OT: Countdown: Three Weeks to Chaos

[CA renter]

Just to add some more fun stuff to this topic, a couple of updates. We know a number of people in “emergency services” in California. Over the years, I’ve asked that they report any unusual trends, espeically as it might relate to war or some type of civil “event” in the U.S. In particular, would like to know about hazardous material drills, changes in crowd control, big shifts in standard operating procedures as it relates to how emergency service workers handle certain types of situations, etc. Recently, there are some interesting developments that might be worth sharing here:

1. They have been ramping up the “mass casualty incident” drills; having them maybe 3-5 times more often than usual this past year. These are the drills where they enact a scene from various accidents, often dealing with hazardous materials, containment, crowd control, patient triage, etc. In addition to having more of these, they seem to be focusing on contamination issues.

2. The “triage tags” have been changed, and now there is a default for “contaminated” that needs to be ripped off the tag if someone is NOT contaminated. IOW, the tags assume all patients are “contaminated” until they are cleared.

wiki on triage tags:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triage_tag

3. They are having the largest-ever, statewide “earthquake” drill in November. This may be totally benign and truly related to earthquakes; then again, it may not. They emphasize what things will be like **after** the quake, and how emergency service workers will be stretched thin, and people will be “on their own”. They are stressing earthquake preparedness, including adequate supply of water, food, medical supplies, etc.

http://www.shakeout.org/

Just throwing this out there. Along with those coffins (previous thread with youtube in Georgia?) and all, it’s just “interesting”.

[nostradamus]

Interesting. Nothing would surprise me. I wonder what kinds of things we would be contaminated with. Biological contaminants or (yikes) radioactive?

Isn’t one of our posters (lindismith?) in the production of body bags? Are sales increasing?

Also interesting to note that while most retail sales are down, gun sales are up. I was in the discount gun mart (on Morena) and they were packed. The owner told me he’s never seen it like this!

[nostradamus]

Interesting. Nothing would surprise me. I wonder what kinds of things we would be contaminated with. Biological contaminants or (yikes) radioactive?

Isn’t one of our posters (lindismith?) in the production of body bags? Are sales increasing?

Also interesting to note that while most retail sales are down, gun sales are up. I was in the discount gun mart (on Morena) and they were packed. The owner told me he’s never seen it like this!

[nostradamus]

Interesting. Nothing would surprise me. I wonder what kinds of things we would be contaminated with. Biological contaminants or (yikes) radioactive?

Isn’t one of our posters (lindismith?) in the production of body bags? Are sales increasing?

Also interesting to note that while most retail sales are down, gun sales are up. I was in the discount gun mart (on Morena) and they were packed. The owner told me he’s never seen it like this!

[nostradamus]

Interesting. Nothing would surprise me. I wonder what kinds of things we would be contaminated with. Biological contaminants or (yikes) radioactive?

Isn’t one of our posters (lindismith?) in the production of body bags? Are sales increasing?

Also interesting to note that while most retail sales are down, gun sales are up. I was in the discount gun mart (on Morena) and they were packed. The owner told me he’s never seen it like this!

[nostradamus]

Interesting. Nothing would surprise me. I wonder what kinds of things we would be contaminated with. Biological contaminants or (yikes) radioactive?

Isn’t one of our posters (lindismith?) in the production of body bags? Are sales increasing?

Also interesting to note that while most retail sales are down, gun sales are up. I was in the discount gun mart (on Morena) and they were packed. The owner told me he’s never seen it like this!

[gandalf]

Yeah, I went to the range last week and the retail area was packed, middle of the day.

[gandalf]

Yeah, I went to the range last week and the retail area was packed, middle of the day.

[gandalf]

Yeah, I went to the range last week and the retail area was packed, middle of the day.

[gandalf]

Yeah, I went to the range last week and the retail area was packed, middle of the day.

[gandalf]

Yeah, I went to the range last week and the retail area was packed, middle of the day.

[partypup]

Indeed, you do sound extremely prepared, Nost. I tip my hat to you. The pretty metals are not meant to be held indefinitely; only to be used to accumulate *real* things like a productive farm or acreage for bargain prices when the currency collapses. There will most definitely come a time when even metal will become valueless.

BTW, what’s a “peace maker”? A gun? 😉

[partypup]

Indeed, you do sound extremely prepared, Nost. I tip my hat to you. The pretty metals are not meant to be held indefinitely; only to be used to accumulate *real* things like a productive farm or acreage for bargain prices when the currency collapses. There will most definitely come a time when even metal will become valueless.

BTW, what’s a “peace maker”? A gun? 😉

[partypup]

Indeed, you do sound extremely prepared, Nost. I tip my hat to you. The pretty metals are not meant to be held indefinitely; only to be used to accumulate *real* things like a productive farm or acreage for bargain prices when the currency collapses. There will most definitely come a time when even metal will become valueless.

BTW, what’s a “peace maker”? A gun? 😉

[partypup]

Indeed, you do sound extremely prepared, Nost. I tip my hat to you. The pretty metals are not meant to be held indefinitely; only to be used to accumulate *real* things like a productive farm or acreage for bargain prices when the currency collapses. There will most definitely come a time when even metal will become valueless.

BTW, what’s a “peace maker”? A gun? 😉

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