This is written in collaboration with Fernando.
April 2010
Just weeks before her weekend training session on wilderness medicine and survival, Jeanette is on her computer shopping for her gear while a crow is perched on her flat-screen monitor.
In her room she has Doc Blue's Emergency Kit and her custom survival kit/bug out box. Her duel purpose kit is a work in progress.
Jeanette considers what candle lantern to include in her kit. Three browser tabs are open. One displays a page for the UCO Original Candle Lantern, another displays the company's Micro Candle Lantern and a third compares the five candle lanterns the company makes. Burn time, lumens and British thermal units are given for each lantern. The Original, which has stood the test of time, only uses a candle they make. These candles use a secret wax formula and have been engineered to minimize smoke and dripping. Jeanette does not know how much is fact and how much is marketing. These are one of the few candles survival experts, whom Jeanette trusts, recommend. Therefore, Jeanette believes there is some fact to back up the company's claim. How much is hype is unknown. The Micro uses tea light candles that are sold in almost every store.
Jeanette makes her selection and closes the tab displaying the Micro Candle Lantern.
The crow remains perched on Jeanette's monitor and therefore does not touch any input device. Nevertheless, a new tab opens and the Micro Candle Lantern page is displayed again.
Jeanette looks at the crow. "Why that lantern?" Jeanette clicks on the comparison page tab. "For the Micro, the burn time is eight hours, lumens are fifteen and the British thermal units are 450. The burn time for the Original is nine hours, lumens are twenty and the British thermal units are 1900."
A new tab opens to the Google home page. "Tea light candles" is entered in the search box. On the results page, "Shopping" is highlighted. The shopping page scrolls down and "Next" is highlighted. The second page scrolls down and "Next" is highlighted again.
"I get it." Jeanette says after the twenty-fifth page is displayed. "I can get tea light candles anywhere but candles for the Original Candle Lantern will still be around." Jeanette closes that tab and the Micro Candle Lantern page. "I want to use the beeswax candle. The minimum burn-time for beeswax candle is twelve hours."
The page for the citronella candles opens.
"The minimum burn-time for citronella candle is nine hours; the advantage of the candle is obvious. I'll get those."
After placing her order, Jeanette closes the respective tabs. "Does Doc Blue's Emergency Medical Kit meet with your approval?"
A tab opens and a page for that medical kit, which she currently owns, is displayed.
"Good."
A second tab opens and the Mountain Medic, made by Adventure Medical Kits, is displayed.
"You want me to get two medical kits?" Jeanette is familiar with the Mountain Medic and has bought a number of their products. "Doc Blue's kit is perhaps the best overall designed kit, has plenty of self-adhesive bandages and medications and the bag is very durable. However, it's severely lacking in personal protection items. The Mountain Medic has six glove kits and plenty of wound dressing items. It has a minimal amount of self-adhesive bandages and, other than antihistamines, it's lacking in medications. All right, each kit has its pros and cons."
A third tab opens and the Emergency Preparedness Medical Kit, Level 2, by Chinook Medical Gear, is displayed.
"Chinook focuses on severe bleeding and these kits are also durable but you want me to get three medical kits?"
A fourth tab, on the same web site, opens.
"The LIFE Pack is for mass casualties." Jeanette clicks on "Specifications" and reads what it says. "The dimensions are eight inches by fourteen and a half inches by eight and a half inches. Granted, it looks cool and it has ten pairs of gloves but it's a bit bulky for a kit designed to treat ten people." Jeanette closes that tab.
A tab opens and the page Jeanette closed is up again.
"I don't get it. Yes, it looks cool but I'm not getting a trauma kit because it looks cool. The other three kits are practical and can be used in a survival situation. This is for mass casualties. The point in bugging out is to avoid mass casualties. Besides, if I carry four medical kits and my custom survival and bug out box, how am going to carry my purse? And what about clothes?" Since the crow cannot talk, Jeanette tries to figure this out. The two kits by Chinook contain a number of the same items and they both focus on life-threatening bleeding. She poses a question. "Are there other medical kits you want me to see?"
No more tabs are opened.
Jeanette composes E-mail and sends it to Fernando.
Code:There's a crow perched on my computer monitor as I type. I'm in
the process of selecting and buying the gear for the survival kit/bug
out box I'm building. As I consider one of two candle lanterns made by
UCO (one uses tea light candles and the other a proprietary candle) I
close the page of the one I decided against: the Micro, it uses tea
light candles. After I close that tab, a new tab opens and the page I
closed is displayed again. The crow perched on my monitor did not touch
any input device.
I ask the crow why that lantern, click on the comparison tab that
gives the specifications of the candle lanterns UCO makes and present
facts to back up why I selected the Original over the Micro.
A new tab opens and "tea light candles" is entered in the Google home
page. Next "Shopping" is highlighted and I'm shown twenty-five pages
of tea light candles. I get the point. It's easier to get tea light candles.
I went with the Original Candle Lantern.
After I place my order I ask if Doc Blue's Emergency Medical Kit, the
kit I currently have, meets with his or her approval. The page for
that medical kit opens. Good. The crow approves. Next a page for
another medical kit, the Mountain Medic by Adventure Medical Kits opens.
Doc Blue's kit has plenty of self-adhesive bandages and medications,
comes in a durable bag but is grossly lacking in personal protection
items. The Mountain Medic has five glove kits and plenty of wound
dressing items. However, except for having twenty packets of
antihistamines, it's lacking in medications.
