The article discusses the inevitability of disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and pandemics, urging readers to prepare not just mechanically but communally. With FEMA funding cuts and a call from the EU for citizens to stockpile supplies, it emphasizes the need for community. Rather than fearing strangers, the best preparation involves connecting with neighbors to foster collaboration. Historical lessons underscore that communities can emerge stronger during crises, contradicting the common narrative that survival is solely an individual endeavor.
Like it or not, disaster is coming. There will be a hurricane, earthquake, fire, flood, pandemic, storm, or maybe even war, perhaps sooner rather than later.
The best thing you can do to prepare for disaster doesn't require any special training or purchases. It doesn't even require thinking about disaster.
The community is the best defense against the apocalypse. What's more, disasters can actually help create the community we need to rebuild and recover.
Equating disaster preparedness merely with arming yourself makes us believe survival is a zero-sum game and encourages us to act accordingly - and adversarially.
#disaster-preparedness #community-engagement #survival-skills #emergency-response #social-cooperation
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