welcome to this fourth part of our series on how to prepare for imminent war now of course you
know I'm going to encourage you to make sure you've seen the first three episodes before
you watch this you can pause this come back to it but we want to make sure you have the
foundation and some of the other things that I've mentioned before you get to this point
today we're going to talk about three more things you can specifically do
that are practical that are simple that are doable in the event of imminent war so stay with us
I'm going to give you a couple of things to do today and of course as I've mentioned before
depending on the situation and how imminent the war is or how much time you have these
kind of fall into different uh categories of importance depending on your scenario but
if war was imminent i would be recommending very quickly you go out and do this this week
i want you to buy a hand crank radio now a lot of us have solar powered radios that's great a little
handheld solar-powered radio wonderful or a solar charger fantastic what if you're stuck inside what
if you're stuck in a basement what if you're stuck down where there is no light coming in
and you need power i want you to always have the ability to have communications getting to you
so get yourself a hand crank radio now a lot of them nowadays are made with solar and hang
crank that's wonderful get that kind also i would recommend the kind that also has a
little flashlight on the end of the radio that's kind of a standard nowadays when you find those
get something like that you're you're going to need it and if you have a feeling that your
family might be separated get a couple of them so you have one for each of the places where you
both might find yourself that's something that's going to help you in a lot of ways those hand
crank mechanisms can also charge other devices so when batteries fail us when solar panels fail us
there is an actual process of cranking up that and and getting the energy that you need that's
going to run some of those devices but right now specifically I'm talking about a radio now while
we're talking about communications i want you to think about this if you have plenty of time
i would really recommend looking into getting certified as a ham radio operator it's going
to allow you to hear communications and and send communications all around the world to different
countries to different corners of of society that you wouldn't be able to reach any other way and
when cell phones give out and the batteries or the south tower is gone you're going to need a way to
reach someone somewhere else so if you have time yes get a ham radio operator's license and get the
even the basic equipment it's not that expensive to get that basic equipment if you can't do that
at least get yourself a world band radio the kind that's going to get you broadcasts from farther
away than just your regular little AM/FM radio or whatever you might be getting on your phone
these sound very primitive especially for those of you who are younger where
you didn't grow up having your own FM or AM radio that just sounds so antique
but a war is going to send us back a few steps and those are reliable means of getting and and
receiving receiving and sending communications and you're going to need that in the event of war
all right you've heard me well on that i hope the next thing i want you to do is this and and this
is important this is in the event that war is very imminent i want you to quickly make sure you are
able to get physical copies of maps of your area wherever you find yourself and i especially feel
sympathetic toward those of you who travel a lot because you would need to have maps of whatever
place you're traveling to in the event that war was right imminent you need to make sure you have
physical copies not on your phone not somewhere else that you're going to have to get to
i want you to get physical copies and then i want you with your family to carefully look at that and
map out where each of the I'm going to call them squeeze points where each of the squeeze points
are throughout your city if you go to church at a certain place every week on Sundays. Map that
route out and and make sure you note every squeeze point every uh every place that that could be cut
off potentially if you go to work every single day at the same place in town map multiple ways home
and take into account one map one mapped way is going to be how do you get from point a to point b
if you're in a vehicle which i hope you are but if there is no gas or if your car does not work
or if the interstate is shut down you're left with no other option than to do it on foot and
so that's going to be a completely different route I mean not even close to the same route
so map out for each of you where you work where you spend your time where you might find yourself
if you go to the gym every Tuesday evening map from the gym to home with a couple of routes
with with all of the squeeze points and with uh the version of route you would take by car
or the version you would take if you were on foot these are imperative and you're going to notice
that these come in absolutely essential in the event of war I'll bet you haven't even considered
how to find your way around or even perhaps north south east and west um from where you
find yourself at any given time mapping and and learning how to navigate is one of the
most important skills you need to have but even if you haven't taken a class in it
having a map to get started with and just start with your crayons your your highlighters and make
those for each of you in the family it's going to be imperative and have those maps with you
as you go the last thing i want you to think about is this Selco when he has been uh
interviewed about advice he would give to anyone else who might find themselves in the situation
that he did during the Balkan war where where they were stranded for a whole year without
supplies and communications and an ability to travel without great danger i mean that
was just out the window everyone stayed inside and just hoped to stay alive until it was over
but one of the things he mentions that he would strongly recommend that we do is once you've
mapped out routes and such or i don't know that he covered that necessarily but he said this he said
if you can make a small cash and I'm not talking about money I'm talking about like a geocache
I'll make sure you see the link for that episode that we did on geocaching and how to do that
um you can do it for fun but in the event of war it could save your life
if you could plant even one or two geocaches or caches as they're called
different places along those routes between where you find yourself on a daily basis perhaps at work
and then needing to get home if you knew that the route you're going to take is going to go
through a certain direction and you were able to plant supplies a couple of those different
places it could save your life even if it's just waterproof matches or a emergency blanket or
a small map that's been printed out of how to go the rest of the way or a compass or a nutrition
bar or a bottle of water do you know how valuable that would be to you and how grateful you would
be to have done the prep work on the front end and so that's my third assignment for you
i want to encourage you go and make yourself your very first little cash you can do it in a
Tupperware container you could do it in an Altoids tin a little tiny Altoids tin you could do it in
an ammo box a military ammo box whatever it is that you have at your availability that's small
that could be hidden somewhere along that route go ahead and just see how much survival um
stuff you can fit in there that could actually save your life in the event that you were having
to walk home and you needed supplies halfway home all right those are my three assignments for you
for this episode my little bonus point that i would just say is steady on and don't give up
no matter what if you watch this 10 years 80 years from the time that we have filmed it and it
is finally time for war to come to your area and you're looking for solutions i am encouraging you
don't give up it's not time to get weary it's not time to to be in any way dissuaded to to
stop being strong stand steadfast and carry on you can do it all right thank you for joining
us we'll see you in the next episode until then will you go find someone nearby who needs you
and will you be a blessing to them today thank you we'll see you next time bye bye
Hey before you go, I would love to share just a quick word out of the holy bible with you this is
right there in the middle in the book of psalms and it's psalm 91 verses 1 and 2. it says this:
he that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress. He is my God, and in Him I will trust.
It's getting dark out there. Now go out and glow!