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Originally Posted by Skybo
I understand what you are saying, but in the Katrina example you gave ... any stock-piled food they may have had was under water, as were the buses that could have transported them to safety. The mistake there was not evacuating. I've lived through more hurricanes than I can count. You prepare as well as you can. You make a choice, based on predictions, whether you should stock-pile food and water, or whether you get out of town. It's a really difficult choice. And by the time you have enough information to convince you that you need to leave...it's often too late.
But I don't think this thread is about natural disasters. I think it's about preparing for something much worse.
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I think that you are absolutely correct, there were a lot of mistakes made in katrina on all sides. That being said I don't think I could prepare for teotwawki (the end of the world as we know it) because I don't have the space, time or money. But after a microburst came through our area in NY and we had to sit in the car to listen to the radio and it took us several hours to figure out how to make a pot of coffee, we have at least the basics supplies.
I imagine there are some people who have bug out locations, stored food and water far in excess of what normal disaster preparations are. I imagine we haven't heard from any of them because you might as well put a sign on your lawn if there is an emergency- even a short one.
But what I really would hope is that people band together, share what they have and work out some systems to change the way some things are done. Maybe more reliance on local farmers through farmers markets rather than shopping for food in plastic packages shipped from who knows where? Walking or biking to conserve gas?