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Stg1swret
08-06-2013, 01:39 PM
From Infowars:

FEMA Demanding 24 Hour Delivery of Emergency Food Reserves
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Feds preparing for calamity?
Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
August 6, 2013
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is contacting storable food suppliers requesting immediate delivery of food reserves within a 24 hour period, increasing suspicions that the federal government is accelerating its preparations for social disorder or an environmental calamity.

FEMA recently contacted My Patriot Supply, a provider of bulk food reserves, requesting “immediate delivery” of truckloads of food within a 24 hour period. Instead of soliciting for the food in the normal manner via the Federal Business Opportunities website and thereby saving money, FEMA is now directly contacting suppliers in order to secure overnight deliveries of bulk food. The snapshot above shows one of the emails My Patriot Supply received from FEMA.
While it’s certainly not unusual for FEMA to be buying storable food, the rushed manner with which the federal agency is now conducting such business has raised a few eyebrows, prompting the owner of My Patriot Supply to ask, “Why the sudden sense of urgency? What do they know that we do not?”
“I’m not one to cry that the sky is always falling, but when DHS/FEMA make a move to quietly buy up emergency food supplies and ask how much we can ship within 24 hours…I think this is far enough outside the realm of what is “normal” to beg some questions,“ remarked the company’s owner.
“In recent years the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been regionalizing disaster supplies and rapidly procuring hundreds of millions of ready-to-eat meals, blankets, and body bags. Coupled with the Department of Homeland Security’s suspiciously massive purchases of ammunition, firearms, and riot gear, it is becoming increasingly clear that the U.S. government is positioning itself in advance of an as of yet unknown widespread calamity,” writes Mac Slavo.
Indeed, FEMA is not the only branch of the Department of Homeland Security demanding the immediate delivery of provisions within as quick a time frame as possible.
As we highlighted back in May, the DHS itself released a market survey asking companies if they were able to provide 2 million rounds of ammunition within a 30-60 day period.
“If you were awarded a contract for some of the calibers listed above, submitted a production lot of one million rounds and that lot or portion of the lot was not accepted, would you be able to replace that order with an additional one million rounds within 60 days?” the survey asked.
Similar to how the DHS’ huge bullet purchases over the last 18 months have caused shortages in ammunition, bulk food reserves are also becoming more scarce as a result of massive FEMA stockpiling, prompting concerns that “something is ready to pop off.”
Although FEMA is now purchasing storable food in quantities amounting to $1 billion dollars a year, individual Americans who follow their example by stocking up with bulk food buys are simultaneously being labeled as potential terrorists by the federal government.
As we reported last year, a flyer aimed at Military Surplus stores produced under the auspices of the FBI’s Communities Against Terrorism project, encourages owners to report people who “make bulk purchases of items to include….meals ready to eat”.
According to the flyer, the FBI advises store owners to demand ID’s from all new customers, as well as asking them questions about their purchase and being aware of “suspicious statements”.
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Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Infowars.com and Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a host for Infowars Nightly News.
This article was posted: Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 5:05 am

Not a good sign Ants.

bacpacker
08-06-2013, 02:15 PM
I saw a similar post on another forum last night. It was from a different vendorbut said more or less the same thing. That vendor followed up with a statement that they did not want the buisiness as it would take this amount of food from the hands of the public.

I agree that this is just one further sign of things to come. It will also force price increases as well as shortages for some time to come.

Possom
08-06-2013, 06:45 PM
I received an email from my patriot supply concerning this. They are who I buy my vegetable seeds from, very good seeds by the way.

Really does make you wonder what the government is up to. They have been doing this for a few years now. I believe it was mountain house that had to stop shipping #10 cans to the public for a while a year or two ago just so they could fill a government contract.

ElevenBravo
08-06-2013, 07:06 PM
But... this CANT happen now! Ive not got enough ammo or stored chow!

I knew I should have stated prepping YEARS ago!!

On a positive note, just added an SKS to the arms room. :-)

EB

Katrina
08-10-2013, 11:31 PM
Just wish I started years ago too. Guess I'll be making a few extra trips to the grocers for awhile.

ladyhk13
08-11-2013, 05:49 AM
Brushing up on your canning skills would be a good thing.

Fatty
08-11-2013, 10:54 PM
One more thing to add to the list of "If the government is buying it, I'm buying it."

I still believe the military surplus will be the next market to get hit by the public once ammo prices get too high.

ElevenBravo
08-11-2013, 11:10 PM
Speaking of ammo... Im finding myself transitioning from 5.56 to 7.62X39, simply... its cheaper, AND hits like a bag of bricks.
I now have an SKS, would like 1 more... OR an AK, Id like at least two in the safe, 1 for me and 1 for my daughter... the wife would be best served with her 20ga Rossi/Taurus single shot shotgun.

IMHO, a good rifle is way more important than a side arm, though.. a side arm is still part of the critical list.

EB

Gunfixr
08-12-2013, 12:07 AM
Depending on where you live, and where you may stay, a sidearm may end up being just as, if not more so, useful than a rifle.

Moving about on errands in an NPE (non-permissive environment), a handgun can be secreted about the person much easier than a rifle.

For instance, in Argentina, FerFal had written that once things were sort of "settled", but still in a shtf setting, if you were accosted and settled things yourself, and then slipped away, LE, upon arrival on scene, would simply pick up the pieces and do the the paperwork, more or less "looking the other way". If you were seen with a firearm, however, you would be picked up.
While many had rifles, they stayed in vehicles or homes. Mostly, handguns were carried about.