Posted on 06/04/2016 9:12:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
When Barack Obama speaks to the public, it is very rare that he does so without a specific purpose in mind. So why is he urging Americans “to be prepared for a disaster” all of a sudden? On May 31, Obama took time out of his extremely busy schedule to deliver an address at the FEMA National Response Coordination Center in Washington. During his speech, he stressed that every American is responsible for preparing for disasters, and that includes “having an evacuation plan” and “having a fully stocked disaster supply kit”. These are basic steps that I have been encouraging people to do for years, but if they won’t listen to me, perhaps they will listen to the man currently residing in the White House. The following excerpt from Obama’s speech comes directly from the official White House website…
One of the things that we have learned over the course of the last seven and a half years is that government plays a vital role, but it is every citizen’s responsibility to be prepared for a disaster. And that means taking proactive steps, like having an evacuation plan, having a fully stocked disaster supply kit. If your local authorities ask you to evacuate, you have to do it. Don’t wait.
This speech was timed to coincide with the beginning of the hurricane season, although hurricanes have not posed much of a threat lately.
In fact, a major hurricane has not made landfall in the United States for 127 straight months.
But without a doubt, we all need to be preparing for disaster. Hurricanes can create a short-term emergency that can last for a few days, but there are other threats that could create a major emergency that could potentially last for an extended period of time. That list of potential threats includes a major volcanic eruption, a natural or engineered pandemic, a west coast earthquake, a New Madrid earthquake, a tsunami on either the east or west coasts, a meteor impact, Islamic terror, war, an EMP burst that takes down the power grid, cyberwarfare, economic collapse, and civil unrest resulting in the imposition of martial law.
Of course the items that I just mentioned are not mutually exclusive. In fact, in different scenarios we could actually see multiple events happen in rapid succession.
It is interesting to note that during his speech Barack Obama also noted that the American people seem to have become very complacent about getting prepared…
And what we’ve been seeing is some public complacency slipping in; a large portion of people not having preparedness kits, not having evacuation plans.
This is exactly what I have been noticing as well. There appears to be a tremendous amount of apathy out there, and relatively few people really seem to feel much urgency to get prepared these days.
My contacts in the emergency preparedness industry have been telling me that sales are way down right now. There was a big peak last fall, but since then it is like interest in prepping has just fallen off the map.
Ultimately, those companies are going to be okay because interest will pick back up shortly as global events begin to spiral completely out of control. However, of much greater concern is the fact that people have not been using this period of relative calm constructively.
Just like we have seen in Venezuela, time to prepare eventually runs out. And someday there will be millions of parents that are absolutely horrified when their children come to them crying out for food and they don’t have anything to give to them because they didn’t heed the warnings and they didn’t get prepared.
When that day arrives, many of those families may be forced to turn to whatever help the government is offering at the time.
One more thing that I found particularly noteworthy about Obama’s speech was that he said that there is now “a FEMA app” that can direct you to the nearest “FEMA shelter” in the event of a major emergency.
If you need information about how to put together an evacuation plan, how to put together a disaster preparedness kit, as Craig said, we’ve got an app for everything now. We have a FEMA app in English and in Spanish to help you prepare your family for a disaster. You can update the National Weather Service alerts. You can get safety tips for more than 20 kinds of hazards. It provides you directions to nearby shelters.
Could you envision yourself and your family having to take refuge in a “FEMA shelter” someday?
If not, you should do what you can to get prepared now. Over the next couple of days, my wife and I will be releasing a couple of new videos about preparation on our YouTube channel. In fact, I just checked and the first one is already up…
Unlike Venezuela, it looks like we may still have a little bit more time to prepare for what is ahead. Some people will relax and use this time to party, but those that are wise will work diligently and will do what they can to get ready for the exceedingly challenging times that are rapidly approaching.
Hopefully you are listening to the warnings and are heeding what the watchmen are saying.
If not, the consequences for what will happen to you and your family will ultimately be on your own hands.
“Why is Barack Obama Warning Americans ‘To Be Prepared For A Disaster’?’
The election?
They just *forgot* the word GOLFING between “busy” and “schedule”.
