Alert - CDC Confirms Patient In Dallas Has The Ebola Virus

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Officials with the Centers for Disease Control have confirmed that a person in Dallas definitely has the Ebola virus. Tuesday’s official determination makes the Dallas patient the first diagnosed Ebola case in the United States.
Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are holding a press conference at 4:30 p.m.
It was late on the evening of September 29 that CBS 11 News learned a patient at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas was feared to have been exposed to the Ebola virus.
Health officials said given the information that the unnamed patient had been in the West Africa area where the Ebola virus exists and the type of symptoms they were exhibiting, testing was being performed.
After the information was related to the CDC the health institute sent a team to North Texas just in case the patient was infected with Ebola. CDC Director Thomas Frieden, M.D., M.P.H, is already in North Texas and will be a part of the 4:30 p.m. press conference. The press conference will be streamed live here on CBSDFW.COM.
Other CDC officials, including Public Health Preparedness and Response member David Daigle, are en route to Dallas.
Monday night Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas released the following statement:

“Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas has admitted a patient into strict isolation to be evaluated for potential Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) based on the patient’s symptoms and recent travel history. The hospital is following all Centers for Disease Control and Texas Department of Heath recommendations to ensure the safety of patients, hospital staff, volunteers, physicians and visitors. The CDC anticipates preliminary results tomorrow (Wednesday).”

Of course, since the patient was already in “strict isolation” officials at Presbyterian Hospital said that will continue.
On Monday night CBS 11 spoke with Dallas County Health and Human Services director Zachary Thompson, who stressed that there were certain procedures that would need to be followed if tests for the patient come back positive. “We [health professionals] all had been planning to look at what our next steps are if there is a confirmed case,” Thompson said. “Again, we have to do the public health follow up to see what contacts, where this individual has gone since they arrived here in Dallas. There are a number of things that have to be looked at.”
Before it was confirmed the patient definitely had the virus, Thompson spoke about the possibility of other North Texans being infected by the patient. “The key point is, if there’s been no transmission, blood, secretion, any type of bodily fluids by the infected person to someone else, then that [infection] risk is low to none.”

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The Ebola virus has killed more than 3,000 people across West Africa and infected several Americans who have traveled to the region, including Fort Worth doctor Kent Brantly, who contracted the disease while doing missionary work in Liberia. Earlier this month Dr. Brantly donated a unit of blood to help treat an American aid worker being cared for in Nebraska. While the medical procedure hasn’t been proven, doctors were experimenting to see if antibodies in Kent Brantly’s blood could help strengthen the immune system of the patient. There’s no word on if that approach will be taken with the patient in Dallas.
In all, four infected patients have returned to the United States in specially outfitted planes — three were treated in Atlanta and the fourth, who Dr. Brantly donated blood to, in Omaha. An American physician who was exposed to the virus, but not infected, was flown to Maryland over the weekend.
Since July 27, a dozen people in the U.S. had been tested for Ebola, but all those tests were negative.

EBOLA ALERT: U.S. Patient Zero Suspected In Dallas: Travel History and Symptoms Suggest Infection

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The virus that has infected nearly 10,000 people in West Africa and killed over 3,000 so far this year may now be in America.
Multiple news sources are reporting that an individual showing symptoms of the Ebola virus has been admitted to a hospital in Dallas, Texas. The patient, whose travel history suggests he or she may have been exposed to the virus, has been isolated and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas says it is following testing and quarantine procedures outlined by the Centers for Disease Control.
Test samples have been sent to the CDC and preliminary test results are expected Tuesday morning.

In a statement released Monday evening, a spokesperson for Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas said the patient is undergoing evaluation for Ebola based on the patient’s symptoms and recent travel history.
Further details on the patient were not released due to medical confidentiality and personal privacy reasons.
“The hospital is following all Centers for Disease Control and Texas Department of Heath recommendations to ensure the safety of patients, hospital staff, volunteers, physicians and visitors,” according to the hospital’s statement. (Source: NBC DFW & MyFox)

