CHAPTER 11 - DISASTERS AND COMMUNITY
Whether from the hand of man or an act of God, inevitably we will all experience some form of disaster or another that is survivable only if steps have been taken to prepare beforehand for such a scenario.
The more people within a community that are prepared for a disaster with an appropriate emergency food storage system, the better a community will be able to band together sharing resources equally and thus the stronger the local community will be.
Those who are prepared are better able to protect their families and community as needed until order is once again restored. But in disaster scenarios, the first responsibility, and priority of every individual is their immediate family survival.
Families can ill afford to work together in a community combining and sharing various needs with those who take more than they are prepared to give.
It is better to survive alone or with whoever is also able to provide for themselves than to join with people unprepared to care for themselves much less having anything to offer in return for shared survival.