The Blast Shelter

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It has happened. Here. On American soil. The ultimate nightmare…one that no one ever wanted so see, except the bad guys. Terrorist attack…thousands of deaths of innocent, unknowing victims, by the hands of a few maniacal, irrational, soulless cretins. Using tools that had until then only been used by writers of fiction in spy and thriller novels, a handful of illegal aliens commandeered civil aircraft and destroyed American landmarks known the world over, and murdered thousands of trapped victims, brave rescue personnel, and untold numbers of dreams and futures.

Warnings had been coming for months to the intelligence community from various sources, saying there would be terrorism on American soil. Some say that the highest levels of our nations leaders knew exactly where and exactly what would happen. Even worse, some in the conspiracy theory genre of the online world say that our own government was behind the events of 09.11.01. Truth? It will be known as time goes on. We will find out who, and we will avenge the lives of the lost. This nation will NOT let this horrible sacrifice of American lives go unpunished.

What is known is that the main suspect of the carnage at Ground Zero is none other than Osama Bin Laden. Because of this, President Bush and a very large contingent of allied nations began assaults on Afghani positions, camps, towns, airfields, and anyplace else the Taliban could use for bases of operations. So far, the Taliban has been driven out of their lairs into the wilderness. Time will tell what further effort is needed to rid the world of these and other terrorist regimes.

Understand it IS personal now, and we can not depend on our miltary and civilian leaders to be able to protect us in EVERY instance of future terrorist activity. Oh, if they could…but how…and who…and when? How could they protect every single citizen in every town, in every county, in every state? Who would protect all of us, and who would be singled out for more than their fair share of protection? When would all those would-be protectors cover us all, ready to sacrifice their lives for ours…in the next wave of threats? 24 hours a day, seven days a week? In shifts? Every other thursday?

It comes down to this. Our government is in a position now of being in over its head in keeping EVERY citizen safe from evil. We, as Americans, MUST take over some of the load, some of the responsibility, and some of the defensive measures, to assure that every person on our soil HAS A CHANCE of staying safe and alive in whatever the next foul waste of human flesh, wanna-be terrorist tries to do to us…as a NATION. This page provides you with some very hard to find information that just might make the difference to you.

How You Can Prepare

Hopefully, this is not your first visit to SurvivalRing and Civil Defense Now. If it is, go now to read the multitude of informative files, government documents, and more to get a good foundational background in the skills and study of PREPAREDNESS. If you are a SurvivalRing Veteran, then this new collection of downloadable files will increase YOUR P.Q. (Preparedness Quotient) by several notches. This collection of Survival information comes from mostly government sources. None of it is secret, none of it is confidential, and ALL of it is circling within emergency management circles in various levels of our government.

First responders are the people who would come running at the very first evidence, or even hint of such, to any NBC scene. They are called first responders because they TRAIN to learn how to respond to any incident, including the worst we can imagine, and exactly what we fear. The info THEY are reading will also be useful to you…if you study it and work at understanding it. NBC preparedness STARTS with learning exactly what the threats are, then learning how to counteract, mitigate, and even negate such attacks if and when they occur. This collective source before you now totals over 1000 pages if all printed out, so start reading and learning…and preparing for what may never come, or what may be drifting downwind on your street tomorrow.

There are also some files of historical interest, high level briefing material such as the Hart-Ruddman report on preparing the nation for (what was at the time) future terrorist acts, the full history of the American Civil Defense Program from 1945 to 1980, and more. Download them all, read them until you understand them, then take AFFIRMATIVE action in your family, your town, your community, your legislature, and your national administration by being vocal about our nations civilian defensive needs, and active in helping make them happen. It is up to each and every one of us to BE the greased cog in the wheel of life that helps make the changes HAPPEN.