https://drivenc.gov/ official road conditions
https://hiphendo.com/ local resources
Local resources
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eT6Do9b_P-5okIB52MGIQLCmQc6_wge1-0lHOSy0-oA/htmlview
N2GE 145.19MHz Repeater
https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/42258
Polk County Sheriff, Fire, and EMS
https://m.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/34059
https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/43107
W4HTP 145.350 Repeater
Only on those repeaters did I hear the HF channels organizers are using 7232, 3923 (6:30PM), 3927 (7:45pm) and of course VHF simplex at 146.520 (calling frequency). While most people may not know what this means there is enough of a chance that it can do so much good that everyone should be repeating it.
Celia Farber is keeping her finger on the government sabotaging private efforts
Regardless if weather modification is true or if the govt has nefarious uses for it, a large portion of society believes it. This is also a sociological issue. How do we live with this knowledge? How can we be expected to trust our government? This belief alone is enough to sever our unity along party lines. Liberals love modern progressive celebrities while the Right increasingly drops out and blindly loves Trump as if he isn’t a compromised pedophile also. Today liberals are laughing at the current devastation. Individual lives mean nothing, barely enough to report on, as people are turned into statistics. The number of lives lost has become a point of argument which the left and MSM is claiming is minimal; I suppose justifying the Regimes disregard for the region. For the record I know the Regime, the shadow government, along with billionaire profiteers and multinationals at least attempt to control the weather. I won’t bother with proof, plenty others have. The Co2/methane hoax is best exposed by Joel Olson (https://principia-scientific.com/).
I have seen some claims that Russia used the hurricane as a weapon against the US. These speculations will abound for all time. What do we really know in the fog of war? What was the Turkey earthquake? Many citizens claim they know these advanced sciences but yet couldn’t pass a freshman chemistry class, myself included. Be careful who you believe and how highly you think of yourself.
This does raise a question though as to whether this is an international development.Or is it a land grab as Greg Reese portends?
If our premise begins here, and for many “conservatives” and independents it does. What do we imagine our future looks like?
Some leaders are promoting arming yourselves from looters while some are restricting private citizens from arming themselves under emergency powers.
They backpedaled after outrage claiming it was an accident, look at the document, how could it have been an accident?
Are any of these local leaders working together toward a common agenda? If so we should watch them closely.
TEMA’s press release that private charity is not welcome.
Another helicopter pilot was threatened with arrest for rescuing victims. Whether this coincided with the presidents presence I do not know, at least it was open air space when he deployed.
Its called accountability:
Another drone operator with top-end equipment was turned away also.
Officials blocked the roads from the private sector bringing in aid. And their have been many warnings on the repeater that they are blocking residents from returning back home.
Some have been told they don’t need water because Walmart and Coke(or whatever) donated truck loads of water while every one on the ground is saying there is not enough water. I imagine some places may be stocked but harder to reach places will continue to suffer.
Speaking of large corporations donating supplies, they certainly have the resources.. But I highly doubt multinationals like Coke or Walmart will sacrifice much. These entities know how to play the charity/tax/PR game. Small middle class businesses and community leaders will provide the heavy lifting for their fellow neighbors, and if they get good PR for doing so they deserve it. Coke and Walmart make me sick; their business model is slavery and poison. I listened to Tina who owns or runs the satellite phone store, as advertised on Mike Adams Natural News, and she is donating as much as possible. And while I criticize her somewhat I won’t diminish her charity. More on her later.
I listened to the local repeater out of Polk County via Broadcastify for hours and days now and I heard a local ham talking about how the locals did a good job the first 24 hours, before the gov’t came in and started to manage the situation.
You are entitled to your own opinion but I don’t trust Starlink and I don’t trust billionaires who contract with the CIA. I do believe communication is invaluable and that the internet is irreplaceable. Here I am simply sharing my own opinion: I don’t know if a cost benefit analysis justifies a massive deployment of internet. As it is now cell phones will continue to come online and local communication solutions will be developed. Starlinks are costly, (likely made in China? More on this later), and limited as to how many they serve. In a situation as this I would prioritize needs. There is a statistic that more people in the world have a smart phone than access to a toilet. How many bao feng radios, iodine tablets, and foil blankets can you drop from the sky for over thousand dollars a pop.
Trump the Billionaire starts a GoFundMe (of whom froze Canadian trucker convoy) instead of Give Send Go the popular alternative (Trump the fake alternative!) and raises 4 million dollars. What a joke, and the fact that Trumptards view this as meaningful is even moreso. Would I be surprised if that money goes to Nestle or United Way? More fake charities and toxic corporations.