A page for the Emergency Preparedness Medical Kit - Level 2, by
Chinook Medical Gear, opens. Chinook builds medical kits for the
military so it's no surprise that even their civilian kits focus on
life-threatening bleeding. I think I can handle three medical kits and
a custom bug out box.
A fourth page, on the same website, is opened. This one I don't
understand. The LIFE Pack is for mass casualties. The point in bugging
out is to avoid situations in which mass casualties happen. Moreover,
this pack is a bit bulky. If I have to bug out on foot and carry four
medical kits and a bug out box, I won't be able to carry anything else
such as my purse or clothes except for one pair of socks I have in my
bug out box.
The following are the four kits. The top one is the one I currently have:
http://www.aeromedix.com/medical-supplies/medical-kits/doc-blue-s-family-medical-kit/
http://www.adventuremedicalkits.com/medical-kits/professional/professional-mountain-medic.html
http://www.chinookmed.com/cgi-bin/item/01375/s-survival_gear/-EPMK---Level-2-
http://www.chinookmed.com/cgi-bin/item/01312/CO-MC_AS/-Chinook-LIFE-Pack
Jeanette Isabelle
Fernando replies.
Code:Perhaps the crow knows something you don't. Here in NYC - 9/11 as you
know, was a catastrophe on levels not seen in a long time in the USA.
Though I was there to deal with the situation with Doc Mitchell and MC, I
live 5 miles away and my place was covered with dust and debris from the
attack. Thus in bugging out of a large community like New York City, or
Dallas, you will have to deal with mass casualties. If not, you need to
take what you can for your self and bug out as far a you can go.
Thanks to Tammy's infidelity, stupidity and greed, I need to bug out of my
own place and leave. Much of my personal technology involving Time Travel
is secure through my girls, she wont have access to it. But until I am
secure myself, it wont be accessible to me either. I hope to be in my new
place by April 20th. My first wave of the move will involve my most
important of computer and radio equipment, as much of my personal medical
equipment, my personal firearm and my uniform and some clothes, then in
the next couple of waves, I should have everything in place to be secure.
I'd say, take what you need first. You can't be of any use in a rescue if
you can not take care of your self. Then take what you think you will need
to help others. Finally, do some field magic - use what you got around
you. Supplies do run out, so you need to deal with that. Plus you will
need a shelter for your self - as in a tent and sleeping bag, and that
adds to what you need to carry. in dealing with all that you will be
loaded down or you will be hauling a red ryder wagon with you things in
it.
A tent like this one can keep you dry and warm in cold days in the mountains:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Coleman-Sundome-2-Person-Dome-Tent-7-x-5/15840165
Just think it through, you got a descent start here. But you are more
important than those around you. You can not help anyone in an emergency
if you get hurt or killed.
~Fernando
Jeanette replies.
Code:You may have a point. After all, these crows are acting strange.
Nothing new to report other than what I mentioned in my previous
E-mail.
Speaking of improvising, that's part of the reason why wilderness
medicine exists and why I will be learning it.
As for shelter, I'm limited to what I can include in the survival
kit/bug out box I'm building. I chose the All Weather Blanket because
of its versatility. I can use it as a regular blanket, ground cover or
an improvised shelter.
http://www.grabberworld.com/products/grabber-outdoors/all-weather-blanket.html
Jeanette Isabelle
Fernando replies.
Code:The crows know something we humans can not perceive. Its like cats and
dogs acting strangely before an earthquake, and do things like move their
babies to another location for safety. We humans lost that ability long
ago. They still have it so they are acting on something we can not see.
The questions is, why would a crow help a human?
Not to ridicule you, Jeanette, but you got a brain. You have the ability
to improvise when needed, like that party you told me about a couple years
ago where the caterer royally messed up and you stepped in with your
sisters to make up for the loss. You just need to apply that to rescues.
Don't have a rope? Use a vine. Don't have a wood splint? Use newspaper or
a tree branch. Don't have bandages? A handkerchief, a clean diaper or a
feminine pad will do just as well. You know that. This class will be too
easy for you that it will be boring.
A blanket will only work for few hours. I know New York is different from
Texas, but here I would need a tent and a sleeping bag plus those things I
need for a bug out. At best, if I can drive it out there, I would take my
VW Camper or even an ambulance. A blanket will not be enough for an
overnight situation. You would be too exposed to the elements during the
night and you will seek shelter with somebody how has a tent. That tent I
linked up rolls up to something the size of a short tower PC, and a
sleeping bag will be as tall but thinner. At worst it would add 5 pounds
to what you carry. Like I said, you need to take care of yourself first
before you can take care of others.
Hell, read the boy scout manual about tents and sleeping bags. And it is
not just the weather you need to worry about, but also the critters that
are about, especially the 6 legged kind. You do not want one crawling on
you when you're sleeping against a tree. Right? Here's a webpage I found:
http://www.quora.com/How-do-I-carry-a-tent-and-a-sleeping-bag-when-hiking
I don't want to see you hurt out there, so don't mind my mouth.
~Fernando.
As Jeanette replies again, web pages about Shizuku Tsukishima open in her browser. Shizuku Tsukishima is the author who disappeared around the time her book,
Whisper of the Heart, is published. Jeanette does not understand what the crow is trying to say.
