The Novice And The Expert- Part 3, by Old Bobbert

Yesterday, we took a look at what we’d need to do first in the event of an EMP and just barely began to look at the possibility of a tsunami or serious flood across the U.S. East Coast, causing complete evacuation and shut down. We’ll continue today to look at this incident and others that might happen.

East Coast Tsunami (continued)

In the event that the New York City financial service system shuts down, for any reason, that singular event will shut down the entire world banking system. Awe, shucks! And this will happen while the system is correcting itself with more of what has caused the problems in the first place. They are working to borrow the money needed to pay interest and to get out of debt currently. As I read history, isn’t that called an illegal “ponsi scheme”? Yes, it is! This is a very real near future reality event.

In the event that Washington D.C. shuts down, happy days are here again, right? No! Wait! That didn’t work the first time. Well, awe shucks. If NYC and/or Washington were to stop functioning, would my social security check have been deposited? That would be a very real SHTF incident especially if it happened without warning.

On that day that the warning comes, regardless of where you live, empty your bank account and buy what you need with your visa. If we lose the East Coast, we lose everything and every everyone there. Our debt-ridden, fiat money-based, digital society will fail, and it will fail world wide.

New Madrid Fault Line

Okay, it’s now time for #5—the mid-America major quake. We are at the here-to-for unknown “New Madrid Fault Line”. The last time it was awakened was in 1859, and it caused the Mississippi River to run backwards for days. It’s noteworthy that in the predicted damage area of the fault is that 50-mile section of the Mississippi River where 90+% of all of the Texas natural gas being piped to the eastern USA crosses the river. Awe shucks, not another mess! Google it: “New Madrid Fault”.

Los Angeles Fault Lines

We’re moving on to #6—the infamous Los Angles fault lines area, which is little known. However, it really sits there being nice and planning how to wash millions of people out to sea or down them in the Earth’s new pits– crevices where there had been buildings that morning. Check it out for yourself.

On July 3, 2017, I googled “fault line in southern California”. If you do the same, you will then see for yourself the following header: “Fault Line Between LA and San Diego Could Set Off a 7.4 Quake, Scientists Say” from The Orange County Register.

If you are not near that area when this does finally happen, then you will still have a few hours to get your stuff together and prepare to hunker down and wait out the unintended consequences of late preparation. The entire country will be glued to their favorite TV news channel and thinking how glad they are it’s not them.

You will be able to survive. Move fast and don’t get too upset with family and friends. As you get ready for the evening reports of the financial and transportation systemic collapse, you can teach friends and family through your example. Use your cell phone to enlist family and friends to help themselves and you. Do not bother to beg them to be smart. Just give sound advice. This will enable you to not stress over them and to concentrate your efforts to help those who chose to listen to you and to think for themselves. Yes, we do have an obligation to try to enlighten others, where that is possible.

Oregon De Fuca Plate

Okay, we are on #7, which is Oregon. So what is this critical incident about? This is another natural disaster event risk we all need to be aware of and use as guides in our preparedness decisions.

Go to your Internet search engine and type the following words in the search panel but be exact: Juan de Fuca plate. Be exact with the four sets of letters. This will take you to a series of information websites. I liked this one on top that begins “the Juan de Fuca Plate is a tectonic plate…”. It goes on to say that it “is subducting under the northerly portion … at the Cascadia subduction zone”. Now, you thought I was going to do it all for you. Yes, you can do this short easy research effort.

Okay, everything we have covered so far fits perfectly into #7.

Bad Remnants of Katrina

We’er getting near the end, so let’s move on to #8, which has to do with attitude of people in Hurricane Katrina. Katrina, Katrina, Katrina. I was sick of hearing that piece of terrible news about the bad and lazy people in the stadium. I wanted to read and hear about the many thousands of people who opened their homes, their food pantries, and their wallets to help the hundreds of thousands of folks who lost everything to the ravages of the storm.

Moving on to the bitter truths, when you live below the low water level in the gulf or some other potentially dangerous location, consider moving before it is too late. If not, then you are asking for a flooded home or a real disaster. Sooner or later, a Katrina-level storm was bound to happen, and it did. But there was some short time of warning in advance to pack up some stuff and move to the high ground. Many did just that. They were safe. They lost a lot of stuff, but they were safe, because they were prudent and had looked ahead and made evacuation plans well in advance.

That was the best possible response to the bad weather reports and serious warnings. That exact procedure always applies to all of us, all the time. This is true regardless of our zip codes, finances, job situations, or family concerns and especially without concerns with the opinions of others. When you can look up and see the problem on the horizon, run. Run right then. Grab your prepacked “go” bag, get in the truck or car and get out. When you can’t fix the problem, don’t play with it. Leave it.

What I’ve Survived

Okay, we are almost there. You have survived a lot of words already. As a finishing touch, let me share with you just a few of these events that I have endured. Yes, I‘m speaking from personal experience.

Active Volcano/Lava Guard

At age 17, I was in the army 25th Inf Div and stationed in Wahiawa, Oahu, Hawaii but not as a tourist. On the big island, in 1959, I walked a guard post with a rifle less any ammunition near the perimeter of the Kilauea volcano. My responsibility was to keep the real tourists from falling into the hot stuff a few hundred feet below. But it was beautiful to this teenage soldier.

Tornadoes

I watched directly above our home in Ohio when the tornado funnel passed overhead, twice in one year. The year 1976 was exciting. Just a few years later, our middle son was on his honeymoon when another funnel hit the roof of his house in southern Indiana. We waited to tell them until we met their return flight.

Flash Flood

When I was still a teen at home, we lived through a serious flash flood that had a current and wind so strong it rolled up the grass sod in the rear of our house, on a quiet suburban Saturday afternoon. Okay, I’ll get back to our real world.

The Big Yellowstone Volcano

Our incident #9 is the the big, big, big, volcano that is usually referred to as “Yellowstone National Park” or at least a remote section of the park. There is a strip of land measuring at about 10 x 3 miles where the earth’s temperature, about four feet deep, tests out at well over 100 degrees constantly. I’ve not been there myself, but friends have been. They say it is still beautiful, just dangerous.

We have all seen or heard of “Old Faithful”, which is the spurting steam geyser at Yellowstone Park. Most of us never worry about the fact that the roaring steam is being produced by the underground water being heated enough to force it up and out by the tremendous temperature of the molten liquid rocks down below the water table. Yes, sir, they’re hot rocks indeed. Yes, it has been hundreds of thousands of years since the last eruption, and I know it is long overdue, so they say. Who knows when it will go active again. Yes, there are new and recent ground openings.

So, where are we right now on the topic of the supervolcano. See below this week’s (07/03/2017) real time news from Google. It is so simple. I just typed in: “Yellowstone Volcano”. Four days prior there was news from ScienceAlert that read: “Yellowstone has had a turbulent June. In just two weeks the supervolcano that lies underneath the national park was hit with 878 earthquakes.”

Verify and confirm everything in this piece for yourself. You need and deserve full and accurate information on which to base your decisions. A prepper newbie can almost instantly make himself or herself fully aware of probable SHTF incidents.

Other Incidents

When incidents occur, very quickly develop and enforce strict toilet usage and flushing rules to save water and to maintain good health. Also, control any children in your immediate group. These are just the beginnings.

I know I had better stop now. Thanks for your attention.

Good luck, and God bless.

See Also:

• The Novice And The Expert- Part 1, by Old Bobbert
• The Novice And The Expert- Part 2, by Old Bobbert

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