Posted on 12/02/2012 7:17:14 PM PST by dynachrome
You might wonder why someone like me, who has been in the business of encouraging disaster preparedness for a very long time, is so critical of people who are doing just that. It’s because they are being socially selfish – preparing themselves and the hell with everyone else. Instead of spending time and energy making changes that would benefit the larger community, in their very narrow focus of loyalty they are more concerned about themselves.
Emergency Managers can’t afford that kind of attitude. It is diametrically opposed to everything we do. Our job is to prepare individuals and communities and jurisdictions and regions and – ultimately – the globe for disasters, knowing we won’t always succeed. I could find statistics about how unprepared some citizens are, and then show you hundreds of active and volunteer CERT teams preparing whole communities. In major disasters (think 9-11 or the Christ Church earthquake or Superstorm Sandy), survivors for the most part WANT to help each other.
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I suppose that, according to this lady, the Biblical Lot was just being selfish when he and his family fled Sodom and Gommorah!
Regards,
This is the type of educated thinker we are up against. It seems hopeless, doesn’t it? She was actually employed for years to help people. Wonder how many could testify as to her help?
This is the type of educated thinker we are up against. It seems hopeless, doesn’t it? She was actually employed for years to help people. Wonder how many could testify as to her help?
I have a lot of the same Certifications and education as this woman. Even got myself a fancy Degree (associates in Applied Science, Emergency Management) and one thing I learned from those courses is that this type of person is the one who will need to be dealt with first if/when the SHTF.
She will quite happily order confiscation of your resources under her Emergency Powers or some other clap trap. And he or she will do it because your “selfish” and “unfair”. So let them play their little games right up until the wheels come off. Then do what needs to be done quickly, quietly, and without mercy or remorse.
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