Code:I hear what you are saying about shelter and taking care of myself
first. But, I have a crow perched on my monitor who seems to
understand English and is able to operate a computer without any input
device. And this crow has pulled up four web pages: three are for
medical kits and one for a mass casualty kit. That allows me only one
extra thing to carry.
This is the case I'm using for my bug out box:
http://www.pelican.com/cases_detail.php?Case=1450
I'm using the case without foam. If I use the shelter items you
suggest, I would have to get a bigger case. The one I have is almost
full. Something else to consider is weight. The crow wants me to focus
on medical: three med kits and a mass casualty kit. That suggests I'm
bugging out with a party.
This is strange. Web pages about Shizuku Tsukishima have opened. She
is the author who disappeared around the time her book, Whisper of the
Heart, was published. Are you familiar with that book?
Jeanette Isabelle
Fernando replies.
Code:You can, or at least should be able to, put the medical kits and mass
casualty kit together into one box. Problem with that will be that the box
will be heavy from all four kits. You know the limits of your strength,
I'm not you to know that. Unless you are carrying food- clothing and
shelter has a higher priority to carry as food you can get elsewhere...
although...
I remember during Hurricane Hana of September 2008, my friends and I went
to the Red Cross with our radio equipment to be a communications hub for
the local NYC Area. They told us that we were to bring our own food,
clothing, blankets and so on because they were not going to share them to
us even though they had 8 truck loads of supplies to give out to those
stranded in the community. We were going to be stranded with them for 3
or more days and they had supplies for a month. So I told them to go screw
themselves - as you know I live on the 13th floor, so flooding was no
major concern me unless Manhattan became 120ft underwater. My only concern
was electricity, and with my generator and batteries, I should last 10
days if needed. In short, my friends brought in extra food and supplies
and we camped at my place, organizing other hams on the air and
distributing help. The Red Cross tried to step in and confiscate our
equipment at my place to which I put my shotgun to their faces and told
them to leave. My friends and I organized the local police and fire
departments as well as the catholic churches and community centers during
this emergency on our own, and the red cross came back with police to try
to destroy this. After contacting their commanding police and fire
officers, the Red Cross was told to get the #$@! out or else. We have the
licenses, certifications and the permission to operate during an
emergency, they did not. The point is this - in a mass casualty emergency,
you may be out there for days helping out, but who is going to help you?
You need to help yourself first before anything.
I'm not saying that you should be packed down like some beast of burden.
You just need to be prepared to take care of yourself during an emergency.
If you have not eaten in a number of days, you can pass out from hunger
and you will need to be rescued. Worst yet, you could be robbed or
sexually assaulted while passed out. So you need to think ahead for
yourself and for others. You can't be useful if you are useless. The case
is nice, but you need to be able to carry it along with your things. You
can't be useful if you got so much medical equipment and you can't carry
it because it's too heavy.
You are too much like me - willing to give yourself up for others above
all things. But you will reach that point where I am where all those
things you have done is not recognized, or worse - credit taken away from
you and given to somebody else who did nothing. That is going to leave you
hollow, empty and angry - thinking that all you did was a waste. it is not
a waste - as its proof being all those you saved are still alive. That is
the only thing that keeps me going.
Considering all those who are around you - police, fire, emts, I doubt if
there was a mass casualty emergency that you would be alone. Like you,
they too are prepared in case something happens. If you had access to a
vehicle, it would be easier for you to carry more. Too bad you don't.
No I am not familiar with the book "Whisper of the Heart" as I should be.
Shizuku Tsukishima is not the only author to disappear; Eric von Daniken -
who wrote "Chariots of the Gods" disappeared for almost 35 years after his
book was published, only to return just recently. I can imagine the size
of his royalty check he got when he came back from his disappearance.
Well, take care of yourself - I mean that.
~Fernando.
As Jeanette writes her reply, she stops. "Fernando is right. There must be a Plan B."
A spreadsheet program opens. In Column A, starting with Row 2, every item at least in one of the three medical kits is listed. In Column B, Row 1, "AMK" is entered. In Column C, Row 1, "Dock Blue" is entered. In Column D, Row 1, Chinook is entered.
In their respective boxes, a number is entered, indicating how much of each item each medical kit has. As Jeanette looks at the spreadsheet, she notices some items have been removed, some have been added and, more surprisingly, some items have been transferred from one medical kit to another.
"Transfer from one medical kit to another? This means something but what? Is each medical kit supposed to fill a void another has or does each medical kit serve a specific purpose?" Jeanette takes a close look at Column D. "Wait a minute. The Chinook medical kit has been modified to include the contents of two LIFE kits."
Code:I believe I'm more prepared than the average person but that's because
experience is a teacher. One time, as a child, I was in a grocery
store checkout lane and I needed to sneeze. I had nothing but my
hands. Fortunately a woman in front of us has Kleenex in her purse.
From then on I kept travel size Kleenex on me. This is the first of
many times in which experience has taught me to be prepared. The flaw
is, experience can only teach a person to deal with problems one has
already faced. I'll be well prepared if I had to bug out to a house
with no electricity or running water.
The personal protection items I have, beyond the multi-purpose blanket
I mentioned, are lip balm, sunscreen, insect repellent, cotton gloves,
leather work-gloves, emergency rain poncho, a bandana and an extra
pair of socks. For food and water, I have a water filter, two water
bottles, cup, folding spoon, camp stove, a kettle, vitamins and
electrolytes, four coffee kits and three protein bars.
