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Quote of the Day–Roberta X
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Tue, 03/06/2012 - 20:00For all the talk of "Zombie Apocalypse," or more serious concerns about economic collapse, your region's version of extreme weather is the most likely civil emergency you will face. Have you made preparations? Do you have a plan? Do you realize it's unlikely to survive contact with reality intact? (You need that plan nevertheless: gotta start somewhere.) Being ready is more than what you have stocked up and thought through; it's an attitude.
Roberta X – “…Where The House Used To Be…”
March 5th, 2012
[There is something that is referred to as the 7 P’s of planning. Piss Poor Planning Promotes Piss Poor Performance. This is combined with another favorite saying of mine, “No plan survives first contact with the enemy.”
The thing is you need the plan, you need something to start off from. You can try and plan for every contingency but I can tell you there will be one you missed. That said, all that planning will pay off in making you much more prepared for said situation. It will help turn that unplanned contingency into nothing more than a minor hiccup instead of a show stopping catastrophe.
My biggest concern is the effect of a major earthquake, volcano, or a possible freak tornado. Those first two are actually serious concerns given the Cascadia fault as well as the history of Mount St. Helens. I have plans in place. I have supplies currently though not near what I would like on hand, and I’m working on gathering more equipment. My eventual goal is to be prepared enough that when the SHTF while everyone is panicking I will be working with the community to keep things calm. It’s much easier to do your job and provide emergency assistance to your community and neighbors if you have your shit squared away. The job is almost completely unnecessary if everyone has done the same. Then those able to render aid can focus on those who truly need it. Those who were unlucky enough to be in the path of destruction and are in truly need of help.
See, this is me just being my crazy mean prepper self. I’m such an asshole that I should do the world a favor and go kill myself right? Heaven forbid I educate others and provide assistance. I’m such a horrible person for telling people to at least think about and plan out what you’re going to do if something bad happens. Because it’s such a horrible thing to “Be Prepared.” -B ]
Those Whacky Squirrels
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Sun, 05/09/2010 - 20:49So Janelle and I were sitting on the couch and she was rolling through the blogs and came across this from RNS. After she reaches the end and busts up laughing she tosses the laptop to me and says read.
I had a couple different comments for different things. First was that the whole thing revolved around remaining in "condition yellow". Second was that when something unforeseen like this happens the first order of business is not to panic; no matter how much it hurts. Third that was the most awesome possible result when he finally got rid of the squirrel. I say the squirrel sailed into the cruiser because of Karma(we were watching My Name Is Earl). My last comment was, "People wonder why I prefer to shoot the bastards with as much distance between me and them, THAT'S WHY!" Not to mention the fact that hitting them when they're further away is considerably harder.
I must say though, for the rider at least it wasn't a pack like this. Best way to deal with squirrels like that is to make clouds of pink mist. Maybe it is my philosophy on dealing with squirrels that has kept any from showing up around my house.
I had someone ask if I realized that was a story. The answer is yes, doesn't mean you can't glean anything from it. Besides, at Philmont those squirrels were down right freaking evil, wouldn't surprise me if a squirrel attacked someone. Also I'd probably let that squirrel live, any squirrel that freaked out two cops that much is OK in my book.