Over the past month several patients have been admitted to U.S. hospitals in California, New York, and Georgia reporting symptoms similar to Ebola but test results in all cases have thus far shown negative for the virus.
But that hasn’t stopped the CDC from preparing guidelines for hospitals around the country with instructions on how to identify suspected cases, testing recommendations, and quarantine procedures. Earlier this year, in anticipation of a potential pandemic, the U.S. government distributed Ebola Bio Detection kits to National Guard units in all 50 states. In September the State Department ordered 160,000 protective HAZMAT suits for aid workers in Africa and other regions that may eventually see infections.
Independent research models have suggested the possibility that up to 100,000people may be infected with the virus by the end of this year. The World Health Organization has warned that up to one million people in Africa could be infected with the virus by early next year if it continues spreading at its current pace. And most terrifying is a contagion model developed by researchers at MIT and the New England Complex Systems Institute which suggests that even a single infected individual travelling through a major airport hub has the potential to start the virus on a doomsday course that would eventually touch all corners of the globe:

Health care workers around the world have been mobilized and the director of the CDC said in early September that the window of opportunity for containing Ebola was closing rapidly. President Obama has deployed 3,000 U.S. soldiers as part of a recovery team sent to Africa to help control the spread of the virus.
But, as evidenced by research models, concerns from global health care workers and the real possibility of an Ebola infection on U.S. soil, it may already be too late.
What is not being said publicly about the virus, but is a major concern behind closed doors, is that Ebola’s hyper-evolution is unprecedented and there is widespread concern that it could go airborne much like a common cold or flu. The CDC has admitted that it can be transmitted through the air in the form of water droplets already, but they have yet to admit that it is an airborne contagion.
As we’ve seen in Africa, health care workers seem unable to contain the virus. Whether or not the virus has infected the individual in Dallas, there is a real possibility that it will eventually make its way to the United States. Since there is no cure, the only way to survive such an outbreak is to avoid it.
“Taking preventative action now is critical,” says The Prepper’s Blueprint author Tess Pennington. “Because once it’s confirmed in the United States people are going to panic and medical supplies will disappear from the shelves within a matter of hours.”
Pennington provides a checklist for a basic pandemic preparedness supply list at her web site and recommends, among other things:

• WHO recommended N-100 respirator masks
• Tyvek protective body suits
• protective eyewear
• gloves
• shoe coverings
• Hand sanitizers
• (Full List)

She also recommends building a well stocked sick room and stocking up on other essential supplies that may disappear in an emergency.
As of this writing no Ebola infection “in the wild” has been detected in the United States. We’ll keep readers posted on the results from Dallas as soon as they become available. Keep in mind, however, that tens of thousands of aid workers around the world have been mobilized. They are expecting this to keep spreading. The only way to have a chance against a virus without a cure or vaccine is to not contract it. Take preventative measures now.
Related Reading:
Map of Ebola Quarantine Stations
Ebola Survival Handbook
Pandemic Preparedness Guide
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Water rationing hits California: limit of 50 gallons per person per day or face fines of $500

(NaturalNews) Millions of Californians are about to be hit with strict water rationing -- daily "allocation" numbers that represent the maximum amount of water you're allowed to use for any purpose. Households that exceed the allocation limit will face stiff fines of hundreds of dollars per violation.

"In July, the State Water Resources Control Board passed stage one emergency regulations, giving powers to all local water agencies to fine $500 per violation," reports the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. [1]

Keep in mind that these are only "stage one" emergency regulations. Stages two and three have yet to be invoked and will only become more severe.

The amount of water each household is allowed by water districts will be determined by government employees viewing satellite imagery of private properties, then calculating how much water that property should be allowed to use.

"Using census records, aerial photography and satellite imagery, an agency can determine a property's efficient water usage," says the SGVT.

50 gallons per person, per day

In some districts, water rationing allocation is also based on the number of persons who are known to be living at each address based on U.S. Census data. The Irvine Ranch Water District allows 50 gallons of "indoor" water consumption per person in the home. As explained on the IRWD website: [3]

The indoor water allocation is 50 gallons per person per day and depends upon the number of residents in a home. Water allocated for landscape irrigation depends upon the type of home.

As the IRWD website explains, those water consumers who the government deems to be "wasteful" will be charged 160% or higher rates for water consumption. This is on top of the $500 fines for each violation, as has now been approved by the state.

