Even the mainstream press has gotten into the act:

Here's the Newsweek article: 'It's Psychologically Healthy to Prepare'

I haven't read this much about emergencies and disasters and preparedness since 9/11. At least people are talking about these things again. Fortunately, they're realizing terrorism is not the only thing for which we must be prepared.

-- Craig

It's good to see this kind of stuff on the media, I hate that it took something like Katrina to make people open their eyes.

A lot of folks are taking disasters seriously now, but I'm afraid that as soon as the Katrina situation dissapears from the front pages, they'll go back to their usual lack of preparation. Until the next disaster, that is.

Another thing I don't like about most of the guys that writte this articles is that they never mention knives or even multitools.

Still better than nothing, though.

I agree -- once everything calms down it will be back to normal. Oh how quickly we forget...

That's because of a thing called legal liability.

That .......... and POLITICAL CORRECTNESS

To my mind, that's simply another way of saying, "Please don't sue us."

-- Craig

No, not really. It's just another way of saying people don't like to think about the worst. Litigation is just an excuse.

Tell me about it. My sister is getting ready to send her daughter (my spoiled neice) off to preschool, kindergarten, whatever you want to call it. I advised her to ask the school about their lockdown procedures. I got a blank look in return.

I explained what lockdown was. Then she told me she certainly would NOT be asking any such questions because she was not going to be labelled a freak. When she said "freak," she looked me right in the eyes. Meaning, of course, she was not going to become the kind of paranoid freak she thinks I already am. <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

-- Craig

It's nice that we paranoid freaks have a place to commiserate. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I'm working on a day care abuse case right now. [One 4 y/o sexually abusing another 4 y/o] PLEASE advise your sistre to move the kid. If they are that obtuse about basics, no way they will catch signs of the kind of thing I'm dealing with in this case.