Excellent post Randy, I have been preparing since 2008 and have almost all I need in case SHTF....I am in total agreement with you, we are in the midst of something huge unlike anything the world has ever seen before and this is going to get ugly fast. People can believe what they want and think that "hey nothing is going to happen or is going to be temporary" but this are the first ones to dies off as they never prepared. A wise man once said "ignorance is the mother of devotion", think about that long and hard for a minute. I hope I am wrong but funny thing is that I have seen and learned about things that point to things coming to a halt soon!....Started following you and hope we can exchange ideas at some point. Panama is a beautiful country ;)