The 50 gallons per person per day is the maximum allocated amount for all indoor water use, including laundry, showering, toilet flushing, drinking, washing dishes and hand washing for hygienic purposes.

According to the EPA, the average U.S. citizen currently uses 100 gallons per day, with 70 of those gallons consumed indoors. [4] The largest users of indoor water are toilets, showers and clothes washers.

Not yet called "rationing" because the word isn't socially acceptable

Interestingly, the water rationing that's about to be enforced in California isn't being called rationing. Instead, California's doublespeak wordsmiths have decided to call it an "allocation-based rate structure" (which simply means that after you hit your ration limit, you are harshly penalized for any additional consumption).

In explaining why California citizens will be heavily penalized with fines if they exceed their water rationing allocation, all sorts of elaborate doublespeak terms are now being used such as "strong price signals" and "conservation response."

Here's how the IRWD explains water rationing to its customers without using the term "rationing":

Allocation-based rate structures are the foundation of IRWD's Water Shortage Contingency Plan. This rate structure allows IRWD to quickly respond to limited supplies through strong price signals, which result in the greatest conservation response from our customers.

Translation: If we aggressively penalize people for exceeding their water allocation, they will seek to stay within the limits for the same reason that people try to avoid speeding tickets -- nobody wants to pay the fines!

Landscape watering limited to two days a week

Some California water districts are also enforcing unprecedented restrictions on water use for "outdoor watering" applications.

The Irvine Ranch Water District, for example, has publicly announced its intention to "...implement mandatory outdoor water use restrictions that restrict outdoor watering to two days a week." [2]

California homeowners being paid big bucks to remove grass in "Remove Green. Receive Green" program

The California drought is so bad that some California homeowners are even being paid cash to remove their lawns.

The IRWD Turf Removal Program advertises the slogan "Remove Green. Receive Green" and explains there is no limit to the amount of money a person can be paid under the program. [5]

What's interesting about this Turf Removal Program is that it essentially pays people to restore their yards to the way they should have been constructed in the first place. Green lawns in desert regions are one of the most idiotic things modern humans have ever come up with, with green golf courses in desert regions taking the top prize for sheer environmental stupidity.

Where it's all headed

Water conservation efforts are greatly needed in California and should be applauded. On the other hand, they only postpone the inevitable -- a mass migration out of the American southwest as the water runs out across entire regions.

Tearing up your front lawn and replacing it with agave and desert spoon plants doesn't nullify the fact that much of California is wildly overpopulated to the point of long-term non-sustainability. Even if each person in the state were restricted to just 25 gallons a day, the water would keep dropping in Lake Mead (which is already perilously close to outflow restrictions that will impact California and Arizona).

The only way the current population of Californians can live in harmony with the regional water resources is if most of the people stop taking showers, stop flushing toilets and stop doing laundry. Unfortunately, this practice is currently limited only to a few UCLA campus frat houses and hasn't yet caught on with the rest of the citizenry.

Crop yields already in a state of collapse

Honestly stated, the modern-day lifestyle that many people equate with California living simply isn't sustainable. As a result, a collapse of the water infrastructure has already begun. That's why the crop yields have also collapsed this year [6], with the Sacramento Bee reporting:

While many crops have yet to be harvested, it's clear that the drought has carved a significant hole in the economy of rural California. Farm income is down, so is employment... Economists at UC Davis say agriculture, which has been a $44 billion-a-year business in California, will suffer revenue losses and higher water costs -- a financial hit totaling $2.2 billion this year.

That financial hit is only going to get worse, and the implosion of crop production will only accelerate. "Roughly one-fourth of California's rice fields went fallow this year, about 140,000 acres worth, according to the California Rice Commission," reports the Sacramento Bee.

And the worst part is that farmers have been tapping into underground aquifers in order to grow their crops this year. But that water is irreplaceable in any human timeframe, and when it's all used up, it's gone for good. California's agriculture industry has yet to come up with a way to grow food crops without using water. Until they do, the food producing potential of the entire region is headed for accelerated collapse.

When the citizens of California truly wake up and realize where this is all headed, real estate prices will utterly collapse, leading to a collapse of local property tax revenues and the economic devastation of towns and cities. Many of those once-thriving towns will inevitably return to the desert from which they sprang.

