Lessons from Haiti

[gypsyman]

Watching some of the news clips, reconfirmed what I expect, in a SHTF situation. Kinda sad to see grown,healthy men, pushing and shoving women and children around, so they could grab food and supplies. Instead of just acting and behaving like a normal human being, and helping to distribute food and supplies.
This is what I expect to happen in the inner city's if we have a major diasaster, or sudden event were to take place. Lots of anarchy, right away. If you live in a major city, I believe this is what you have to prepare for.
The main difference in what happened here is, again, outside help coming in. I'm afraid that we will not have that option. P&P (prepare&pray) gypsyman

[SHOOTALL]

Kinda reminds us of New Orleans ?

[hillbill]

well when yu and yur family are hungry, yu mite tend to push and shove a little.the trick is to prepare a little so when sumpin ;like that happens yu can lay back and relax.a lot of those people are poor beyond belief i realize.but here in the US, 50 buks worth of rice and beans would keep yu fed for a month.if yu live in a rural setting as i do, a box of 22 shells could keep yu fed for 6 mon or so.those people are highly concentrated and they have no way to hunt. or nothing to hunt if they did have a way.count yur blessings

[jlwilliams]

  I can't help but imagine that Haiti and Katrina have another, less noticable parallel.  The chaos that we see on the news coverage is happening in the cities.  As I understand it, in the rural areas that were hit just as hard as New Orleans the peole living there did their best and helped themselves and each other.  It's likely that the same is true in Haiti.

  Two lessons learned from what I've seen from this great distance.  One: cities are more dangerous than semi rural or rural areas.  Two: if you wait for the governemnt to come save you, you will die waiting. 

[Justin10mm]

There are two kinds of people, one thinks about how to take care of themselves in a bad situation, the other (KNOWES) the government will take care of them.

[zeke08]

I think you are all on target! The sad thing is most people's minset is 1. that nothing will happen to them 2. that their Government WILL save them and 3. they are uneducated about pre-planing for said events. I worked in the Rescue field in the late 80's early 90's (past 14 years at the Sheriff's Office) and I could not tell how many people were pulled out of the National Park here in East TN in flip flops, no rain gear, no water, no food, not even a emergency whistle. Makes me sad to think people are that lazy or unprepared. I was taught if your taking a day hike you plan to stay 3 days and if a 3 day hike plan for 7-10 days! Was I misinformed, did I miss the happy go lucky boat? No wonder my back and shoulders hurt now from carring all that gear! Should we go back to civil defense commercials for preparedness? Is there a way to get through to these peolpe or do we just go down take their stuff after they have killed each other and say a prayer for em?

[hillbill]

your not misinformed or weird, yu just had good raising by your parents.a good parent teaches yu to go prepared into any situation yu may encounter.but also gives you enough freedom to learm from your own mistakes.a kid in a nat park in flip flops obviously didnt have my dad telling him to put yur boots on dumb**s afore yu git snakebit lol!