Reno. Quakes and I'm not ready at all

[gunsmith]

As many of you know, I drive a cab.
I scraped and put another title loan on my truck in order to lease the cab so I get to keep more money but biz is terribly slow.
Most stuff is in storage but, it all unorganized, my backpack has a bunch of shoes in it, stuff that might go in a bug out pack is all scattered....sheesh.

The quakes have been hitting at the worse possible moment, I have to come up with 350 a week for the cab, plus gas and the rest has to go toward getting the truck out of hock, insurance and registration is due, rent is due, arrrggghhhhh

Life is interesting.

Pray that the big one waits a few more weeks, OK?

[Regolith]

Uh, yeah...have fun with that...

My parents felt the one that hit in Wells.  They were a hundred miles away so there wasn't any damage.  I wonder if the big one goes off there, they'll feel that one too?

[Manedwolf]

Just get some of those blue water storage cubes at Wal-Mart and keep them filled, they're about $5 each. Bottled water, also. And pick up a box of Sopakco MREs, LED flashlights or lanterns, and batteries. Also a crank cellphone charger, they come on emergency radios now. If you're on a tight budget, get a 20lb sack of rice, cans of beans, and a way to boil water.

If there's a "big one", I'd expect power disruption and water and gas line breaks that take a while to fix, so just be ready for that. I'd expect you're already armed.

[gunsmith]

Sopakco MREs??
Where do I get them?
Flashlights I got, as well as first aid kits.
Armed?
You bet, I guess I can go raid houses with "Obama" signs out front!

JUST KIDDING!

i'M ON MY WAY OUT TO  find some stuff cheap....

[Manedwolf]

You mean there's no surplus outlets in Reno?

SOPAKCO, a military contractor, makes a lower-calories version of their MREs for the general public as well, the Sure-Pak. A lot of people, myself included, find them to be the best general-public MRE out there. There's a couple of other brands that say they're MREs, but have substandard, low-grade and cheap food products in them and are generally pretty nasty. SOPAKCO is the only one that comes with the famous Military Spoon, the others come with EZ-snap white plastic ones. (There was one other decent company called Menu C, but I haven't seen their stuff in years)

They come in a box of 12 like this:



Beware loose "surplus" MREs unless you know how to read the date codes and/or have a table of what entrees were discontinued when. Some stores sell old military stock that's badly expired.

[Brad Johnson]

USGS real time quake monitoring.  Lots of activity at the moment.  Check out the swarm over the last few days in southern Cali.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/

Good thing is lots of little ones usually equals no big one.  Gradual energy release instead of all at once.

Brad

[Manedwolf]

Except the Reno ones have been building in intensity. That's unusual, and they've said that a 6 would not be a strange thing to have happen soon.

[Manedwolf]

The Reno temblors have prompted a flood of calls from homeowners to insurers about quake insurance.

MetLife placed a 30-day moratorium on new coverage after a 4.2 quake jolted Reno on Thursday. Until then, the strongest quake in the sequence had been 3.6 on April 16.

LITTLE LATE THERE GUYS 

[wmenorr67]

There's a couple of other brands that say they're MREs, but have substandard, low-grade and cheap food products in them and are generally pretty nasty.

Hell you just described MRE's to a T.

[Manedwolf]

There's a couple of other brands that say they're MREs, but have substandard, low-grade and cheap food products in them and are generally pretty nasty.

Hell you just described MRE's to a T.

Oh, there's worse. Hard to believe, but there is. Think stale generic "food" from a dollar store, including a no-name-brand artificially flavored smashed and stale cereal bar.

Oddly, SOPAKCO still makes the Grilled Chicken Breast for the civilian MREs, even though it was discontinued as an issue item. That one's good. It's just, well...a piece of grilled chicken.

BTW, did you see the new artwork that the Pentagon just spent millions developing for the MRE packaging? 



Three designs, approved just this month, apparently. It took them about two years and lots of committees, and lots of narrowing it down from dozens of designs.

[wmenorr67]

Seen the artwork a few months ago.

As for the grilled chicken read the package again.