Sources for this article include:

[1] http://www.sgvtribune.com/general-news/20140...

[2] http://www.irwd.com/liquid-news/irwd-receive...

[3] http://www.irwd.com/services/residential-wat...

[4] http://www.epa.gov/WaterSense/pubs/indoor.ht...

[5] http://irwd.com/save-water-money/turf-remova...

[6] http://www.sacbee.com/2014/09/28/6739735/cal...

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Getting Started: Prepping for a Two Week Power Outage

If you’re new to preparedness, you may be reading some of the excellent and informative websites out there and feeling quite quite overwhelmed. While many sites recommend a one year supply of food, manual tools, and a bug out lodge in the forest, it’s vital to realize that is a long-term goal, not a starting point.
A great starting point for someone who is just getting started on a preparedness journey is prepping specifically for a two-week power outage. If you can comfortably survive for two weeks without electricity, you will be in a far better position than most of the people in North America.

Even if you aren’t convinced that hardcore preparedness is for you, it would still be difficult to argue against the possibility of a disaster lasting for a couple of weeks. Major natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy down to lesser storms like last year’s derecho in the Metro DC area are incontestable – storms happen and all you can do is be ready to weather them. As well, a large western US power company recently announced that they did not foresee the ability to keep up with electrical demand this summer, and may institute rolling blackouts to cope with it. If you are prepared for two weeks without power, you are prepared for a wide range of short-term emergencies, including quarantines, interruptions of income, or civil unrest.

To prepare for a two week emergency, think about what you would need if the power went out and you couldn’t leave your home for 14 days. Once you begin creating your plan, you may be surprised and discover that you already have most of what you need to batten down the hatches for a couple of weeks. It’s just a matter of organizing it so you can see what you need.

Use the following information to create your personal 2 week preparedness plan. Modify the suggestions to adapt them to your particular home, family, and climate.

Water

Everyone knows that clean drinking water is something you can’t live without. In the event of a disaster, the water may not run from the taps, and if it does, it might not be safe to drink, depending on the situation. If there is a boil order in place, remember that if the power is out, boiling your water may not be as easy as turning on your stove.

Each family should store a two week supply of water. The rule of thumb for drinking water is 1 gallon per day, per person. Don’t forget to stock water for your pets, also.

You can create your water supply very inexpensively. Many people use clean 2 liter soda pop bottles to store tap water. Others purchase the large 5 gallon jugs of filtered water from the grocery store and use them with a top-loading water dispenser. Consider a gravity fed water filtration device and water purification tablets as well.

Food and a way to prepare it

There are two schools of thought regarding food during a power outage. One: you need a cooking method that does not require the grid to be functioning. Two: you can store food that doesn’t require cooking.
If you opt for a secondary cooking method, be sure that you have enough fuel for two weeks. Store foods that do not require long cooking times – for example, dried beans would use a great deal of fuel, but canned beans could be warmed up, or even eaten cold.
Learn more about building your pantry HERE.
Click HERE for a short term food storage list
Click HERE to find a list of meals that require no cooking.

Heat (depending on your climate)

If your power outage takes place in the winter and you live in a colder climate, heat is another necessity. During the first 24 hours after a power outage, you can stay fairly warm if you block off one room of the house for everyone to group together in. Keep the door closed and keep a towel or blanket folded along the bottom of the door to conserve warmth. You can safely burn a couple of candles also, and in the enclosed space, your body heat will keep it relatively warm. As well, dress in layers and keep everything covered – wear a hat, gloves (fingerless ones allow you to still function), and a scarf.

Click HERE to learn how to stay warm with less heat.

However, after about 48 hours, that’s not going to be enough in very cold weather. You will require back-up heat at this point in certain climates. If you are lucky enough to have a source of heat like a fireplace or woodstove, you’ll be just fine as long as you have a supply of wood.

Consider a portable propane heater (and propane) or an oil heater. You have to be very careful what type of backup heat you plan on using, as many of them can cause carbon monoxide poisoning if used in a poorly ventilated area. Also invest in a CO2 alarm that is not grid-dependent.
Learn more about off-grid heat options HERE.

Sanitation needs

A common cause of illness, and even death, during a down-grid situation is lack of sanitation. We’ve discussed the importance of clean drinking water, but you won’t want to use your drinking water to keep things clean or to flush the toilet.

