Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Myths and fallicies
2005 was a rough year.
To sum up -- the goverment is not always going to be there to help, and in some instances (convention center, anyone?) is going to make it much much worse.
In any VLE (very large event) you can expect to be on your own for 24 hours to 2 weeks. How long dendends on several factors, but don't initally expect any help from the police, fire dept or every to get very good information for a while.
You'll be on your own for heat, food water and entertainment for a while.
BTW: This is why the 'shelter in place' option exists. If its safe, sit tight and wait for things to settle.
IN modern America we tend to think very short term; we can get gas at the 24 hour mart, food from any of many stores and police/ fire response in just minutes. All that changes after a disaster.
One of the strangest things I heard after Katrina was that the police radios failed -- because their batteries ran out.
Really?
To sum up -- the goverment is not always going to be there to help, and in some instances (convention center, anyone?) is going to make it much much worse.
In any VLE (very large event) you can expect to be on your own for 24 hours to 2 weeks. How long dendends on several factors, but don't initally expect any help from the police, fire dept or every to get very good information for a while.
You'll be on your own for heat, food water and entertainment for a while.
BTW: This is why the 'shelter in place' option exists. If its safe, sit tight and wait for things to settle.
IN modern America we tend to think very short term; we can get gas at the 24 hour mart, food from any of many stores and police/ fire response in just minutes. All that changes after a disaster.
One of the strangest things I heard after Katrina was that the police radios failed -- because their batteries ran out.
Really?
