Hyperinflation a reality?

[Rust_shackleford]

Store food. You will always need to eat. Look at food prices alone in the last year.

[Ronin13]

Store food. You will always need to eat. Look at food prices alone in the last year.

Oh my head! It pains me to look at that stuff- I wish we could predict better, because MREs last 5 years, I'd like to have a good stock of them due to their compact size, high caloric value, and ease of use.

[clark]

The more money they print (currently 40 billion a month with no end date) will indeed raise the price of gold. We have to stop this insanity, and bite the bullet and suffer through whatever is going to happen with the economy and stop living in the artificial world this jagoff has managed to get us into. Vote in November and make it count.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Store food. You will always need to eat. Look at food prices alone in the last year.

It always amazes me how many people think about storing a year's worth of food but don't think about how they'll get potable water. If you're really talking about an apocalyptic scenario, wouldn't you like to have a ceramic water filter and small supply of replacement cartridges? Perhaps your BOL has its own well -- if not, do you think the municipal water supply will magically continue to operate?

[Zundfolge]

It always amazes me how many people think about storing a year's worth of food but don't think about how they'll get potable water. If you're really talking about an apocalyptic scenario, wouldn't you like to have a ceramic water filter and small supply of replacement cartridges? Perhaps your BOL has its own well -- if not, do you think the municipal water supply will magically continue to operate?

Good point.

If nothing else keep a few extra bottles of chlorine bleach handy. Add about 1/8th teaspoon per gallon of water ... if the bleach has been stored more than a year, double that (it loses effectiveness over time). Let it sit for at least an hour before drinking (takes about 45 minutes to kill any Giardia).

Bleach is good for a short term solution. But good filtration and storage is a necessity for long term.

[Skullworks]

Good point.

If nothing else keep a few extra bottles of chlorine bleach handy. Add about 1/8th teaspoon per gallon of water ... if the bleach has been stored more than a year, double that (it loses effectiveness over time). Let it sit for at least an hour before drinking (takes about 45 minutes to kill any Giardia).

Bleach is good for a short term solution. But good filtration and storage is a necessity for long term.

Buy the dry powder chlorine for swimming pools - pool shocker... As a dry powder it has multi-decade shelf life ( when stored in screw top gallon jugs) and can treat a huge volume of drinking water. You can mix up a gallon or so of "bleach" as needed to treat your water supply.

Not a problem for me as I have a well which has its own set of problems. I need 30A of 220VAC for my well pump - That is more than my backup generator can handle with the starting surge. - So I'm looking at old school solutions - Those windmill pumps from 100 years ago are still made - except now with a stainless body vrs cast iron. The price of the complete set up digs deeply into your wallet and bank account - but when the power goes off - clean water may be worth more than gas.

[tmckay2]

It always amazes me how many people think about storing a year's worth of food but don't think about how they'll get potable water. If you're really talking about an apocalyptic scenario, wouldn't you like to have a ceramic water filter and small supply of replacement cartridges? Perhaps your BOL has its own well -- if not, do you think the municipal water supply will magically continue to operate?

so i am looking to build a home soon and the land i want is outside of town a ways, the land my wife wants is in town. both are about 1.5 acres. any idea, if city water and sewer is there at the line, if i have any options for getting water NOT dependent on the city? i don't think they allow wells and septic inside city water and sewer perimeters do they?

[flan7211]

If gold hits $2400 an ounce you can bet we will see old FDR's policy of no gold holding. They will make it illegal to own gold, and confiscate anything they find. Be careful and buy more ammo.

[Sawin]

If gold hits $2400 an ounce you can bet we will see old FDR's policy of no gold holding. They will make it illegal to own gold, and confiscate anything they find. Be careful and buy more ammo.

I hope to God you're wrong.

[Rust_shackleford]

It always amazes me how many people think about storing a year's worth of food but don't think about how they'll get potable water. If you're really talking about an apocalyptic scenario, wouldn't you like to have a ceramic water filter and small supply of replacement cartridges? Perhaps your BOL has its own well -- if not, do you think the municipal water supply will magically continue to operate?

The water storage should go without saying. Rules of three. Thank you CPT Obvious. The thread was about hyper inflation. Food storage isn't always about the EOTWAWKI, it could be a spouse looses a job, income slows as food prices increase. The Fed will have to do some thing, as it is now impossible to pay off the debt. We may see a new currency. You'll see your 401k and other retirement plans nationalized before gold is confiscated.