Could be the point. Farah of WND reported on some Whitehouse intelligence briefing regarding the "in the works" North Korean avian flu biowarfare and right after that we read that Porter Goss resigned and an Airforce General with military intel & NSA background is slated to take the helm.
If you recall, there was a very high meeting shortly after 9/11 of all the major network honchos and some high level intel/NSA types to plan a course of action if/when it is deemed necessary to utilize airtime coverage in the WOT. Well, it appears there is some usage in getting the general public aware in the soft sell mode. I would imagine more folks are starting to stock up on basics but that will be a drop in the bucket if the H2H transmission is forced while at the present 55% mortality of this virus. It will turn our clocks back 2 centuries if it hits without major attenuation. Even if it has attenuated 50% it will still devastate humanity well beyond the 12% mortality of the 1918 flu.
I am basically scared $#!+less, and I do not scare easy. I've, in my younger days, faced things that most folks only see in the movies. Been awakened by a kick to the head, looking up the muzzle of a real ugly gun when my eyes opened -- and having to take it away from the lunatic. Been held hostage while waiting for "the guy" to show up with the .38 to finish me off. And more.
If you recall, there was a very high meeting shortly after 9/11 of all the major network honchos and some high level intel/NSA types to plan a course of action if/when it is deemed necessary to utilize airtime coverage in the WOT. Well, it appears there is some usage in getting the general public aware in the soft sell mode. I would imagine more folks are starting to stock up on basics but that will be a drop in the bucket if the H2H transmission is forced while at the present 55% mortality of this virus. It will turn our clocks back 2 centuries if it hits without major attenuation. Even if it has attenuated 50% it will still devastate humanity well beyond the 12% mortality of the 1918 flu.
And "current events" are a lot more sobering than anything I've experienced in all my years.
And my fear is NOT based on emotion. It is based on clinical analysis of the current world "game board" -- and the more I examine it, the more scared I get.
We are poised on a precipice the likes of which combines the worst features of the runup to WWI and the runup to WWII -- and, like then, most folks are too busy with "eat, drink, and be merry" to let themselves by bothered with any "negative talk". Some things never change.
I am in the process of taking years off my life (literally, due to my "health") by putting in as big a garden as I can possibly manage. I will do what I can to build up our goat herd (micro-sized as it is), and chicken and duck flocks.
That last part strike you as stupid, in a bird-flu world? I don't think so. First, I plan on keeping them mostly indoors. Second, if "it hits", it'll be H2H to worry about, not "B2H". Third, even if I don't have any poultry, I live in an area littered with birds! I have stinkin' grackles flying down my chimney about once a week! Lots of waterfowl flocks regularly flying overhead (can you say "migratory"), crapping as they flap their wings (birds have no sphincter control!)
I live in a world peppered with bird crap. Bird crap that will dry, become airborne "dust", to be breathed in by any and all. The least of my worries will be my chickens and ducks (which will be receiving a steady dose of colloidal silver, which will kill any virus it contacts). And, in a world of chaos, FOOD will be quite an important factor.
My goal is to have enough "momentum" going so that if I get a dose of flu (which I would not expect to survive), my family will be able to go down to the garden and barnyard and find enough food to survive.
Between bird flu, threat of EMP, and even worse, I cannot help but think that this is NOT how I planned on spending "the best years of my life"!