[CARepubGal]

We get it here too. Never mind that it is an INDIVIDUAL's responsibility to have some emergency food and water with them in case of quakes. Never mind that a power outage is predicted and warned about. Never mind that folks build in an area with ONE access road. It ALL is the responsibility of SOMEONE ELSE! Grrr! When the fires hit, the howling was ridiculous. I have a problem with not planning ahead when it really matters. If you are a senior or a family member, there is a really obvious need for planning and communication and having the basics on hand. :Sigh: Ask a whiner this if you please: How can the power stay on 24/7 IF the employees are snowed in and cannot safely drive from home to the power plant and if this is in Ut County, what happenned to the 2 year supply concept? :-) My friends have this cool little substorage area for this purpose (they use the food if $$ is tight). Our local whining has been going since the fires at the end of October 2003. To the credit of the folks hit the hardest, tons of non gov't folks (all sorts of religions are involved directly) are working on clearing the rubble and helping people rebuild and giving the basics to the folks who fled with their kids and pets and little else.

[hellinahandcart]

Never mind that it is an INDIVIDUAL's responsibility to have some emergency food and water with them in case of quakes.

I hadn't anticipated a citywide or regionwide blackout when I put my emergency stash together (on one cupboard shelf, and into a backpack). But I felt very smug that night, eating my Terrorism Food by candlelight, while listening to Sean Hannity on my new battery-operated radio.

I was actually able to loan someone a flashlight, because I had extras.