(In addition, they cite razor wire protecting the roof of an abandoned Walmart in Cincinnati, though some noted it is in a high crime area and that copper and HVAC equipment would be a target for thieves.) Jade Helm theorists say the military plans to enact martial law and use the stores as processing locations or possibly to control the food supply in poorer areas. Walmart stores have also raised suspicions.īut Jade Helm theorists remain unsatisfied with either explanation of the closing of five out of more than 4,000 U.S. The Walmart store on Marine Boulevard on Februin Jacksonville, N.C. One group expressing doubt is organized labor: some of the closings were allegedly punitive and retaliatory measures against workers agitating for better wages and rights, something they've been convicted of doing in Canada. There are actually two groups with conspiracy theories, which note that city officials in the cities said Walmart wasn't filing for permits for repairs, according to a Florida ABC affiliate. A handful of Walmarts - two in Texas and one each in Florida, California and Oklahoma - suddenly closed in April for six months, with the company saying they needed to make plumbing repairs. on bases for martial law: The world's largest retailer has become an essential element to any Jade Helm conspiracy site. Still, a conspiracy-minded site called the company's first-ever recall suspicious and the trucks' proximity to a military convoy "creepy" while also linking the company to the Bush family and defense contracts, but admitted it couldn't verify whether the trucks were preparing to be mobile morgues or merely transporting food or just the trucks themselves from a closing facility. Multiple deaths in recent years have been linked to the outbreak. Blue Bell has been reeling from a recall and production shut-down following discovery of listeria monocytogenes in its ice cream. The company has said the convoy convergence was a coincidence. Fort Carson sits about 75 miles down I-25 from Denver. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)Ĭonspiracy theorists are trying to link Blue Bell with Jade Helm.īlue Bell closed it's Denver-area distribution center near I-25 in May, the same month as the video was posted. Blue Bell released a statement Tuesday announcing Bass has become a partner. Blue Bell Creameries announced on Tuesday, July 14, 2015, that an investment by prominent Texas businessman Sid Bass will "ensure" the return of its ice cream products to the market. Though purportedly hurricane and storm shelters that can protect a large number of people (and in cases provide community facilities like gymnasiums), conspiracy theorists argue that walls designed to withstand hurricanes and tornados make great prisons, and have linked them to Jade Helm.įILE - In this Apfile photo, Blue Bell delivery trucks are parked at the creamery's location in Kansas City, Kansas. While the Associated Press has written about the shelters, Jade Helm conspiracy theorists have latched onto FEMA Death Domes. Some have alleged that new dome-shaped facilities are being built by FEMA for the purpose of detaining insurrectionists. Phillip)Ī hurricane dome in Florida in 2012, a structure that was being built in part with money from FEMA. The hurricane dome, a structure being built in part with money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, can be used to house first responders or residents evacuated during a storm. 6, 2012 photo, work continues on the construction of a new domed gym at Edna High School in Edna, Texas.