Okay so this post has been a few days in the making now.
I guess it all comes down to how prepared do you think you really are?
I have been watching different news agencies. I can’t help but notice that they have seemed to have forgotten about the rest of the country. I understand that In Texas the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey is causing widespread flooding. Our hearts go out to the family’s that have been affected. Now we have another hurricane about to hit Florida and it’s all over the news! But I can’t help but think where is the news coverage about the western United States and the widespread forest fires. There are fires going on in Oregon, Idaho, and Montana right now. They are so big that they are making smoke linger over the west coast and Canada. The smoke is making it hard for people to see and to breath and that’s just the people not close the actual fire.
Currently, Washington State has nine fires that are over 1,000 acres in size. Both Oregon and Idaho have 19 fires over 1,000 acres and each state’s largest fire is well over 150,000 acres in size. That is 234 square miles or more in each state of land consumed by fire. This is a photo taken by NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite it took a photo of the smoke obscuring most of the Pacific Northwest on September 5th 2017.
More wildfires are popping up all over because the wind is blowing the hot ash and/or coals to other areas.
But this doesn’t seem to be a big concern to the media. Just today I seen a interview from CNN with a FEMA worker. They said that FEMA would be in Texas for months or even years to come because of this storm. But here is the sad part the FEMA worker said they are running out of money! I will now insert part of the article here. It is from CNN you can read it your self.
(CNN)As Hurricane Irma barrels toward Florida, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is on the brink of running out of cash for disaster relief and could be in the red by the end of the week.
The lack of money could force the agency to essentially start operating on IOUs if Congress doesn't act in time.
As of Tuesday morning, FEMA'S Disaster Relief Fund had just $1.01 billion left. Of that, $541 million was "immediately available" for response and recovery efforts related to Hurricane Harvey, according to a spokeswoman.
Not one word was spoken in the whole article about sending FEMA to help with the wildfires.
This has just helped me know even more that when it comes down to it you are on your own. When a disaster or a simple event that you may think is an emergency you have to be ready. You have to be ready for the fact that their may not be anyone coming to help you. You have to save your self. The sad truth is you may have to be ready to do this with out any of your preps that you have stocked up. So what would you do if you had a wildfire barreling down on you? What if you only had just minutes before you had to leave? What if it was flood waters rushing in on you? How will you get all the preps you think you need in just a couple of minutes? But you also have to make sure you have your loved ones safely with you.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
