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Originally Posted by Si
Preppers and the "safe places in the mountains" types, are the cream of the crop!
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"Safe in the mountains" is silly when talking about the end of the world, but the people that have absolutely no preparations for an emergency are just hopeless sheep IMHO. I've been through a couple of hurricanes and seen people, that had actual definite WARNING, not bother to put together a few gallons of water, and some food with a shelf-life. After 3 days of warnings prior to the storm, they are out there as soon as the wind stops blowing, desperate for the local government to bring them water and ice.
Something as simple as a large solar flare could take out all of the electronic devices on the planet. There was one in the 1860s, and luckily all that was taken out were telegraph systems. Can you imagine one today? Meanwhile most people will die of thirst and riots so fast it will make your head spin. I can't imagine an adult not having at least 2 weeks worth of food and water, and a way to heat up the food, at the very very least. (And a lot more stuff then that, but that should be a lowest limit). It's amazing the percentage of people that don't even have that tiny amount of preparedness.
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(obviously, I voted no, btw)
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