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Originally Posted by SAFireman
Holy **** Man! You need to move.......yesterday!
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That stuff can happen anywhere....
In terms of feeling guilty over spending scarce resources on SD preparedness, I think some of that needs to be factored into the monthly budget, just like food & utilities. For that i offer this lesson from years past. In the year 722, a minor potentate of a province in France was greatly influenced by a defeat handed to his neighbors by an invading army bent on looting and pillaging. He decided that maintaining a standing, professional force was warranted, and to pay for it, ruffled feathers by, among other sources, confiscating property or taxing local religious institutions to enlist, train, and equip troops. In 732, his preparations paid off, and Charles Martel and his standing army of 15k professionally trained, heavy infantry employed skill, deception, and surprise to defeat an invading hoard at the Battle of Tours. To those in his region who spent ten years cussing him, he was suddenly a hero.