DISASTER Prediction Poll for the upcoming Dark Winter

What will the upcoming Dark Winter bring?


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von Koehler

Has No Life - Lives on TB
I was thinking today that I would be ok if I continued to have access to utilities and some sort of policing. If Clif H is correct and people start dropping like flies from clots or compromised immune systems from the jab, there may not be qualified personnel to operate water/sewer/electricity/police. Heck, I might be a gonner myself.

Most municipalities and utilities will require the jab for continued employment.

But at some point things will do a complete 180 degree turn with the realization that vacv'ed people are dying off.
 

mecoastie

Veteran Member
Heating in winter isn't a big problem where I live, but I plan to make one of these just to see how it goes. Search YouTube for flower pot heater or Cornish room heater. I'd put the unit in the video on a cork pad to keep the rod from heat-damaging the tabletop.

RT 5:26

View: https://www.youtube.com/embed/r8Mbl7BI2sk

Please test this before a storm. We tried this a few years ago and it doesnt do anything in even a small room. Degree or two tops. If this is all you have your best bet would be to put a tent or blanket fort in a small room, get good ventilation and crawl in. We found that a couple kero lamps work much better for a small amount of heat.
 

Cag3db1rd

Paranoid Pagan
Anyways. March 22.
No! Y'all cain't do that to me on my birthday.

Please test this before a storm. We tried this a few years ago and it doesnt do anything in even a small room. Degree or two tops. If this is all you have your best bet would be to put a tent or blanket fort in a small room, get good ventilation and crawl in. We found that a couple kero lamps work much better for a small amount of heat.
I have used flower pot heaters before. The trick is to heat them first to get the moisture driven out. After that, they work well. I went weeks with flower pot heaters when my son was a year old.
 

jed turtle

a brother in the Lord
“Devastating doom” I voted.
hey, go big or go home, huh?
at least prep like the next doom could land in one’s very own neighborhood.
at least you won’t be too surprised, in fact, you will be so prepped, that you found out about it early and avoid being there when it arrives.
and if you prep correctly, it could even be fun. And that’s what it’s all about, right?
when the the mockers of the family shows up cuz they know you were the only person in the world prepping for the end of the world, be sure to leave a note telling them that you left a can of beans from 1999 in the root cellar for them, and maybe you’ll send them a post card soon from Acapulco.
 

WalknTrot

Veteran Member
Heating in winter isn't a big problem where I live, but I plan to make one of these just to see how it goes. Search YouTube for flower pot heater or Cornish room heater. I'd put the unit in the video on a cork pad to keep the rod from heat-damaging the tabletop.

RT 5:26

View: https://www.youtube.com/embed/r8Mbl7BI2sk
Just like "perpetual motion" doesn't work, you only get the BTU's that are given off by the candle FROM the candles. NOTHING you do will get you more heat out of them.

Something like this is like spitting in the ocean when it gets cold. REAL cold. And keep in mind, for a lot of people (as shown by those hardy Texans last winter) REAL cold is anywhere below 60 degrees F. Getting down around freezing, or below zero, forget about it. With something like this flower pot thing in mind, you have simply failed to prepare.
 

Matt

Veteran Member
All the volcanoes popping off guarantee a fairly hard winter.

The supply crunch will not be getting better. Inflation is just getting started.

If the unvaxxed aren't allowed in the stores, armed flash mobs will make the tantrum throwing hood rats look well behaved.

ADE is already being seen per various reports I have read. Stand by to, "bring out your dead!"

If the grid goes down more than a couple days, "sudden acute withdrawal" will be an added bonus. As those that are too weak and spoiled to handle life in times of comfort and plenty get to taste a time of want while going cold turkey! That will be amusing!
 

Redcat

Veteran Member
Do you have any wool sweaters


Do you have any wool sweaters? Wool will keep you very warm and you can often find them real cheap at goodwill. Wool over-socks will also keep your feet extremely toasty at night or if you're sitting in a cold room. Wool sweater, wool hat and wool socks and a silk scarf.

I do have wool sweaters and socks and even a couple of l.l.bean wool caps. Also a great wool blanket my Mom got me in the early 60's. Loads of candles, oil lamp. I'll be ok, but still I worry.
 

cyberiot

Rimtas žmogus
Just like "perpetual motion" doesn't work, you only get the BTU's that are given off by the candle FROM the candles. NOTHING you do will get you more heat out of them.

Thank you for your good explanation! My sense is that the flower pot is more of a distribution device--it captures most of the rising heat from the candles, stores a bit as the pot itself gets hot, and radiates the remainder to the rest of the room.

Something like this is like spitting in the ocean when it gets cold. REAL cold. And keep in mind, for a lot of people (as shown by those hardy Texans last winter) REAL cold is anywhere below 60 degrees F. Getting down around freezing, or below zero, forget about it. With something like this flower pot thing in mind, you have simply failed to prepare.

