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Prepper News Update July 12

Wall Street Journal says Higher Inflation Is Here for Years Economists surveyed have raised their expectations for inflation lasting through 2023, but not by much....
Electric meter

UK Energy Execs Predict “Fuel Poverty” Will Crush Households

The rising cost of electricity in the UK is driving people into fuel poverty as more people are unable to pay their bill.
The eye of Hurricane Hillary.

Hillary to Smack California

Forecasts call for Hurricane Hillary to come aground in the Baja peninsula and continue North through San Diego, bringing flash flooding with it.
Man in chest rig with AR-15

Heavily Armed Guards Protect Philly Gas Station

A North Philadelphia neighborhood gas station owner has hired Kevlar-clad armed guards toting AR-15s and shotguns to prevent crime.
Rail yard

Rail Strike Averted

Deals have now been reached with all twelve unions, apparently averting a rail strike. The workers still have to vote.
Baking is a great way to cut costs during a recession. Photo by Nadya Spetnitskaya on Unsplash.

Dismal Wheat Outlook Result of Weather, War

The USDA Grain Report predicts tight wheat and corn market but uptick in rice and oats.
Hurricane Ida as seen on Saturday, August 20, 2021.

Utilities Fear Lack Of Transformers As Peak Hurricane Season Looms

If your power gets knocked out by a hurricane, shortages of transformers, line, and poles could slow efforts to restore power
10 Spam Recipes for Preppers

Stores Lock Up Canned Meat in NYC due to Crime, Inflation

How bad is shop lifting and other petty crimes in our urban areas? Well, they are locking up Spam and other canned meats to prevent theft.
Underground tunnel

Is the Answer Bunkers or Cooperative Farms?

Who has a better chance of surviving the end f the world, a billionaire in a bunker or a homesteader practicing regenerative farming?
F16 fighter jet

Russia Threatens to Attack NATO Airbases

If the Ukrainian F16 fighter jets operate out of NATO airbases outside Ukraine, Putin says he will consider them "legitimate targets."