I answer my Friend LOIS about finding a port in a storm

IF you thought perhaps I was a bit rough in the last update with charts and graphs of our current economic situation, we are on a ragged edge. EVEN the government is starting to come to grips with it all. IT'S OVER. I still can't comprehend why the Market doesn't see this. Unless it's any port in a storm, even an insecure port.

Bernanke to Congress: We're Much Closer to Total Destruction Than You Think

Official Congressional budget estimates understate the peril of rising debt, Fed chair Ben Bernanke told the Budget Committee on Capitol Hill today.

Ok so what do we do about it Gene, Lois

My Answer:

Lois, I will try to answer you, but it's not easy. There is no QUICK FIX.
No, buy land, they ain't makin any more.
No, Store up a year of food...won't work.
No, buy gold, hoard silver, or any such things.
No, go long stocks, or short commodities.
No, store up lots and lots of money, money will quickly become worthless.

Assets will be valuable for trade, but only the right assets and that is a bet. Best to first get the assets you will need to make it thru. If you want to really comprehend what a modern culture in collapse will look like, you only have to read about the Argentine collapses of the last 30 years to understand. There are lessons from that. If you google financial collapse and social collapse in Argentina you will see. We think we could never go there again. It's an illusion. I was there and saw it.

There is no quick fix. This is a disease that we will all endure. Don't be fatalistic about it. Don't be pessimistic about it. Don't be optimistic with faith in faith that will somehow deliver you from it. AND mostly, don't look to a Rapture to get you out of this. It's not coming soon, HE IS, but soon is in the eye of the beholder. He may be coming sooner for me than you.

At the end of what I wrote a few days ago was a touch on what to do at the end. You can read it here:

Since this will happen. You could move to some other country to escape, but you know where you live now and that might be best. Make friends, lots of friends. Get connected in a community. Find people you care about and who care for you. Learn to do something you can sell or trade when it gets hard. You will need it. Learn to grow food. All food. Meat and vegetables. Use them to trade.

Own a gun. Maybe a few guns. Learn to shoot well. Not just for defense but to find food when you will need to. Have plenty of ammo.

Imagine what life would be like without any electricity, petroleum or telephone for a year or more. Comport your life to go there now. You don't have to, but learn to. How would you stay warm in winter and cool in summer? How would you cook? How would you store food? Learn to can. To dry meat. To dry fruit. Invest in some survival books from the bookstore. There are several good ones. I have them.

Own some good tools including metal files, shovels and a couple axes. You will need them to repair things that break when the world breaks down. You might be able to trade skill for provisions.

Learn to be safe. Cover your windows with steel grid if you must. Bar your door at night if you need to. Watch out for each other all around you, but be safe. It will be more difficult.

It will be 1800 again for a few years. You can make it thru this. We all will if we prepare. Many will rove and rage against this and crime will be rampant. You may be attacked. That's why having neighbors and friends will be important. And having a gun.

Be certain to figure out how you would find good drinkable clean water year round. Being clean is not as important as being able to drink and cook. Come up with a plan. There may not be stores in that time. So plan accordingly.

Connect WELL to a LOCAL faith community. You will need it.

I don't want you to think that I believe it will get this bad for sure, but if the wheels really come off and we really go into catastrophe, it could. Look at countries around the world. It's bad. It's happening there. It could happen here.

I just want you to be prepared if it comes. Remember, during the roaring twenties, many got refrigeration, indoor toilets, running water, telephones, radio, automobiles, airplanes. Jobs were plentiful. Happy Days....then when hard times hit, people had to learned to live like it was 1800 all over again. My grandparents in the 30s did not have electricity, no running water, no phone (had to go to the neighbors) grew or traded for their food and only drove the car (they did have a car) once a week. Watch the movie, Cinderella Man. It will be much like that.

Blessings. It will be hard, but in the end, only one things matters, Jesus IS LORD. If you trust him you will come THRU this. COME THRU is the key to understanding, not come out.

I hope it never happens, but if it should....TRUST HIM.

That is a Promise.