This Lapse in Preparedness Reminds me of a Line from a Jackson Browne song of the Late 70s-Early 80s. (Boulevard). I Paraphrase First and then I Quote. -' Everyone just Walks on By " Like They're Safe or Something!" Complete with the Way he Says Such! Kinda like Sheep in these Suppossedly New Times and Circumstances, They Stand Around just Looking at the Ball, Set Out Before Them!, and Saying "Dah!?" Rather than Picking It Up!, and Running It Down a Personal Preparedness Field! This is of course No "Dah" Time or Matter! There's a Certain Preparedness Ball to Pick Up!, -Hello!?

Perhaps a Way of Getting this Onto some of their Radar Screens, or their To Do Lists, would be to Present It sort of as the " 5 Most Important Things!". Or the "Five Musts!".

It's Very Back Burner on Many People's Scales!, that is, When and Where, -or If, -It's even on their Stovetop at All!

A Floor in One's House is Very Low Priority Back Burner Matter too! That is, Until it just May sometime Collapse Under someone!

(Porch and Deck Collapses, for example. Nobody, or Hardly Anyone anyway, Thinks of the Porch Itself! When such Collapses Happen. Regardless of whether this be Due to Aging Old Workmanship, or to Shoddy, Substandard, Modern Day Workmanship. But When such Collapses Do Occur!, -The State of that Porch!, or Lack Thereof!, -Suddenly Moves Up onto that Front Burner! And Becomes a Most Immeadiate Priority and Concern!, -Shud any given "You" be the One Who's On!, -Such a Porch that Suddenly Gives Way in Collapse! Survival and Preparedness is Of Course Like That!, as Well!)

Then this Long Forgotten Pot Out Back, -Suddenly Moves to the Front Burner!

And It Could be Mortally Perilous!, or Otherwise Dangerous or Disadvantageous!

Likewise, Survival and Emergency Prep is of course like that!, -Across it's Board!

The Least of People's Concerns Suddenly Become the Greatest! For What Duration they so be Enstuckened In.

Though Often Rare and Unlikely, -It *Can* Happen to You!

So at Least for the Definite and Dangerous, if Dim, -Possibility of This ever Coming About!, -People in General shud Become at Least Minimally Familiar and Prepared!

People will Woo and Rue the Day then!, when they once Pooh Poohed and Passed Over Such Preps, as Suppossedly such a Small to Non-Existant Matter! "Back When They Had the Chance!"

And so Perhaps something like "The Five Most Importants!" or "The Five Musts!", could be Instrunmental Towards Getting their Foot somewhat into the Survivi-Prep Door! With some of the General "PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER." Anyway!

If or Until Then!, -All Too Many Sheepedly Walk on By Like they're Safe or Something!!! [color:"black"] [/color] [email]ScottRezaLogan[/email]