Curtain Fall: Second Edition, Disaster, Preparedness, Survival, Awakening (The Gatekeeper Book 1) by Kenneth Cary Page B
Authors: Kenneth Cary
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dependency minded populace. “Take your life in your own hands!” thought John.
John knew the government, or any non-profit relief agency, wouldn’t be available to help if they themselves were caught up in the disaster. Not because they don’t want to be, only because they couldn’t. Besides, they were barely able to respond to the needs in one region, and even then they couldn’t manage the relief effort without the help of the army. Hurricane Katrina and Rita proved that.
Even when a capable government response is available. It would take time and resources to respond, and that’s assuming the responders have conquered their own local challenges. “ No,” thought John, “if the Caldera blows there will be no federal government response in Texas. Maybe at the State level, or possibly even local, but it would still depend on whether or not the people responsible for responding even decide to show up for work. Because they are, after all, only human.”
John knew, from experience, that most people were oblivious to their individual responsibility to survive a disaster, be it local, regional or national. The average person believed that someone, somewhere, would always come to their rescue. They couldn’t imagine ever having to survive on their own, or experience a long-term interruption of any of their essential services. Food, water, electricity, fuel, and sanitation would always function.
As for food, John knew grocery stores didn’t carry more than a one to three-day supply. For most stores, food arrived on a daily basis. They no longer maintained a back-store inventory – everything was either on the store shelves, or headed to the floor. Modern technology streamlined ordering, and made inventory management nearly instantaneous from distribution centers, to stores, to homes. Nothing was left to chance.
John massaged his neck muscles and sighed. Americans were ignorant of their food and water dependency, and were oblivious to the risk they assumed by not have at least a one-month supply of food and water on hand. John also doubted that most people were even aware of how long they could live without food or water, because if they did then they would certainly prepare. American’s have grown so accustomed to walking into grocery stores and buying what they want that they’ve given no thought to how the food even gets to the stores in the first place, or that our tap water actually could stop flowing.
John leaned back and whispered to himself, “When food and water are scarce, it will turn ugly really fast.”
John didn’t know if he was like most other preppers, but he never felt he had enough food or water on hand. But he was certain he was better off than his neighbors. But the problem with that was, if he was the only one prepared in his neighborhood, it would be really hard to hide that fact for long. When everyone around you was hungry and thirsty, prepared people tended to stand out. That meant the prepared family either had to share what they had, or defend it.
John didn’t want to stand out, and he knew the best way to avoid standing out was to encourage his neighbors to prepare. About a year ago, John attended a Homeowner’s Association (HOA) meeting, and offered to present a lecture on preparedness during an upcoming meeting. The committee president, a short, round, former civil servant who was also named Tony, argued against John’s proposal. He said it was too extreme, and that the neighborhood was not a survival community, and that John was an alarmist. John countered that he wasn’t pitchingsurvival, or fear, but self-sufficiency. Tony replied, “Same difference,” and thus ended the conversation by moving on to another topic.
After the meeting, several people came up to John to express their interest and support in preparedness, but overall, John left the meeting feeling angry, frustrated, and dejected. Tony’s ignorance was apparent, but John felt one man shouldn’t be able to
John knew the government, or any non-profit relief agency, wouldn’t be available to help if they themselves were caught up in the disaster. Not because they don’t want to be, only because they couldn’t. Besides, they were barely able to respond to the needs in one region, and even then they couldn’t manage the relief effort without the help of the army. Hurricane Katrina and Rita proved that.
Even when a capable government response is available. It would take time and resources to respond, and that’s assuming the responders have conquered their own local challenges. “ No,” thought John, “if the Caldera blows there will be no federal government response in Texas. Maybe at the State level, or possibly even local, but it would still depend on whether or not the people responsible for responding even decide to show up for work. Because they are, after all, only human.”
John knew, from experience, that most people were oblivious to their individual responsibility to survive a disaster, be it local, regional or national. The average person believed that someone, somewhere, would always come to their rescue. They couldn’t imagine ever having to survive on their own, or experience a long-term interruption of any of their essential services. Food, water, electricity, fuel, and sanitation would always function.
As for food, John knew grocery stores didn’t carry more than a one to three-day supply. For most stores, food arrived on a daily basis. They no longer maintained a back-store inventory – everything was either on the store shelves, or headed to the floor. Modern technology streamlined ordering, and made inventory management nearly instantaneous from distribution centers, to stores, to homes. Nothing was left to chance.
John massaged his neck muscles and sighed. Americans were ignorant of their food and water dependency, and were oblivious to the risk they assumed by not have at least a one-month supply of food and water on hand. John also doubted that most people were even aware of how long they could live without food or water, because if they did then they would certainly prepare. American’s have grown so accustomed to walking into grocery stores and buying what they want that they’ve given no thought to how the food even gets to the stores in the first place, or that our tap water actually could stop flowing.
John leaned back and whispered to himself, “When food and water are scarce, it will turn ugly really fast.”
John didn’t know if he was like most other preppers, but he never felt he had enough food or water on hand. But he was certain he was better off than his neighbors. But the problem with that was, if he was the only one prepared in his neighborhood, it would be really hard to hide that fact for long. When everyone around you was hungry and thirsty, prepared people tended to stand out. That meant the prepared family either had to share what they had, or defend it.
John didn’t want to stand out, and he knew the best way to avoid standing out was to encourage his neighbors to prepare. About a year ago, John attended a Homeowner’s Association (HOA) meeting, and offered to present a lecture on preparedness during an upcoming meeting. The committee president, a short, round, former civil servant who was also named Tony, argued against John’s proposal. He said it was too extreme, and that the neighborhood was not a survival community, and that John was an alarmist. John countered that he wasn’t pitchingsurvival, or fear, but self-sufficiency. Tony replied, “Same difference,” and thus ended the conversation by moving on to another topic.
After the meeting, several people came up to John to express their interest and support in preparedness, but overall, John left the meeting feeling angry, frustrated, and dejected. Tony’s ignorance was apparent, but John felt one man shouldn’t be able to
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