Subculture of Americans prepares for civilization’s collapse

January 22, 2012 – CALIFORNIA – When Patty Tegeler looks out the window of her home overlooking the Appalachian Mountains in southwestern Virginia, she sees trouble on the horizon. “In an instant, anything can happen,” she told Reuters. “And I firmly believe that you have to be prepared.” Tegeler is among a growing subculture of Americans who refer to themselves informally as “preppers.” Some are driven by a fear of imminent societal collapse, others are worried about terrorism, and many have a vague concern that an escalating series of natural disasters is leading to some type of environmental cataclysm. They are following in the footsteps of hippies in the 1960s who set up communes to separate themselves from what they saw as a materialistic society, and the survivalists in the 1990s who were hoping to escape the dictates of what they perceived as an increasingly secular and oppressive government. Preppers, though are, worried about no government. Tegeler, 57, has turned her home in rural Virginia into a “survival center,” complete with a large generator, portable heaters, water tanks, and a two-year supply of freeze-dried food that her sister recently gave her as a birthday present. She says that in case of emergency, she could survive indefinitely in her home. And she thinks that emergency could come soon. “I think this economy is about to fall apart,” she said. A wide range of vendors market products to preppers, mainly online. They sell everything from water tanks to guns to survival skills. Conservative talk radio host Glenn Beck seems to preach preppers’ message when he tells listeners: “It’s never too late to prepare for the end of the world as we know it. Unfortunately, given the increasing complexity and fragility of our modern technological society, the chances of a societal collapse are increasing year after year,” said author James Wesley Rawles, whose Survival Blog is considered the guiding light of the prepper movement. A former Army intelligence officer, Rawles has written fiction and non-fiction books on end-of-civilization topics, including “How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It,” which is also known as the preppers’ Bible. “We could see a cascade of higher interest rates, margin calls, stock market collapses, bank runs, currency revaluations, mass street protests, and riots,” he told Reuters.

As Bad as it gets: “The worst-case end result would be a Third World War, mass inflation, currency collapses, and long term power grid failures.” A sense of “suffering and being afraid” is usually at the root of this kind of thinking, according to Cathy Gutierrez, an expert on end-times beliefs at Sweet Briar College in Virginia. Such feelings are not unnatural in a time of economic recession and concerns about a growing national debt, she said. “With our current dependence on things from the electric grid to the Internet, things that people have absolutely no control over, there is a feeling that a collapse scenario can easily emerge, with a belief that the end is coming, and it is all out of the individual’s control,” she told Reuters. She compared the major technological developments of the past decade to the Industrial Revolution of the 1830s and 1840s, which led to the growth of the Millerites, the 19th-Century equivalent of the preppers. Followers of charismatic preacher Joseph Miller, many sold everything and gathered in 1844 for what they believed would be the second coming of Jesus Christ. Many of today’s preppers receive inspiration from the Internet, devouring information posted on websites like that run by attorney Michael T. Snider, who writes The Economic Collapse blog out of his home in northern Idaho. “Modern preppers are much different from the survivalists of the old days,” he said. “You could be living next door to a prepper and never even know it. Many suburbanites are turning spare rooms into food pantries and are going for survival training on the weekends.”Like other preppers, Snider is worried about the end of a functioning U.S. economy. He points out that tens of millions of Americans are on food stamps and that many U.S. children are living in poverty. “Most people have a gut feeling that something has gone terribly wrong, but that doesn’t mean that they understand what is happening,” he said. “A lot of Americans sense that a massive economic storm is coming and they want to be prepared for it.” -Reuters

UPDATED By WeatherBug Meteorologist, Andrew Rosenthal

UPDATED 12:30 AM CST, January 22, 2012

The weather will have a decidedly spring-like feel across the Lower Mississippi Valley, as an outbreak of severe thunderstorms is poised to develop later today. The outbreak will be reminiscent of those seen in 2011, with gusty winds, hail and tornadoes all possible.

