Unfortunately, we had another wake-up call this week. Because of strict building codes and all out emergency preparedness planning, the Japanese did not suffer as many fatalitites as they could have, but are we as prepared?
How long will you last if the local grocery store cannot be resupplied? If your local water system becomes poluted? If you have no electricity or natural gas? How much water can you boil without utilities? How much food can you prepare with no outside utilities? Where will you even go to the bathroom when the sewers are clogged and backing up into your home?
I am a firm believer that 2012 is NOT the end date, but we will continue on for at least another 1000 years. But I also realize that our current standard of living may regress drastically. One big solar flare, aimed directly at the earth, and the electromagnetic charge would take out all digital electronics at all levels. It would take years to re-establish the grid. Your car, your computer, your cell phone, and all those other electronic gadgets will be worthless.
San Andreas Fault, New Madrid Fault, Wasatch Fault, the whole west coast, South Carolina. Any of these major fault areas could produce an earthquake as large as the one Japan just suffered. This would totally disrupt transportation lines of all types. Transportation lines that bring you food, fuel, and all necessary supplies, as well as letting you escape a ravaged area.
Are you ready? Do you have a plan? I only bring this up because I don't want to have to kill innocent people just because they are tired of watching their children starving to death or dying from diseases so are trying to kill me and take what I have for their own.
How long will you last if the local grocery store cannot be resupplied? If your local water system becomes poluted? If you have no electricity or natural gas? How much water can you boil without utilities? How much food can you prepare with no outside utilities? Where will you even go to the bathroom when the sewers are clogged and backing up into your home?
I am a firm believer that 2012 is NOT the end date, but we will continue on for at least another 1000 years. But I also realize that our current standard of living may regress drastically. One big solar flare, aimed directly at the earth, and the electromagnetic charge would take out all digital electronics at all levels. It would take years to re-establish the grid. Your car, your computer, your cell phone, and all those other electronic gadgets will be worthless.
San Andreas Fault, New Madrid Fault, Wasatch Fault, the whole west coast, South Carolina. Any of these major fault areas could produce an earthquake as large as the one Japan just suffered. This would totally disrupt transportation lines of all types. Transportation lines that bring you food, fuel, and all necessary supplies, as well as letting you escape a ravaged area.
Are you ready? Do you have a plan? I only bring this up because I don't want to have to kill innocent people just because they are tired of watching their children starving to death or dying from diseases so are trying to kill me and take what I have for their own.