Just another item to stock up on now if you use it regularly.
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Get ready for peanut butter sticker shock – NorthJersey.com
The reports of what shoppers are about to see at the grocery store are widespread and not pretty. Kraft’s Planters peanut butter will increase in price by 40 percent on Halloween. Peter Pan could go up more than 20 percent. Jif’s wholesale prices are predicted to rise by 30 percent in November.
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.
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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
Line Failure Inflicts a ‘Night Without Power’ Upon San Diego – Businessweek
“Living in San Diego, I think most of us don’t have personal emergency plans, we just don’t have severe weather,” she said. “I don’t know where my flashlights are, I don’t have bottled water and I don’t have food after today.”
No, but you live in earthquake country. You should have an emergency plan and supplies. Yet, it’s morons like this that are usually the first to cry and whine about why someone isn’t helping them. I mean, really, is it too hard to think for 5 minutes about what would happen if the power went out, for any reason?
It’s been a tough summer for stocks and other risky assets — but the same can’t be said for agricultural commodities. Hot, dry drought conditions have ruined crops all across the American growing regions. At the same time, demand remains robust thanks to the big appetites of newly empowered eaters in the developing world.
The USDA cut its forecast of how much of the standing corn crop is in good or excellent shape to just 57%, down from 60% last week and 70% a year ago. Already, with carryover stocks low from last year, a poor harvest will do further damage to meager inventories. At the same time, China has recently become a net importer of corn and last year made its largest purchase of U.S. corn in ten years. Of course, demand from ethanol production continues as well.
The combination of tighter supply and stronger demand is sending prices higher once more. As a result, as a group agricultural goods are pushing up and out of a long seven-month downtrend dating back to February. A powerful new uptrend is being established. Here’s how to take advantage.
Forget stocks; buy food- MSN Money