I will be sending this write up to 5 hour energy billionaire, whatever he thinks of my opinion. He makes alternative energy projects for poor countries.
“Bhargava is the owner and founder of 5-hour ENERGY. He’s also giving away 99 percent of his fortune in an effort to try and save the world, one project at a time.”
Like the fire chief during the East Palestine train derailment, local leaders are ignorant scapegoats, while they have legitimate authority by way of popular mandate they are also easily intimated by the army of lawyers and badges of federal and state officials who can easily play the “supremacy” card at their will. It is absurd to imagine that while the DOD was gaming situations in a trailer in E. Palestine, Ohio the local fire chief solely made the choice to explode the toxic train cars.
The cowardice of modern bureaucrats should not be underestimated. While these are red states, government officials are usually conformists and centrists at best, since making concessions and kissing the hand the funds you is the name of the bureaucratic game. I criticize the modern right in my fentanyl writings as addicted to Marlboro’s, McDonalds, and porn; I don’t know why we should imagine these people as a mass are in any way superior to the average American. Many of these people love Commie Kamala, would steal from you, and curse you as much as anyone else anywhere else. I don’t wish to curse the dead but I do feel its valid that we need to accept the reality of our nation. We should cherish the myth of the agrarian and the rebel but to the point we delude ourselves. Hero’s are exception in this society. Asheville was undoubtedly a liberal sanctuary in a sea of conservatism but it also provided the benefits of liberalism such as a thriving local business community and real food and community.
Water filters and Drones and Bao Feng radios
https://www.epicwaterfilters.com/
Water bottles/filters such as by Epic are portable, affordable, refillable hundreds of times. Bottles create dependence while filters enable independence. Filters are lighter and more compact. Of course I would prefilter, boil, and even chemically treat it first but I would still prefer the filter. Even cheaper are laminated cards with instructions on bleach measurements to disinfect it.
Of course MMS2 (pool shock) is useful (Jim Humble). If you don’t know what I am talking about don’t mess around. This is probablly the most stable/ long lasting water purification prep.
These information cards which could include information on programming a 30 dollar bao feng radio to the local repeater.
This will save you an aneurysm on the baofeng:
Menu number 12- (T-DCS)
Menu number 13-(T-CTCS)
Meny number 25- (SFT-D)
Menu number 26- (offset)
(you have to be in frequency mode to store channels, you can’t overwrite existing channels you have to delete them first.)
The cards might remind people to seek out CB radios, family or business radios, and marine radios. They might include apps to download when information is available such as bluetooth messaging apps.
Laminated cards are cheap, portable, and scalable. They could be situation specific as they are so cheap to mass produce. Radios could be air dropped via billionaire funded drones. Not happening! Other than for PR I doubt we will see any meaningful action from these political pop-stars. Of course my audience will not ask why I don’t critize the left, it is beyond logical criticism at this point. Rebuild with equity; we know this is intentional discrimination against one group of people: white/male/ propertied/ Christians (who know American law is founded on Liberty).
My plan for donation is to skip the name brands like Samaritians Purse; while they may put boots on the ground they have 2 faces; This is not about that. I am measuring what I can do with what I have, without jeopardizing myself. I previously asked my priest if we are expected to give away all of our possessions and he advised me that we are only expected to tithe. I am going to assume that includes this situation also because hard rules seldom change. I like to study and think real hard and do something with my revelations. As of now my contribution will be Epic water filters and underclothing to the most obscure small time people I can track down. If I can’t find anything else I will ship to Bear Independent’s Grind Stone Ministries, but I’m sure I can do better. As I rule I don’t like giving to rich people, nothing personal but I’m sure he has the support he needs. I am sure everyone can use more aid but because I want my aid in the hands of locals suffering I want the most direct route to the private sector organizers on the ground or directly to the victims.
I listened to Bear Independent’s brief today and he was talking about how these volunteer operations usually go. He said at first there will be much fanfare and the first days everyone will be motivated but as time goes on and the glamour diminishes and celebrity photo-ops pass there will be few left doing the work. I never thought of this and I am sure he is correct. He is right that this will be a long term grind and he mentioned it because if you can’t come volunteer now it is fine to come later.
Most don’t realize that many injuries happen after these events when people are using chainsaws and as lack of rest and malnutrition weakens people. He’s mentioned before don’t come if you can’t take care of yourself; you shouldn’t be there using up the resources.
