Category: Jobless Rate
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
There has been a natural disaster that has caused at least a billion dollars of damage inside the United States every single month so far this year. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, there have been 10 major disasters in the United States this year. On average, usually there are only about 3 major disasters a year. At this point, disasters are happening inside the United States so frequently that there seems to be no gap between them. We just seem to go from one major disaster to the next. Last year, FEMA declared an all-time record of 81 disasters inside the United States. This year, we are on pace for well over 100. We just got done dealing with Hurricane Irene, and now we are dealing with historic wildfires in Texas and unprecedented flooding up in the northeast part of the country. This has been the worst year for natural disasters in U.S. history, and we still have nearly four months left to go. Hopefully after everything that has happened this year it has become abundantly clear to all of us why we need to prepare for emergencies. The world is becoming an increasingly unstable place, and you never know what is going to happen next.
Read the rest of the article for more (and there’s a lot more):
Do You Now Understand Why You Need To Prepare For Emergencies? This Has Been The Worst Year For Natural Disasters In U.S. History
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Monday, September 12th, 2011
The link goes to a photo article of a group of homeless people in NJ. It shows life living in a shanty town. If you study the pictures, you can learn a lot about what life like this is like and what is important for survival. You’ll notice that being comfortable, even in a minimal sense, is important and shouldn’t be underestimated. Surviving isn’t a camping trip, it’s everyday life.
THE GREAT RECESSION: Life In “Tent City” In Lakewood New Jersey
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
It was inevitable that it was going to happen and it finally did. The US credit rating was downgraded by Standard and Poor’s from AAA to AA+. This is significant, and will have long reaching effects. I discuss this on today’s podcast.
Check episode of the Preparedness Podcast at the links below.
Listen to The Preparedness Podcast on any of your favorite audio players. Find us in iTunes here: Preparedness Podcast iTunes Link or go to PrepCast.info for direct links to the audio files.
Posted in Economic Crash, Economy, Financial, Gold & Silver, Hyperinflation, Jobless Rate, News and Articles, Preparedness, Preparedness Podcast, Unemployment, Why we Prep | 1 Comment »
Monday, January 24th, 2011
In this episode, I discuss the Strategic preparedness plan that I’m using to get ready for the dollar collapse and the coming depression.
(Listen to The Preparedness Podcast on any of your favorite audio players. Find us in iTunes here: Preparedness Podcast iTunes Link or go to PrepCast.info for direct links to the audio files.)
- Be true to yourself.
- Know why you’re prepping and what you’re prepping for. Don’t let anyone distract you from getting ready.
- Stock up on everything; especially food and sundries.
- The coming depression is going to be a long term event; there’s little chance that you’ll be able to stock up and store everything you will need for the duration. Instead, stocking up now will allow you to buy things while they are still cheap, which should (hopefully) allow you to take advantage of periods when prices are lower (like sales, etc.) and avoid having to buy when prices are high.
- Get out of debt.
- Your income will not go up at the same rate as inflation.
- Buy silver and gold.
- As the dollar collapses, precious metals will increase in value. Don’t sit on too much cash.
- Acquire farmland and/or plant edible plants around your home.
- In all depression and hyperinflation events, food is the biggest concern. Having the ability to grow your own food is a big thing.
- Educate yourself.
- How to grow food; cook food from scratch; make and mend clothes, repair things, etc. Learn how to do things the way our grandparents used to do things.
- Form a prep community.
- Family or good friends, develop a group of people you can rely on to get together and help each other out.
- Think outside the box
- Solutions are often found when you’re not thinking like everyone else.
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Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
One in Four Americans Is Enrolled in a Government Food Program – ABC News
The United States is increasingly a safety-net nation, with one in four Americans now enrolled in one of the 15 federal feeding programs. Forty-two million people currently receive monthly benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, more commonly known as food stamps. That’s up by 10 million from a year ago.
(Ed. Note: Stock up now on food while it’s available and cheap)
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