[Jack]

Sounds like an accurate model of the fast-crash post-Peak world!

It occurs to me that when Peak Oil hits, the number of boats from Haiti and other such venues will increase markedly. One cannot but wonder what we in the U.S. will do...

[Yavicleus]

It's like a sneak preview of things to come all over the world.

[Jack]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Yavicleus', 'I')t's like a sneak preview of things to come all over the world.

[Little pig]

My first thought was not of boat loads of foreigners invading the US, but rather refugees from places in the US without food invading places in the US with food.

Will those with food need to close down the borders between urban and rural as Jack has suggested would be appropriate for foreigners? And who might be brave enough to deliver food to urban areas? Years ago I talked with a long haul trucker who would not even consider going into New York City because of theft, and that was in normal times, so what will happen in desperate times?

I suggest is is a very big danger that the US will suffer food and water shortages just as much or more so than the rest of the world, should Richard Duncan's view become reality.

[Jack]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Little pig', 'M')y first thought was not of boat loads of foreigners invading the US, but rather refugees from places in the US without food invading places in the US with food.

[Little pig]

I lived the first 35 years of my life in urban areas and 25 years ago moved out to a rural area and here are my observations based on my personal experience.

I had many misconceptions about country life. I thought that there would be annominity in the country, but the opposite was true. It is hard not to be known or to learn about others and movements around the country side are more easily observed than in cities. Lots of people work on their property and are around to notice. If a strange car goes down a back road it is not long before someone is investigating.

Neighbors help neighbors, and any sort of breakdown would make neighbors band together even more. Consider that most rural homes are small arsenals because hunting is a big deal. Consider also that people in the courntry are intimately familiar with the lay of the land while strangers would be lost and frightened.

The idea I am trying to convey is that a backwoods abode does not place one in isolation subject to easy plunder by bands of looters, but rather places one in a much safer environment where unwelcome thugs would face a much greater danger.

[Specop_007]

Guns are bad mmmmkay.

I'm just absolutely drooling thinking about the stories we're going to hear about people getting looted in unarmed countires.
I'll just sit back, chuckle, clean my rifles and whisper
"Told ya so"

[Novus]

From the BBC
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]Haiti Rocked by Food Riots The protests actually started on Monday.

But Tuesday was when the protests really escalated. I noticed no activity on the streets. There is normally a little market, cars - there was nothing, just the occasional motorcycle. People were protesting about massive hikes in the price of food.

There was a general atmosphere of disorganisation, I saw people running in panic all over the place. They seemed to be running away from the main crowd. We didn't really know what was going on.

It was only later in the day that we were told by our security people that we had to leave everything because the main protest was going to pass us. They were coming up our street of our office building and might have guns. You can see the poverty in Haiti. It's really obvious. When I first arrived in Haiti during the elections of 2007, I noticed the lack of trees here. Every hill seems to have been stripped bare down to its surface and trees seem to have been replaced by shanty towns.

[roccman]

The noose tightens...

[HEADER_RACK]

Let them eat cake!

[auscanman]

I wouldn't want to be going on holiday in the Dominican Republic with what's going on next door in Haiti. Desperate people such as the Haitians can do crazy things. I wonder how they're going to prevent hungry Haitian masses from spilling over the border.

[Opies]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('auscanman', 'I') wouldn't want to be going on holiday in the Dominican Republic with what's going on next door in Haiti. Desperate people such as the Haitians can do crazy things. I wonder how they're going to prevent hungry Haitian masses from spilling over the border.

[Novus]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Opies', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('auscanman', 'I') wouldn't want to be going on holiday in the Dominican Republic with what's going on next door in Haiti. Desperate people such as the Haitians can do crazy things. I wonder how they're going to prevent hungry Haitian masses from spilling over the border.

[manu]

The Die off begins.

[Zardoz]

Hungry mob attacks Haiti palace

Look on the right side of that page. There are several articles about the food crunch.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('manu', 'T')he Dieoff begins.

[manu]

Yea, and notice its from BBC not some doomer site. So keep your doors locked and your guns cocked because the karma has hit the fan. GYO. Food that is.

[mos6507]

Zombie hordes in the land that gave them their name. How appropriate.

[sciencegirl]

This is only the tip of the iceberg. The next couple years are going to be very rough. Food prices everywhere are going up like crazy, and I enjoy eating.

For every 40lb bag of rice I hoard I know that I am killing others, but what can I do, it's either them or me.

[Byron100]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Zardoz', '[')url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7337792.stm]Hungry mob attacks Haiti palace[/url]

Look on the right side of that page. There are several articles about the food crunch.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('manu', 'T')he Dieoff begins.

[vision-master]

Would White people in Scandinavia Countires ever lower themselves to such behavior?