[GOPJ]

That might never happen in America, but Aldrich thinks each of us can do something on our own: Instead of practicing earthquake drills and building bunkers, we could reach out and make more friends among our co-workers and neighbors.

"Get more involved in neighborhood events," Aldrich said. "If there is a planning club, a homeowners association — if there are sports clubs nearby, PTAs — those groups have us in contact with people we wouldn't normally meet and help us build up these stocks of trust and reciprocity."

"Really, at the end of the day, the people who will save you, and the people who will help you," he added, "they're usually neighbors."

Odd that NPR - home of 'elitists know best' would put these views forward. Liberal 'citizens of the world' usually have their noses so far up in the air that they can't see the obvious...

Broken clock and all...

[MrB]

When I attempted to explain the need for “disaster preparedness” to my benchmark lib,

it was like talking to a wall. The repeated answer I got was “if that situation happens, we’ll all be in the same boat”.

I guess that it doesn’t matter if you’re starving, thirsty and cold, just as long as EVERYONE is starving, thirsty, and cold.