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"Second, that in order to ride out any storm effectively, you should be self-reliant and resilient. That means you have to anticipate problems and have some solutions at the ready."
"However, during Sandy, the generator did not work. You can imagine how many four-letter words were uttered. But, I had a Plan B. I know some guys who can repair generators, and they fixed mine very quickly. I have a long-term relationship with these guys and will reward them."
"Sadly, we are becoming a nation dependent on other people, and very reliant on machines. Sandy's destruction brought us back to the 19th century, as the collapse of the machines was something to see. Many people were lost without their appliances because they are not self-reliant. They also do not think ahead. They do not figure out Plan B because they don't even have a Plan A. "
Am I being over critical in pointing out such a contradiction? Especially in light of the rest of the article? Or do we give him a pass on this because he's attacking Obama?
"Second, that in order to ride out any storm effectively, you should be self-reliant and resilient. That means you have to anticipate problems and have some solutions at the ready."
"However, during Sandy, the generator did not work. You can imagine how many four-letter words were uttered. But, I had a Plan B. I know some guys who can repair generators, and they fixed mine very quickly. I have a long-term relationship with these guys and will reward them."
"Sadly, we are becoming a nation dependent on other people, and very reliant on machines. Sandy's destruction brought us back to the 19th century, as the collapse of the machines was something to see. Many people were lost without their appliances because they are not self-reliant. They also do not think ahead. They do not figure out Plan B because they don't even have a Plan A. "
Am I being over critical in pointing out such a contradiction? Especially in light of the rest of the article? Or do we give him a pass on this because he's attacking Obama?
People should consider saving a little emergency money. Then, whether you are Bill O'Reilly or Joe Shmoe, you'll still have some buying power.
People should consider saving a little emergency money. Then, whether you are Bill O'Reilly or Joe Shmoe, you'll still have some buying power.
Indeed. I am always surprised how few people think to have money on hand. As though you can still use your credit card, check book, or debit card during a crisis (especially one where power is likely to fail.)
Alas, I have met plenty of people who are seemingly unable to screw in a light bulb by themselves. Thus, I am not surprised that there are many people who were unable to anticipate what they would need in order to be properly prepared.
Life 101: No man is an island. We all need each other to survive.
Agreed, working together is not a bad thing, this idea that everybody can only count on themselves to get things done is one of the problems in the country, banding together in a tragedy we can all bring things to the table and get what we need done, but I promise there are things each of us brings that others cannot do as well. The fact that this guy had the capability to find the help he needed as opposed to waiting for the government to get him another generator is a good thing.
The last place we lived we lost power a couple of times for over a week due to ice storms. We also lost potable water. No generator. We were in a rural area and had to accept that we were low on the the totem pole for repairs. We also were prepared - plenty of batteries, gas stove that could be lit with matches, wood burning fireplace, hand cranked radio, kerosene lanterns, canned food, plenty books and board games. If there was a possibility of a storm we'd fill up one of the tubs with water. We've always had emergency cash stash set aside. The list could go on, but the bottom line is that we did what we could to minimize the possible problems and just waited. The one thing we, nor our neighbors, did not do was become uncivilized. Gotta admit, it was not fun and the lack of being able to shower was really annoying but we could have lasted at least another week if we had to. Bill O'Reilly is right, people are just way too dependent on modern conveniences, including modern entertainment. I do admit it would be harder in a high rise. Big city living is not a lifestyle conducive to rugged individualism and self reliance.
It's not like being self-reliant requires you to invent and build your own generator or make your own candles or LED lights and batteries. You can buy them, which means like in the words of Obama -- you didn't build it.
But if you worked and used your own money to buy food and supplies, it is self reliancy.
Life 101: No man is an island. We all need each other to survive.
That's probably true for most of us in the extreme but when I say extreme I mean total collapse of society. The issue is so many people have become very dependent on others and are completely lost even in such a short time. They expect their needs to be fulfilled by someone else and that's not a good thing. A lot of these people would have been better off had they taken some simple preparation measures like storing some drinking water.
You know where I used to live, every time that river was coming up Magritte25 one of the first things that got done was water storage and there was enough there for a week and i never had to use it... but every time it got stored.
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