Civil defence awareness.... Oh Dear!!!

Are you aware?

Let's think a programme, a series.... two episodes on the effect of a major earthquake in Wellington. Civil Defence awareness week!

Programme One: very warying, people make daft choices and die, people stay put and die, people attempt to help and get shot, people, people people... lets wring ones hands!

Survivors are on the hills in Horokiwi... Find smart old lady whose happily sitting safe... Dumb selfish boy daydreaming his way along. Funny older guy sorta gets it right. Enter diabetic guy who was washed up from motorway as well.. almost in coma. What is the answer????

Let's drag him across the hills to Johnsonville to save him with insulin stolen by breaking into a chemist shop!!!!! Oh hell, you may as well have strangled him in the old girls house!

Why not leave him with the old woman and the warmth... Go cross country yourself (it's faster) go to Police station or Civil defence centre that we do know is there, had officers assist to open Chemist.. Oh, that's right it's not real Panther and people do stupid things!!!!

Even civil defence don't have a plan! The Controller struggles with the issues of road gangs and no progress, fires and no water, death and no contingency. She is a broken woman as she has no resources.

Has anyone ever heard of a bulldozer? Basically, how do roads clear and fires get stopped without appropriate equipment. Get a bulldozer, slow as it may be and clear the wreaks away, open the raods to hospitals, dig large graves and create firebreaks in old Wellington by demolishing houses which will go up in flames anyway.

Up lifting even.... Can't wait till Thursdays "help" programme. Viewer turns off. Discussion in the office next day, we have some really dumb people around!

Programme two: The unsuspecting family.... a simulation!

Let's light a fire hahahaha... it's raining so we'll dig a firepit... hold a tarp over as someone jiggles matches at damp paper....

Oh hell... why not use the wheelbarrow to protect the fire? It was sitting right next to the firepit, empty, metal, and could provide more protection. The tarp would be great to cover the wood with. Why not pop a candle under the paper, light that and then watch the fire burn?????

Common sense... lets get water from the stream... good start! We'll all carry water collection things... where is the bucket???? Ok, no buckets lurking around outside... rubbish bag? Um, that trusty wheelbarrow? NOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo, never! We'll carry a 500ml coke bottle, 750 ml wine bottle and an old tin can.... one item each and everyone goes along for the walk in the rain!!!!

Were does water come from? Well, it's all contaminated... lets boil it.... oh dear it's raining!!!!! Why not purify it using a dash of janola less energy use and faster availability... Oh, that's right no one grabbed it.

Bugger me the neighbour needs shelter... we'll give them a tent as we have two..... That's fair! Now the family of 5 crams into the 3 man tent and whines about the situation. Whatever happened to the trusty tarp??? Could that be hooked up to the tent to provide a wee awning??? Never, not in an emergency!

So how did the family feel they did... well considering they were about to be rescued in three days they did well or so they thought! In reality... the diabetic boy was about to die as they were pretty much stuffed and could not look after themselves for any longer. They had on food, water or fuel!

Sad state of affairs and we will have a major event and these people will die!

Me..... call me a Saint! Well if there is an event.. I have at least 3 contingencies as we are all asked to plan make "A PLAN" but if you make "A PLAN" what happens if the plan is scuttled on the first roll of the dice?

I hope I get a chance to use at least one of the plans I have and promise to use the wheelbarrow to collect water and the tarp for shelter.