The video and reports of how quickly it overtook those homes and businesses, roads....etc etc are just insane. I can't imagine. Just like with Katrina and some of these other major catastrophic events...it's easy to sit back and point fingers after the fact. But the fact remains that things like this are near impossible to plan for. I'm trying hard not to buy in to some of the suggestions now that this was set up intentionally so that these large corporations could come in and snatch the land from the local tribesman....but some of the evidence is pretty compelling. I don't think lasers from the sky started these fires but I don't put much past corporate greed these days.
I feel for those folks though and my heart breaks for them just thinking about that one moment you're with friends/family and the next they or you are dead and gone in a massive unstoppable fire like this. The footage of the people in the ocean trying to escape the blaze but being swept away is chilling.
One thing this whole event has me thinking seriously about is disaster preparedness. I mean, we have the basics and I've done some of this work before. But I'm looking at it through a whole new lens now seeing how disorganized officials on the ground seem to be. It reminds me of Katrina, TBH. I know the south has had lots of practice with hurricanes. But seriously guys if something catastrophic happens where you live, are you going to be able to be self sufficient for weeks? I'm not going full prepper here, but I honestly don't think we are near enough prepared at Harmony House.
There are some affordable kits on Amazon and other outlet websites where you can buy weeks/months worth of MRE's, water purification straws and/or tablets, friction chargeable flashlights and all the 'fun' prepper stuff that isn't so far fetched to actually need in your home these days. At minimum, I think every family should have enough supplies and water on hand to survive two weeks without the normal services being available.
It's up to you to incorporate weaponry and ammo into your survival regiment per your discretion or moral code.
I live very near the New Madrid fault line. Unlike the San Andreas that 'relieves' itself with little earthquakes periodically throughout the year and decades.....the New Madrid rarely has small tremors. When it snaps....it snaps. That prospect, along with my general sense for our countries current social state and the fact that I've always followed the Boy Scout motto of 'Be Prepared' has in fact led me to be prepared. I won't get into specifics but I know that my family of 5 can survive for an extended period of time without modern amenities. Certainly long enough to reach our designated family and friend meet up spot.
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