As if you weren’t already aware, Asian markets are bleeding all over the place today (0100 hrs Eastern). The European markets open at 0300 hrs Eastern, which I’m not staying up for, but the safe bet is on seeing Western markets open down, too.
I’m not ready to quote Fred Sanford in saying, “This is the big one, Elizabeth!”, however, this is just another data point in a string of data points, in the beginning of a larger set of data points all eventually pointing down.
So if you’re just getting started in the intelligence game, check out an article from last year: The Community Security Checklist
We’re going to have massive shortfalls in time and resources, and those are only getting worse during an SHTF event.
YOU MUST FOCUS ON BUILDING A CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE EARLY WARNING AND THREAT INTELLIGENCE.
Identify your most likely local threats and learn everything you can about them. Spending an hour a day for the entire week searching out information on the web is going to increase your ability to survive, because you will better know what to expect.
After reading the post linked above, focus on these two steps:
