Speaking of survival...

Fairy and I just sort of drifted into this here “survival” dialog. So, naturally, everywhere I look now I see survival stories. Fascinating how that happens.

A CBS station in St. Louis reported how a chain of three stores that sells survival food and gear has seen a jump in sales to people who are getting prepared for the “possible collapse” of society.

This is in Webster Groves, a St. Louis suburb. The owner said the stores have had to order 50 cases of meals-ready-to-eat in the past three months. That's far from normal. The stores usually sell 20 to 30 cases in an entire year.

He said some people are spending thousands of dollars just on backpacks that they fill with survival gear, one for each person of their family. They want something they can just grab and get out of Dodge is how he described it.

Some folks are stashing supplies at home, while others are storing them at remote locations where they can go in an emergency. Some have gone together with 20 or 30 others to prepare one spot where they can meet and, if necessary, defend themselves.

The stores don't sell guns but the owner said a lot of people have been asking advice on where they can buy one.

That brings me to another story I saw written by John Fricke and carried by American Thinker. John is 51 and has never owned a gun and has never wanted to own a gun. Now, he finds himself thinking he needs to buy one.

He's been checking them out, concentrating on pump action shotguns for home defense. In the process, he discovered that his stepmother has been taking shooting lessons and is going to buy her first gun.

Fricke described it as a tenor of the times. The Occupy this and Occupy that movement helped create this feeling of unrest in the air that Fricke fears will grow into greater unrest.

He said he was “very concerned” about the potential for violence coming from the seed of the Occupy movements and its “hoodlums, thugs, gangs, Marxists and general lowlifes.”

He described them as violence-seeking mobs.

“If they want a fight, they had darn well be ready for what punching back looks like,” Fricke wrote.

“I have never quite felt this way...these are unique times...”

Fairy and I have talked over the years about surviving in the most drastic of times if the need would ever arise. Our search for a safe harbor will continue. The desire seems more urgent.