Time Magazine recently ran an article that attempted to educate Americans on how they could survive a natural disaster, however, it was largely ignored, and Americans are still unprepared for a disaster that is inevitable - and this prediction is based on sound scientific theory. Further, there are more large earthquakes occurring all over the world, but most of these never show-up in the MSM, and we need to ask ourselves why? To those of us that track these events, it's obvious that something huge is brewing, but "what" remains to be seen, but the writing is on the wall, except no one appears to be listening or connecting the many dots that may spell disaster for the American public! The Time article is well worth the read, but what it doesn't spell-out is that America could very well experience a "China-style" disaster - and we are grossly under prepared to weather such a disaster, even if it was half as bad as what China experienced. We look back at Katrina and groan at FEMA's incompetence, but the disaster in New Orleans pales in comparison to what may await us on the horizon.

How to Survive A Disaster

Cross-posted to DailyKos.

Recently, Congress passed a law that would require, within a few years, 100% of U.S. bound cargo containers to be scanned at their points of origin. President Bush, while signing the law, has also criticized the requirement, questioning its "technical feasibility."

It's interesting, in the face of this reluctance, to consider another largely "infeasible" project that's being considered by the federal government. For, while the Bush administration is all too willing to stall on the matter of securing America's ports, it was all too anxious, a mere four years ago, to make the almost incomprehensibly difficult idea of sending a manned mission to Mars a national goal.

It was my intention to begin the “Disaster Preparedness Series” with an essay on how to survive Pandemics and/or Terrorist Biological Attacks – however, recent events have forced me to deviate from the planned sequence of articles to one that is general in nature – but nonetheless will apply to virtually any disaster we as a nation may face. We’ve all heard the expressions, “Survival of the fittest” and “Only the Strong will Survive” our entire lives – but when it comes to disaster preparedness, neither of the above are necessarily true in today’s world – and survival will be predicated on those who have recognized the only way to survive a multitude of potential disaster scenarios is to be prepared, and understand the “how’s and "whys” of disaster preparedness.

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing


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