For Wandy Rayne

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Jack booted hackers took over and changed the title...put on your mind ray blocking hats!

I guess HE (and Ron Paul) was right all along!

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

Terrible, scary events have always been on the "distant horizon" ... And somehow it seems the country always manages to maneuver its way out of inherent disaster over and over, from the threat of nuclear war, to a terrorist attack to imminent chaos with some natural disaster or national catastrophe...

Yet, even as we see natural disasters that hit such as earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes etc... it is always a good idea to have extra food/water/supplies on hand in case of such an event.

Most important of all, our trust should be in the Lord For part of the prayer He prayed was "Give us this day our daily bread" That's not much. Yet that was how our Lord lived, and the apostles who carried on after Christ's death.

If we have our daily bread, indeed we are blessed! And should we be blessed enough to store up enough daily bread for several weeks or even months, then so be it... But our trust for provision must always remain in the Lord Jesus, no matter how great our own personal preparations are.

Truth be told, if there are nuclear missiles being lobbed at us, my wife and I will go outside to watch the light show. It would be far easier to die in a nuclear explosion than to go a month+ without food. The only thing were preparing for is massive civil and economic unrest, along with any local disaster.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by ILG

Do you feel that your father's "prepping" affected your life or his in a negative way?

Not at all. I really never noticed it until I was in High School, and took the time to ask what the deal was with the grocery store, and arsenal down stairs in the basement? A matter fact, the old man was pretty serious about those who had a chicken little sort of outlook on life, and said that in everything balance was monumental in preparedness. He would of pointed at you as a "mild prepper" and said you were sanely balanced, and if anything went down you would do alright, and if anything didn't go down you wouldn't be disappointed. After he died I wondered about what he thought after keeping the place stocked as he did, and kinda imagine he wasn't disappointed that he never had to survive on his stock or have to kill the neighbors when they were beating down the door.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

Terrible, scary events have always been on the "distant horizon" ... And somehow it seems the country always manages to maneuver its way out of inherent disaster over and over, from the threat of nuclear war, to a terrorist attack to imminent chaos with some natural disaster or national catastrophe...

Yet, even as we see natural disasters that hit such as earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes etc... it is always a good idea to have extra food/water/supplies on hand in case of such an event.

Most important of all, our trust should be in the Lord For part of the prayer He prayed was "Give us this day our daily bread" That's not much. Yet that was how our Lord lived, and the apostles who carried on after Christ's death.

If we have our daily bread, indeed we are blessed! And should we be blessed enough to store up enough daily bread for several weeks or even months, then so be it... But our trust for provision must always remain in the Lord Jesus, no matter how great our own personal preparations are.

[AreYouReady?]

Thank you Bro. Benincasa for all the little neat pics and animations you post.

I love them! (and keep them) LOL!

[RandyWayne]

For the two or three here who have ever watched an episode of Doomsday Preppers, here is Southerprepper1 going through how he does the final score at the end of each segment.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

Gee, a guy decides to stock up on a few months of food and suddenly he's delusional.

Did I say you're delusional?

No, you are more like Doctor Bill on that old episode of the Twilight Zone who built a Bomb Shelter, and had all his neighbors beat down the door of the Shelter, only to find out that the air raid warning was a false alarm.

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

Just look at at the contortions and diatribe YOU have to go through to justify your not doing anything.

Brother Wandy, I live in a city, and if economic civil unrest hit here in Broward County Florida, I wouldn't make it to the county line. You see, while you are in the middle of the painted desert and can hold up like the Road Warrior, I would have to do an escape from New York scenario, with the wife and children. I've been down here while a hurricane left us without power for 3 weeks, no gasoline, I was the only house with electricity, because we were prepared for everything we would need in advanced, and knew we could wait out a 3 weeks worth of damage, and repair.

But others weren't as fortunate, and a lot of people were pretty hostile when the supermarkets closed their doors, and food wasn't delivered, and lines became too long. Let's amplify that with a Day After scenario, and all moving parts stand still, you could imagine a city population going out of their minds with every man for themselves, I live in the heart of Fort Lauderdale, centrally located in the middle of population, with the prison right up the road, so if anything went Armageddonly wrong, you know those prisoners would be let loose. So, what's the odds of shooting your way out of Fort Lauderdale with wife and children in tow? I know, it looks easy when Sylvester and Arnold do it, but really how far will a family go in a city gone mad dog hungry?

I look at it this way, I depended on Jesus this long, and would do all I can do like in any other disaster situation (hurricanes) we have gone through, but that's about it, Jesus would have to take care of the Benincasas the rest of the way.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

Truth be told, if there are nuclear missiles being lobbed at us, my wife and I will go outside to watch the light show. It would be far easier to die in a nuclear explosion than to go a month+ without food. The only thing were preparing for is massive civil and economic unrest, along with any local disaster.

I always thought how absurd it was to survive a nuclear war in a bomb shelter...Eventually everything runs out and you have to go outside where everything is irradiated....What's the point? a few extra weeks?

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

I always thought how absurd it was to survive a nuclear war in a bomb shelter...Eventually everything runs out and you have to go outside where everything is irradiated....What's the point? a few extra weeks?

And have to live out the rest of your life looking like the Toxic Avenger.

[RandyWayne]

Living in the desert I am very thankful that this man lives only an hour from us!




He only lives 45 minutes from us.