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Originally Posted by baddog
Actually, awareness needs to be made and on a regular basis. When it hits you are going to need to be able to take care of yourself for three days. What percentage of your friends do you think are equipped to do that? Are you? Do you have food, water, battery, transistor radio, light, rain gear?
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Do I have the materials ready for such event? YES! - I actually like to call it "Living in California 101" Can I speak for my friends? NO!
Here is how I see it: If "grown-ups" who have been living for a while in SoCal don't have their stuff ready, do you think they'll all of the sudden become more conscious about the consequences by listening or reading such reports? Sure! maybe for a few seconds or until they change the channel. The fact of the matter is that irresponsible and unprepared people won't all of the sudden become responsible and prepared if someone tells them to. It takes discipline which is something they either learned or didn't learn by the time they reached adulthood.
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Originally Posted by NetBilling
Agreed... and it is very important to teach the kids what to do and what to expect.
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Agreed, children need to be taught about these things. But adults who have been living here their whole lives? .. if they have to.....my immediate response is a resounding "WTF?"