Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "There are lots of ways to prepare. You can prepare and not run out of water and food." Enough food and water for eight days? In some areas they're saying that's how long it will be before there is some semblance of normalcy, not to mention that in some cases people's homes were completely wiped away along with any provisions they had.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Unless it all gets washed away, like these people here. Then you got nothin'. This is not unlike the tsunami in Japan. Whole lotta good any kind of preparations did for those people. Sometimes you're just screwed, and the Feds need to step in. Period.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder It's why so many people aren't prepared in California for the inevitable big earthquake. Thing of that magnitude hits, it won't matter what you've got stashed away. Fires, floods, leveled buildings, all you've have left is yourself, if you're lucky.
Originally Posted By FaMulan ^^ So true, SPP. Though I do need to make a stash of cash as that's what would really be needed when the Big One hits and all our electronic means of payment are kaput.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying don't prepare, but don't think for a second that's going to fix everything.