Learning a lesson from the Carnival "Triumph"
As you might have heard, recently, the Carnival cruise ship "Triumph" was left without power for nine days, floating about helplessly in the Gulf of Mexico. What happened on this cruise ship was just a microcosm of what conditions will look like should we lose power in our communities or on a regional or national scale. Fortunately for the passengers and crew on the Triumph, help arrived. Before it did, however, they were left urinating in sinks and showers, defecating in plastic bags and leaving them in the halls, dwelling in the dark with no hot showers, standing in food lines for hours in hopes of getting so much as a cucumber sandwich, hoarding food, sleeping on the deck in a makeshift tent city... it was NOT what they paid for. Had the waters not been as calm as they were, the Triumph might have capsized.
Things could have been much worse.
Consider what it would be like should the power go out in your city – for an extended period of time – and there is no going home, no tug boats to pull you ashore.
This can and has happened in some well-documented disasters. Hurricane Katrina is one well-known incident where tens of thousands of people were left without power, food or clean water. They were packed into a makeshift shelter - the New Orleans Superdome - and promised help, which didn’t arrive for nearly a week. Those who didn’t make it to the "FEMA Dome" were left to fend for themselves with contaminated flood waters, no food and no law enforcement presence.
After the Haitian earthquake, large groups of people were left with no basic essentials, leading to the rapid spread of disease – not just for a few days, but for weeks and months.
When Hurricane Sandy struck the northeast and took down the power grid and transportation infrastructure, people were rummaging through the trash to find anything of sustenance. Within 72 hours, they were begging their government for a bottle of clean water.
It took days before help arrived, and even that wasn’t enough.
Powerful earthquakes, once-in-a-lifetime weather events, nuclear power station meltdowns, Tsunamis, region-wide power outages and rogue nation or terrorist attacks – all are unlikely events, but all have happened in the last fifteen years.
Plan and prepare for the stuff to hit the fan because one of these days it just might, and probably will. The first things to go will be food, clean water, sanitation and human decency. Do you want to be the one fighting for a piece of stale cake and walking in your own sewage? As disgusting and horrific an image as that is, this is what's waiting for those who are UNPREPARED!
Why have I received so many orders for FILTRATOR Emergency Water Filtration Units? It's because people are getting themselves ready.
If you wonder why so many are ordering GOFoods long-term foods, it's because people see the need to prepare (order your FREE samples today).
Many people across the planet are getting away from cash and exchanging it for precious metals. Why? Because they see the writing on the wall.
If you are NOT increasing your family's Disaster Readiness, I can't help but wonder why not? With so many people (over 1200) having been injured by the recent small meteorite fly-by, knocking out windows and cell phone power, I couldn't help but wonder what kind of damage would have been done by a direct hit or a larger meteorite. How many would have been prepared for even a few days without power and tens of thousands dead?
It's time to make a quality decision regarding Disaster Preparation. Let me know if I can be of service.
Every blessing,
Michael Tummillo
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