Earthquake

[squirell nutkin]

That's why all my supplies are up in trees.


just sayin.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Actually, it'll keep you busy digging for them, instead of just standing around.
Seriously though, how and where you stash your emergency gear, takes some thought.

[Shawnee123]

I recently bought an emergency radio from the Red Cross when they were on campus for a safety event. It has a flashlight, a radio, of course, and a plug for cell phone charging. It works with a little crank.

But I've never really thought about being in an emergency situation. I think I should have, at least, some water and canned goods somewhere. My bare cabinets wouldn't get me far in an emergency.

[Pie]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

You know, this is a good reminder. When the shit hits the fan, whether bum fuck Haiti, or Peoria, Illinois, you best be prepared to take care of yourself, at least survive, for a week or more. It takes that long for governments and large organizations to get up to speed.

Yeah.

So what do you do if you're so poor you can't feed your family today, let alone for some unspecified week in the future?

Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere with 80% of the population living under the poverty line and 54% in abject poverty.

[Shawnee123]

Are you saying that, since poor people can't be prepared for natural disaster, none of us should be?

I don't think Bruce was saying these folks should have been prepared, I think he was saying that those of us who can be prepared should think about it.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Pie

So what do you do if you're so poor you can't feed your familytoday, let alone for some unspecified week in the future?

You die... bubye.

[SamIam]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I recently bought an emergency radio from the Red Cross when they were on campus for a safety event. It has a flashlight, a radio, of course, and a plug for cell phone charging. It works with a little crank.

But I've never really thought about being in an emergency situation. I think I should have, at least, some water and canned goods somewhere. My bare cabinets wouldn't get me far in an emergency.

Don't forget any pets you may have either. I have a stash of canned foods for my cats just in case.

PS Although I can't really imagine any natural disaster happening in the 4 Corners. We don't rest on any fault zones; a hurricane would never make it this far inland; We are on top of a mesa surrounded by desert, so floods are out. It would have to be a freak snowstorm that went on for days or the Navajos finally getting fed up and going for seccesion.

[Pie]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I don't think Bruce was saying these folks should have been prepared

That's exactly how I read his statement -- it's their own fault if they don't have supplies to ride out this disaster.

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

You die... bubye.

See?

[xoxoxoBruce]

No dummy, I wasn't talking about them, I was talking about us. If you have an internet connection, you can damn well afford to make some preparations for an emergency where you have to be self sufficient for a week or more. :p

[Shawnee123]

And if we stock some extra, we might be able to help a neighbor. Many of my neighbors are old folks on fixed incomes.

[xoxoxoBruce]

You're all set then. With all those old folks around, you can just steal their shit while they're in the bathroom... unless they've got flowmax or something.

[Shawnee123]

Nooo, they're all so sweet and friendly!

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by morethanpretty

Guess we need to send boats with aid. Big boats with lotso little boats that can land on the beaches, ect, to ferret stuff and people back and forth.

Big boats are out - the port is unusable. The US military is trying to send stuff in using amphibious vehicles and helicopters.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Nooo, they're all so sweet and friendly!

Are you saving them to be your survival rations? Yum, yum, yum?

[morethanpretty]

Originally Posted by SamIam

Don't forget any pets you may have either. I have a stash of canned foods for my cats just in case.

PS Although I can't really imagine any natural disaster happening in the 4 Corners. We don't rest on any fault zones; a hurricane would never make it this far inland; We are on top of a mesa surrounded by desert, so floods are out. It would have to be a freak snowstorm that went on for days or the Navajos finally getting fed up and going for seccesion.

You know pretty lovely Yellowstone? That awesome tourist attraction with the really neat mud pools and geysers?

Its a super volcano. HUGE well of lava storing up underneath. If that thing blows (or any of the other super volcanos around the world blow), we're all pretty well fucked. If Yellowstone blows, the North American continent is especially fucked. I believe Yellowstone is very past-due on its regular eruption.