I’ve been thinking about my role in this and I don’t think it’s right for me to go, I am 10 hours away, not wealthy by any standard. I am actually trying my best to save up for my own goals. I have a job and pets. I say this because not only do I want to help but…
maybe moreso because I want to experience the hardship, to study human nature, or to test myself. When I looked inside and discovered those are significant drivers I decided those particular rewards don’t justify the risks and sacrifices I would make by being away from home. Other factors include my own safety, the reliability of my car, crime or theft upon me, gasoline costs and availability, loss of work, and risk of being away from home during a local emergency. This led me to question if my presence and the cost of my transport and time away would even be better than just sending money or resources shipped directly to those already in leadership positions there. As I sit from my own control center at home I can intake all this data and put this out, for what its worth.
As per Maslows Hierarchy of needs; no intellectual matters or poetics matters to those in need of water, food, and warmth and shelter. They don’t first need internet, especially at the cost of thousands of dollars. With a 30 dollar water filter and a cap full of bleach a blanket, a tarp and a plastic cup full of corn meal, and some liquid IV these people can live, the internet provides none of these needs.
This is a good place to remember Moses West’s atmospheric water generator. The military has this technology.
And a good place to bring up the unreliability of hollow fiber filters (life straws), which I believe include sawyer filters.
“Due to small filter surface, the hollow fibers clog after just a few centiliters (a few fluid ounces) of cloudy water with no more than 50 to 100 NTU...The back-flushing procedure is anything but simple and thorough. Colloids of various sizes become permanently lodged in the pores. They are also nearly impossible to dry properly. For storage they need to be disinfected with chemicals, but aggressive substances can damage the membrane. Most are not designed to be disinfected so they turn into virtual bioreactors.. hollow fibers are liable to break during use and cleaning. This creates a bypass for raw water, this kind of damage is invisible.”
I like charcoal but:
“When suspecting the presence of bacterial or algal toxins, repeated filtering with charcoal can increase the purification effect, but on its own, charcoal is not considered a reliable treatment method. Charcoal does not remove enough germs, or nitrogen compounds.. improvised carbon filters should not be used for more than 3 or 4 days. As it is fairly easy to produce the source material, it is advisable to make a new charcoal filter each day. Use charcoal as the last step to remove the chlorine taste; simply add a handful of pounded charcoal to a bottle of water and shake it vigorously for a few minutes. Let it settle and decant. Coal dust in the water is harmless.
Boiling:
Briefly boiling even contaminated water can always be considered a reliable treatment method. Even heating it to 180F kills practically all living cells. Disinfection (not sterilization) in bottling plants occurs at 158F. Heat resistant bacteria and spores, however, survive even being boiled for an hour. (But this shouldn’t be a concern.) But heating to boiling point is more than enough.
Iodine:
The most important advantage is surely its ubiquity: Whether in crystal form or as an antiseptic wound solution, it is available practically anywhere, even in rural disaster zones. It is very inexpensive, making it ideal for large volumes of water. In addition, its chemical structure is very stable- it does not spontaneously degrade like many chlorine compounds- and less harmful than potassium permanganate.
Unpleasant taste. Increased absorption can affect thyroid function. Getting the dosage right isn’t always easy, as its solubility in water is low and variable dependent on the temperature. The solution should be mixed at around 70F.
Regarding water stores, it is worth knowing that iodine evaporates when exposed to the air (its crystals sublime), which is why elemental iodine should always be kept covered with water in a sealed container. Laboratory screw cap jars with a scale printed on the side are ideally suited for this purpose. When storing iodine crystals in water, a saturated solution with .0003 grams of iodine per milliliter forms in the water (at room temperature), no matter how much liquid is added on top of the iodine crystals. This allows for a relatively accurate dosage: A dosage of 4 PPM is usually deemed to be sufficient for the disinfection of drinking ware, which basically means adding .004 grams of iodine to each liter of water, or around thirteen milliliters of the saturated parent solution. Accordingly, a metric ton of water can be disinfected with 4 grams of elemental iodine. In colder temperature iodine compounds react more slowly. While 25 minutes is sufficient at room temperature, the application time doubles with each drop of ten kelvin in temperature.
Tablets with fast dissolving iodine compounds are more expensive.
Taste can be neutralized with a carbon filer or vitamin c. Ascorbic acid stops its action so it should be used only before consumption.
This is all paraphrased from Joe Vogel’s A Field Guide to Clean Drinking Water. Which is the best book I have found on the matter (and I have several).
