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Post by malewithatail on Oct 1, 2024 16:04:14 GMT 10
Lithium battery's don't need air to combust, they create their own oxygen, and water doesn't quell the fire, only adds to it as the water disassociates into hydrogen and oxygen. Fizzle, Bang, that's why they are so dangerous. I've seen U tubes of people attacking a electric vehicle fire with a fire extinguisher. Good on em for trying, but totally ineffective. And once the water, usually salt in such cases, hits the 400 volts, the battery's immediately go into meltdown mode. We have been told to let them burn out as fire trucks don't carry enough water to deal with a lithium battery fire.
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Post by spatial on Oct 2, 2024 8:33:34 GMT 10
Things are absolutely wild right now. The attack on Lebanon. Hurricane Helene. The American election cycle. China pumping stimulus. The far-right gaining power in Austria. I honestly don't understand at this point how people can even consider thinking that prepping isn't a smart move. Wow wow all these things were on my prediction for 2024, but still very scary to see the ferocity and intensity of them unfolding. Iran now engaged in the Israel conflict, Hurricane was way more devastating that I thought, that with the dock worker strike has potential for major upset. Gold and energy (oil & coal) up, financial markets down. Fundamentals are starting to count. Now to see if Trump can survive till Jan inauguration.
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Post by spatial on Oct 2, 2024 9:17:21 GMT 10
Panic-buying already spreading as ILA dockworker strike gets underwayfinance.yahoo.com/news/panic-buying-already-spreading-ila-175019908.htmlAs union dockworkers began striking against employers at East and Gulf Coast ports early Tuesday morning, reports of panic-buying at supermarkets almost immediately started spreading across social media. Some panic buying reported in Hampton Roads amid dockworkers strikewww.wavy.com/news/local-news/some-panic-buying-reported-in-hampton-roads-amid-dock-workers-strike/HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — There are some reports of panic buying in the Hampton Roads area the day U.S. dockworkers went on strike, which shut down ports on the East and Gulf coasts. WAVY viewers have sent photos of long lines at a BJ’s Wholesale Club in Hampton, where some items like toilet paper were in shorter supply, and of a Walmart in Yorktown, where paper towels, water and other items were in low supply.
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Post by Stealth on Oct 2, 2024 12:16:30 GMT 10
Possible Aussie repercussions of the US strike - Keep in mind, this is a bit of an inflammatory piece BUT I do think it's worth stocking up on non-perishables if you have the means to, because it'll mean you'll be paying today's prices rather than next month's gouging while the network catches up. How a US dock workers' strike could have flow on effects for Australian shoppers, as experts warn shipping impacts will be 'quite severe'www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-02/us-dockworker-strike-could-increase-global-shipping-costs/104418662
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Post by spatial on Oct 4, 2024 6:10:15 GMT 10
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Post by malewithatail on Oct 4, 2024 9:41:32 GMT 10
Practice for an EMP event ??
Work out your spirit. Revive your spirit. Put a fire in it that no one can affect. You've got to develop self love that is independent from the world. Get rid of the excuses. Get after life. This is all you get, then you turn back into dust.
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Post by bug on Oct 4, 2024 10:16:11 GMT 10
Starlink will disappear the day China gets angry. Also useless if there is no electricity.
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Post by malewithatail on Oct 4, 2024 11:36:51 GMT 10
Thats why u need independent comms, like Ham radio or UHF's.
That’s how science works nowadays: ignore any evidence that goes against the popular narrative.
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Post by bug on Oct 4, 2024 13:01:32 GMT 10
And your own power supply.
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Post by malewithatail on Oct 4, 2024 13:32:24 GMT 10
Yup, the radio room has its own 12 volt dc, 1,000 amp hour battery supply, 1Kw solar and regulator, 2 kw inverter, and a link to a daughters solar as well. An emergency link is also available to the main power system, plus a backup of a 12 v sealed battery. That's how important I believe comms will be WTSHTF. There is a 650 watt inverter/generator as well available if needed.
I also have several backup HF transceivers, plus my original homemade unit. All in emp enclosures.