For cleaning, reduce your need to wash things. Stock up on paper plates, paper towels, and disposable cups and flatware. Keep some disinfecting cleaning wipes and sprays (I don’t recommend using antibacterial products on a regular basis, however in the event of an emergency they can help to keep you healthy.) Use hand sanitizer after using the bathroom and before handing food or beverages – there may be a lot more germs afoot in a disaster.

Look at your options for sanitation. Does your toilet still flush when the electricity is out? Many people discovered the hard way that the toilets didn’t work when the sewage backed up in the highrises in New York City in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. At our cabin, the toilet won’t flush without power because the pump is electric.

If you are on a septic system, with no risk of the toilet backing up into the house, simply store some water for flushing in the bathroom. (At the first sign of a storm, we always fill the bathtub for this purpose.) Add the water to the tank so that you can flush.

If this is not an option, another solution is to stock up on extremely heavy duty garbage bags (like the kind that contractors use at construction sites) and kitty litter. Place a bag either in your drained toilet or in a bucket. Sprinkle some kitty litter in the bottom of the bag. Each time someone uses the bathroom, add another handful of litter. Be very careful that the bag doesn’t get too heavy for you to handle it. Tie it up very securely and store it outside until services are restored.

Light

Lighting is absolutely vital, especially if there are children in the house. Nothing is more frightening than being completely in the dark during a stressful situation. Fortunately, it’s one of the easiest things to plan for, as well as one of the least expensive.
Some lighting solutions are:

• Garden stake solar lights
• Long-burning candles
• Kerosene lamp and fuel
• Flashlights (don’t forget batteries)
• Hand crank/solar lantern
• Don’t forget matches or lighters

Tools and supplies

Some basic items will make your life much easier during an emergency. Here are some things that are essential in the event of a power outage:

• Lighter/waterproof matches
• Batteries in various sizes
• Manual can opener
• Basic tools: Pliers, screwdriver, wrench, hammer
• Duct tape
• Super glue
• Sewing kit
• Bungee cords

If you’d like to expand on the basic supplies, a more detailed list of tools and hardware can be found HERE.

First Aid kit

It’s important to have a basic first aid kit on hand at all times, but particularly in the event of an emergency. Your kit should include basic wound care items like bandages, antibiotic ointments, and sprays. As well, if you use them, keep on hand a supply of basic over-the-counter medications, like pain relief capsules, cold medicine, cough syrup, anti-nausea pills, and allergy medication. Particularly important if sanitation is a problem are anti-diarrheal medications.
If you want to put together a more advanced medical kit, you can find a list HERE.

Special needs

This is something that will be unique to every family. Consider the things that are needed on a daily basis in your household. It might be prescription medications, diapers, or special foods. If you have pets, you’ll need supplies for them too. The best way to figure out what you need is to jot things down as you use them over the course of a week or so.

Get started today

You can start right now – this very minute – all you have to do is grab a pad of paper and a pen.

1. Begin by personalizing the suggestions above to fit your family’s needs and make a list of your requirements.
2. Next, do a quick inventory – as I mentioned above, you may be surprised to see that you already have quite a few of the supplies that are recommended.
3. Make a shopping list and acquire the rest of the items you need. If you can’t afford everything right now, prioritize the most important things first.
4. Organize your supplies so that they are easily accessible when you need them.

The peace of mind that comes from being prepared for a disaster before it happens cannot be measured. You won’t have to fight the crowds or be faced with empty store shelves. You won’t have to sit there, cold and miserable, in the dark. You won’t be hungry or thirsty. You will be able to face the event with the serenity that readiness brings, and this will also make it less traumatic for your children when they see that you aren’t afraid.
If you’ve dealt with a long term power outage, what were some of the items that you found the most important?
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American Ebola Quarantine Zones Will Be Genocidal Death Traps

When Ebola hits the U.S. shores, the kind of response Americans can expect is beginning to take shape. Direct mobilization of military resources designed to respond to the crisis can be expected. What can also be expected are the inevitable and severe shortages of the most basic resources that will be needed in a crisis. This article explores the probably course that a U.S. governmental response will take and how it will impact American citizens.

