States To Avoid
While the suffocating nanny state continues to grow at the local and national levels, some places are even more socialistic than what passes for normal in 21st century America. In alphabetical order, here are America's worst places to live.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/doyle4.html
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/june2005/100605statestoavoid.htm
The Unhealthiest Cities in America
New Orleans is considered the unhealthiest city in America, according to a new study released by Bert Sperling's BestPlaces and multivitamin-maker Centrum. The Centrum Healthiest Cities Study is the first-ever comprehensive "health report card" of the 50 largest metro areas in the U.S. that’s based on key factors including health status, nutrition and exercise, plus mental health and life balance, which also contribute to overall well-being.
More unhealthy cities/full article at http://articles.health.msn.com/id/100104950?GT1=6548
Top Healthiest Cities
California shines with healthiest cities.
http://articles.health.msn.com/id/100104508/site/100000000/
Letter from Louisiana Resident (written shortly after Hurricane Katrina struck)
Source: http://stevequayle.com/News.alert/05_Cosmic/050831.letter.html
August 31, 2005
Just to confirm the main telephone "switch" in NOLA, (that's New Orleans, Louisiana for those never in Gov't work...haha!) is out. This is one, if NOT the most important "switches" in the country, probably deep under water? Not only effecting toll free service as far away as Kansas (I know for a fact, been trying to call one of our vendors at work since Monday, and even the automated voice telling your number for 4-11 is out, actual operator on the line now telling you the #, boy did we step back 30 yrs??) but it also effected credit card being taken at gas stations/restaurants/etc.
This should be a good lesson for all those spouses who's not on board. By the mere fact that some of these people who are now cut off from food/water/supplies, if they would had prepared they would have some stuff to get them thru. If they still have a house.
Another lesson that should be learned here, for when TSHTF, is the lawlessness. It won't take 24 hrs for things to break down in surely the inter-cities. And why are you still living there in the first place? I can somewhat understand the looting for food, naturally they should had prepared on their own, but human nature is to survive. But the first property owner who won't stay for the looting and who takes action, the fire fights are on.
In effect what took place on Monday was a limited nuclear war in the SE United States, without the fall out/radiation problems. With Florida still recovering from last year, and even the more recent hurricane(s) of this year. We can basically say the SE United States is out of commission. The largest port in the U.S., (NOLA), now material will have to be rerouted costing more $$ getting that same material to the markets it was intended to by rail or truck, and now w/ the higher fuel prices, well you do the math. The lack of material in the area will be a problem as inventory will not be restocked timely as regular. Panic buying may be seen shortly?? No one has a accurate idea of the loss of life yet. They haven't even went into some of the rural area, especially of Mississippi. But yet the flood will fill in for that, for the next few weeks.
As I'm writing this, our local Exxon Distributor stepped in to my office for me to sign off on the delivery ticket, so I ask him a few questions. He said they are on allotments. But for now they are allowed their normal totals of gallons they usually buy. But no more than that. Our friends from Venezuela (Citigo- Lake Charles) Refinery has raised the price Tuesday by .32 cents per gallon, yet Exxon out of Baton Rouge hasn't yet...
I would suspect things to get crazier, as I said yesterday. In the weeks to come you will have Insurance Companies unable to paid all those claims. Flood Insurance thru FEMA, (you know the US Taxpayer taking a lick on this for years to come) tapped into the red...the lack of some business unable to rebuild, so lack of services/products for some time to come. And if that wasn't enough the flood of bankruptcy. Not only cos the new law coming into effect Oct. 17, naturally you have the last minute folks filing, but now you have several million people who just lost everything (LA, MS, AL, etc.) no homes, no jobs, and no money to pay existing bills. This adds up to some big problems.
The question is "Can America see her way thru this? As a country I would say "YES", we 've been thru a lot in the last 200 plus years...but financially I would say the struggle is on. Now is the time to act. Everything in the coming days will go up...just with the fuel prices, much less supply and demand. If you ever thought you wanted to stock up on food...I would say to beat the higher prices...you better do it soon. People in my area, the normal logistics these store use are in fact disrupted. Interstate 10 is closed in at least 3 places...so material coming from east of Baton Rouge is now effected.