A disaster occurs.
Some self-identified "preppers" imagine everyone will immediately start fighting one another.
Meanwhile, in reality, I read about everyone doing things from evacuating to search & rescue with boats and helicopters; distributing supplies by foot and bicycle and mule; and surveying and communicating by satellite and drone and ham radio.
And I am reminded of Rebecca Solnit's 2009 "A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster".
@michael_w_busch - While I wouldn't call Crystal and I preppers, we are very big on "let's make sure we're set for immediate survival in a crisis."
We packed not just for us, but for others as well. My car has a roadside emergency kit. We had first aid kits with enough stuff for several people.
We want to survive. We want others to, too.
@dolari I make a distinction between the "prepper" mindset, which has little to do with actually being prepared for a disaster or a crisis, and actual preparedness, which is collective.
( Here I have learned from @mikamckinnon , who quotes "Lost": "Live Together, Die Alone" ).
@michael_w_busch @dolari @mikamckinnon Put another way, it’s the difference in mindset between finding victims to help and making them.
@WhiteCatTamer @michael_w_busch @mikamckinnon - That's a thought that's gonna stick with me for a long while....