I would go with manufactured charcoal and ceramic filters if possible. I would first set up a water filter station, which includes charcoal and sand and a boil station and a bleach or iodine station. I would spread out with knowledge on how to make charcoal, this is teaching a man to fish, this is long term relief. Bottles are dependence. Bottles are temporary.
For my own experimentation I may try to prefilter with this micron fabric.
I originally found these to use for making a Diatmaceous Earth filter which is a bit more involved but I am sure they would work well for any prefilter. Spin-down filters are very common in the industry but require water pressure. Any water filter guy could make a descent setup from the scraps they have laying around. I would put together a team of swimming pool guys, plumbers, and even fish tank guys (fish tank filtration is mostly about removing urea from the water).
I don’t like to be arrogant because I know a lot of people are smarter than myself. But I can’t help but bang the drum when I don’t hear others broadcast simple solutions like mine. The difference is having the courage to leave your small platform and following through to action, most experts can’t think outside the box. It may be because they can’t even perceive a problem. Legitimate YouTube celebrities like SouthernPrepper1 or Bear Independent have in-depth lessons but I would be curious to know how many preppers or dissidents are willing to study instead of passively consume info-tainment. Fear-porn can become an addiction, just like drama. We look for any jolt or thrill to feel alive within our mediocre existence no matter how detrimental or stupid. Michael A Hoffman II (Revisionist History) has explained this phenomenon; we are all MK Ultra’d. Today we have leftists celebrating the death and destruction of on an entire region of our country.
Satellite phone-Tina on Mike Adams show didn’t even mention the fact that Broadcastify is broadcasting 2 local repeaters. Only on those repeaters did I hear the HF channels organizers are using 7232, 3923 (6:30PM), 3927 (7:45pm) and of course VHF simplex at 146.520 (calling frequency). While most people may not know what this means there is enough of a chance that it can do so much good that everyone should be repeating it.
repeater links at top
There are other options that those smarter than I can employ, especially if they were called upon or encouraged, such as meshtastic networks (915mhz) or creating mesh networks with directional wifi antennas. There are also Cellphone apps which utilize wifi or bluetooth to create off-grid networks. I don’t know more than that myself but I know that many do, and those people know it so well they can implement them with limited time and resources.Which again includes reminding people to uncover CB radios and marine radios and even to ask for them via donation. I bet there’s at least one in every backyard car pile down there!
“Another important thing to know is that the state of North Carolina has enabled the disaster roaming rule. This means anyone with any phone can connect to any available cellular provider provided your phone has the correct network capabilities (it probably does). This means Verizon customers can connect using AT&T or T-Mobile infrastructure to make calls and send messages.
“To use disaster roaming, you simply need to go into your phone's network settings and make sure roaming is enabled. Don't worry — it's not going to cost you anything and it might get you connected in a pinch.
“Expression is the opposite of depression.”
I am writing a commentary informed by all the news of the current disaster I can consume. I am writing for my mental health, and yours, some deeper thoughts we can take away from this (And because I love hard facts I include as much bare bones survival as possible). For my next project I want to write about our psychology as consumers of alternative media or rather victims of a corrupt state and society, write for those of us who can’t accept it... so we keep searching for another clue for how we can cope or at least survive through this time. I am not in the war zone now, other than living as just another dissenter under the US regime, but neither are we in Gaza getting bombs dropped on us nor are we starving and freezing without water trapped in pockets in the hurricane aftermath. Some of us have been through those things, but most of us haven’t. Yet I still view all of us as victims constantly yearning, hoping some discovery will provide peace of mind.
It should be no surprise for those of us who studied what happened in Lahania, HI that this could be a land grab. I wonder if the death toll is simply an added benefit for these pedophile luciferian Malthusian’s. Greg Reese, to his credit has already made popular their desire to install a lithium mine in Kings Mountain, North Carolina.
What I do no hear discussed often are the restrictions on rebuilding. Land trusts “to preserve the environment” are another way to ensure development is impossible. Yet, when multinationals want these land resources we will see how protected they really are! My area will see a Microsoft data center which will inevitably lead to a water battle the Laporte, IN in which the residents will lose.
Helene’s victims even if they can keep their land will not be allowed by the Regime to occupy it. They have no where to go, likely once they are removed from it now, they will not be allowed to return as was the case in HI. I have pleaded with my county commissioners to find a way to allow me to occupy my land without a septic tank. The State would force me under a bridge instead of leave me to camp on my land.