I have a vehicle. I have to consider the possibility I may be away
from my vehicle and can only use what I carry.
As I write this E-mail, I tell the crow that you are right. So I tell
it there has to be a Plan B.
A spreadsheet program opens. In Column A, starting with Row 2, every
item at least one of the three medical kits has is listed. In Row 1,
Starting with Column B, the three medical kits but not the mass
casualty kit are listed. In their respective boxes, a number is
entered, indicating how much of each item each medical kit has. As I
look at the spreadsheet I notice some items have been removed, some
added and, more surprisingly, some items have been transferred from
one medical kit to another.
Transferring an item from one kit to another is what's strange. If the
three medical kits are to serve one purpose, what difference does it
make which kit an item is in? This means something but what? I thought
the point in having three medical kits is one fills a void another
has. This suggests the three medical kits do not serve one purpose but
that each one serves a specific purpose.
As I look at Column D I notice that the modified Chinook medical kit
has the contents of two LIFE Kits. I don't know if you looked at the
link for the LIFE Pack; the LIFE pack holds five LIFE Kits. I may be
short three LIFE Kits but I have one less bag to carry.
This crow is smart. If only it could talk.
Whisper of the Heart is a fantasy written for female readers. Your
daughters may have read it.
Baron Humbert von Gikkingen finds himself in a number of adventures as
he searches for his lost love, Baroness Louise. At the end of the
book, the Baron has yet to find the Baroness.
Female fans want to read more about the Baron and his adventures but
can't because the author disappeared.
I'm trying to understand what the crow is trying to say by loading web
pages about the author.
Jeanette Isabelle
Fernando replies.
Code:I'm afraid that you're not prepared enough. The stove is a good start, but
there is no food to cook. And it looks like you have enough for a day,
most emergencies involving mass casualties last 3 or more days and at
worst - weeks. Where you live, though not in Tornado alley but near it,
one good tornado will leave you searching and rescuing for weeks.
The car is a great start as in you can pack for your personal needs in it
and use it as a shelter. leaving it parked nearby the emergency site as
you work, and return to it at night for food, shelter and rest. You just
need to leave it with those in charge for safe keeping. With your personal
stuff and emergency gear in your car as you need them, it will make things
easy for you.
Who ever sent the crow knows something. What, I don't know. But in
organizing your gear means you need to prioritize things. A General kit
is good for general events and injuries. Specifying things into groups
means you can survey the scene and take what you need for the job at hand.
Well, excuse me for having a penis. I don't generally read books outright.
I just take what I need mostly sci fi and tech manuals.
~Fernando.
Jeanette is concerned with the lack of food but is not sure what to add. Quart-size packets of dried milk are among the things that have crossed her mind but at the same time she is having reservations she can't explain.
Jeanette puts that in her E-mail.
Fernando replies.
Code:Look over: http://www.nitro-pak.com/food/brand/mountain-house
Each can can last 3 meals, and you just need to add boiling water to cook
them. Plus you can mix and match. Just pick and choose what you want from
the list.
If you look the site, they got 3/7/10/30/365 pre-packaged deals as well.
You would not need a 365 day package, but who know - store it in the
basement. But a 7 or 10 day package can be stored in a car truck, its
about the size of 2 short tower PCs side by side. In my VW Camper I have
the bottom bench seat stuffed with about 2 weeks of assorted food for
myself or 1 week if I have somebody with me. My only problem is water and
that is not a problem.
There should be no problem, you should be prepared within your skill
limits and your tools/supplies. You need to take care of your self first
above all others. You just need to assess the information of the scene at
hand, and then you need to deal with the situation with what you got. Do
not over extend yourself. Do not try to do something you can not do. Do
not put yourself into a situation where you can not win. Rescue is a game
where when you lose, you could be killed. You know that, but I've noticed
that you've been angsty, maybe not angsty but more like unsure of yourself
in many things and yet you seem to be able to do an excellent job in doing
what needs to be done. You can do it, what ever needs to be done. I know
you can.
Just do what you can and hope for the best.
~Fernando
Jeanette does not know why she had reservations about including quart-size packets of dried milk. Dried milk is among the best in space to nutritional value.
Jeanette is familiar with freeze-dried and other forms of just-add-water food. If only Jeanette could do that with a pizza and a soda or at least a sandwich and a soda.
She also has to plan for the possibility she may be away from her vehicle.
Jeanette puts that in her E-mail.
Fernando replies.
Code:As you know, the important thing is to not get yourself hurt. Now, as I
seen, 5 gallons worth of dry milk is about the size of a cereal box.
That's more than enough milk for most of your needs with a baby in your
arms for more than a month. That is a small package. Mixing it is the
problem, and that is not a problem when you get the water to do it with.
And though milk is good for you, you need more. Eggs is Nature's other
prefect food. The site I posted has dried eggs to make omelets with and
they have pre-prepared omelets with peppers and ham. And like milk, 10oz
of dry egg powder is about a dozen and half eggs. Between eggs and milk,
you will have enough to survive on. And that is a problem.
It is enough to survive on not to do rescues with. Surviving and waiting
to be rescued does not take a lot of personal energy and food. Rescuing
takes up a lot of energy and thus a lot of food. Freeze dried stuff is not
perfect but its filling and gives you energy. I remember at 911, I had to
yell and take over the red cross food truck, as that fat idiot chairman
was giving out 1 sandwich of white bread slices with 1 slice of baloney
and 1 slice of cheese to each fireman out there. I give them fatter
sandwiches (2 or 3) with more meat and cheese, and they performed better.
