bigcozy
Enlightened
You know the old saying "Can't happen here"? That is the way that I felt living in the middle of nowhere. I live in North Central Arkansas in a quite college town of about 50,000. I also might add about an hour from where "The Simple Life" TV show was shot, since everybody seems to know about that. Nothing much happens here, but I have made some bug out plans with my family. I live about 30 miles from a very large nuclear reactor and prevailing winds would put a cloud on my doorstep in about an hour from what I have learned.
Today around noon my significant other calls me and tells me that she can see a plume of smoke from a fire by our place. The interesting thing is, she could see it from over thirty miles away, and as it turns out it was toxic release from a chemical factory explosion. The local PD took over the cable TV and announced a evacuation. Took me about six minutes to get my gear and be well on my way, about as fast as possible. Things weren't as bad as first thought, there were some chem burns, and the evacuation was scaled back to about a mile from the area. It was however a full blown chemical emergency in a town I didn't even know had anything like that.
You never know. Be prepared.
Today around noon my significant other calls me and tells me that she can see a plume of smoke from a fire by our place. The interesting thing is, she could see it from over thirty miles away, and as it turns out it was toxic release from a chemical factory explosion. The local PD took over the cable TV and announced a evacuation. Took me about six minutes to get my gear and be well on my way, about as fast as possible. Things weren't as bad as first thought, there were some chem burns, and the evacuation was scaled back to about a mile from the area. It was however a full blown chemical emergency in a town I didn't even know had anything like that.
You never know. Be prepared.