Day: September 21, 2009

Letter Re: Will Junk Silver Be Accepted for Barter, Post-Collapse?

I have been reading your blog for quite some time now and I have a different outlook that I would like for you to comment on if you would be so kind. I have seen multiple references to pre-1965 coins being good for barter in a post-SHTF environment, but I do not follow this reasoning. I live in Dallas Texas, and frequently converse with other like minded people about survival preparation and the world climate and, until I told them about the high melt value of pre-1965 coins, they had no idea it was greater than the face value. It …


Letter Re: Storage Food Cookbooks

Hello James; I was just today shopping at the good ol value village and saw this book called Cooking With Stored Foods by Carlene Tejada and Carroll Latham. It contains great tips on storing foods and cooking stored foods. It lists also the shelf life of stored foods and there are diagrams for gravity fed can storage systems. I got it for ninety nine cents but your readers can find it on amazon.com for as little as $0.67 [plus postage]. God bless and many prayers for the loss of your Memsahib – Eric L JWR Replies: Thanks for that recommendation. …


Letter Re: Advice for a Post-Thyroidectomy — Potassium Iodide?

Mr. Rawles, I have read your blog for awhile, I would like to know if you about the following: I was diagnosed with Graves Disease over two years ago. They cured the Graves Disease and the way that was done was to completely remove my thyroid gland, If the main concern with radiation is thyroid cancer, without a thyroid what would radiation do are what organ would it damage the most. I would like to also know if there would be any need for myself to take Potassium Iodide (KI). JWR Replies: There would be no need for you to …


Influenza Pandemic Update:

From Heather H.: Hand Washing No Defense Against Swine Flu FDA Approves Vaccines for Swine Flu (But there are lots of doubts about the safety of the vaccine. Do some research before taking the jab!) H1N1 Brings Early Flu Season to Colleges, Public Schools Canada anger at ‘flu body bags’ Canada’s health minister orders an inquiry after body bags are sent to aboriginal communities as part of swine flu preparations.


Economics and Investing:

Greg sent us this: FDIC Considers Borrowing From Treasury to Shore Up Deposit Insurance Chaz liked this one: The U.S. Balance Sheet: Households See Net Worth Down by $12 Trillion Since Peak and Total Debt Floating in the Market of $33 Trillion Items from The Economatrix: Housing, Jobless Data Point to a Slow Economic Recovery Stocks Zigzag After Rally as Jobless Claims Dip FedEx First Quarter Profits Fall, Sees Improving Economy Oil Edges Higher on Hints of Economic Improvement Paul’s “Audit The Fed” Bill One Co-Sponsor Away from Being Veto Proof A Deluded G-20 Odds ‘n Sods: Federal Judge Rules …