Jul 24

This is long, but worth the read; Pass these odds on to others, too!
I know some people who have left already while others are waiting until they can smell oil, or no smell(methane gas) before deciding. To my way of thinking, it’s not too early to be looking for bug-out land up north – just in case. If the well continues spewing into winter, the odds of mandatory movement go up – and better me thinks to go on your own accord and by your own plans than a mass-packaged solution.
As long as we’re on it, a fair number of people have written in, in hushed conspiratorial tones – wondering whether the "George, does this Gulf spill lead to the government setting up REX-84 FEMA camps?"
Maybe. In the event of a higher level of global conflict, it’s possible. More likely, though, seems to me is that there’s a legitimate role for government to try and provide some level of housing, etc for disaster victims after events like the developing Gulf disaster.
Let’s do a mental exercise here: Say you have a family of four and no prospects, no income, and so on, and the smell of oil shows up.
Questions is: Is the federal government expected to provide some basic level of food & housing for disaster victims? I think so…unless I’ve got political winds judged all wrong.
Follow-up question: Based on what we saw in KatRita, would you trust your family’s fate to just a Wild West kind of tent/camper enclosed encampment, (I’ve seen that future of crowded families, don’t know which way is up or out, their lost in their own senses.) Or, would you rather
duke it out on the streets of a strange northern city in the middle of winter? Gangs, druggies, zombies, and maybe even local police who missed the Chamber of Commerce welcome training?
You see where this goes? On the one hand, government could actually have plans in its back pocket for resettlement centers and such, but whether they’d be prison camps — or simply be best efforts to help people — may depend on how your meds are holding out and if you listen to fear mongering.
Whether people will ever arrive at such possible future government ‘assistance centers’ from the Gulf Oil disaster, WW III, or terrorist attacks can be debated all day long. The further question is "Would such facilities be properly classed "prison camps" or would they be more along the lines of the CCC Camps of the last Depression?"
Then let’s ask if there aren’t political interests who raise money for opposition republicorp candidates (then then go promptly to the same corporate trough) by trying to whip up all kinds of fears about political enemies lists, and so on, in order to bolster their own agenda? Of course!
Figuring out where markets are going seems a better pursuit, since "He who pays the piper calls the tune." Such pursuits may sound base if downright immoral to some, but as a Cuban-American friend of mine taught me years ago: "We don’t have any problems revenue can’t fix…"

It’s -always- a good time to leave the Gulf Coast area. I know, I live on it. There’s really nothing here at all, and all the waters west of the Mississippi River are full of sewage (even before the BP disaster and the severe hurricanes five or so years ago).

Trust me, humans are not meant to live here. Marshes aren’t fun, floods aren’t fun, 100% humidity isn’t fun, and mosquitoes aren’t fun.

2 Responses

  1. Mark and Mjöllnir Says:

    The problem is no where as large as the media or you are making it out to be. Personally I’ll be in the gulf coast for work at the end of the month and I am always looking for good deals. I might look around Louisiana and see if any fools are bugging out and want to sell cheap. This small problem will be over soon.

    Atheist

    Beyond belief
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  2. Shinzy Says:

    It’s -always- a good time to leave the Gulf Coast area. I know, I live on it. There’s really nothing here at all, and all the waters west of the Mississippi River are full of sewage (even before the BP disaster and the severe hurricanes five or so years ago).

    Trust me, humans are not meant to live here. Marshes aren’t fun, floods aren’t fun, 100% humidity isn’t fun, and mosquitoes aren’t fun.
    References :
    Trying to save up and get my butt out of here.

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