Free The Shelter: Book 1, The Beginning by Ira Tabankin Page B
Authors: Ira Tabankin
were a mad rush of people running in and out of the house. At 3:00 PM, just as the movers are leaving, our new furniture arrived. By the time they left at 7:00 PM we were so tired, we couldn’t even think about dinner. We were surprised when our doorbell rang, Fred and Cheri stood on our front porch with arms full of home cooked hot food. The four of us broke in our new kitchen table sharing our first meal in our new home. We spent the next three days unpacking and getting to know our new home. The solar panels had been installed, along with a battery room filled with large submarine batteries. We also ordered four multi-fuel generators which are going to be wired into the network powering Fred’s and our homes. The windmills will be installed in three weeks, enabling us to completely live off the grid. Even without the generators we were creating more electrical energy than we used, our system automatically sold our excess back to the grid. We had a switch installed to block the transfer, allowing us to store the extra electricity in large batteries. We were now assured of electrical power even if the grid failed, our water came from our own wells, enough to irrigate our crops and provide both houses with all the water we’d need. We have our existing wells and the three new ones we sealed for future use. The new ones drew from different underground streams hopefully ensuring we always had water. Our windows are covered with steel security bars with the space between the bars covered in stainless steel heavy duty mesh. Construction people were coming to start building a patio/barricade in front of both of the homes. Our next major project is the fence around our land. Fred sent me a quote for the fence which almost knocked me out. I’d forgotten we now had over 250 acres. The fence was way too expensive, we’d have to think of another way to protect what’s ours.
Early the next morning two large gun safes arrived with the crew to install them. They were installed in the secret sub-basement. Unless someone knew where the hidden access in the sub-basement was, no one would ever find the safes Lacy started to plan dinner, for the first time since we moved in, she’s going to cook dinner for us and Fred and Cheri.
After dinner, Fred, Cheri, Lacy and I sat in our family room watching the news on our new 80-inch television. We had both cable and satellite TV services, figuring that if one went down the other would function as a backup. We also had both set up for internet support. The news was very depressing. China and Russia had started dumping their US dollars, pushing the dollar’s price down and the price of gold up. Living conditions in Greece were quickly falling apart because no one outside of Greece would accept Drachmas in payment for anything. Italy, Spain, France, and Portugal found themselves in the same situation as Greece. Basic necessities like toilet paper, over the counter medications and spare parts which have to be imported from anywhere outside from the countries, were nonexistent. Fred asked, “Jay, how bad do you think things are going to get?”
“I think it’s going to get much worse. When the US dollar collapses, it's going to be much worse here than what’s going on in Europe. Many of the countries in Europe have had a year’s experience living with shortages and brown-blackouts. They voted for the socialist government in Greece because they were tired of the shortages and having their pensions and pay cut. Had they thought through their situation they would have realized the only way out was for their government to cut spending, not increase it. They got what they asked for. Here in America, the current administration has created an entitlement mentality and the administration’s pushing us to the edge of a race and class war. Our poor would be considered the upper class in many countries. What’s going to happen when people’s Obama phones stop working when their monthly
Early the next morning two large gun safes arrived with the crew to install them. They were installed in the secret sub-basement. Unless someone knew where the hidden access in the sub-basement was, no one would ever find the safes Lacy started to plan dinner, for the first time since we moved in, she’s going to cook dinner for us and Fred and Cheri.
After dinner, Fred, Cheri, Lacy and I sat in our family room watching the news on our new 80-inch television. We had both cable and satellite TV services, figuring that if one went down the other would function as a backup. We also had both set up for internet support. The news was very depressing. China and Russia had started dumping their US dollars, pushing the dollar’s price down and the price of gold up. Living conditions in Greece were quickly falling apart because no one outside of Greece would accept Drachmas in payment for anything. Italy, Spain, France, and Portugal found themselves in the same situation as Greece. Basic necessities like toilet paper, over the counter medications and spare parts which have to be imported from anywhere outside from the countries, were nonexistent. Fred asked, “Jay, how bad do you think things are going to get?”
“I think it’s going to get much worse. When the US dollar collapses, it's going to be much worse here than what’s going on in Europe. Many of the countries in Europe have had a year’s experience living with shortages and brown-blackouts. They voted for the socialist government in Greece because they were tired of the shortages and having their pensions and pay cut. Had they thought through their situation they would have realized the only way out was for their government to cut spending, not increase it. They got what they asked for. Here in America, the current administration has created an entitlement mentality and the administration’s pushing us to the edge of a race and class war. Our poor would be considered the upper class in many countries. What’s going to happen when people’s Obama phones stop working when their monthly