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https://www.ready.gov/september
September is "National Preparedness Month"
https://www.ready.gov/make-a-plan
Meanwhile, those who follow .gov's National Preparedness Month checklist run the risk of meeting the onus of DHS' checklist for potential domestic terrorist. lol.
We brought most of our supplies and camping gear with us. I did bring one 35W panel and a charge controller. Already have a bank of 300Ah gel cells but forgot any of the inverters at home. From what I gather after asking the locals how things have gone the worst is if we get an ice storm. Last one was 5 years ago and they lost power for a few days. We have no wood stove (rare here) and our place is electric/gas. worst case is we have to close off an area and use the Aladdin lamps for heat.
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Originally Posted by CavSct1983
I mention that to people and they don't believe me.
The college radio station .gov PSA's say you should have 30 days on hand. Yet having more then 1-2 months supplies label's you potential threat. How's that work ?
Be prepared, but not Too Prepared.
An issue like Katrina, Harvey, etc., needs to have people able to not overwhelm the help needed for the unprepared/whose preparations got destroyed. Short term = don't bother the .gov unless you absolutely have to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
But a protracted situation has the potential for civil insurrection due to anger at the .gov. So folks who are prepared to survive beyond that do not need .gov assistance and can become leaders/agents of an insurrection movement.
If a situation were to arise which is protracted in nature, they need people to give them enough time to get the infrastructure/process in place to determine if they can shorten it and if not, they need to have people desperate for the assistance they can provide. This is better to them than going against the .gov in a show of leadership/ability to maintain a guerrilla action (however small) in light of .gov inability to restore order.
In short:
Be prepared, but not too prepared, because being too prepared = ability to not need .gov.
Ability to not need .gov = .gov lacks a reason for existence.
This is not to say we do not need civil authority. We do. Man is a social being and needs a hierarchical system in order to enact the reality of subsidiarity. What they don't want is for the citizen to supplant the .gov when its raison d'etre is unable to be facilitated due to the system being overwhelmed.
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Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
Because people with too much food can't be enticed to board the FEMA train?
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Or in the case of Houston, board the FEMA bus to Walmart.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skip
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If I was a prepper I'd think they want us to be prepared to give them our preps so they can take what they need and give the rest to the dindu-nuffins.Quote:
Originally Posted by CavSct1983
If you were a prepper?....please, honky.You know I love ya man. .....if it comes to supplies in a civil situation helping folks like you guys, I'll help.
If it's full on end of days, anyone who has shit that aint prepared to keep it,............I'm taking it, right after your heart stops beating ..... :)
-wait, we can use the 'h' word on here now?Quote:
Originally Posted by Otterbatcat
You an anarchist at heart? [Sarcasm2]Quote:
Originally Posted by CavSct1983
WTF, I'm triggered now. Off to the ball pit with my kitten...... [gohome]Quote:
Originally Posted by hatidua
I spent a few minutes on the links and didn't see the Zombie Apocalypse videos. Did they remove those?Quote:
Originally Posted by CavSct1983
Me too.Quote:
Originally Posted by roberth
I'm not a prepper. Nope. I only buy ammo for the next range trip and usually the morning of. I have enough food for two nights of dinners. Yup. That's it. Nothing to see here.