Having a generator is great but what if gasoline supplies are limited, the outage is long, and others want what you have?
Would it be better to live outside the population center?
Could I move to a place less likely to be in the direct line of threat from reoccurring (whatever hurricane, flooding, tornados, etc.)?
Can I be more low profile?
Maybe this is the time to trade my low riding BMW for a Jeep or Range Rover?
Instead of an expensive vacation maybe we should be buying a camper and some land in the mountains?
Maybe we should visit and make nice with the family in the outlying safe areas so they can be your safe haven to escape disaster to?
The Only Hope That You Have Is Yourself
This is not some "doomsday" prediction or carping rant about "the end". It is actually very simple math; no matter how much money or how many resources are expended, no entity, whether it be public or private, will ever be able to provide for "all of your needs" the way that you will. In fact, sometimes even you cannot. The difference is that in order to become dependent, you must first assume the role of victim. You can use whatever words you want, but it always comes back to victim. Why is that important? Well, that is simple, when you declare yourself a victim, you declare and accept the fact that what happens to you, affects your life, and helps or harms you is out of your control. A victim needs a savior. Unfortunately, most of the time they actually get a governemental agency. Most of the agencies are made up of people who generally desire to help, but they are part of system, a mechanism, that must first survive to help others. They are taught that the "only good that is done is done by the government", it is fair and treats everyone equally. Right? Well, technically that is correct. Unfortunately, no two people are the same, like snowflakes, each are similar, but not equal. Different people have different needs. Some of the needs are actually wants, others are specific to that person based upon issues as different as snowflakes.
If you understand that then you can understand why leaving your survival, happiness or basic comfort to someone or some entitiy will never work out. You will never be satisfied and at best you will be surviving. Survival in that flavor is not our goal.
Unfortunately, since 1992, the US government with the help of the news media and Hollywood have “taught” our citizens that “prepping is for toothless idiots and crazies” who stockpile guns awaiting Armageddon. This tact is in stark contrast to the government’s previous approach to preparedness. News reels in the 1950’s and 1960’s and the Civil Defense Plan that taught preparedness to every school child in the USA. During the 1st and 2nd World Wars the US government implored its citizens to grow victory gardens to sustain their own families in order to allow the limited food resources to be sent oversees to feed the troops in theater. This has created a great void in our citizen's ability to sustain themselves at time of crisis. This conundrum brings me to recall a popular quote in the prepper community by the late Ayn Rand, “You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.”
Philadelphia Mayor Nutter, in his pre-Hurricane Sandy news conference, told people that the city did not have to resources to come save them. He told people in threatened areas to, “make a plan, arrange an alternate place to stay (friends, family, etc) outside of the threat zone, make a “Ready To Go Bag” (Bug Out Bag) and leave by x time. It was simple, bold and refreshing. He was honest and direct, it was refreshing. For once a government body was not placating people by telling them everything will be fine Mother Government was going to take care of them. Finally a hint that people including government is realizing that they will never have enough resources to save and take care of everyone. Mayor Nutter pressed the fact that people needed to take PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. That is the silver bullet. If we take care of ourselves, instead of expecting others to do for us, when we fall someone will be able to help.
Mayor Nutter and some of his counterparts are to be applauded for their honesty and earnest efforts to help motivate their constituents to survive. Even those who believe that the Mother State can take care of “everything” are realizing that there just never will be enough resources for such an enormous burden. The only hope will be to embrace what most of our Forefathers of this great nation believed; each individual, strong, self sufficient, free standing and self sufficient, standing shoulder to shoulder creates an indestructible force. If one falls, the rest will pick them up and all will stand, together. That is the only hope is to teach our citizens such a simple but empowering lesson.
Though I have experienced and handled numerous manmade and natural disasters here and abroad throughout my career, this experience has raised many points that I will expand upon and apply to my planning and solutions. They will become articles all over the site in different and maybe some new sections.
As a survivalist and prepper there are many hard facts to be highlighted and lessons to be learned. Some thoughts outlined below:
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