Panic buying starting in Manhattan...

[nadinbrzezinski]

107. I used to be a paramedic with the Mexican Red Cross

and a disaster manager as well, as PIO, and a few other hats.

The big city I referred to is Mexico City. After the quake some sections looked like a warzone, but most of the city still managed to keep on trucking with almost no issues. People raised food, and water, and tents and the rest of the people who lost all, and helped in rescue. It was haphazard as hell.

Why I said that a major city learned that lesson, and it applied in developing a world class civil defense system.

I helped set the emergency system in Tijuana... and these days cover emergencies, among other things, in San Diego.

Hell, earlier this day I was trying to track a wild fire in Northern Baja for the boss, since I still pretty much have contacts.

The attitude that some folks have is just damn plain silly. I mean, most of this is pretty simple and habit.

After Fukushima it's the most I have stoked up... but that was my disaster training and hubby being a retired submariner. so we bought enough canned goods for three months, and lived off that for three months. (And yes, we did have slight upticks in radiation)