Are you prepared to take care of yourself during a deadly pandemic? Covid19 has a low death rate, but there could be a virus in the future with a high death rate. And I can assure you there will be no essential workers to serve you when that happens. It will be every man and woman for themselves.
So I ask you again. Are you prepared to take care of yourself? Have you stored water, food, medical supplies? Do you have an alternative shelter plan should you lose your home?
The government will not be able to take care of everyone during a disaster of that nature. And the truth is, it is not the government’s job to do so. You are responsible for yourself. And why should anyone help you if you have not taken the time to help yourself by being prepared?
Today there are hundreds if not thousands of people who have chosen to live out of their vehicles. Some by choice others out of necessity. Could you do the same if the situation called for it?
In the video below, Sensible Prepper gives some tips for doing that very thing.
Underground shelters are seen by many as a place for crazies to hide, but the truth is, a bunker or safe room is one of the best investments you can make. Think tornado, civil unrest, food storage, or for me as a kid, a place to camp out with my friends, only rising to the surface at midnight to sneak around the neighborhood. Now that I think about it, we were the crazies.
When I hear the experts talk about Yellowstone and they make a prediction saying it will probably not blow for another so many years or so. I have to laugh at the arrogance of man. There is no doubt, in my mind, that on the day before it does explode, someone will have said, “We’re good, it won’t blow for another 900 years.”
Without our constitutional republic, which protects the rights of the individual, we would have nothing more than a democracy, with mobs fighting back and forth for political power until there was only one individual left.
A bee flew to a flower for its nectar. Landing, he asked, “Where are the others?” “They have all died. I am the only one left. Where are the bees?” “They have died also. I am the only one left.” “What happened?” “The snake said the flowers were using us, so we stayed away.” “The snake told us the bees were stealing our nectar, so we hid from them.” “We should have never listened; we needed each other to survive.” As the flower wilted, the bee fell to the ground beside her. And the snake slithered by.
Today there are large numbers of people frozen in fear as their lives crumble around them. They justify their anxiety by saying, “The government said to be safe, I should stay home.”
Well, there is a problem with that advice. You will not have a home to stay in if you continue to listen to them.
Yes, there are dangers out there, but there is a larger danger waiting for you if you don’t regain control over your life. You have to accept certain levels of risk, or you will die. Think about it, if people were not out there taking risk, those hiding in fear would not be able to stay home in the first place.
Can you imagine where we would be today if our ancestors hid from every fear they faced? It was their bravery that made this country great. It is ours that will keep it great, and our kids who will continue to move on in the face of fear. We are not a country of cowards. At least I hope not, but I will admit, sometimes it looks that way.
Hello Everyone, I thought you might like to see some of the locations I used for inspiration while writing “Every Yard Is A Grave.”
The first image below is Fred’s General Mercantile in Beech Mountain, NC. It is known as Ted’s in the Book. “Buzz buzz buzz.”
You can even stay in their Guest Quarters.
This is an image of the kids sledding hill where Tyler found Sarah’s bike. If you ever visit Beech Mountain when snow is on the ground, you can hear the laughter as kids slide down the hill.
This is one of the curves Tyler rode down to get to Banner Elk, NC. “Damn flying monkeys.” It would be one hell of a ride if your brakes went out.
The Chalet Rental building is were the Bridges were hiding. It is next to the Police Station. “Why didn’t you just go out and talk to them Tom?”
The Police Station is where Anna found a new flag. Roy Snyder is the Police Chief in the book and Sarah is his daughter.
This is a view of Buckeye Lake looking down from the recreation center. Tom and his son John fished there. “Sunlight — we took it for granted every day, didn’t we dad.”
This is the old dirt road that ran behind Tyler’s house. It is at the end of Bear Paw Path, but I did not use any of the homes there. I created a house with a bigger yard and front porch, with a mailbox by the driveway, so readers would know where certain characters were standing during the dialogue that took place there.
This is the Beech Mountain Fire Department where Tyler and his friend Matt volunteered.
The Cemetery did not exist, but I imagined it here across from town. In the book, I made the land as high as the mountain you see so Anna could look down on it with its slopes in the background frozen in time.
The road to the left of the Emerald Mountain sign you pass just outside of town does not lead to the old Land of OZ theme park, but I used it in the story as if it did. They still open the park in the fall for hardcore fans. When it first opened, my mom and dad took our family there, and I will never forget being in Dorothy’s house as the tornado swept us away into the Land of OZ.
Well, that’s all the photos I took, but who needs them. Reading allows you to create your own world.
I found this video on Youtube tonight and thought some of you might like it.
Although supervolcanoes might occur infrequently, they are by no means insignificant. The aftermath of the eruption of Mount Toba pushed humanity to the brink of extinction, roughly 71,000 years ago.
When an extreme magnitude of volcanic materials are ejected into the atmosphere, sunlight can’t reach the Earth’s surface – making global starvation a very real threat.
Experts estimate that, following the Mount Toba supervolcano eruption, global surface temperatures might have dropped as much as 59 degrees Fahrenheit for roughly 1,000 years. Fortunately, there are steps we can take to prepare the human race for the looming threat of supervolcanoes.
Timothy French 