Oh, absolutely--this is totally inadequate for anyone who faces serious cold. I live in the Phoenix metro area in a well-insulated house. A four-candle flowerpot might take the edge off the chill at my desk in the dead of winter. If I lived someplace colder, the preps would look much different.

I'm still going to make one, (a) because I can, (b) because I think it's nifty, and (c) because it opens the door to science and preparedness discussions.

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ETA: I'm smiling at your statement that "REAL cold is anywhere below 60 degrees F." 60 degrees F is when I race out the door, spread my arms wide, and dissipate all the heat I accumulated when it was 115 degrees F.

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Hacker

Computer Hacking Pirate
I was thinking today that I would be ok if I continued to have access to utilities and some sort of policing. If Clif H is correct and people start dropping like flies from clots or compromised immune systems from the jab, there may not be qualified personnel to operate water/sewer/electricity/police. Heck, I might be a gonner myself.

Most municipalities and utilities will require the jab for continued employment.

I was at the post office yesterday, talking with a postal clerk who's an older woman (50's). She told me they're seeing lots of people dropping after taking the Vaxxx. She seemed quite shaken by it.

However, it talked with an old friend this morning (he lives in NC). He said what he's hearing (from the mainstream media) is that unvaxxxed people are dropping like flies.

I'd say people in my local area are much more believable than is the mainstream media.
 

Faroe

Un-spun
Thank you for your good explanation! My sense is that the flower pot is more of a distribution device--it captures most of the rising heat from the candles, stores a bit as the pot itself gets hot, and radiates the remainder to the rest of the room.



Oh, absolutely--this is totally inadequate for anyone who faces serious cold. I live in the Phoenix metro area in a well-insulated house. A four-candle flowerpot might take the edge off the chill at my desk in the dead of winter. If I lived someplace colder, the preps would look much different.

I'm still going to make one, (a) because I can, (b) because I think it's nifty, and (c) because it opens the door to science and preparedness discussions.

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ETA: I'm smiling at your statement that "REAL cold is anywhere below 60 degrees F." 60 degrees F is when I race out the door, spread my arms wide, and dissipate all the heat I accumulated when it was 115 degrees F.

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The flower pot allows you to warm your hands on the pot, and shields the fire-hazard flame. I think it is a good idea, esp. paired up inside a tent. Yes, a tent in your room. For serious cold (New England/Mid-western gal here), have lots of plastic sheeting and painter's tape. Adding Dow foam board sheets is even better, but expensive. Avoid stinky candles, bees wax is best (as I understand, the soy tea-lights are probably ok). Don't forget the CO monitor in the tent.
 
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Faroe

Un-spun
I do have wool sweaters and socks and even a couple of l.l.bean wool caps. Also a great wool blanket my Mom got me in the early 60's. Loads of candles, oil lamp. I'll be ok, but still I worry.
No such thing as too many wool blankets. You can sleep on them, as well as under them. Lots of woolens on eBay. You have to read the details carefully! I've bought wool blankets, sweaters, and wool shirts off that site, and only had one bad experience (vendor sent the wrong thing, and I think on purpose, but I got my money back). eBay purchases ALWAYS come stinky, but stuff airs out eventually. Don't forget thick wool socks.

Ugly 100% wool blankets can be found fairly cheaply on that site. Cut a hole in a big one - instant poncho, and very cosy.
 

33dInd

Veteran Member
We gonna be cold
I see a lot of squirrels Kia on the roads as they scamper about gathering their Avon’s
This pisses me if
As I see them as a winter meat food source that’s stored on the hoof so to speak
 

Terriannie

Has No Life - Lives on TB
I put moderate doom.

TPTB aka/satan responsible for complete doom isn't finished playing with us "yet."
 

jward

passin' thru
Aw, I promise you the plans are already in the works for your party, now doncha go and spoil it by making me share all the deets with ya : )~

..n speaking of BIRTHDAYS, iirc TODAY is Cappies, :: throws confetti and releases Balloons :: so everyone be sure and say HEY HB to him when ya see him! :D


No! Y'all cain't do that to me on my birthday.


I have used flower pot heaters before. The trick is to heat them first to get the moisture driven out. After that, they work well. I went weeks with flower pot heaters when my son was a year old.
 

bev

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Coalcracker, is this poll taking the place of your Thursday polls? I really don’t like this kind. They tend to increase my anxiety, so I’d appreciate it if you would delete this one and go back to posting your Thursday polls. K? Thanks.
 

coalcracker

Veteran Member
Coalcracker, is this poll taking the place of your Thursday polls? I really don’t like this kind. They tend to increase my anxiety, so I’d appreciate it if you would delete this one and go back to posting your Thursday polls. K? Thanks.

Don’t you worry, bev. I have one ready to go for this Friday. I’ll post it Thursday night (for the AM crowd).
 

