Re: # 2560
You’re very welcome.
I came across the info while searching FEMA’s mass evacuation plans. It became abundantly clear that individual preparedness is the only strategy. Like null and void said earlier, lots and lots of stuff on paper about who is in charge of what and chain of command/authority. But ultimately it is up to individuals to be prepared and self-sufficient.
If a WMD disaster happened without warning, the evacuation plans, mass shelters, etc. would be irrelevant. Individuals would have to react immediately to the situation and shelter in place for anywhere from 3 days to perhaps several weeks or months.
I wouldn’t want to stay in a government shelter unless it was an absolute necessity. Eating MRE’s and sleeping on a cot would be a last resort. I’d rather make a few plans now than to be at someone else’s mercy. The responders will have enough of a challenge taking care of the sick, elderly, injured, displaced families, etc.
I was not around during the nuclear scares of the 50’s and 60’s so a lot of the information was new to me. I hope others find the information valuable and use it as a stepping stone to educate themselves and prepare.
And far far away, a small victory against the jihadis.
BTW, great job by US forces in Iraq lately too.....
24 structures gutted in Kupwara gunbattle
7 Pak militants, soldier, PDP activist killed
From Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, July 22: Lashkar-e-Toiba’s deputy chief for Jammu & Kashmir, ‘Colonel’ Usman, was among the five Pakistani militants killed in a fierce gunbattle at Tikkipora village in Kupwara district today. As many as 24 structures, including nine residential houses, were destroyed but none of the soldiers or civilians suffered any damage. Troops killed two more Pakistani militants while making an attempt of infiltration in Karnah sector of Kupwara district even as suspected militants have killed a soldier and an activist of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kashmir valley since last evening.
Informed sources told the EXCELSIOR that troops of Rashtriya Rifles 18th Bn, who are part of Army’s Kilo Force, laid siege to Tikkipora village in the militant-infested Lolab valley of Kupwara district in the forenoon today. According to a specific information made available to Army, Pakistani militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba were in a meeting at the house of one Ghulam Nabi Ganai at Ganai Mohalla of Tikkipora.
In the afternoon, a fierce gunbattle commenced between the security forces and the holed up militants, which lasted for several hours. Troops fired rockets on the target house, which caught fire and gutted completely. Flames engulfed a cluster of adjoining structures and over two dozen houses and other structures were destroyed in the blaze. However, neither the security forces nor the civilians suffered any damage.
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http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/04july23/news.htm#5
Plus, public shelters (where they exist and are somewhat equipped) do not welcome pets. I would prefer to perish than leave my pets.
"It became abundantly clear that individual preparedness is the only strategy."
This is true. It was very apparent to me after 911. All the leaders will head for the hills in already prestocked bunkers to hunkerdown. The little people will have to fend for themselves, including the organization of the final defense that will fend off the invaders, or at least make it very costly to them. I think the next attack will be cripling to the US and will be followed up as an opportunity to attack by our other un-named enemy states.
If they set up refugee camps, I can tell you for fact I will not go there it's a slaughter waiting to happen.