San Franciscans should prepare to survive three days without help

AP ^ | 9/13/5 | KIM CURTIS

[SmithL]

Hey, I already had half-a-roll.

[Darksheare]

They don't have far to go, the trolls are offering themselves up.
*chuckle*

[CATravelAgent]

After seeing the behavior in New Orleans, I dusted off our backpacking gear. We live about 30 minutes north of SF, if I decide it's best to get out of Dodge, it's just a matter of throwing stuff off a checklist into our packs. Sorta like a 50 miler, but with weapons.

[sergeantdave]

All I need to survive are the six basic food groups -

- beer

- potato chips

- chocolate fudge

- burgers

- box of cigars

- couch and remote

[Clemenza]

As I've said before, if the big one hits, the douchebag part of California would fall into the sea. It would be nice that the decent people in the Central Valley would finally get a coastline!

[texasbluebell]

Yep, it's true!

[Black Tooth]

San Franciscans rallied together very well in 1989 after the Loma Prieta earthquake. Nobody waited for help, they helped each other and it is well remembered. New Orleans is the first example of helplessness on a vast scale I've ever seen. Those local leaders and clueless citizens should be ashamed. I hope it's not catching.

Bump that.

New Orleans is the first example of helplessness on a vast scale I've ever seen.

No doubt about it.

[texasbluebell]

I see at imdb, that Newsom is Asner's wife's nephew, I suppose that means Asner's 2nd wife then. But it's all in the family. (A very far left family, if Asner himself is any indication.)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000799/bio

[SuziQ]

Hey, I already had half-a-roll.

LOL!! It's a known fact that it's required of folks to show up at the grocery at the first hint of a blizzard to get their TP!

[William Tell]

CATravelAgent said: "Sorta like a 50 miler, but with weapons."

Wear an NRA hat so I can tell you from the hordes of helpless liberals passing by. I'll be the one you can't see guarding my home from the hill next to it. If you need ammo as you pass, wave a twenty in the air.

[Tall_Texan]

And, being San Francisco, I assume the list includes a three-day supply of condoms. After all, what else are they going to be doing during three days without power? Looting?

[Screaming_Gerbil]

"Living in a small apartment requires some ingenuity to find a good location where it doesn't take up your whole living room," said Linda Johnson, a nonprofit agency executive who lives with her husband in a one-bedroom apartment in the Mission District.

Her supplies are now scattered throughout her home, but Hurricane Katrina has helped her realize she needs to gather it in a central, easily accessible spot.

How about just having two identical grab-and-go back packs?

[Screaming_Gerbil]

City residents should prepare to survive at least three days without help if disaster - from an earthquake to a terror attack - strikes, according to the city's Office of Emergency Services.

A city-sponsored Web site, http://www.72hours.org, includes lists of everything well-stocked San Franciscans should keep in their home and cars to be ready for the next big emergency when power, running water and telephones may be unavailable for days.

Does this mean the leftists / liberals are finally starting to get it?

[Screaming_Gerbil]

Here's the list. Notice what is conspicuously absent.

If you are referring to a self defense weapon... You don't need a gun - you have a pocket knife...

[Screaming_Gerbil]

Uncle Sam gave me those in the Marine Corps

He taught you how to shoot a gov't issued M16A1 (or maybe it was an M16A2 - forget when they changed over).

And that was a while back.

You need a refresher. Practice with what you have.

By the way, Semper Fi

(USMC '74-'78 MCRD San Diego, MCCES 29 Palms, 2nd Mar Div Camp Lejeune, MOS 2841 Radio Repair Tech)

[Screaming_Gerbil]

weird....they weren't left alone for 3 days after the 1989 quake & quake caused tsunami and after-quake.

Why now ?

Because they know God's wrath is coming for them next...

[isom35]

lemmiwinks?

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

"If I lived in SF and there was a disaster, I'd probably worry about my lingere more than anything else.

If I lived in SG and there were a disaster, I'd probably wonder if anyone cared, or it they were thinking "good riddance to bad rubbish".

The Sodom and Gomorrah comparisons in New Orleans would have to be dwarfed by SF.

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

"We have an emergency kit in the car too. Although we are well prepared I am (since last week) thinking a gun may be a good addition to my "kit"."

I wouldn't get a real expensive one. That way when the authorities come around and steel it from you, like they're doing in New Orleans, you won't be out too much, since I doubt you can count on a bunch of Democrats to be organized enough to ever expect to be able to reclaim it later.

[SFConservative]

My emergency plan for surviving the next SF earthquake has been to sell my house there in 2003, buy a huge home in Sacramento where I live on the weekends, and rent an apartment in the People's Republic of Palo Alto where I work during the week in one of the last surviving industries that actually makes money without expecting the government's help.

Benefit: no ownership in earthquake-prone areas.

Downside: missing the first-hand observation of SF girly-men shrieking panic.

Net-net: Win!