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The great part about preparedness planning is there is a kind of vaccination herd immunity effect at play. The more people who take minimal measures like you li
by yourapostasy 9y ago
The great part about preparedness planning is there is a kind of vaccination herd immunity effect at play. The more people who take minimal measures like you list, the less intensive efforts preparedness-minded have to invest into. To your example, if 90%+ drivers keep a flat of bottled water, then it makes sense to only keep a water filter at one's home instead of one in the car for long trips and one at home.
However, Just In Time doesn't just permeate our supply chains, but many people's personal lives. So the lists of what it takes to ride out life's inevitable curve balls grow ever longer.
- thomas_howland 9y agoThe wrecking bar also works great at deterring free riders.
- et-al 9y agoThat's one of the ideas of Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT / NERT). During the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, citizens banded together and helped each other other because emergency services were overwhelmed. Afterwards, they reached out to the fire department to ask for formal training and thus NERT (Neighborhood Emergency Response Team) was born. When the next big earthquake hits California, we still won't be ready. However if neighbors pitch in and can put out small fires and shut off gas leaks before they turn into anything more serious, then that's one less neighborhood the fire department has on their to-do list. I highly recommend anyone in earthquake country to take a NERT/CERT class to help out their neighborhood. NERT: http://sf-fire.org/neighborhood-emergency-response-team-nert http://sf-fire.org/neighborhood-emergency-response-team-nert CERT: https://www.ready.gov/community-emergency-response-team https://www.ready.gov/community-emergency-response-team
- kaybe 9y ago(CERT is also short for Chaos Emergency Response Team which covers CCC congresses.)