back to school in the next few days, parents are having to buy back to school supplies, clothes, meet the teachers and get their kids shots caught up. Right "now" parents have a lot to think about and worry about besides prepping.
Labor day: is right around the corner.
Halloween in October.
Hunting season starts in October in some places, and then in November.
November - thanksgiving
December - Christmas and then New Years.
People have stuff to keep their minds occupied until the first part of 2012. After the turn of the year, I look for the attention of the people to turn towards world events and the direction this nation is heading.
After new years I think is when the panic buying mode is going to kick in - and especially after people start getting their income taxes back.
As 2012 progresses, and the election season turns hostile, there are going to be a lot of propaganda on TV and the internet about the various people running for office. I look for this propaganda to have a side effect on the voters, and that is spreading fear through the general public.
I look for the debt talks to resume again, and I look for tension between the USA and the rest of the world (especially China) to increase.
My personal plans, and I am not suggesting that people do this, but buy whatever long term food supplies you can afford. If you have been thinking about buying #10 cans of freeze dried foods, please do so.
As the November 2012 elections get closer:
I look for worries to increase. Regardless of who gets election, there is going to be some kind of crap storm around it.
Over the past few months I have been stockpiling fishing supplies like crazy. Everytime my wife and I went to the local sporting goods store I would grab some hooks, trotline string, artificial worms, extra monofilament line, new fishing pole and reel,,,,,.
On top of the fishing supplies I have been stocking up on food in mylar bags, canned goods and #10 cans.
Do I expect some kind of civil unrest, no,, or rather I hope not. With the extreme drought in Texas, crops are dying in the fields, and people are having to sell off their livestock, what kind of impact on food prices can we expect due to the failed crops, I do not know.
I want to be as honest as possible, and say right up front, I do not know what the future holds. I suspect food prices will go up, but only time will tell.
Over the next few months my preps will focus on food - and that means everything from mylar bags, to canned goods, to #10 cans of freeze dried foods.
