August 24, 2008 - How bad do things have to get before it is time to head for the hills, move to another country or build a bomb shelter? I doubt that any one thing in the list should make someone change his or her life.

But there is a point where if enough of these things started happening, it would be time to head for the hills. Time to go into full survival mode. I'm sure most people would consider changing if all the things on the list started happening.

So the question is how many of these things would have to happen in a month for you to head for the hills?

1. Random and frequent demands for your papers please!
2. Interruptions in public utilities.
3. Your government invades another country or another country invades yours.
4. Looting and rioting.
5. You see trucks full of civilians going to unknown places.
6. The stock market falls more than fifteen percent in a month.
7. The government requires everyone to turn in their guns.
8. Public announcements for everyone to stay indoors.
9. Food rationing.
10. RFID and DNA samples are taken from everybody.
11. Public service announcements start telling you how to survive atomic explosions.
12. Religious figures start committing suicide in public.
13. Your bank closes.
14. The Internet stops working.
15. Everyone starts feeling like they are being followed, and they are correct.