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2014-11-06 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Thousands Break Ebola Quarantine to Find Food

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-11-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 This is a preview of what we can expect if a lock down is put in place here due to Ebola; not that we will ever know since according to reports today the media was requested by Champ to not report anything Ebola related until positive tests results are available.......
time to lock and load to protect your own stash?

Posted by USN, Ret. 2014-11-06 14:05|| 2014-11-06 14:05|| Front Page Top

#2 I think we can self-organize quite a bit better than that. We have more infrastructure to do it with. The government of Sierra Leone makes ∅ look competent.

Posted by James 2014-11-06 18:14|| 2014-11-06 18:14|| Front Page Top

#3 time to lock and load to protect your own stash?

Do you have at least three weeks worth of food and other supplies to protect, USN, Ret.? ;-)

But I agree with James about self-organizing -- that's bedrock to the American culture. Nor does it sound like there's much of a problem with robbery in Sierra Leone but rather with people venturing out to forage.

Posted by trailing wife 2014-11-06 18:48|| 2014-11-06 18:48|| Front Page Top

#4 TW @3: Yes, but with our Just In Time supply chain and the low information, EBT totin' urban dwellers that just KNOW it is the gov't's job to care for them, I really suspect them that ain't got it are going to try to take from them that do.
Coupled with veiled comments I get from Mrs. Ret. as it relates to the information she brings home (NHOH) I do believe that when the SHTF it will not be a drizzle, but a bonafide frog-strangler.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2014-11-06 20:56|| 2014-11-06 20:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Fair enough, USN, Ret. For this issue it looks like I might be the overly positive foil against those who know more, like you and RandomJD, so you can explain exactly why you are concerned.

In the meantime, I stock my pantry. I was a child in Buffalo, NY during the blizzards of '77 and '78. I always stock up my pantry as winter approaches, as a matter of principle.

Posted by trailing wife 2014-11-06 21:44|| 2014-11-06 21:44|| Front Page Top

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