{"id":1175,"date":"2011-05-26T05:07:37","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T19:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2011-06-20T15:23:48","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T05:23:48","slug":"tornado-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/2011\/05\/tornado-survivors-1175.html","title":{"rendered":"Being Prepared – A Real World Example"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being prepared, whether it is for natural disasters or a global cataclysm, is a prudent path to take. I repeatedly compare it to fire insurance for your house, something which most people understand the value of. Yet insurance for the survival of our civilization or even our species is not contemplated by enough people. For anyone who is still skeptical about preparing, or is concerned what people might think – here’s a recent story that drives the point home:<\/p>\n

When Alabama couple Brenda and Travis Roberts purchased their property 35 years ago, Brenda convinced her husband to build a concrete storm shelter. Travis styled it on a nuclear bunker, and it cost him $600 to build – not cheap in those days.<\/p>\n

Last month Alabama was hit by a deadly array of tornadoes. As a tornado approached, the couple invited their neighbors from in front of and behind their home to join them in the bunker, but their neighbors chose not to accept their offer. Five of those neighbors died, and two were in a critical condition in hospital.<\/p>\n

As you can see, their house was obliterated, but a volunteer found Brenda’s wedding ring:\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

So, it seems there are those who prepare, even though their preparations might only be useful decades into the future, or not ever. And there are those who might be fortunate enough to know someone who can protect them, when disaster strikes. And unfortunately there are those who refuse to believe that something so terrible could happen to them.<\/p>\n

I watched some YouTube videos of a tornado that struck a northern suburb of Auckland recently. It destroyed a small shopping center, and one person died. It was a serious, deadly tornado. A survivalist’s first instinct should be to get somewhere safe, and wait it out. But those who filmed it with their iPhones, not only were they obviously not taking sufficient precautions, typically they found it amusing. Search YouTube for Albany tornado<\/em> to see what I mean. I blame a soft existence in the western world, where we play life like a fun video game, perhaps forgetting that one life is all we have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Being prepared, whether it is for natural disasters or a global cataclysm, is a prudent path to take. I repeatedly compare it to fire insurance for your house, something which most people understand the value of. Yet insurance for the survival of our civilization or even our species is not contemplated by enough people. For anyone who is still skeptical about preparing, or is concerned what people might think – here’s a recent story that drives the point home:
\nWhen Alabama couple Brenda and Travis Roberts purchased their property 35 years ago, Brenda convinced her husband to build a concrete storm shelter. Travis styled it on a nuclear bunker, and it cost him $600 to build – not cheap in those days.
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