In 2019, about 60% of sewage sludge produced by treatment facilities will be spread on farmland and gardens, as well as schoolyards and lawns. But in fact the excrement from which sludge derives has mixed with any number of 80,000 manmade chemicals that are discharged from industry’s pipes or otherwise pumped into the sewer system. By the time the mix lands in treatment plants, it can teem with pharmaceuticals, hormones, pathogens, bacteria, viruses, protozoa and parasitic worms, as well as heavy metals like lead, cadmium, arsenic or mercury. It often includes PCBs, PFAS, dioxins, BPAs and dozens of other harmful substances ranging from flame retardants to hospital waste.In a scathing 2018 report, the EPA office of inspector general noted the agency couldn’t properly regulate biosolids, even if it sincerely tried, because “it lacked the data or risk assessment tools needed to make a determination on the safety of 352 pollutants found in biosolids”.Still, state governments continue to allow biosolids to be spread on farmland or sold in compost. In Michigan, an environmental official recently said the state won’t test for PFAS in milk because it doesn’t want to put farmers out of business.Don Dickerson, a farmer with land in Michigan and Ohio, told the Guardian biosolid dust from an adjacent field had coated his home and crops in the substance. Paul Wohlfarth, a resident of Riga Township, Michigan, said sludge is contaminating his well, and charged that biosolids from the state’s cities were “turning Riga Township into a waste dump”.The waste management industry treats sludge in several ways before labeling it fertilizer – air drying, pasteurization and composting are among common methods. Lime is employed to raise the pH level to eliminate odors, and about 95% of pathogens, viruses and other organisms are killed in the process. Biosolids: mix human waste with toxic chemicals, then spread on crops, Tom Perkins
This will be the same for them! The local commissioners (with power to make law) abdicate (like the cowards most Americans are) to the health department (bureaucrat paper pushers).
, i explained how increasing poverty will cause more homelessness and crime, I pointed them to this model as an example:
WOW!! The City of Oakland, California is now tiny home friendly. The Mayor and City Council yesterday approved a sweeping set of ordinances that permit movable tiny homes as not only accessory dwelling units (ADUs), but also as units that can be placed on a city lot by itself or with other units.
I sought out the local homeless person just this week. I wouldn’t have except she is a woman and my rule is not to help able-bodied men. I grilled her awhile and realized she was a bit off her rocker. It matters because she doesn’t seem employable. In fact she tried to bad mouth the local charity of which I know all the details about; I realized that if she couldn’t handle that organization then she simply couldn’t handle a real job. I also know a local drunk who lives in his dads house for free. I have thought about how I can put him to use in my community but I just can’t square that circle. Some people are beyond repair, some people aren’t worth the investment. They are humans, they contain divinity, they deserve love and mercy and maybe even a personal investment but when it comes to their future, their purpose, a plan for them to rise above their plight, I can’t save them.
These victims of Helene, some good and some bad, all Americans with the baggage that carries, now have no home to return to. Many will not only mourn their places and things but so many will mourn their loved ones. The death toll will be in the thousands and it seems like it will be unreported, memory-holed, like HI or the Paradise fire. These people living with the average American’s cognitive dissonance, now poorer and more resource-less, broken, many addicted and many more will add to their addictions to numb their losses, have no place to belong. I foresee financial institutions exploiting excuses to not refund their bank holdings, insurance refusing claims, with government regulations stone walling rebuilding efforts which will include evictions followed by condemnations and destruction of salvageable buildings. Without place they will have no community to belong, no ties, and no trust, no future, and no goals. They will not spend their time on intellectual pursuits until long after their basic needs are secured. They will not eat organic food or drink clean water because they will only have access to processed cans and plastic bottles. They will not have physical relief because they won’t have feather pillows and pillow top beds with lazy weekends for months if not years.
There must be a silver lining; and as far as I can tell some of that falls on us to learn from this.
Of course suffering brings us closer to God. But that doesn’t mean we can ignore these people. I live in the Midwest, 10 hours away, I was motivated to spend a week straight deconstructing the East Palestine train derailment because I felt their pain, I see myself in them, they couldn’t be closer to me. It is the same for these people. If it was Florida or Texas I might let it go but I can’t shake how near this is to me. I realize I can only sense the tip of the iceberg from the comfort of my living room, eating low carb organic deserts, taking hot showers. It should be mentioned here that there will be many long term health ramifications. Many people lost their prescription medicines but also their supplements, their gingers, turmerics, essential oils, and Epson salts they previously relied upon to augment their health. Maybe even their ivermectin supply, their battery backups, and their reference books.
