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.
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It makes me want to go track down the latest edition of Where There Is No Doctor, a book I read from my parents' shelves avidly when I was a kid. It's been long enough that I barely recall anything beyond instructions on avoiding water re-contamination and how to make a splint, by now.
Honestly, last May, when I was driving down the highway & my phone, radio, & external sirens all went off simultaneously b/c a tornado was heading straight for me, I really wished I had remembered to check that morning "what to do when driving during a tornado" or had an immediate visual reminder.
🎯 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.
I feel like the Civil Defense Corps could’ve become so much more if the end of the USSR hadn’t come right at the same time as reaganomics.