There is great hardship to come, we cannot even imagine the depths of what we are doing to our landscape will impact our decisions. And the hardship of feeling isolated from lack of preparation and the reliance we have constructed as a social norm. If individuals can do nothing else, might they learn some of the basics (as you mentioned), and learn to prepare for self-sufficiency for days or even a week. Maybe some of these constructs will tighten the bonds of community and a shift of reliance on those who are around because under this administration, there is no one coming to help. Is it scary, yes, might it build our individual character, yes.
You summed up my takeaway well—that while this sucks and will cause untold suffering, it’s also an opportunity to really grapple with our lack of self reliance and how far we’ve strayed from the sorts of community bonds and personal skills that can really help us when disaster comes. Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts, Stacy!
"I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again—divorcing the wildland fire functions of land agencies from the science, research, monitoring and restoration work at land agencies will be a huge step backwards, if not a categorical disaster." It is eerie how this echoes throughout all agencies, the ocean one (the one I know best) included. Thank you for laying this all out, it's such vital information.
There is great hardship to come, we cannot even imagine the depths of what we are doing to our landscape will impact our decisions. And the hardship of feeling isolated from lack of preparation and the reliance we have constructed as a social norm. If individuals can do nothing else, might they learn some of the basics (as you mentioned), and learn to prepare for self-sufficiency for days or even a week. Maybe some of these constructs will tighten the bonds of community and a shift of reliance on those who are around because under this administration, there is no one coming to help. Is it scary, yes, might it build our individual character, yes.
You summed up my takeaway well—that while this sucks and will cause untold suffering, it’s also an opportunity to really grapple with our lack of self reliance and how far we’ve strayed from the sorts of community bonds and personal skills that can really help us when disaster comes. Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts, Stacy!
"I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again—divorcing the wildland fire functions of land agencies from the science, research, monitoring and restoration work at land agencies will be a huge step backwards, if not a categorical disaster." It is eerie how this echoes throughout all agencies, the ocean one (the one I know best) included. Thank you for laying this all out, it's such vital information.
Cutting all funding for disaster preparedness and recovery in the radically deteriorating climate change environment we now live in.
What could go wrong?