{"id":11664,"date":"2012-10-16T02:41:01","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T09:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=11664"},"modified":"2012-10-16T02:41:01","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T09:41:01","slug":"that-something-in-the-tom-toms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/16\/that-something-in-the-tom-toms\/","title":{"rendered":"That something in the tom-toms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once we got to talking about it the other day<\/a>, a slightly shocking number of us agreed that we (and in some cases even our otherwise oblivious relatives) are feeling more apprehensive than usual about the coming winter.<\/p>\n

And it has nothing to do with the weather.<\/p>\n

Might mean nothing, of course. A poll taken of this crowd any month of the year would probably not reveal boundless optimism for the future of the economy or, for that matter, the Great American Experiment. Still …<\/p>\n

I just checked my Amazon associates stats for the last few weeks and discovered the unease is carrying over into action.<\/p>\n

Sure, people are always buying various things related to survival and prepping. Preparedness books<\/a>. Water filters<\/a> or purifiers<\/a>. But these, along with knives and tools, and backpacks, are things that could be used in good times as well as bad.<\/p>\n

But lately preparedness-related purchases have soared and shown signs of becoming a lot more “hardcore.” Here’s just a few of the things people have been buying. (And remember, I don’t ever receive information on who<\/i> is buying via my Amazon links, or even which items were bought together. The only thing Amazon tells me is what was sold.)<\/p>\n