Mold damage will become one the most dangerous culprits for chronic disease. Remediation is difficult and largely unknown. Bleach is not best for mold, it does not penetrate most surfaces (the water in bleach-water can feed mold), vinegar works, mixed with borox or dish soap. Bleach is highly toxic, dangerously reactive with everything, and will blind you. Air conditioners or at least dehumidifiers are mandatory to keep mold from growing. Vitamin C, preferably from a food source instead of ascorbic acid is the only cure for mold poisoning which has general symptoms as other diseases. All black mold is not black-mold.
At least messages are getting out about generator dangers; turn off your main breaker before you back-feed your house. People don’t realize Carbon Monoxide has a way of creeping into you home even if the generator is in the garage or well ventilated, you have to keep a distance from your house so the gas isn’t attracted into the air pressure foot-print of your home (the terminology is my own). Generator deaths are very common during these times. Also don’t fill your generator while it is hot, it can spill onto the exhaust and light your can on fire, another reason why experts prefer metal containers with screens (which are there for flashback).
During the pandemic I went to the nearest dollar store and stocked up on some low quality food fearing the stores would close for good. Fear, although at times irrational, drove a lot of our decisions during that time. I realized that I only exacerbating my problems with society by supporting those particular supply chains. I hate the multinational dollar store and I hate the GMO toxic food and the slave labor items they sell. I should have, with even greater intention, continued buying my organic products from less corrupt sources, as few as they are. Americans as a whole are very guilty of this, when I was a child my father ran out to buy harbor freight tools at the expense of domestic manufacturing, as did everyone who shops at Walmart (that is literally Walmart's business model). It is simply a race to the bottom as to who can exploit cheaper labor and exploit the cost of living across the world (Free-Trade). Many ex-pats rely on our cost of living and draw an average income out of our economy to live as kings overseas, this even includes living on Social Security. People hate migrants coming here yet they somehow ignore the fact that they are imposing their own sick American beings into other cultures. We are not legitamate political or economic refugees yet! But we are toxic-individual profit-seeking hedonists. They are running to Ecuador to live cheaper meanwhile genuine poor migrants are coming here to escape their poverty.
Do you realize who gets this charity money for water bottles or laundry soap? It’s the billionaire multinationals, they have established reservations to get the federal contracts. These toxic “food”-stuffs may be given to the hurricane victims... but the profits, the leverage, the value is given to Nestle, and Johnson and Johnson, etc. Look to prison commissary or school lunch contracts; Frito-Lay should not even be called food. None of this money is spend on local businesses, local manufacturers, local farmers. This spending can be used to rebuild but instead it is yet another way the regime embezzles money to it’s own. I accuse United Way, Feeding America, all of them. They all spend it on General Mills and Cargil. And their is no shortage of apologists, “these people would die if not for cheap food”, perhaps they will die because of cheap “food”. I include this to be conscientious when you, when the private sector, buys products for charity. Maybe it’s worth spending a little more to ensure these production jobs still exist for us and for them. And when you spend a little more you usually get a real product with real nutrition instead of toxic sludge with a American Heart Association badge and a Taylor Swift endorsement upon it.
The weakest of these victims will succumb to becoming sheltered. A true dissenter would rather freeze. Many shelters rely on state-aid making them total conformists. I presume the next news to break (only on alternative-media) will be requirements for Appalachians to adopt digital ID and bio-metric surveillance for State-aid which may include entry to shelter or perhaps even water. This is not a surprise for some of us. This was done in E Palestine.
I expect the state-shelters will operate like prisons. Breaking up families and imposing ridiculous check in and out times. Sadly much aid will be directed to these state run prison camps (which may or may not become mass extermination camps). I also foresee, very soon, a mass vaccination campaign that will prey upon the desperation of these victims with some sort of reward whether it be pastries or gift cards for accepting the bio-surveillance injections. This will be the philanthropy the Feds bring to the disaster. These people are vulnerable and without advocacy. What is happening to them right now? The stories won’t surface for some time, if at all.
I would like to point out that many in this region are poor and on “the draw”, on welfare. I expect many of these people lost their documents and will have difficulty getting their compensation, if for no other reason than admin issues.
Bears list of overlooked things to donate
27 gallon totes, Brute garbage cans and good trash bags
small bags of pet food, hay- for livestock, cots, tents, air mats, pop-up canopy’s, blankets, pillows, sheets, all/any batteries, flashlights, soap, shower, towels, work gloves, buddy heaters, hand warmers, respirators, chainsaw oil
Bears deployment list, what you should have in order to help Grindstone Ministries Inc:
• Every Day Carry & concealed carry permit (if applicable)
• Phones; CHARGED battery packs, charging cables, charging stations
• Wipes, toilet paper, hand sanitizer
• Minimum (1) full tank of fuel for POV in 5-gal cans or transfer tanks
• Rucksack w/ 7 days work clothing, toiletries, towel, EXTRA SOCKS
• Food & water to self-support for 7-10 days
• 2 PROGRAMMED UHF/VHF radios, chargers, batteries
• IFAK w/ TQ (recommend Refuge Medical) worn on body;rehydration salts
• 2 Pair sturdy footware (1 on to wear, 1 to dry out)
• Shower shoes, flip flops, slide etc. to wear at FOB
• Sleep Kit: cot, ground pad, air mattress, sleeping bag, pillow, wool blanket, etc.
• Notebook, pens, pencils, sharpies (recommend Write-in-Rain or similar)
• PPE: safety vest, eye pro, ear pro, sturdy gloves, hard hat
• Flashlight, and headlamp, and minimum 2 sets spare batteries
• OTC & prescription meds 7-10 days, as required
• Bible
• Swimwear (baptisms have been known to spontaneously occur)
• Handheld GPS, compass, maps
Specialty Equipment – If you know how to use it, bring it
• Chainsaws: mixed fuel, bar oil, spare chains, files, etc.
• Heavy Equipment: skidsteers, trackhoes, offroad forklifts
• Dump Trailers, Dump Trucks, 4x4 Pickups, Side-by-Sides, Box trucks, Flatbeds
• Mechanics tools, mobile shop/maintenance equipment, fluids
• SAR & Medical Equipment – IF PROPERLY TRAINED/CREDENTIALED
• Long-range communications & internet equipment
• Food preparation equipment & consumables (KOSHER)
• Recovery & rigging equipment – IF PROPERLY TRAINED/CREDENTIALED
• FOB assets: Fuel, Fuel transfer tanks & equipment, generators, light plants, shower & bath trailers, office trailers, camper trailers, logistics equipment, toiletries, consumables
• WATER. WATER. WATER.
My list
bikes, food storage containers, small bags for distribution, underclothes, plenty of rope (used for tents, and cutting trees, etc.)
Car camping:
casino, hotel parking, semi truck stop, McDonalds open 27/7 grocer, waffle house, Cabela's, Bass pro, laundry mats, parked at farm or job site to work, churches, cemeteries
dehydrated bean mix, potatoes, tea, instant coffee, ramen, oatmeal (free sugar or honey)
garden edible nature food forests purslane, sweet potato, good food that lasts, dry meat, eggs pickled, food preservation containers dehydrators, etc., spray can coconut oil/ avocado oil
coffee pot or hot water from business ,dehydrated bean mix, potatoes, tea, instant coffee, ramen, thermos and cup/bowl
healthy fats and protein and vegetables vs cheap garbage toxic food , those food banks often have expired candy bars and donuts by the ton
I will add my updates in the comments, consider donating large pots and buckets, bao fang radios, iodine tablets, as per my idea of a clean drinking water station camp stoves with correct propane fittings and quality large pots and pans (stainless steel) are necessary and so would be the finest strainers and colanders, perhaps line them with coffee filters or cheese cloth or wine mesh bags. disposable or reusable dishware also. colloidal silver probably wouldn't hurt to add to your water after filtration either.
NAC and quercetin as medicine, amazing grass for nutrition (Amazing Grass Greens Superfood Antioxidant: Greens Powder with Organic Spirulina, Beet Root Powder, Elderberry & Probiotics, Sweet Berry) berry is the best flavor, Sovereign Silver's colloidal silver gel for wounds, i am including affordable supplements so they can be shared widely.
I saw a comment about the cheap Chinese diesel heaters. They are complex machines with lots of parts and setup. They are imitations of very expensive and quality models but they themselves are not. Finding parts for them would also be near impossible as they are knock off imitations. I would stay away from those personally. The buddy heaters are the standards for price and availability and even safety. Wool or synthetic (fleece) blankets are even more scalable.
Apparently Glen Beck is one source of information claiming the FEMA or TEMA is confiscating donations, many have come out against his allegations.
