First, let me state up front that I am merely an “enlightened amateur” as far as anything survival goes. So please vet and check on your own. Consider these to be priming the pump for your own investigations.
Preppers
Survival Sunday
As I noted in my last Quick Takes, this prepper/survival section seems to be growing, so rather than let it come to dominate I’m starting this separate post.
Quick Takes – A Hat Trick + One
1. Shortages.
I was at the grocery store and I overheard three of the senior people – decades of experience – talking about how it’s harder to get items to stock on the shelves. I mentioned that to some of the stock clerks whom I have gotten to know and they concur: they’re having to get creative to keep shelves visually full.
The Movie Contagion
For those interested in disaster preparedness there are numerous lessons throughout the movie “Contagion.” Many miss the movies’ intent if they only watch it once. (I’ve watched it several times). It teaches more about the ramifications of a viral pandemic than any other movie in the genre, yet it has some major facts omitted or misrepresented.