2012 - Surviving the End of the World Or the Next Y2K

As we approached the year 2000, there wasflooding, you might seek safety on your second
much anxiety and dread over what would happen.floor. So, keep an emergency container where it
The usual "the end is near" crowd warned us, ofcan be easily found and moved as the disaster
course, but then we had real world concerns overmay require.
our computer systems. What chaos might befallYou should also develop an emergency plan for
us if the machines we had come to rely onyour home with plans for different types of
suddenly stopped working or, worse, stoppeddisasters. Have an evacuation plan too. For
working properly!example, in the event of a tornado, where is the
Of course, we survived all that with hardly asafest part of your house? If you have sufficient
scratch.notice, will you be safer at home or seeking
Now, we face the next potential doomsday: theshelter at a neighbor's home or community
year 2012.shelter?
The Mayan clock runs out in December of 2012.Be ready to be mobile! Some disasters may
There are some interesting astronomicalrequire that you abandon your home. Such
alignments coming in the year 2012. These things,disasters may include chemical spills, wild fires,
and others, have some warning of impendingearthquakes, etc. You might use the emergency
doom, once again.supplies container you store in your home, moving
Will we be blasted with gamma rays from ait to your trunk or back seat if leaving your home
distant galaxy? Will the Earth's crust shift, movingbecomes required. Alternatively, you might want
the continents into different temperature zonesto keep a separate emergency supplies kit in
and causing massive land changes? Will someyour car. That way, too, if disaster strikes when
doomsday minded people bring about the endyou're not at home, you won't need to run home
through man-made catastrophes? If any of theseto fetch your supplies.
things happen, how can we survive?Be kind to each other! If you believe that the end
The first thing we can do is to be prepared. Evenof the world will be a man-made event, then
without the potential end of the world hangingsimple acts of kindness may be your best safety
over our heads, we are always at risk of naturalnet. Spread the kindness around. You may not be
disasters, from tornadoes and hurricanes, toable to change the world, but you can change
earthquakes and flooding, and so on. Disasteryour neighborhood. As the kindness moves along,
preparedness should be a practice of everyyou may just find that you can change the world
household! It definitely should not be somethingafter all!
you only think of when prophecy comes knockingIf disaster does strike, whether it's a "normal"
at your door.disaster or an end-of-the-world-type catastrophe,
Be ready to stay put! If a disaster occurs, youall the survivors will need to work together to
may need to be able to survive at home forensure their long-term survival.
days or even weeks, depending upon the typeIf worries about 2012 and the "end of the world"
and extent of the disaster. You should make suremotivate you to get a disaster preparedness kit
that you have enough food and water, as well astogether, that's a silver lining on the clouds of
medicines and other necessities, sufficient toworry. But, if the end doesn't come, don't
make it through several weeks without outsideabandon or neglect your preparedness plans and
contact. You might want to keep supplies storedkits, as many did after the year 2000. No part of
in a mobile plastic container that can be movedthe world is immune from disaster of some form
easily. In the event of a tornado, you may seekoccurring, so be prepared and don't get caught
refuge in your basement but, in the event ofoff-guard!