Wow...
The cool new features just keep on coming. Great stuff.

RE: The CNN Article

It seems society has been all about Band-Aids instead of prevention for as long as I can remember. You can see the attitude reflected not only in preparation and prevention, but also many other aspects of modern life, and it's a shame. I don't know if anything will change that, at least something short of an event that will affect everyone in the country at the same time and on the same level.

There are exceptions in people like Mr. Ritter, we preparedness nuts, our first responders and people that actually learned the lessons when they came and who care about others, but I believe we're really just a small niche in the population. This makes it tough to get any large scale preparedness works underway, especially when it comes down to doling out dollars. Making money is more important to a greater portion of the population.

And I'm not saying it's an easy choice by any means... In its own way, savings are a very important part of preparedness.

There are other notable exceptions, but unfortunately I believe it has more to do with the fear of getting one's backside sued off more than for the sake of caring or thinking anything bad will really happen. Where litigation is a factor, the cheapest measure is to prepare for lawsuits rather than safety and the former is probably going to win out.

As always, I could be wrong.