popeye1250
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ORIGINAL: camille65
I agree. I plan for tornadoes. For blizzards.
It would be stupid to plan for no emergencies and instead try to sail blithly through life. I do not want to depend on the largesse of strangers in case of a natural diaster, I do what I can within reason to prepare myself. To take care of myself.
If half the people effected by Katrina had been truly prepared it would have made a world of difference.
Knowing basic First Aid, having canned food/water on hand etc is not excessive or a redneck gun-toting lifestyle. It is simply common sense.
In the winter I carry a small survival kit in my truck. Why die of exposure if I break down when I can avoid it by simple means?
Camille, well said! Good girl!
Maybe you should go up to Kittin's place for a visit and take her to the range or the woods and teach her how to shoot.
Those Europeans are defenseless. (They really are! Besides G.B. I don't think they have three Air Craft Carriers to rub together between 25 countries!)
Aynne, that's funny, I was thinking of "Mad Max" too when I typed that post!
And like Celticlord I'm also prepared for a fire in this condo complex, I have 100' of hose with a nozzle coiled up and ready to go not just for my place but in case any of my neighbor's places were to catch fire. And I've checked all the water spouts in the back of the buildings and they all work and they have a lot of pressure, much more than the inside sinks that probably have those "water savers" in them so that the condo association keeps the water bill down.
I can only get about 3 gal per minute out of the inside spiggots but probably 15-18 out of the outside ones, they shoot out water like a torrent!
Oh, and we have a few elderly people here that I keep an eye on too.
And when I do my rounds in the parking lot late at night or early in the mornings I know which cars are supposed to be here and which aren't (We have "guest" stickers for visitors.)
Kittin, I thought you lefties were "into" all that doom and gloom stuff?
You know, the wringing of the hands, the sky is falling, the earth is going to explode because of global warming, we'll run out of food, water, gasoline,...fill in the blank.
C'mon! Why are you getting all "cheerfull" on us here?
We want the *"Old"* KittinSol back, the negative thinking, the constant moroesness, the no faith in her fellow man, the backing of a withering political party.....well, you know what I mean!
C'mon kid, buck up!
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If you come any closer I am gonna have to make you get a subscription to Mother Jones and start eating tofu. 
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