🎯 Reading this thread my 1st thought was we need my dad. WWII vet who could build or fix anything. Welding, carpentry, masonry, mechanical & practical engineer. Aside from survivalists & builders, I don’t think there are that many around now. Hopefully a few w/ specialized skills that are needed.

Community Emergency Response team training is what you’re looking for. It’s not everything, but it’s a lot, and it can save lives. www.fema.gov/emergency-ma...

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program educates volunteers about disaster preparedness for the hazards that may occur where they live.

Corollary — we desperately need a “this is what you do when the bad times come” compendium in easy WW II propaganda instructional form. Water systems, medical triage, etc.

Great thread that reminds us most people want to help each other, and have to be whipped into a frenzy to lose that instinct.

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The morning #HurricaneHelene hit Asheville members of our co-op sat in the dark, listening to the howling wind and crack of trees falling. When we emerged to take stock a cardboard sign on our door read “Community meeting here, Saturday at 2. Let’s talk about how we can take care of each other.” 1/?

🥺🤗💖 Nice to know our humanity still unites us. Thank you for this reminder. Bravo to everyone lending a helping hand. 👏👏👏👏👏

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I see THE EMPTY MAN (2020) has returned to Hulu for the Halloween season. Do not read spoilers. Go check it out. One of my favorite modern horrors.

I apologize, this is my years long soapbox. The idea the EC protects smaller/rural stated from being ignored is basically political folklore in the US. WHY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS BAD FOR AMERICA by Edwards is the standard text, while DISTORTING DEMOCRACY is the newer and much less dry take.

Distorting Democracy: The Forgotten History of the Electoral College--And Why It Matters Today a book by Carolyn Renée DuPont and Stephen Clements

The complicated history of how America elects presidents and why this matters to the next election An engaging mix of history and political science, Distorting Democracy will awaken Americans to the p...

If I never hear the opinions of an undecided voter for the rest of my life I’m good with that.

“I’m focused on the future,” is never said by a person who isn’t ashamed of their past.