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#271733 - 09/21/14 07:03 PM Re: Must Read for all members here [Re: ireckon]
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LOL- Nice one ireckon


Edited by Montanero (09/21/14 07:03 PM)

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#271740 - 09/22/14 12:42 AM Re: Must Read for all members here [Re: gonewiththewind]
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This is why we police the ETS forums so closely. Thankfully, all y'all are damn fine at policing yourselves so us sheriffs can mostly just sit around playing mumbly peg. :-)
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#271742 - 09/22/14 02:20 AM Re: Must Read for all members here [Re: gonewiththewind]
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Great....now I guess I'm on PETA's watch list....*sigh*
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#271743 - 09/22/14 11:10 AM Re: Must Read for all members here [Re: gonewiththewind]
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#271778 - 09/24/14 01:16 AM Re: Must Read for all members here [Re: gonewiththewind]
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I agree with AKSAR it's lazy reporting, and I think it's simply to generate ad revenue.

The unfortunate effect of this is that people that are truly interested in having a reasonable preparedness level will shy away of sharing this with neighbors and friends to get them prepared. This is no way to create a culture of preparedness.

This is less of a concern of an area that has a high occurrence of a natural hazard threat (earthquakes, hurricanes, blizzards, etc.) since people can say they're preparing for it.

Lately my advice to people to just get them thinking is plan how many days you can survive without electricity. Losing electricity is a secondary "disaster" to most hazards.

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#271779 - 09/24/14 01:24 AM Re: Must Read for all members here [Re: gonewiththewind]
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The negative effect is that people will equate prepping with anti-government ideology and then refuse to prep, thereby creating more problems when an emergency occurs. That will increase the load on us that do prepare for real world emergencies, as we are generally social people and care more about our communities than the non-preppers do.

The article referred to two books that define survivalist as anti-government. This is the hazard and why we need to be cognizant of how we approach certain subjects.

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#271783 - 09/24/14 04:37 AM Re: Must Read for all members here [Re: Phaedrus]
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Originally Posted By: Phaedrus
That's why I love and value ETS so much. It's survival without the -ism.

+1 on this.

Unfortunately though in some aspects, it seems this forum is slowly loosing many long time members. Many of the old stalwarts such as Bacpacjac, Dougwalkabout, Izzy, Dagney and many others are no longer contributing here on a regular basis. Even for myself, I seldom post here anymore and instead focus my attention on other forums such as Bushcraft USA which appeals more to my outdoor pursuits.
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#271784 - 09/24/14 05:01 AM Re: Must Read for all members here [Re: gonewiththewind]
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Mixed messages is also a big problem. Remember not too long ago when all good citizens were told by FEMA to have X amount of food and water for emergencies? Then branded as dangerous by DHS for doing what they were advised to do?
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#271792 - 09/24/14 01:58 PM Re: Must Read for all members here [Re: gonewiththewind]
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Originally Posted By: Montanero
The negative effect is that people will equate prepping with anti-government ideology and then refuse to prep, thereby creating more problems when an emergency occurs.


I didn't realize it when I joined, but CERT in my community has been a force for promulgating prepping without any anti-government message. We're tightly integrated with our sponsoring government entity and people see that.

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#271802 - 09/24/14 05:11 PM Re: Must Read for all members here [Re: Phaedrus]
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I am fairly familiar with the FEMA material et al., but I must confess my ignorance with respect to the DHS statement to which you refer. Could you provide some more detail?
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