Understanding what prepared is

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So a lot of folks seem to think that TEOTWAWKI or the impending zombie apocalypse- There are other, shorter term issues, such as this to be ready for:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-575 ... heat-wave/

No water for days in the worst heat wave in recent history. Put that with the crumbling infrastructure throughout the country, and this could not only be more common, but could also prove to be a slow decline in our country- with politicians kowtowing to big money and not being willing to tackle these issues, I'm not sure it's going to get better anytime soon.

EDIT: Found a more updated story. 200,000 people affected.
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shinzen wrote:So a lot of folks seem to think that TEOTWAWKI or the impending zombie apocalypse- There are other, shorter term issues, such as this to be ready for:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-575 ... heat-wave/

No water for days in the worst heat wave in recent history. Put that with the crumbling infrastructure throughout the country, and this could not only be more common, but could also prove to be a slow decline in our country- with politicians kowtowing to big money and not being willing to tackle these issues, I'm not sure it's going to get better anytime soon.

EDIT: Found a more updated story. 200,000 people affected.
I certainly wouldn't hold my breath. getting anything done is like pulling teeth these days because of corporate influence.
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And therein lies the issue. If nothing is going to get fixed, then this will absolutely happen again and again. Bridges will fall down, water and power systems will fail, and the overlords will dance as rome burns. It may take us getting to that point before a real leader comes out of the woodwork to take us in a different direction.


When people realize that government is important, and does have a role in our everyday lives, then maybe people will pull their heads out and listen to someone who's been shouting it from the rooftops. Of course one side will say that we need more austerity, and we can't possibly afford to fix all these things, but we should give more money to the military industrial complex instead.
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
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shinzen wrote:There are other, shorter term issues, such as this to be ready for:
Exactly. Some people like to dismiss preparedness as some sort of mental illness. In some case, it is. (Still, I'm not sure why someone who suffer from a mental illness causing obsessive preparedness is more worthy of derision than someone who feels the need to turn the lights on and off 10 times or more before leaving the house.) Yet shit like this water problem happens. If this happened here we would not have to run out to gather supplies in a hurry or move away while the problem is being solved.
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lemur wrote:
shinzen wrote:There are other, shorter term issues, such as this to be ready for:
Exactly. Some people like to dismiss preparedness as some sort of mental illness. In some case, it is. (Still, I'm not sure why someone who suffer from a mental illness causing obsessive preparedness is more worthy of derision than someone who feels the need to turn the lights on and off 10 times or more before leaving the house.) Yet shit like this water problem happens. If this happened here we would not have to run out to gather supplies in a hurry or move away while the problem is being solved.

Totally agreed. But even getting smart people to realize that some level of preparedness is a good idea is sometimes an uphill battle- thank you doomsday preppers...... There are some folks who are definitely mentally ill and/or take things to the extreme, but it's not the norm for most of us. Hell, just last week we found out that a suburb/city just to the north of us had an ecoli outbreak in their water- but people wonder why I filter our drinking water with something that removes all that kind of crap. Taking steps to keep the family safe is important.

One of the bigger challenges during an event like this will be basic sanitation- probably a run on 5 gallon bucket portable toilets. Also makes one consider the nature of the supplies you have on hand- I've got a stock of waterless soap and sanitizer, and do my own canning in addition to some freeze dried long term stuff, but if all you have is freeze dried and no water......
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