Your point is not coming through to me.
Obviously, taking care of your own potential needs is not taking care of the needs of others. OTOH, I don't know where that guy lives or how he interacts with his neighbors. If he lives out in the country, then stockpiling food, ammo and gas may make sense. If he intends to share with his neighbors in times of need, then that makes sense, too.
On September 11, I slept late with a headache. The H had left me a cup of coffee by the bed, so I did not have to go downstairs for coffee. The bedroom phone was unplugged. Logged onto SI on my bedroom computer in my nightgown, drinking coffee, and was responding to messages when David Stern called my attention to what was going on. In short order I:
1. Turned on the TV and realized they had hit the Pentagon;
2. Called the H and urged him to come home - he wanted to stay until the traffic got better;
3. Called my mother;
4. Called the school and asked them to release the kids;
5. Called my sister and father to tell them we were ok;
6. Picked up the kids;
7. Filled up the gas tank;
8. Took cash out of the ATM;
9. Went to grocery stores and stocked up on canned food, bottled water, paper plates, plastic cups, dog food, cat food, and toilet paper.
10. We already have ammo and I am only 1/4 mile from State Police headquarters so I am not worried about self-protection.
11. When we got home I scoured the bathtub and filled it up with water.
This week I bought masks for everyone, including my mother - just half masks with P100 filters because I am not worried about nerve gas - and stockpiled antibiotics.
People all over this area were doing exactly the same thing. They can't keep antibiotics on the pharmacy shelves in Manhattan, they keep selling out. You can't buy a gas mask anywhere, they are backordered for weeks.
You are sitting there in Germany, so you don't know what it's like. If terrorists attack Munich and Berlin, and kill 6000 people in Germany, then we can talk about it. |