Then I ran into that other problem - 1/2 the food was going to the rescue
dogs there. I gave out the sandwiches and the rescuers shared t with their
dogs, what a damed site to see! So after I made a few phone calls, it
ended up evening news and the following day a big truck of donated
supplies arrived and 1/2 of that truck being dog food for the dogs. And
that bastard red cross chairman tried to take the credit for it and I
punched him out live on TV! But seriously, there was about 1200 rescuers
and another 400 iron workers shoring up the site so it would not collapse
on everyone. A person at rest waiting to be rescued only needs 1200
calories, but a rescuer looking for those to be rescued need 2000 calories
or more! You are doing the rescue, so you will need more food.
The other side of the coin or equation is rest. You can not work 24 hours
straight, for so many days rescuing. I was at the 911 site for 10 days
helping out where I could - I only took over the red cross truck because
that asshole was doing less than a minimal job of feeding us, but I was in
that hell hole crawling into crevasses and help lifting 2ton blocks of
concrete and carrying it away. Mind you, the first set of cranes to help
clear out the place did not come in until after 10 days later, so we did
that work of clearing the site by hand, without machines like bulldozers
and cranes. At first we tried to do the whole job in 1 day, but that was
impossible and we were getting tired. SO we had to organize ourselves in
group who worked in 6, 3 and 1.5 hour blocks. 6 hours for sleep, 3 hours
of work, 1.5 hours of rest, food, and first aid. This seemed to work
better for us and it got things done quicker, as groups over lapped and
work was more evenly distributed.
I organized the Red Cross Crew to do First Aide, meals, sleeping area and
blankets, and supervise where excavated material was to be placed. We took
over an office building and a hotel, where some sleeping areas were.
Everyone else slept in the firetrucks and ambulances that was there, I
slept in the driver's seat of the Red Cross Truck. Plus most of us bathed
(actually bird bath) on the broken fire hydrants around the area.
Having gone through this - I worry about you. You're not accounting rest
and other things you need to do a rescue with if it lasts more than a
couple of days. Its fine to go to an ambulance, drive to the scene, pick
up the victims and take them to the hospital. Its the simplest part of
being a rescuer. But if like 911, or a hurricane or a tornado, if you are
going to be there searching and pulling out victims for days, prepared as
is, you are not going to last long. I went into 911 in a 3 piece suit, and
I took over because that is the person I am. That ensured me food, tools
and shelter I did not came in with. You need to either be prepared or do
the same - take over. Even if you plan to be away from your vehicle, make
sure it is near by. You will need it for shelter if things get that bad,
storing extra equipment you may need and as your exit plan if things get
so bad that you do have to leave.
I say that because that crow seems to be setting you up for a multi-day
mass casualty situation. Its fine and great that you can go out and rescue
people for several days non-stop. But you will need food and shelter for
yourself to last those days. As is, you're only prepared for 1 day, 2 max.
That's what I worry about.
Please think this through. I spent 10 days in that 3 piece suit at 911.
Lets just say things were getting ripe and funky by day 3. That alone you
need to be prepared for.
~Fernando
As Jeanette mentioned, experience is a teacher. That is why she considered planning for the possibility she might be away from her vehicle. Nevertheless Fernando has a point. The crow knows what will happen. She doesn't.
Speaking to the crow, Jeanette asks, "Will I have access to my vehicle?"
A new tab opens and a page on Volkswagen Westfalia Campers is loaded.
Jeanette does not drive a Volkswagen Camper and does not know anyone but Fernando who does. Jeanette concludes she will not be using her vehicle but a Volkswagen Camper instead. Good idea but, unless Jeanette can transfer gear directly from her vehicle to the Camper, she has to carry her gear until she can use a Volkswagen Camper.
Jeanette asks the crow what mass casualty situation she is being set up for. No page is loaded. Next she asks, "What type of disaster will I deal with?"
Four web pages are loaded: One of the Yellowstone Caldera, one on the New Madrid Seismic Zone, something about an economic collapse and the last one is on World War III.
Jeanette asks what will she be doing. No page is loaded. Not sure how to word it, Jeanette asks, "Who will I be rescuing?"
A web page on angels, fan art of Baroness Louise, a page on mutants and another page on the prostitution of children are loaded.
Baroness Louise is from
Whisper of the Heart, a work of fiction.
Jeanette asks, "Who is Baroness Louise?"
A web page on spirits is loaded.
"When will this begin?"
A calendar of the current month and year is accessed.
Jeanette puts all of that in her E-mail to Fernando.
Fernando replies.
Code:So this crow is predicting WWIII. So unless he knows something I don't,
best to see where he takes it.
The VW Camper is a descent ride, but a bit tail heavy since the engine and
drive train is in the rear. And if it's in good condition, it can float in
water. Depending on the camper model, it has a sink and a stove in most
models. And the top pops up for a "second floor bed" but unless it's a kid
I would not recommend an adult to sleep up there. It is a bit on the light
side so when empty while you're driving it you can feel the wind buffeting
it. And it is good on gas, getting almost 40mpg.
Well, lets see what's happening. I'll have my radio gear listening in on
all channels if something happens. I figure I can drive to you in less
than a week if shit hits the fan.