Ultimately, skills trump supplies and tools. With the right knowledge, you can make just about any tool you need.
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Post by frostbite on Oct 4, 2024 14:22:04 GMT 10
Starlink will disappear the day China gets angry. Also useless if there is no electricity. My Starlink runs quite happily on my 600w solar panel, even when the fridge and lights are on. Although I don’t know what the backup power situation is with the computers controlling the Starlink system.
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Post by malewithatail on Oct 4, 2024 16:38:13 GMT 10
I am assuming its all going down, the ground stations may have some form of backup generators, but when u consider the number of links between us and the net, servers and so on, they all have to work. I know the net can self re-route in case of a major failure, but multiple failures, perhaps not.
The electric grid is much the same. Once it goes down, its going to be difficult to get it back up again.
And, I don't really care either. Self sufficiency gives one a calmness that's hard to describe.
Stupid daylight saving is coming up, Being so close to Qld I ca appreciate their position that its not needed. Perhaps a case can be made south, but I really don't like it.
Understand this great cosmic truth: The universe operates on an ecosystem of automatic abundance, where mass is abundant (and free), and mass can be converted into energy at nearly zero cost (via hot fusion, cold fusion, LENR, etc.). Automatic abundance is intelligently designed into the very laws of physics.
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Post by Joey on Oct 4, 2024 17:53:26 GMT 10
Starlink will disappear the day China gets angry. Also useless if there is no electricity. My Starlink runs quite happily on my 600w solar panel, even when the fridge and lights are on. Although I don’t know what the backup power situation is with the computers controlling the Starlink system. How do you find the cost of starlink? I guess at the retreat you don't exactly have NBN access lol I read on a US forum that the gov banned all air aid going into the disaster area for a whole day just so Biden could take a helicopter tour of the disaster. Then there's him being interviewed on the news saying that the gov has done all they can and can't do any more. x.com/chrismartenson/status/1841636020187431216 Reports of roving masked gangs visiting all the truck stops leading into the disaster areas and stabbing all the tyres on the trucks so they can't take the relief supplies into the areas. rumble.com/v5hc1ud--live-asheville-horrordisturbing-reports-reveal-sickening-agenda.html
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Post by frostbite on Oct 4, 2024 18:01:04 GMT 10
“How do you find the cost of starlink? I guess at the retreat you don't exactly have NBN access lol”
$139 per month for something we only use 1 or 2 days. But there’s no mobile coverage or nbn and our sat phone provider’s (Pivotel) satellite died. A life may depend on it one day.
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Post by malewithatail on Oct 5, 2024 10:45:56 GMT 10
As a surgeon, what is the most shocking thing you ever saw after opening somebody up? I am not a surgeon, however, I read about this in a medical journal. Once an elderly COPD patient had a coughing fit at dinner. His family thought he was having a seizure so they brought him to the ER. He was found to have pneumonia so he was kept overnight for observation. During the night he developed atelectasis ( a portion of his lung collapsed). The next day he was bronched and a mass was discovered. The mass was sent for a biopsy and the man was sent home and told to expect the worse. The biopsy came back negative for cancer. So what the hell was it? A histology was done. It appears the man had aspirated a pea during one of his coughing spasms and the pea lodged in his lung and in the warm, dark moist environment, it began to germinate and grow.
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Post by frostbite on Oct 5, 2024 12:03:36 GMT 10
Wtf is going on in the USA?
It’s clear they have been heading for 3rd world status for some time with the President, who is a dotard, weaponising law enforcement to lock up political opposition, hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer funds given to corporate mates in big pharma and the arms industry via gifts to foreign nations, government agencies actively preventing aid from reaching areas devastated by natural disaster, federal government actively encouraging third worlders to illegally enter the country and giving them more government help than US born citizens, a military that can’t even intimidate, let alone defeat, a rag tag force of illiterate goat herders and that hasn’t won a war since 1945, and a society free falling into a degenerate cesspool of gender fluid freaks.
What a $hithole. If I was in the US I’d be prepping like there’s no tomorrow, because it’s looking very much like there might not be.
