I've been trying to convince my family to prepare for the coming hardships we will all face. They mostly just write me off and act like I'm paranoid or I don't have faith in our God. It's exactly opposite, I trust only in God. He has been talking to me for years through gut feelings, dreams and other signs telling me of the difficult times ahead. Most of them don't have enough food to last more than a week. None have a alternative source of heat, no water purification, no seeds, no cast iron cookware, no extra sanitary items, no extra first aid items, no alternative shelters. Sometimes it pisses me off to have them just blow me off, but mostly it makes me sad to know that they will most likely suffer more than they should. It's not like I am well off monetarily, I'm actually struggling with money right now. But my wife and I made it a priority to get items for the inevitable rather than the typical comfort items that'll be useless in the near future. People who claim to be "awake" and aren't prepared for the worst case scenario are naive at best. If your not doing the best you can NOW to prepare, you and your family will surely regret it in the near future. Proverbs 22:3 explains it best. Do I believe there is a plan Patriots are carrying out? Yes, but that doesn't mean we all won't experience hardships at least or bloodshed at worst. I pray to God I'm wrong about the hardships I expect, but I know it is foolish to not prepare for them anyway. I apologize for the rant, just needed to vent some stress. God Bless you all.
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My oxygen dependence is not from lifestyle choices. Without getting into my personal health to much, it cannot be reversed. My lung is not bad, it is blocked so I am essentially only working with one lung. I am not a big person and took off 30lbs from my small frame. I have noticed a difference but the problem still remains. I am eating healthier, supplementing etc. I am taking about 1000 mg of vitamin C and I can up that and stock up. I don't need the oxygen if I am just sitting but activity I do. I pray this doesn't go on much longer. I am in a blue state. We were able to vote to limit our Governors emergency powers so we are not in full tyranny or anything like that. I live more in a red area. However, while I see a lot of flags, I still see to many people wearing masks and noone fighting to get their kids unmasked. I have not noticed any shortages at the grocery store but I do notice that certain things are no longer available. I get meat from a farm now. Not any in my area had to order on line. I have seen at least 4 specialists, one of the top 10 in the country. However, with all the lies we have been told who really knows. If the med beds do in fact exist maybe that is a hope for me.I don't trust doctors anymore so trying to readdress this issue again, I feel would be useless at this time.The only thing I have is prayer right now. I do not have a supportive family at all. I try to prepare my family but noone wants to deal with it. So I can only do what I can do for myself at this point. I really don't know any of my neighbors in my building. A lot are foreigners, here on visas to work for a fracking company near by. It wasn't like that when I first moved here. It concerns me a little but I can't be suspicious of everyone. Many work strange hours so we just don't cross paths.
Can anyone suggest any heating sources?
In my particular stock, I accumulated about 600lbs of rice, 150lbs of dry beans for protein and 100+lbs of salt among many other things. I figure those will stretch longer and are more budget friendly than survival food. I would also look into buy a burke water filter and or a Sawyer water filter. The others who offered advice had some good suggestions too. I will be praying for you.
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This website has some good ideas. In your case it is probably not safe to have an internal propane powered heating unit because of the oxygen cannisters (if someone is more of an expert on this than me pls chime in) but you can employ the other strategies of choosing one room to stay in and having tools and materials in place to cover windows with thick blankets.