THis is less of a problem for rural folks and more for city slickers to think about.
I live in the southwest where last summer saw multiple large fires burn large chunks of the left coast and only the heroic efforts of our firefighters prevented further hundreds of homes from destruction.
And this during conditions of good electricity and good communications for command and control. ANd of course, fire hydrants require positive water pressure from mostly electrically powered pumps.
During disaster/terrorist attacks, there may be a combination of:
no electricity (no running water), limited communications, streets jammed with people trying to bugout, and people using propane or charcoal to cook. Add to this drought conditions and dry hillsides, and cities start to look like tinderboxes/kindling.
City slickers can prep for a lot of things, but you can't fight fires headed your way with only handheld Kidde extinguishers and no water pressure for your garden hoses.
For this reason and others, I have my bugout bags packed and ready.
If TSHTF this summer, I'm afraid we will see some disastrous fires hit some cities.
Those of you city folk who haven't prepped for bugging out might want to think about that.
PS - thank you to all the CDF, County, and local firefighters who did and continue to do an outstanding job keeping us safe.
I live in the southwest where last summer saw multiple large fires burn large chunks of the left coast and only the heroic efforts of our firefighters prevented further hundreds of homes from destruction.
And this during conditions of good electricity and good communications for command and control. ANd of course, fire hydrants require positive water pressure from mostly electrically powered pumps.
During disaster/terrorist attacks, there may be a combination of:
no electricity (no running water), limited communications, streets jammed with people trying to bugout, and people using propane or charcoal to cook. Add to this drought conditions and dry hillsides, and cities start to look like tinderboxes/kindling.
City slickers can prep for a lot of things, but you can't fight fires headed your way with only handheld Kidde extinguishers and no water pressure for your garden hoses.
For this reason and others, I have my bugout bags packed and ready.
If TSHTF this summer, I'm afraid we will see some disastrous fires hit some cities.
Those of you city folk who haven't prepped for bugging out might want to think about that.
PS - thank you to all the CDF, County, and local firefighters who did and continue to do an outstanding job keeping us safe.