~Fernando
Jeanette wrote what just transpired.
Code:The crow knows something we don't. Only when I ask the right questions
do I get an answer. It's a matter of figuring out the right questions.
I wonder how a crow can know such things so I ask it, what are you.
Expecting it to pull up a web page on crows, I get this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit
The Salish Indians believe spirits take on animal forms. Now things
are beginning to make sense but why would a bunch of spirits be
observing me so I ask it. I get the following page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Earth
I'm not a tree hugger but, when given the choice, I go with the
environmentally friendly option. As mentioned in the previous E-mail,
when I asked whom will I be rescuing, I get a web page on angels,
pictures of Baroness Louise who happens to be a spirit, mutants and
child prostitutes.
Baroness Louise makes sense. The spirits want me to rescue one of
their own. Maybe the others will help protect the Earth?
Jeanette Isabelle
Fernando replies.
Code:It is not that we do not know, but we do not know what is to happen yet.
According to the Politico/Ecomonico statistics, there are actions being
taken that could lead to lesser foot-on-the-ground wars but nothing
nuclear. And of those which could provoke a nuclear war (USA, Russia,
Great Britain, India, China, Japan, Israel, and Australia) only China and
Russia can escalate it into a MAD War (Mutually Assured Destruction), as
us and they have the Hydrogen Bomb and not the Atomic bomb like everyone
else.
But there one has to be careful with spirits. One can not determine if
they are good or evil without passing a few tests. I personally would not
trust them until they can pass those tests. Even an evil spirit would try
to be or look good if it wants you to do its bidding to save one of its
own, so it is difficult to say. Just asking it if it is good or evil will
give you nothing as an answer. The only test I can say that you could give
is this: An evil spirit will do everything in its powers and abilities to
get you to do what it needs to be done; A good spirit, with a couple of
exceptions, would give you a choice to take such actions and not force you
to do. Only exceptions were that of God himself - like Jonah and the
whale, and impregnating the virgin Mary, and these exclude the spirits by
actions and forces them to be messengers.
Lets see what happens. As far as I know, with my technologies and things
says that we're say for the next 20 or so years from any form of
Armageddon.
~Fernando
When shown four web pages, three with medical kits and one with a mass casualty kit, Jeanette asked if there's a Plan B. A spreadsheet program opens and, with it, she is shown how the three medical kits can be modified to include 2/5 of the contents of the mass casualty kit. Jeanette was given an alternative when she asked for it.
Jeanette has no idea what she's getting herself into. So far she can only ask a question that can be answered with a spreadsheet program or a web page. Jeanette asks, "What are my living arrangements like?"
A picture of a teepee is loaded.
"No offence to the Native Americans and their traditions but do you have something else?"
The page on the Volkswagen Camper is pulled up again.
The bigger question is, does Jeanette have a choice in going on this mission? How does she ask in a way that can be answered with web pages? She may say yes if she knows what she's getting herself into.
She puts that in her E-mail.
Fernando replies.
Code:Question is, are you prepared as per the crow's wishes? And if not, how
soon can you be? I'm not saying to trade in your truck for a VW Camper.
No, chances are it may be my VW Camper or they will get you one. I'm just
guessing.
For testing, I can not say other than what I stated. Just look at the
bible, and your local priest for such a test. But like I said, Evil will
force/trick you into doing, Good will give you a choice unless God needs
you to act.
The question is - what about your family, your sisters? If there is a
cataclysmic tragedy, where would you and then regroup? You need to plan
such things out with them. My daughters and I have our way of getting such
things done, but it will take time.
Again, lets see what happens.
~Fernando
Jeanette replies.
Code:I thought of a question that could be answered with a web page. I
asked where would I be going. The following page is loaded:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Northwest
I asked another question. If I were to go, when would I be leaving?
The following page is loaded again:
http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/monthly.html?year=2010&month=4&country=1
Then I asked, is there anyone who could help? The following page is loaded:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortality
Hikaru is an Immortal.
I ask why are Hikaru and I needed in the Pacific Northwest? I'm shown
a number of web pages that include the three medical kits, links to
items in my purse, the case I use for my bug out box and links to
items in my bug out box. Then I said you don't need me. You just need
my stuff. The following page is loaded:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Registry_Emergency_Medical_Technician
Got it. The sprits don't just need medical kits. They need an EMT. I mention I
am not the only EMT, why me? The following pages are loaded:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncanville,_Texas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Hill,_Texas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortality
Okay? They need an EMT from my area who knows Hikaru. I ask why do
they need an EMT from my area who knows Hikaru. No page is loaded.
Then I ask what I believe is an important question. Would I be
protected if I go? A picture of a murder of crows is loaded. I ask if
anyone can defeat a spirit. The following page is loaded:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit
I remind the spirit that he or she is a supernatural being and that
there are humans who deal in the supernatural. So I ask, other than a
spirit, is there any being who can defeat a spirit. The following page
is loaded:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah
I think about this some more. I ask if there is any person they cannot
protect me from. The following page is loaded:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_armour
Right, as long as someone is protected from head to toe, that person
is protected from a crow or a spirit in the form of a crow. As long as
someone in a suit of armor does not attack me, I will be safe.
To address your questions, according to the spirit, I will be living
in a Camper. Whose camper it is, I don't know. Am I fully prepared?