I am both grateful and concerned that Bear Independent is closely working with TEMA, as he claims they are giving him control, he is telling his audience a donation to them is equal to himself. I am grateful because I do trust him to do the righteous work and reject politics, but am concerned because I don't know how long that can last, I expect that deal will go sour. I hope it doesn't.
This has been a good opportunity for us preppers to find new channels and new ideas for our preparedness strategies.
The real need is aerial. I have nothing to say about that, other than delivering items with drones. I found a comment on youtube i added at the end of the above article. Drones should drop radios, iodine and a filtration device (i bet an epic water filter bottle weights as little as 2 water bottles), and emergency blankets.
compass and whistle is necessary, nobody should go on a search trip without one. I have a great idea but I don't have a platform:, which is why Im posting in the comments of a lot of videos, that donations of old GPS's can be collected. a lot of them the internal battery doesn't work but they still work while they are plugged in unlike phones cell service causes no barrier. The downloadable maps don't matter what matters is that they still do work for navigation. I see them all the time at garage sales and thrift stores. They have what you need and you can hardwire them to any battery with little effort with a pigtail from battery terminals to a female car adapter.
Long extension cords are a great idea as generators are widely in use. don't forget about all types of soap. boots are expensive and personal but socks are not. socks and underwear and cheap and universal. I prefer synthetic materials, remember all synthetic materials are great except near fire. I highly recommend scrub pants, they dry fast and are strong and lightweight so a great winter underlayer, fleece is also amazing for warmth, cost, and weight.
Boots on the ground are asking for chainsaws and all related equipment including oil. Don't forget safety gear! While expensive, it may do the most good as there is far more ground support.
Another comment was about hard candy for normalcy and children, it does in fact help with dehydration. Speaking of dehydration the leading cause of death because of water bourne sickness is dehydration. Diarrhea and vomit cause a loss of electolytes to the body., which must be replaced immediately. Gatorade is overrated,i would instead buy Pedialyte. Liquid IV is expensive but useful. I would also chose coconut water, add honey to water, add pinch of sea salt to water, (sea salt doesn’t contain iodine, celtic salt contains magnesium, I add nu-salt (potassium chloride). Bee Keepers have stock piles of honey, honey is as dense a useful survival tool (for first aid as well) if their ever was one. There should be a call for small packaged honey. Look into products such as Ceralyte, https://normalyte.com/, hydralyte, drip drop, kinderlyte
(my argument and data against synthetic vitamins will have to wait!)
I will be writing and uploading a detailed paper all about water shortly.
Even if a stranded victim cannot reach others with a CB radio, amplified broadcasts can be made so that they can receive messages. I will also try to send word the repeater operators, but they are swamped, to say the details of their repeater (tone, offset) often because many are listening online but should know the Transmission Xfrequency if they are in the area in case of internet outages and so they can talk back. Of course FCC wattage rules raise a barrier but citizens have been using linear amps on CB for all time.
I saw marking tape and sharpie on a list, great idea if your lost or trying not to get lost.
carbon monoxide detectors for generators, but im not too invested in generators as a solution, it is still a dependence. i would charge batteries for low power devices and use power for any water filter devices. yes freezers and fridges but that will only last so long anyway, if you have a freezer full of food you aren't going to starve anytime soon. if you can get gas, you can get food. Rescuers need extra energy for tools and their own comforts sure but for bugging-in you shouldn't need to much besides warmth and water and hopefully you have comms so you are on the list to be rescued. I hope i can reach some important people with my perspective. We should all be honing our abilities right now.
I think the donations of old GPS is a valuable idea combined with off-grid cell phone apps.
I looked up the cost of starlink, about 300+ dollars, while fees may be waved now they also create dependence on a subscription and are not easily compact.
If its very necessary is arguable. "Network Assurance Engineers and Verizon Remote pilots Mark Bluteau and Dusty Kelley were deployed in Asheville, North Carolina, Tethered drones provide cellular and data coverage and in this caseWe’re automatically waiving domestic call, text, and data usage for postpaid consumer, small business and Verizon Prepaid customers impacted by the storm in parts of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina."
A new GPS, without communication ability and without a need for subscription, is Garmin 010-00970-00 eTrex 10 Worldwide Handheld GPS Navigator$ 139.90
I am against satellite phones because they require a subscription, not only are they themselves expensive so is the subscription (same for starlink). I am disheartened that those who promote them don't also vocallize free alternatives. vhf radio's are undoubtedly the main tool being used are not hindered by a few trees overhead.
https://youtu.be/BJJ35IFkbpg