Quote Originally Posted by mutt View Post
While I would like to hope a crisis would bring out the best in people, the harsh reality is people would turn on each other like animals. There is a very thin veil that keeps people civilized. Once that is torn away, you won't like what you see.

A short term crisis like 9/11, or even Haiti, tend to bring out the best in people. I think that's because there is a feeling that the veil of civilization is just temporarily removed, that normal life with govt and laws is coming back. People feel they need to just hang on until then so they tend to help each other. Step it up to a total disaster where society gets destroyed ( nukes, plague, global natural disaster) and the tendency to be helpful and civilized gets thrown out the window. Now it becomes survival of the fittest. In that scenario, I wouldn't count on my fellow Americans for help. I wish it were different, but human nature is what it is.
The above post is why I asked for this forum. Here is the deal. While I have been doing this for a long time there is only one other couple in my city that I know that has been doing the same thing.

I am not a frugal squirrel kind of guy. I went there once and that was it. 95% of the people that post here are within a 2 hour drive. I have been posting on another forum about this stuff for the last 9 years. The only problem is they all are scattered to the four corners of the states.

Just something to think about.