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The one hour meltown. - bigpaul - 27 September 2013

American site, talks about how "in less than one hour the meltdown will quickly escalate far beyond anyone's ability to control or manage it on a worldwide basis." http://www.grandpappy.info/honehour.htm


RE: The one hour meltown. - David075 - 27 September 2013

That was a very good read , im not 100% convinced about the one hour meltdown but then again it could play out like that .

The article was written in 2009 it pre dates the Cyprus "bank holiday" robbery of march this year , on that basis I think he is on the right track .


RE: The one hour meltown. - Jonas - 28 September 2013

If I have a one hour warning, I'll consider myself fortunate. I suspect the banks will shut down overnight, and most people will only find out the following morning. Heres an interesting link to a WND story published this morning. Jim Sinclair (the author) has a pretty good track record on accuracy!

http://www.wnd.com/2013/09/americans-warned-bank-bail-ins-coming/


RE: The one hour meltown. - CharlesHarris - 2 October 2013

I prefer the view of George Friedman at Stratfor:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stratfor/2013/07/23/the-end-of-the-chinese-economic-miracle/

Balanced against Louis Navaellier http://www.thestreet.com/author/1138699/LouisNavellier/all.html

The alarmist sources have their own agenda. Keep your nose to the wind, but don't take the naysayers at face value. Do your own research:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/29/us-economy-global-weekahead-idUSBRE98S0E420130929

I prefer to be the optimist, but while hoping for the best, I am preparing for the worst.


RE: The one hour meltown. - Straight Shooter - 2 October 2013

Great read BP and bang on the money in my view


RE: The one hour meltown. - Binnie - 2 October 2013

i got as far as


"The above events will all happen simultaneously during the first one-hour of the meltdown."

a bit of a bold statement IMO, ok maybe in the usa they might all go bonkers, but here on UK soil? i doubt it, especially in my neck of the woods, i can't see ALL of those 5 items happening within one hour.

OK maybe in london, but thats like different planet compared to most areas of the uk


RE: The one hour meltown. - David075 - 3 October 2013

I thought 1 hour was a bit quick too, but within 24hrs ! I would say that is a realistic time scale .


RE: The one hour meltown. - Binnie - 3 October 2013

I think after 24 hours things would change rapidly, with 1 week being the critical point where things get really crazy.

I mean look at Greece and thier "bank holiday", kinda gives you an indication of expected timescales


RE: The one hour meltown. - Spuzzana - 10 October 2013

Very, very interesting read.

Its pretty much how I see the situation currently. As grandpappy said, I don't know how long we have.

To Binnie

The point to think about is, the situation in Greece is totally different from a total global financial meltdown which grandpappy is talking about. At least the Greek government was able to call upon the rest of Europe for help, which came, all be it not as fast as they would have liked.

When the global financial meltdown starts, there ain't gonna be anywhere to turn for help and their isn't gonna be any help coming over them thar hills. More likely an angry, totally disillusioned mob hell bent on revenge. A major critical difference.


Yes London is a different place compared to most areas as it contains the financial square mile. That area is powered separately from the rest of London. All they have to do is flick a switch and it will shut down all the banking systems throughout the UK. However, you only have to take a good look at the map of the UK to see where the largest trouble spots will be outside of London.

1. London - include outlying regions as far out as Guildford, Crawley, Dartford, Basildon, Chelmsford, Harlow, St Albans, Watford, High Wycombe and Reading out to a 40-50 mile radius beyond.
2. Liverpool - Manchester - Leeds - Sheffield dogleg. How many millions of people are in that area. It will be total chaos for at least a 40-50 mile radius beyond.
2. Birmingham - Coventry - Northampton. Expect a 30-40 mile total chaos radius beyond.
3. South coast - regions - a) Bournemouth, Southampton, Portsmouth (nicknamed South Coast City) b) Margate to Folkstone (include Ramsgate, Deal and Dover)
4. Northern regions - a) East coast form Ashington down to Darlington to include Morpeth, Blyth, South Shields, Newcastle upon Tyne, Washington, Sunderland, Chester le Street, Hartlepool, Stockton on Tees, and Middlesbrough. Expect a 30-40 mile total chaos radius beyond
5 Scotland - Mainly the band across southern Scotland from Glasgow to Edinburgh.
6. Wales - the band from Swansea across to Newport to include across the border to Bristol. Expect a chaos radius of 30-40 miles.

Those six areas contain probably around 60-75% of the entire UK population. When you add in the chaos radius that comprises a huge area of the UK. If you live within a 30-50 mile radius of any of those areas, I would strongly suggest ensuring that your preparations have bases outside of those areas.

So how long have we got?

Days?
Weeks?
Months?
Years?

Currently I am favouring Days to Weeks. If we are lucky and the USA gets through its current situation maybe months.


RE: The one hour meltown. - Mortblanc - 10 October 2013

I have been reading the same crap since 1970.

Collapse is imminent and the danger immediate, send for my book to escape TEOTWAWKI, I am the only one that can save you!

The link in the OP is from 2009.

I know, just because it is old does not mean it is impossible.

However, I am predicting that a room full of monkeys with a computer will write a novel in the near future!

And I am just as right, and just as accurate, as "Granpappy" was in 2009.