FFF mentioned this interesting forum thread: Going Off Grid in East Tennessee
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From our volunteer Economic Editor: Disheartened Wall Street Plunges For Third Straight Session — Paulson Says Troubled Assets Will Not Be Purchased — Best Buy (US #1 Consumer Electronics Co) Slashes Forecast Due To Consumer Slowdown — Bailout Already $3.5 Trillion; Expected To Get Much Bigger — Citigroup Freezes US Home Repossessions — Fannie, Freddie Ease US Mortgage Payments — Oil Falls To 20-Month Low — Dow Could Reach 5,000 By January 2009 — Gloom Commentator Gerald Celente Predicts Revolution — Possible Gun Ban/Increase Tax Creates Panic — Yellowstone Ski Resort For Super-Rich Files For Bankruptcy — Uncle Sam’s Credit Line Running Out? — US Unveils Mortgage Plan
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Tim K. suggested this: Unemployment by industry: Brace for Impact
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Howard in Wales been compiling a preparedness “manual” based on the US television series Jericho.