I bet it says something like chicken pieces pressed and formed with grill marks added.

[Manedwolf]

Seen the artwork a few months ago.

As for the grilled chicken read the package again.

I bet it says something like chicken pieces pressed and formed with grill marks added.

Maybe, but it actually tastes like chicken, not a sorry excuse for Dinty Moore stew like a lot of the others do.

(The Beef Patty just doesn't look right, and the enchiladas are especially sorry when they get smashed.) 

BTW, have you ever had a chance to try a French RCIR? I've heard they make startlingly good rations, things like sautee of rabbit, lamb stew... Might not fight much, but the French can cook, so that makes sense.

[Jamisjockey]

Sopakco MREs??
Where do I get them?
Flashlights I got, as well as first aid kits.
Armed?
You bet, I guess I can go raid houses with "Obama" signs out front!

JUST KIDDING!

i'M ON MY WAY OUT TO  find some stuff cheap....

Mormons teach as part of thier faith to stockpile some things.  Not sure of the standard, but I think its a year for thier family+ another family.  For some reason, alot of them don't think they should also stockpile some arms and ammo.  During a discussion with one I mentioned that since they're relatively unarmed, I'll come borrow some supplies if the time comes.  I think he bought some guns after that.
  

[Lennyjoe]

https://www.meyerscustomsupply.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=MCS&Category_Code=sopakco

For all your MRE needs.   

[The Annoyed Man]

Best of luck gunsmith. Hope your work situation and economy improves .

[Gewehr98]

I still have a case or two of issued stuff I bought through the AF Commissary.  I bought them for our hurricane bug-out kit.

They're ok for a survival situation, backpacking, or deer camp when nothing else is available, but Imodium AD is cheaper and packs lighter, too.   

[Manedwolf]

I wish they'd bring back the oatmeal cookie brick.

China apparently copied it and includes it in their rations.

[Marnoot]

Mormons teach as part of thier faith to stockpile some things.  Not sure of the standard, but I think its a year for thier family+ another family.  For some reason, alot of them don't think they should also stockpile some arms and ammo.  During a discussion with one I mentioned that since they're relatively unarmed, I'll come borrow some supplies if the time comes.  I think he bought some guns after that.
  

Yep, I consider my guns'n'ammo part of emergency preparedness. The LDS church generally proscribes a year's supply of food for one's own family. I need to get started on one, I've been in an apartment where it's harder to keep much stored food, but recently bought a house so I actually have the space.

When I was little, my family lived largely on our food storage for I think it was 6 months when my dad lost his job and was having trouble finding another one, so it's definitely not just for disaster preparedness.

[The Annoyed Man]

Reno has a few minor quakes and you people are talking stockpiling survival supplies.  Hilarious. 

[RocketMan]

Reno has a few minor quakes and you people are talking stockpiling survival supplies.  Hilarious. 

Over 330 in the last six days.  Yup, just a few. 

[41magsnub]

Maybe this is the precurser to CA finally falling into the ocean.  New beach front property incoming!  Maybe I should start some land speculation?

[The Annoyed Man]

Maybe this is the precurser to CA finally falling into the ocean.  New beach front property incoming!  Maybe I should start some land speculation?

Yeah, grow your own lettuce '41magsnub', because if the world's 7th largest economy ceases to exist, you're gonna find yourself in the middle of an economic depression the likes of which hasn't existed since the Dark Ages. 

[Boomhauer]

Yeah, grow your own lettuce '41magsnub', because if the world's 7th largest economy ceases to exist, you're gonna find yourself in the middle of an economic depression the likes of which hasn't existed since the Dark Ages.

We'll manage. I don't eat rabbit food.

[The Annoyed Man]

Yeah, grow your own lettuce '41magsnub', because if the world's 7th largest economy ceases to exist, you're gonna find yourself in the middle of an economic depression the likes of which hasn't existed since the Dark Ages.

We'll manage. I don't eat rabbit food.

That's cool.  Carrion eating humans don't live all that long.  Your choice.

[Headless Thompson Gunner]

I wonder if the Reno quakes are related to the midwest quakes last week.  I need to brush up on my geology.