How Fast Will Ebola Spread?

The CDC is estimating that the number of cases in Liberia and Sierra Leone could rise to 1.4 million by January of 2015. What the CDC is not talking about is how fast Ebola will spread as it breaks containment from West Africa.

Noted researcher, Yaneer Bar-Yam, has developed models for how quickly a highly contagious pathogen would spread. These models depicting the spread of Ebola throughout the world are now championed by MIT.

Yaneer Bar-Yam stated that, “It wouldn’t take much for the current Ebola outbreak to spread to more countries or continents, it only takes one infected individual making it through an airport checkpoint.” Yaneer Bar-Yam does not believe Ebola can be contained and it is only matter of time until regional outbreak becomes an uncontainable global pandemic. Watch the following silent video which depicts the Yaneer Bar-Yam prediction regarding the spread of the Ebola virus. Notice how quickly the United States is gobbled up by the threat.

After watching the video, I wonder if Australia will soon become the only safe place in the world?

Containment Efforts Destined to Fail

The CDC’s literature speaks about two basic strategies designed to contain the spread of Ebola. The first strategy is isolation in which the authorities remove an infected person to a “safe area”, while their habitat is isolated and placed off limits. Isolation, as a means of containment could be effective. However, Ebola is so contagious and the rapid spread of the virus is so quick, that isolation is simply not possible because the numbers of infected individuals would make render isolation, as a containment strategy, to be impractical.

The second strategy employed by the CDC to contain an Ebola outbreak is the implementation of a quarantine. A quarantine would be used to separate a large area of the population. A quarantine is a frightening event as it represents a form of societal suicide. In a quarantine, both the healthy and the infected are trapped in the same geographic area.

Ebola is a death sentence for the infected in which only about 10% will survive once the virus is contracted. In a quarantine situation, most of the healthy will eventually become a statistic by contracting the virus. Therefore, a quarantine is a death sentence for the confined “healthy” members of a quarantined community as well. In a quarantine zone, normal commerce stops. Essential public services are, at some point, left unattended (e.g. water, sewage, trash). Death from secondary sources of disease will be just as common as are the deaths resulting from Ebola.

There will be widespread violence as “the many” will compete for a shrinking supply of food, water, etc. Normal law enforcement will have long been gone in a quarantine zone and people will be left to fend for themselves. Being trapped in a quarantine zone is a death sentence and will grant many people a very painful and prolonged death.

Most of America Will Be Placed In a Quarantine Zone

Africa provides a predictive model which shows the U.S. their future once Ebola arrives inside of the country.

Initially, Sierra Leone and Liberia attempted to isolate infected Ebola patients. The strategy was a failure. and isolation quickly turned to quarantining. In fact, Sierra Leone’s government originally quarantined more than a million people in an attempt to bring an end to the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. When this strategy became ineffective, the quarantine zone was expanded and included a total of two million. Sierra Leone has a population of only six million people. That means that a full one-third of the country was quarantined and containment of Ebola was still ineffective.

Can People Escape the Death Sentence of a Quarantine Before It Is Employed?

As I have racked my brain to trying to figure out why Obama would send 3,000 U.S. soldiers to Ebola infected areas, I was baffled. At least I was until now. The soldiers have been taken to Ebola impacted areas because they will work on learning the art of enforcing mandatory quarantine zones as they will inevitably be employed inside the United States.

There can be no question as some Americans become more aware of how acute the threat of the spread of Ebola will become, they will begin to prepare bug-out bags. However, this, too, will become a fool’s errand. When the quarantine was imposed in Sierra Leone, the British charity “Street Child” said there had been no warning given of the latest lockdown and said it was concerned that this would lead to mass starvation.

Conclusion

On September 25, 2014, I interviewed Greg Evensen on the Hagmann and Hagmann Report, and the former Kansas State Patrol Officer shed some light on the speed in which a quarantine could be imposed inside of the United States. Greg cited a communication he had with law enforcement in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and was told that upon receiving word of an impending quarantine, the entire region could be isolated within four minutes. Simply put, bug out strategies will not work. This fact should serve as a starting point of discussion in which we, the common people, are going to begin to consider what measures are available to us in order to increase our survival rates. These discussions need to happen quickly.