I don't know. I've been focusing on how to ask what I'm getting
myself into.
Jeanette Isabelle
Fernando replies.
Code:And this posses the problem to which the answer is in my mind, the Crow
and others involved are not spirits, gods like beings or superior beings.
They must be either aliens or Time Travelers.
Hopefully I can get to my equipment and turn it on, but that is going to
take a month to do as power to run it needs to be obtained. I hope these
so-called spirit do not do anything to hurt you, or else I will fid out
who they are and put a stop to this in one way or another. To me it sounds
like they royally #$@!ed up and they need you to help because they can not
do what you can.
Good luck.
~Fernando
Jeanette has a shape-shifting alien perched on her monitor? That would explain web pages being pulled up without any input device. And a spirit does not need the help of mortals to find one of their own.
Once again Jeanette asks the crow what it is.
A page on extraterrestrial life is loaded.
Jeanette thinks of how to put the next question in a way that can be answered with a web page. "Has anyone called you spirits?"
A page on the Salish people is loaded.
Things are making sense. The Salish Indians believe spirits take on animal forms. What if, at some point in history, aliens visited the Salish Indians and, not knowing what to call them, called them "spirits?"
There will be a war and an economic collapse. An EMT with supplies is needed. This suggests, depending on the severity of the earthquake, the U.S. infrastructure could be damaged. A VW Camper will be provided but still, this is concerning. Jeanette would only go if everything were provided.
As for messing things up, Jeanette wonders how Fernando did come to that conclusion besides the fact help is needed to find one of their own.
Fernando replies.
Code:I'll go back on my statement on what the spirits are. Sometimes its best
to be a puppet on a string and see where the show goes than to be a puppet
that cuts its own strings and ending the show then and there. The Spirits
can be spirits by definition of what spirits are, alien ETs hiding as
spirits, or anything in between. But in the very least, they as I see them
are not to be trusted. I see too much manipulation going on. Why do they
have to convince anyone in what has to be done and just do it? That is the
problem I see.
Remember - God made Mary pregnant to have Jesus, he did not ask her to
whether or not she wanted too, or tried to influence her to get into her
panties like some dumb jock trying to get into his girlfriend's panties for the
sake of the big game tomorrow. It is said and it is done. It is these actions
of these spirits are making me think 'what are they up to?'
Doubt is often said to be a bad thing to have. But without it, one can not
think of the matters at hand. One can be led through life for what others
want them to do or one can have free will in what happens in what given
situations they go through. In this Free Will gives doubt, but without
Free Will, things can not be done without being manipulated to get them
done. If they want or need you to go, why not they ask if you want to go?
Or would they prefer to take you without your permission, put you in a
cage with somebody else and observe you for who knows how long and hope
for you to engage in a mating ritual with your cellmate, or worse, watch
your cellmate rape you. I would prefer to have a fighting chance in such a
situation.
~Fernando
What if an alien in the form of a crow perched on Jeanette's monitor to give her the heads up so she can better prepare?
Shelter is covered. Personal protection is covered unless the attacker is protected from crows. Next is food. Jeanette can add eight one-quart packets of dried milk and a food container to her bug out box. Space is getting smaller and dried eggs require a measuring spoon.
Jeanette drinks water between meals but during a meal she drinks coffee, tea, milk juice but sodas are preferred for lunch and dinner.
Fernando's question as to why Jeanette is needed is already answered. She has the necessary supplies. How can a question be asked with web pages? Nevertheless, Jeanette is given the foreknowledge and if she objects, she can say no. On the other hand, Jeanette does not know all the facts to say yes either.
Fernando replies.
Code:Food can be obtained, there should be markets if the community survived.
The problem is who to deal with those markets - money or bartering? And
what do you have to barter? And what if any is going to be supplied? They
are supplying a VW Camper, so what else can they "give?"
If it is an Alien, one has to consider the fact that this could be some
sort of alien invasion. If it is something else, then what is that
something else. Spirits have a set ways of doing things, Aliens have
another. They both have agendas to fulfill. So you need to figure out what
that agenda is and does it continue the human race or ends it? And why is
one preferred over the other.
Assume that you can obtain food, what else are you going to need? Going
to wear the same underwear for a week or longer straight? Or can you pack
a couple underwear with your gear? hat about other hygiene? Toothbrush,
toothpaste, a place to wash out your mouth. Beer? Not to drink but to use
as a cleaning agent and mouth wash for the alcohol content. Hell, hard liquor
makes a better antiseptic in many cases than that store stuff you get at the
drug store now. Again, improvising. It would be a waste of good scotch but to
disinfect a wound you can use it when alcohol pads run out.
I do know one thing about crows. Kill one, and after they have their
funeral for it (It's an odd site to see) the flock will fly away and never
return to that area for 2 years. If in somebody attacking you, one of the
crows gets killed, that protection they are supposed to give you will be
gone. Lets just hope your attacker does not know that.
What you decide to do is on you. I hope you do not get harmed by their
actions, they, who ever they are, will answer to me.
~Fernando
Jeanette replies.
Code:The spreadsheet program is being accessed again. A new row is
inserted between Row 1 and Row 2. In Column B, under "AMK" referring
to the Mountain Medic, "Bartering" is inserted. In Column C, under
"Doc Blue" as in Doc Blue's Emergency Medical Kit, "Party" is
inserted. In Column D, under "Chinook," "Four-Person" is inserted.