Thunderstorms will develop across Arkansas and Louisiana, quickly becoming severe as they cross the Mississippi River into Tennessee and Mississippi. The strongest storms will be found later this evening across the Mid-South where the storms are able to tap into unseasonably humid air.

These storms will strike western Tennessee, eastern Arkansas and northern Mississippi with a fury similar to the storms of 2011. Strong tornadoes, wind gusts of 70 to 80 mph and large hail are all possible today across this region, including Memphis, and Greenville, Miss. Due to the threat of these dangerous storms, the government`s Storm Prediction Center has considered this a Moderate Risk for some of the most dangerous storms.

Beyond this bulls-eye for storm activity, the thunderstorm threat will expand into the Ohio Valley and across the South. Locations from Louisiana to southern Indiana and southwestern Ohio could be at risk for a strong to severe thunderstorm capable of producing 60 mph winds, hail and even a weaker tornado. Cities such as Baton Rouge, La., Jackson, Miss., Birmingham, Ala., Nashville, Tenn., Paducah and Louisville, Ky., Evansville, Ind., and Cincinnati could see a strong thunderstorm this evening or overnight.

Today`s storms won`t come together until late in the day, delaying the storm threat from developing until after sunset. Remember: severe storms and tornadoes at night can be particularly dangerous, as they are harder to see and thus have a reduced warning time. Take the time during the day today to make sure your shelter is ready so that you can quickly act when storms come knocking on your door after dark.

An area of low pressure will surge eastward from the Rockies today, crossing from the Plains into the Mississippi Valley. The low will quickly access warm and humid air building along the Gulf Coast, while also dragging along a pool of cold, Canadian air behind the storm. By this evening, these two air masses will meet and the results will be explosive.

The dynamics for today`s storm threat are much more typical of March or April than mid-to-late January. The low is part of the same storm system that has been responsible for all of the snow in the western U.S., and its exit into the Rockies with all of its energy intact has allowed it to prepare to roar into the central U.S. Fed by multiple jet streams, the same winds that will roar into the Mississippi Valley will force the low pressure responsible for the storms to make a quick turn to the north, scooting across the Great Lakes and into Canada.

Scary! Filmed today 1/20/2012 in Watsonville, CA South of Santa Cruz going South.mp4

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listening to Janet Clare Phelan on Mike Harris show, biological warfare, superb programme.

there are some lines of research that may prove rewarding so I have listed them below what you do with them is up to you,

Dual line water mains in the US with remote operated valves

capable of delivering water to one or more selected properties or entire neighborhood.

1306 bio hazard 3 and 4 installations in the united states.

biological weapon  suspected being stored at Sierra Army Depot in California, guarded in pace of supposed chemical weapons,-- needs to be proven

clause in the Patriot act, near the end, where those in the military/government who research biological weapons are cleared of prosecution under the old biological weapons act, in effect making this act ineffective.

these are some of the notes taken from the archived program, which I am still listening to, but I felt it appropriate to place these notes before the members of this forum because we all matter to each other.

One little point and sorry to bring up chemtrails again but today I have felt very very bad, and went to bed for a short while, twice, I felt complete washed out and am n only now starting to recover. I am wondering what the cause might be, and of course those chemical sprays planes overhead come tk mid so if anyone else has these symptoms it would be interesting to know. My head was very achy , my forehead, I felt washed out. a virus?? who knows.

check my info, I am still researching the subject.