Additional Resources

Ebola Survival Handbook: A Collection of Tips, Strategies, and Supply Lists From Some of the World’s Best Preparedness Professionals

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The Prepper’s Blueprint: The Step-By-Step Guide To Help You Through Any Disaster

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How-to Render and Can Your Own Lard

Sometimes, when thinking of these culinary projects I wonder if I’ve finally gone ’round the bend. When I told family and friends of plans to render my own lard I got reactions ranging from “oh my god that’s disgusting” to “why do you need that?!” I guess these responses aren’t all that surprising given North America’s obsession against fats and the general perception that lard causes heart attacks. But, anyone who grew up prior to 1940 or has since baked with lard will tell you it is culinary gold when making flaky pastry and authentic tortillas. After recently baking with store-bought lard I quickly became a convert. I realized my lifelong fears of cooking with the dreaded four letter word were entirely unfounded…but only if you render the lard yourself.
Unfortunately, the lard from the days of yore and the lard of today are much different. Commercially processed lard is hydrogenated to give it a half life of approximately 2,000 years. Aside from just plain being scary, the problem with hydrogenated fats is they contain the dreaded trans fats; known throughout the galaxy to be the root of all things evil in the food kingdom. When I set out to research lard in preparation of rendering my own, I realized I’m certainly not alone in my recent conversion to “Team Lard.”
In fact, Food and Wine Magazine, the SF Gate, and Slate Magazine all recently published stories extolling the virtues of lard and it’s resurgence in popular cuisine. It turns out, researchers discovered in some ways lard is actually better for you than butter or vegetable shortening.
This all brings us to my recent project of rendering and canning my own lard. Technically, you don’t have to can homemade lard. However, when freshly rendered lard only lasts for 4-6 weeks in the fridge. If you caught me harvesting sea salt you may recall I don’t believe in making things on a small scale. Rather than getting a sensible amount of pork fat I got 15 pounds from the local slaughter house. Call me crazy, but I can safely say the 10 pints of canned lard in the pantry will last my family the next 15 years.
Rendering your own lard is definitely worth the experience and the resulting biscuits were par none. However, if you have a crockpot definitely consider rendering your lard outside on the patio or driveway. The final lard doesn’t really have an odor and smells faintly of somewhere between pork rinds and bacon. However, the cooking fat was one of the most unpleasant smells I’ve smelled in quite some time. Adding to the party, the cooking bits of leftover skin and meat made the house smell like pork rinds for about 18 hours after we finished rendering the lard. Not really much of a problem but it became a little too much after a while.
Cook Time: 5-7 hours (give or take depending how much pork fat you have)
Yield: 1 pound of pork fat makes about 1 pint of rendered lard
Recipe inspired by: An intense obsession with eating non-mass produced foods…and authentic flour tortillas.

Ingredients:

1 or more pounds of pork fat
about 1 cup of water
A pot or crockpot large enough to boil the pork fat

Directions for Rendering your Own Lard:

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Rendering your own Lard. Before you begin, it is a really good idea to open the kitchen window to help with ventilation while the fat is cooking. After buying your fat, trim off any remaining bits of meat and chop the fat into small pieces. The smaller you cut the the pieces, the quicker the lard will render. The best option is to run the pork fat through a meat grinder. Add water to your large pot or crockpot until there is about 1-inch of water in the bottom of the pan.

Add your chopped fat to the pan. Place the pot on the stove top and cook over medium-low heat. Stir the fat occasionally to make sure it doesn’t scorch on the bottom of the pan; about every 15-20 minutes.

The fat will begin melting and the water will evaporate after about the first 45-60 minutes of cooking. Once this happens, the cracklings (or little bits of browned fat) will begin to float on the surface of the fat. Continue to occasionally stir the melting fat. As the fat begins to melt, you will want to stir more frequently; about every 12-15 minutes or so.

After about 5-6 hours of cooking, the cracklings will sink to the bottom of the pot leaving you with a yellowish-amber colored liquid. Your lard has now been rendered. Allow the lard to cool a little and then pour it through a fine strainer or cheesecloth. I used two strainers since we were fresh out of cheesecloth. The cracklings can be saved in an airtight container and used on top of salads in place of bacon bits.