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Post by norseman on Oct 5, 2024 12:11:47 GMT 10
Wtf is going on in the USA? It’s clear they have been heading for 3rd world status for some time with the President, who is a dotard, weaponising law enforcement to lock up political opposition, hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer funds given to corporate mates in big pharma and the arms industry via gifts to foreign nations, government agencies actively preventing aid from reaching areas devastated by natural disaster, federal government actively encouraging third worlders to illegally enter the country and giving them more government help than US born citizens, a military that can’t even intimidate, let alone defeat, a rag tag force of illiterate goat herders and that hasn’t won a war since 1945, and a society free falling into a degenerate cesspool of gender fluid freaks. What a $hithole. If I was in the US I’d be prepping like there’s no tomorrow, because it’s looking very much like there might not be. Don't worry, Diddy Combs will save everyone!
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Post by malewithatail on Oct 5, 2024 12:26:37 GMT 10
Its all going according to the plan. WW3 is next. Yes, I know he tends to exaggerate, but sometimes its best to get as much information as possible. halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/flash-bulletin-urgent-russian-kheimim-airbase-attacked-by-air-strikes-and-naval-salvos-in-syriaQuote from the above. "Info is coming in fast, but if the air strikes were carried out by Israel, and the naval missiles by the US, NATO, then World War 3 has just begun." He's got the prepping part right though, and its not only the US that should be prepping like mad. "You should have "preps" right now: Emergency food, water, medicines you need to live on. A generator to keep your refrigerator going and maybe a light or two on in the house. FUEL for that generator. Flashlights for each room in your home or for each family member, and plenty of spare batteries for each one. A portable radio for news and information, with spare batteries for it, too. You should probably have COMMUNICATIONS GEAR, a CB radio with antenna or a HAM radio (shortwave) so you can communicate locally with nearby neighbors, and keep abreast of world events and news. You have to be able to cook without electric. Have a barbecue grill with spare propane or charcoal/ lighter fluid. Have a MANUAL can opener. GAS-UP all your vehicles. Get some cash money from the bank or from an ATM so you have cash. If war breaks out, and we get hit here, it will be pandemonium. If communications networks go down, all your plastic credit/debit cards won't work, and nobody in their right mind, will accept checks. So if you have cash, you will be able to eat. If you don't . . . . you won't. Nobody is coming to save you if war breaks out. YOU are responsible for yourself, your family, and your property. Have guns and ammunition to protect kith and kin from the marauders who will no doubt come because they made no preps, and they will simply steal yours. Today, is a pivotal day in our world. There is no turning back now. The Israelis have sealed their fate - and ours too. Life as we know it, may never be the same." OPSEC....I'm more prepared than I'd like to admit.
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Post by spatial on Oct 5, 2024 20:39:56 GMT 10
Its all going according to the plan. WW3 is next........ Today, is a pivotal day in our world. There is no turning back now. The Israelis have sealed their fate - and ours too. Life as we know it, may never be the same." You guys are sounding like me with endless doom porn. Yeah economy war, populist taking government, politicians and mainstream media openly and blatantly lying - with no fear of any repercussions. October and November is popcorn time with US elections coming up. It is time to complete my 2024 prep goals, and stockpile more cash, I am expecting things to completely unravell by April 2025.
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Post by frostbite on Oct 5, 2024 20:49:35 GMT 10
Its all going according to the plan. WW3 is next........ Today, is a pivotal day in our world. There is no turning back now. The Israelis have sealed their fate - and ours too. Life as we know it, may never be the same." You guys are sounding like me with endless doom porn. Yeah economy war, populist taking government, politicians and mainstream media openly and blatantly lying - with no fear of any repercussions. October and November is popcorn time with US elections coming up. It is time to complete my 2024 prep goals, and stockpile more cash, I am expecting things to completely unravell by April 2025. I don’t think the issues in the USA will have a major impact here, unless a crumbling USA emboldens the Chinese to finally make a move on Taiwan. Then things will get real bad here real quick.
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