Because after the election he and his family are about to loot the country and flee to Kenya and go into hiding. He's not only after the White House china and silverware, he'll take all the gold out of Ft. Knox. Then the economy collapses while he and Michelle eat lobster and cake every evening. You read it here, best prepare!
Funny I hadn’t thought of that...
I think Obama happens to be right, we all should be prepared for disaster. There have been a lot of things going awry lately. He did us all a service by bringing it to everyone’s attention. I for one, am going to take his advice and be better prepared than I am.
You couldn’t evacuate Wash. D.C. if you were giving out free Thousand Dollar bills.
We are doomed. Ever been in DC traffic at 6:00 PM. It feels like Doomsday.
If someone asked me what would I do if the end of the world was coming, I would say that I would pull down my pants, bend over, and kiss my everloving ass goodbye.
(Stole this from an old joke). Here, this is for free. You want the good stuff, pay for it.
C’mon man! PIV IS rape!
Warning is eight years too late.
“We keep planting fruits, nuts, and berries, and veggie garden. Laid in some supplies. All we could afford to do.
Wish we could do more.”
Like you, I always have a good sized garden and I keep plenty of supplies stored up. The one thing more that I wish I would do is to encourage, or in some cases demand, that friends, family, and people in my small community also get prepared. It’s not the easiest subject to discuss with people, since many have been led to believe that “prepping” is one of those things that they’ve seen on TeeVee shows that weird people do. There’s a couple primary reasons I see to try and encourage others to be ready. One is because I actually care about some of these people, and don’t want them to needlessly suffer. The other reason, and this is for people in my immediate area, is that if they don’t prepare now and TSHF, who are they going to turn to when their kids start driving them nuts about how hungry they are? That answer is obvious: they’ll come to people they either know or suspect have supplies stored up. They’ll become a burden on their family, friends, and neighbors. Yeah, sure, there’s some people out there that are cold hearted enough to turn their starving mother away, but fortunately most people are more compassionate than that and will share supplies to one degree or another with certain people, and defend their stores against others. But the point being, if we can get others to put up supplies now, they won’t become a burden to others later.
If it looks like Trump is winning, the evil bastards will throw every monkey wrench in the system they can
They’d rather see the Earth in flames than lose their power
“Why didn’t he tell us this in 2008?”
I recall him warning us how not to contract influenza as one of his first acts in office. It was creepy how everyone sanitized everything in sight to show compliance with the new King’s wishes. My employer had the housekeeping staff wiping down the stair rails with sanitizer daily.
I’ve been prepared for a disaster ever since the day when illegals and parasites put Obama within the margin of fraud to seize power. That disaster is still going on after nearly eight years, and anyone who is not prepared by now is a fool.
There’s a section of the Taurids that may have very large rocks (1-2 km dia) through which we will pass between now and 2040 - during the twice annual passes ... maybe Bam knows something big comes this way ...
It’s because he’s a shite head & the best way in this unique bassakwards brain according to the Cloward-Piven Strategy one must announce (the unknown, the doubtable, the unforeseen & speedily available doom (If Carl Jung ever got a hold on hime he’d take the bamster to the cleaner’s with all this marxist, pie high in the sky sh*te .
Typical doom tactics & you what? that REALLY POOR POLITICS.
On a more joyful note, Michelle Obama will be leaving the WH that was built by slaves.
Door-———>A$$————Door
and this goes for Valjar , too , the stinkin’ Co-President of The US of A
and get it thru your heads pple-— she’s NOT IRANIAN
she’s a old time MARXIST
bye - bye
he did tell you in 2008 you weren’t listening......
If you bring a knife to the fight we bring a gun
god’s truth words from him & The Rats on the Hill
ping
Hurricane season?
Store canned goods. They last 25 years or more. They are cheap. You can amass a huge supply. Buy store brands or when on special. A much better use of your time and resources. Canned food is cooked and ready to eat.
You can’t plant a big enough garden. You could surpass your harvest with one trip to the grocery store, Walmart, dollar store, or Aldi’s. Don’t forget a manual can opener. In a pinch a good knife will suffice.
... Ramadan starts soon and ISIS has warned of another attack so this is Obama’s version of a CYA.
... actually Ramadan starts today.
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