I thought the crow was trying to tell me something when, using the
spreadsheet program, it showed me to transfer items from one kit to
another.
So, I'll be using the Mountain Medic for bartering. I will be with a
party and, as indicated by the fact the Chinook kit is a four-person
kit, their will be more than four people in the party. What's
interesting is the four-person kit is the one with the trauma supplies.
I guess the aliens want to make every effort to keep me and three other
people alive.
As for what will be supplied, in addition to the Camper, no answer is
given. This could mean one of three things: nothing, unable to answer
or don't know yet.
If the Salish Indians call these aliens "spirits," this implies that
the aliens have been here for a long time, maybe before the Europeans
came to America.
As for continuing the human race, I will be rescuing angels, mutants
and child prostitutes. The first two is a bit cryptic but rescuing
child prostitutes sounds straightforward. As for why, I don't know.
I have a pair of socks in my bug out box.
Other than mouthwash, which takes up too much space, I have hygiene
items and a Camper has a sink. I'm not bringing toothpaste because
even a large tube will soon run out. I'm using an alternative:
https://www.drbronner.com/DBMS/PEPPERMINT/OLPE02.html
It tastes like soap but it works. Since one drop is needed, a
two-ounce bottle will last a long time.
That may be true for real crows but does this apply to aliens who take
on the form of a crow? That reminds me. If an alien in the form of a
crow dies, does it stay in the form of a crow?
Jeanette Isabelle
Fernando replies.
Code:Spirits, aliens, what ever. Just be careful in what they want you to do.
Big deal thy stated that you will be saving "selected" individuals:
Angels, Mutants, and Child Prostitutes. What about the general population,
you going to let them die if you find somebody in a dire need for medical
help? A Rescuer rescues anyone in need of help, not just those they want
to help. Angels sounds like you might be going into a spiritual world to
save them, a walk through hell in order to save one that Satan has
trapped; or an alien representation there of. In the Latter - such an
angel could be under arrest by an alien law enforcement and one has to
break them out. Like I said "Be Careful."
Child Prostitutes is an area I dealt with in rescues for too long. There
is no easy way of doing it than to put the Pimp - the one prostituting the
child into a No Win Situation if he so continues with the child
prostitution. The problem is, was the child drugged to keep it in this
prostitution game and if so was Angel Dust used? If Angel Dust is used,
then I'm sorry to say that it is better to take the child out to a hidden
area and kill it - Angel Dust is a vicious and dangerous drug and absorbed
into the fat of the body and be released later in its life creating a
flash back to the person as if they took the drug again. I have dealt with
Angel Dust using individuals, and putting it plainly simple - there is no
cure for it and it is better to kill the person and put them out of their
misery. Angel Dust can make one dangerous, vicious and down right evil
with super-strength and inability to feel pain. A person under the
influence of Angel Dust (PCP) can be shot, stabbed, burned, dropped from a
great height, bones broken, etc and they would not feel it, and they want
to kill and destroy. In the 50s and 60s, it was used as an elephant and
horse tranquilizer, and it failed in that. And if it was used to
tranquilize such large beasts, imagine what can it do to a human?
But back to pimps and child prostitutes, you can not show weakness to a
pimp, you can not show indecision to them, if you see a child being
prostituted, you need to stand up to this idiot and show no fear. Period.
To them that child is a way to make money, but if you can prove that
continuing to promote their activity and that they will lose money than
earn it, then you can rescue that child. Worst, you can buy the child from
the pimp. Question is what do you have to make such a deal? I dare say,
would you drop your panties to a Pimp to get that child? Or can you
figure something else out? Or are you willing to take the Pimp's life to
get the child? That last one I can do if I have too.
A pair of socks is nice, but sometimes I know you do not think about your
sexual self for some reason. Raising up my girls, I know that a girl need
to change her underwear daily because of her body producing a discharge of
vaginal fluid about a teaspoon full that is used to keep the internal
organ clean and free of infection. So if you can, have at least 2 or 3
extra panties in your go-kit. Since the VW camper has a sink, you can wash
one and wear the other while the washed on is hung out to dry. Panties do
not take up that much space as a pair of sox, especially bikini cut ones.
The crow morphing back to an Alien would depend on what technology was
used for the morphing or was it an ability it owns. But in the least,
Aliens have been around since the dawn of time and some Aliens (the Alpha
Dracons and other reptilians) claim to have been born on earth millions of
years before Man, which on can speculate that they were here in the time
of the Dinosaurs but left because they found out about the meteor that was
to hit the planet 65million years ago. Dinosaurs did have 650 million
years to evolve, so it is possible that a branch or two evolved into
Sapien and Sentient being capable of space travel technology. Thing is
this, The reptiloid race is hostile to humans and other mammal races as
they deem us as inferior. Since this crow has not shown any hostility
towards you in any way, then you can safely assume that it is not of the
reptiloid race. Furthering this, there are other Alien Races that only
observe us and do not interfere with us since the formation of the planet.
But at the same time, there are races that do interfere. Who's who in this
requires a lot of study into the subject.
I'm not saying that Spirits do not exist, they do. But the lines that
separates one reality from another can be easily blurred by manipulation.
Like I said, Spirits have their way of getting things done, and Aliens
have their way of getting things done. Figuring out which is which can
only be done by testing.
All we can do is hope for the best.
~Fernando
Jeanette Isabelle and Fernando