Never Forget Disaster while Enjoying Peace
on Nov 12 in Natural Disasters, Preparedness posted Disaster Response Blogs, Natural Disasters, Preparedness by Jeff Jacobson
Complacency turns mere emergencies into disasters. Much like taking the blessings of nature for granted has yielded a fragile environment intolerant of more abuse, postponing disaster preparedness because it’s been awhile is like piling combustible materials in the direct path of a raging forest fire. It will burn out of control.
Do you ever wonder why most experts suggest stockpiling 2 weeks of critical supplies when, until recently, the recommendation has been 3 days?
Why have we grown complacent? Are we taking life for granted, thinking disasters only happen to others by their own doing or at the hands of others? Are we overmedicated by the media? For whatever reason, the foresight of this eloquent statement “Never Forget Disaster while Enjoying Peace” is a profound mantra to live by- so that in the unlikely likelihood that we experience or live through either a manmade or natural disaster – we can be the ones to offer help instead of needing help. Complacency, quite simply, is a lack of gratitude and foresight. 9/11, the tsunami, Katrina, and now Haiti are all wake up calls for us to change ourselves and our lifestyles of consumption. Time is over for idle discussions. We need to get to work and prepare for the future and future generations before it is too late. Interestingly, the author’s comment was posted on November 12 – just two months prior to Haiti. The time to prepare is NOW.
Comment by donna — 01/21/2010 @ 2:36 PM
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