Giant freak lightning storms rumble across Western Australia

January 20, 2012 – AUSTRALIA – Four people have been struck by lightning and thousands are without power as dangerous weather sweeps Perth and the outer metropolitan coast. The State Emergency Service has warned people to stay safe as the storm sweeps through Perth and the coast from Lancelin to Mandurah. A man was hit by lightning in Mandurah at 4am and St John Ambulance confirmed later today that a man was struck by lightning in Baldivis and was taken to Rockingham Hospital. Another person was struck by lightning in Welshpool. None of the lightning victims have life-threatening injuries. A St John Spokeswoman said that they had received a call for a fourth person struck by lightning in Myaree but that the ambulance was cancelled. Homes have been damaged, floods are causing concern on the roads and domestic and international flights have been delayed. The storm has left at least 22,000 homes without power, mainly in the south metropolitan region, and also caused delays on the Mandurah to Perth railway line as bad weather hampered repairs. Train services were back to normal by lunchtime.  Western Power is attending to the blackouts and SES volunteers have responded to at least 75 calls for help, mostly for flooding. Damage has been reported from Swan to Armadale to Rockingham and Mandurah, but most of the calls have come from Rockingham and Mandurah. More dangerous weather is coming between Minilya, Mount Augustus, Paynes Find, Corrigin, Narrogin, Mandurah, along the coast to Dongara and inland to Minilya, including the Perth metropolitan area. “If you live between Minilya, Mount Augustus, Paynes Find, Corrigin, Narrogin, Mandurah, along the coast to Dongara and inland to Minilya, including the Perth metropolitan area, you should take action with more dangerous weather to come,” FESA said. –Perth Now

Satellite images, supplied by Landgate of Pert, captured intensity of outbreak of lightning strikes.

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Alaska Man Cited For Illegal Bartering: "I Need Some Firewood and I'm Willing to Trade Some Moose Meat"

http://www.cnbc.com/id/46047656

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/last-nights-northeast-snow-and/60487

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqNzpg7vF1o&feature=player_embedded

http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20120120/NEWS07/301209979

250,000 Seattle Customers Without Power; Flooding Feared
http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/apArticle/id/D9SCN98G0/

State Of Emergency Declared In Washington
http://www.ktvb.com/news/national/137689733.html

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/three-struck-by-lightning-in-wa-storm/story-e6frf7jx-1226249655056

http://www.9news.com/news/article/243326/337/Storm-brings-snow-to-Sahara-Desert

http://www.businessinsider.com/gang-members-military-weapons-2011-12

For those of you in the cities, please add this to your list of things to prepare for.  Really, the only preparation for this kind of ordnance is to get out of the city.

one of the big problems many of us may face very soon, if the prognostications the doomsayers are correct, is damage to local ecology including water supply by fallout from damaged nuclear power stations. I too live about twenty mile away from the Wylfa nuclear power station on Anglesey and if all hell and beyond breaks loose and there is leakage from the plant we may have problems with not only mains water but water in rivers and streams let alone ground water.

whilst this may seem an intractable problem it s not entirely the case as there are remedial measures one can take and I may explore these in greater depth later on. one method which was discovered in the nineteen fifties of purifying water is simply let it drain through a large volume of plain old garden soil. I would go for the darkest richest soil with at least a moderate amount  clay in it. simply fill a large container, I would go for a 100 liter water butt, fill it with soil, then any water say gathered fro a stream that we fear may have radiological contamination in it, simply allow the water tk drain through the soil, and collect it at the bottom. I believe there s a ninety percent filtration rate using this method.

then I would use either sand filter, using sand charcoal and maybe some gravel in layers, or simply filter it using a berkey water filter.  other area to explore are filtration using bentonite clay, and using charcoal absorption. it is a fruitful area for research, and can take a great deal of the fear out of life if we face a radio contamination problem in the future. another thought is ti collect water from the rain, from the roof of a house, I say this because, water in the ground may already have nucleotide in it, but th fresh rain may be relatively free. of course keep all water butts sealed from the elements. at all times.

I also want to say, in my own posts I may sound a  bit irascible at times, and I think  may have upset Alex Cortez, inadvertently, in my last post. If that is the case, I am deeply apologetic. we are all imperfect and have our own traits, and warts  and all. I am not immune from imperfections believe me, but I try  to put things right   afterwards.