Laurane

Canadian Loonie
Personally the mandate is doom enough for us. I dont see catastrophic though. I see energy prices increase and further strains on our infrastructure. Power outages etc that last longer due to material avails. Shortages get worse and prices across the board increase.
I am thing mild doom with shortages this winter, moderate doom by following year end and catastrophic doom in 2023….. if we are still here online to report in. Is that doomerish - this is just got Canadians…. You guys down south are off the scale. :hof:
 

Oreally

Right from the start
it is really hard to see how we can avoid the worst scenario.
just by the odds.

we have , currently,

1. china about to invade taiwan , which will bring on global chaos.

2. Israel is well aware that the moolas are about to have enough fuel for several nukes...maybe even by today. global chaos

3. the vaccines and their consequences, which if people starts kicking off in droves due to aftereffects, and with nearly 5 ? billion people having taken the jab, well, global chaos.

4. the Evergrand financial collapse in china, which will also bring it on bring on ....

5. a La Cumbria collapse...ditto

6. and...multiple covid variants , each getting more virulent.

7. and the weather...

8. and the, if you believe it (and i do, given the massive evidence), pole shift, maybe starting, in some way, in 2023.

any one of these occurring will kick off a multitude of knock on effects.

what an age!

well, some people always survive. be one of them.

good luck everyone!
 

Caplock50

I am the Winter Warrior
I missed this thread, don't know how, but I sure did. My vote was stuck between 'minimum' and 'moderate'...so I went for 'moderate'.

Folks, as for preparing for 'real' cold...think as to why there are 'double paned' windows. The more 'layers' between you and the outside cold, the easier it'll be to warm the spot where you are...the reason for 'pitching a tent' inside the house.

If you don't have 'severe' cold weather clothes, you can put on a baggy coat and stuff wadded up newspapers, rags or even straw inside the coat to act as insulation. And do the same with your pants. Lace-up type boots would be good for such a time, too, because they'll be easier to put on over 3 or 4 pairs of socks.

And jward...you got the date right. Thank you very much.
(Lol, finally got the 'search' to do what I wanted...)
 

psychgirl

Has No Life - Lives on TB
No such thing as too many wool blankets. You can sleep on them, as well as under them. Lots of woolens on eBay. You have to read the details carefully! I've bought wool blankets, sweaters, and wool shirts off that site, and only had one bad experience (vendor sent the wrong thing, and I think on purpose, but I got my money back). eBay purchases ALWAYS come stinky, but stuff airs out eventually. Don't forget thick wool socks.

Ugly 100% wool blankets can be found fairly cheaply on that site. Cut a hole in a big one - instant poncho, and very cosy.
My old assumption and memory of anything wool is stinky, and ITCHY , very itchy.
That’s why I shy away from anything wool.
Maybe I should try again,
 

cyberiot

Rimtas žmogus
My old assumption and memory of anything wool is stinky, and ITCHY , very itchy.
That’s why I shy away from anything wool.
Maybe I should try again,

Sounds like you got brought up with those gnarly ragg wool ski sweaters. I did, too. Excellent at what they do, almost as nice on the skin as 60-grit sandpaper, and as fragrant as . . . well . . . a wet sheep. :sheep:

The finer the wool yarn, the softer and sweeter the final product.

I wear SmartWool wool socks, even in the dead of the Arizona summer. They breathe, and wick sweat away from your feet. They do not itch. They do not stink. Machine wash in a bag and hang to dry.

I also comb Goodwill for extra-fine merino wool sweaters and scarves. (Hint: Look in the men's section for the best ones.) Again, machine wash in a lingerie bag and lay flat to dry. If you're really feeling flush and uptown, splurge on wool care products from The Laundress. Their cedar-scented Wool & Cashmere Spray keeps moths at bay during storage and smells like The Enchanted Forest.

Good wool is a miracle fiber. It breathes, it insulates even when wet, it's antimicrobial and, if you keep it away from the moths, it wears like iron.

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psychgirl

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Sounds like you got brought up with those gnarly ragg wool ski sweaters. I did, too. Excellent at what they do, almost as nice on the skin as 60-grit sandpaper, and as fragrant as . . . well . . . a wet sheep. :sheep:

The finer the wool yarn, the softer and sweeter the final product.

I wear SmartWool wool socks, even in the dead of the Arizona summer. They breathe, and wick sweat away from your feet. They do not itch. They do not stink. Machine wash in a bag and hang to dry.

I also comb Goodwill for extra-fine merino wool sweaters and scarves. (Hint: Look in the men's section for the best ones.) Again, machine wash in a lingerie bag and lay flat to dry. If you're really feeling flush and uptown, splurge on wool care products from The Laundress. Their cedar-scented Wool & Cashmere Spray keeps moths at bay during storage and smells like The Enchanted Forest.

Good wool is a miracle fiber. It breathes, it insulates even when wet, it's antimicrobial and, if you keep it away from the moths, it wears like iron.

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Lol on that meme!!!

Thank you for the rest of your info!!
 
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