Canning your lard. Allow the rendered lard to cool on the counter until it begins turning opaque. This will help prevent you from being burned by molten pig fat. While the lard is cooling, prepare your trusty water-bath canner for operation and begin heating the canning lids by placing them in a saucepan of simmering water. Pour the warm lard into sterilized 1/2 or pint-sized canning jars, leaving 1/2-inch headroom.

Place lids on each filled jar and tighten the lids with the canning rings. Place the filled jars in the water canner and process in boiling water (212° F) for 10 minutes (15 minutes in higher altitudes). Remove the jars from the water bath and allow them to cool at room temperature. The freshly canned lard will look like an amber liquid in the jars. However, once the jars have cooled the seals should be completed and you will be blessed with a lifetime supply of homemade culinary white gold that’s free of trans fats and additives.

 

http://www.howtobaker.com/techniques/insane-foodie-projects/how-to-render-and-can-your-own-lard/ 

CDC WARNING: Mystery Virus Causing Paralysis in Children

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a warning yesterday about a mysterious polio-like virus that’s causing acute neurological illness and paralysis in children. The virus seems to be related to the nationwide epidemic of EV-D68 that we reported on during the first weeks of the outbreak.

The CDC is investigating nine cases of muscle weakness or paralysis in Colorado children to see if enterovirus 68 (EV-D68) might be the virus responsible for the neurological symptoms.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday issued a Health Advisory to doctors about the polio-like cases in Colorado, and said EV-D68 was detected in four out of eight of the sick children who were tested for the virus.

The CDC says the mysterious illness is characterized by “focal limb weakness and abnormalities of the spinal cord gray matter on MRI.” The cases, which are just now being made public, occurred between August 9 – September 17 among children aged 1-18 years old (with a median age of 10 years-old).

The nine children who have been confirmed to have this neurological illnesses all had fever and respiratory illness about two weeks before developing varying degrees of limb weakness. Health officials don’t think it’s polio because eight of the nine children are up to date on their polio vaccinations.

The CDC, in their health advisory, confirmed that they are looking into the possibility that the nationwide outbreak of EV-D68 is causing the polio-like illness. They are asking doctors form around the country to be on the lookout for similar cases and to report any similar neurological illnesses to the CDC.

The Mysterious Virus that really isn’t a Mystery!

As we reported in our first article on the EV-D68 outbreak, the CDC and our Federal government is completely ignoring the fact this this virus seems to have been spread by illegal immigrants who’ve been dumped throughout the country – thanks in large part to the Obama administration.

Although it’s received very little mainstream media coverage, the current outbreak of EV-D68 is common to El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, three countries where a bulk of the illegal immigrant children come from. These unaccompanied illegal immigrant children have been allowed into the nation’s school systems without medical screenings, and without required vaccinations.
The CDC may be pretending that they have no idea where this outbreak came from, but for months now similar neurological illness outbreaks have been occurring in border towns throughout the U.S.. In fact, back in February of 2014 an outbreak of a polio-like illness caused as many as 25 children in California to come down with paralyzed limbs and little hope of recovery. According to the BBC, at least five of these cases were directly linked to enterovirus-68, proving the CDC has known about this outbreak for quite some time now.

In July of 2014, the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security confirmed that communicable diseases were being spread throughout detention centers setup to house incoming illegal immigrant children. These children were then being dumped in unsuspecting communities around the country.

The report said, “Many UAC and family units require treatment for communicable diseases, including respiratory illnesses, tuberculosis, chicken pox, and scabies,” the IG report said. “UAC and family unit illnesses and unfamiliarity with bathroom facilities resulted in unsanitary conditions and exposure to human waste in some holding facilities.”

Unless this government starts to control the crisis at the border, this is only the beginning. When you allow entire populations of people into a country without medical screenings, the results are actually quite predictable.

This isn’t a mystery; it’s well-known medical science.

This is exactly why we once required medical screenings of all incoming immigrants, and why we built special islands in New York’s Harbor to quarantine incoming ships. When you introduce new populations to a country, you introduce diseases that have not been seen in that area. You also immediately increase the risk of deadly disease outbreaks.

http://offgridsurvival.com/cdc-warning-mystery-virus-causing-paralysis-in-children/