Emergency Prep Info for 09/17/2013

=== Mag Mount Antenna ===
Here is an example of the mag mount antennas that we discussed on the net last week.  Very Handy!
http://tinyurl.com/pe6fv8l

=== FEMA And Your Food Supply ===
=== UPDATE 09/18/2013 - See Below ===
There is a rumor going around that a recently signed executive order directs FEMA to enter the homes of private citizens in a disaster (with or without permission) and take ALL their emergency food and water.  For the "Common Good".  

If someone can verify/refute this rumor please let us know.  In the meantime, some folks are selling preparedness info on how to avoid this starvation fate.  The fact that they are selling the info makes their motives and claims a little suspicious.  However, here is a link to the info and you can decide for yourself if it is worthwhile.  Don't waste time watching the video, click to leave the page and you will get the entire presentation as a text file.  You can read the text file in 1/10th the time the video takes.  You also get a BIG discount because you were about to leave the page.  It is here.

http://www.backyardliberty.com/vsl/

UPDATE 09/18/2013 - I have read the entire executive order.  I believe that the story about FEMA planning to take your food supply is pure malarky.  The executive order does give various agencies the power (in a declared NATIONAL emergency) to take over the means of food PRODUCTION.  This would be farms and factories.  This makes sense.  Going door to door to grab privately owned food would really not secure much food.  (Only a very small fraction of the US population have ANY food storage)  Taking over entire farms and factories and making sure they continue to operate at full capacity would produce a LOT more food.  

I therefore think the hydroponic "solution" is interesting but may not be practical in Utah where we get very cold, snowy winters.  Plus, I do not have a problem with the way the executive order is worded since it only relates to officially declared national disasters and only affects those involved in large scale food production.

Here is what SNOPES has to say about all this:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/ndrp.asp

The actual executive order is contained here in its entirety.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness

=== Emergency Supplies Under $5 each ===
There are LOTS of emergency supplies available for less than $5 each.  You can read about that here.  

http://www.survivallife.com/2013/09/16/71-survival-items-under-5-00/

Also check out the link on the right side of the page about raising chickens for meat and eggs.  I know a few people in SLC that are doing this now.

=== Saturday Morning Emergency Drill ===
Remember that at 8AM on Saturday the 21st, we will be having our annual Foothill Stake Emergency Drill.  Ham Radio Volunteers are still needed.

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