Monthly Archives: April 2014

OIL

This is from a friend. It sounds true and logical. Please share your thoughts. Often there is a distribution problem with workers. Several of us used to be involved with temporary staffing agencies and talented & hard workers were in HIGH demand.                                       Thanks RBO

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Next time you have to fill up at $3.49/gallon, think of this!! OIL – You better be sitting down when you read this!
As you may know, Cruz Construction started a division in North Dakota just 6 months ago.  They sent every Kenworth (9 trucks) we had here in Alaska to North Dakota and several drivers.  They just bought two new Kenworth’s to add to that fleet; one being a Tri Drive tractor and a new 65 ton lowboy to go with it.  They also bought two new cranes (one crawler & one rubber tired) for that division.
Dave Cruz said they have moved more rigs in the last 6 months in ND than Cruz Construction moved in Alaska in the last 6 years.
Williston is like a gold rush town; they moved one of our 40 man camps down there since there are no rooms available.
Unemployment in ND is the lowest in the nation at 3.4 percent last I checked.  See anything in the national news about how the oil industry is fueling North Dakota’s economy?
Here’s an astonishing read. Important and verifiable information:  About 6 months ago, the writer was watching a news program on oil and one of the Forbes Bros. was the guest.  The Bakken is the largest domestic oil discovery since Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay, and has the potential to eliminate all American dependence on foreign oil.  The Energy Information Administration sm(EIA) estimates it at 503 billion barrels.  Even if just 10% of the oil is recoverable( 5 billion barrels), at $107 a barrel, we’re looking at a resource base worth more than $5.3 trillion.
“When I first briefed legislators on this, you could practically see their jaws hit the floor. They had no idea..” says Terry Johnson, the Montana Legislature’s financial analyst.  However, a recent technological breakthrough has opened up the Bakken’s massive reserves, and we now have access of up to 500 billion barrels.  And because this is light, sweet oil, those billions of barrels will cost Americans just $16   PER BARREL !!!!!!  That’s enough crude to fully fuel the American economy for 2041 years straight.
And if THAT didn’t throw you on the floor, then this next one should – because it’s from 2006 !!!!!!   U.. S. Oil Discovery – Largest Reserve in the World  Stansberry Report Online – 4/20/2006  Hidden 1,000 feet beneath the surface of the Rocky Mountains lies the largest untapped oil reserve in the world.  It is more than 2 TRILLION barrels.  On August 8, 2005 President Bush mandated its extraction. In three and a half years of high oil prices none has been extracted. With this motherload of oil why are we still fighting over off-shore drilling? They reported this stunning news:  We have more oil inside our borders, than all the other proven reserves on earth.
Here are the official estimates:
8 times as much oil as Saudi Arabia
18 times as much oil as Iraq
21 times as much oil as Kuwait
22 times as much oil as Iran
500 times as much oil as Yemen and it’s all right here in the Western United States !!!!!!
HOW can this BE?  HOW can we NOT BE extracting this?  Because the environmentalists and others have blocked all efforts to help America become independent of foreign oil! Again, we are letting a small group of people dictate our lives and our economy.  WHY?
James Bartis, lead researcher with the study says we’ve got more oil in this very compact area than the entire Middle East, more than 2 TRILLION barrels untapped.  That’s more than all the proven oil reserves of crude oil in the world today , reports The Denver Post.  Don’t think ‘OPEC’ will drop its price even with this find?  Think again! It’s all about the competitive marketplace, it has to. Think OPEC just might be funding the environmentalists? Got your attention yet?  Now, while you’re thinking about it, do this: Pass this along.  If you don’t take a little time to do this, then you should stifle yourself the next timeyou complain about gas prices, by doing NOTHING, you forfeit your right to complain.
Now I just wonder what would happen in this country if every one of you sent this to every one in your address book. By the way, this can be verified.  Check it out at the link below !!!!!!

Changing batteries

Changing batteries.

 

For the safest functioning of smoke and CO – carbon monoxide – alarms we would change the batteries when our clocks would change because that put it very close to every 6 months and was simple to remember. Well, they changed those actions a few years ago, so it is not as simple as the old days. Normally now the first weekend of April and of October is still a good time to swap out the batteries on your safety alarms. That is one of the projects that we have set up for this weekend. Another thing to consider doing at this time of year is going through your 72 our kit [aka BoB] and rotating the food out and replacing it with new stuff and swapping the seasonal clothing along with making sure that it still fits.

 

While you are changing out the batteries in your alarm systems go ahead and put fresh batteries into your bug out bags. BTW never store the batteries installed in the devices as they can leak and ruin the device and other stuff. Instead keep them in a plastic container such as a box or bag which can be sealed.

 

This is also a good time for your family to discuss or review all the items that you have in your kits to see if you need more practice with the tools or if something better has been discovered to add to the Bug out bags. An example would be having the first BBQ of the year and making use of the fire starters out of your 72 our kit to start the grill, it would be great practice and evaluation, not to mention how fun outdoor cooking is nor how wonderful it tastes.

 

Please consider sharing some of the things you carry in your bug out bags or what types of safety tips that you may have found useful such as smoke and CO monitors ect..

 

Thanks.

 

www.PrepareSurviveThrive.us

Ready? or not

a bit taken from the book

Ready-Not-Things-WILL-Happen Quick start survival guide.

http://www.amazon.com/Ready-Not-Things-WILL-Happen/dp/1496022947/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1395604161&sr=1-1&keywords=Richard+Calton

FIRST AID KIT TO INCLUDE:

  • Olive Oil,
  • First Aid Manual, or NOLS First Aid Handbook,
  • Aromatic Spirits of Ammonia,
  • Water Purification Tablets,
  • Table Salt,
  • Baking Soda,
  • K+ (Potassium),
  • Aspirin or ibuprofen (for both children and adults),
  • Petroleum Jelly (Vaseline),
  • Diarrhea medication,
  • Laxative (mom or colace),
  • 30 days of Prescriptions,
  • Safety Pins,
  • Adhesive and/or paper tape,
  • betadine,
  • Bandages,
  • Gauze Roll,
  • Coban elastic bandage (or Ace Bandage),
  • Heavy String,
  • And you may need Tetanus immunization every five years.

see also www.preparesurvivethrive.us

http://www.preparesurvivethrive.us/a-time-for-travel-the-christmas-project/