The People's Foundations

***   Emergency Preparedness and Public Safety

Another very important reason for using the county as our basic social structure is that counties are large enough to provide many of the basic services required for human survival at a reasonable level of efficiency and also small enough to be manageable in times of emergency when outside-the-county supplies and services may very well be unavailable.   The county is also small enough to provide a sense of community -- a sense of belonging.  

Editor's Note:   The descriptions in this section will probably not be functional and feasible in counties with very high population densities.  

Service Presently Available in Fully-functioning U.S. Communities:    Here's some of the services that we presently enjoy and often take for granted-- services that individuals, or families, or even small groups of people will probably not be able to provide on their own.  

Communication:  --  Television  --  Radio  --  Telephone  --  Email  --  Physical letter and package delivery.  

Transportation:  --  Cars  --  Trucks  --  Busses,  --  Trains,  --  Aircraft  --  boats.  

Utilities:  --  Water  --  Sewer  --  Electricity  --  Fuel for transportation and home use  --  streets, roads, highways, bridges.  

Medium of Exchange:   Money  --  Credit cards  --  Banking

Computer Related:  --  Logistics control  --  Business management  --  Information services.   

Emergency Government Service:  --  Police protection  --  Fire suppression  --  Emergency medical assistance.  

Food and Water, long-term. . . :   Farming  --  Animal husbandry  --  We encourage each household to have an emergency supply of food and water.  

Housing and Animal Shelter:  --  Carpentry --  Plumbing  --  Masonry  --  Electrical  --  and all related skills.  

Additional Items:  --  Education   --  Clothing  --  Tools  --  Raw materials --  Hospital services  --  Store-bought goods - thousands of products we take for granted will simply become unavailable.  

When you take a moment to examine the above list it immediately becomes obvious how incredibly interdependent human life on planet Earth actually is, at least in the United States and in other developed countries.  

Because we are very likely living in a time where major Earth changes and/or cosmic level shifts may take all of humanity on a unexpected and highly-destructive ride and because of the absolute certainty of what human activity has done and is still doing to our environment, we need to be prepared to face disruptions in most of the above services that we now take for granted.   How do we do that.   We have to do so collectively, and county-sized social structures are the best options the average citizens presently have available.  

Governments and the super-wealthy have spent billions of dollars preparing shelters for themselves and for a few who will be their workers in post-catastrophic times, but the rest of us (literally millions of people) are considered expendable.   In a national or global-level emergency, and will be abandoned and left to fend for ourselves or die.   More on this topic on the page titled:   Why?  Why?  Why?   

County-Level  Emergency Preparedness

When the three foundations, as described on our home page, are set up and functional, the people in the county will soon have the money necessary to create many of the tools, facilities and other things required to assist people in times of emergency.   Here are a few examples:

Communication:  --  An inter-county communication network  --  Two -way ham radio network.   A local communication system is also vital.  

Energy:  --  The tools and equipment required to transform wind, water, and solar energy into electrical power.   A supply of state-of-the-art rechargeable batteries and energy-efficient lighting systems.  

Medical - Dental:  --  A stockpile of medical equipment and supplies tools and equipment.  

Library:  --  with "how to . . ." books and general education books on all topics, with sophistication levels ranging from kindergarten to post doctorate.   How to books on construction, plumbing, carpentry, electrical, etc.  

Emergency Militia:  --  Citizen soldiers similar to the present, state-controlled national guard to be available when necessary for community protection, safety and for special projects.   Also a special cavalry-trained unit capable of tracking down and eliminating any and all roving gangs of criminals. 

Farming:  --  County run gardens with spaces for private gardens for families who choose to have a garden., including training in how to grow fruits and vegetables.   Orchards of fruit trees that grow in the local climate. 

Animal Husbandry:  --  County run animal husbandry farms and education facilities, including a substantial number of work horses and riding horses.

Shelter:  -- 
***   For individuals, small, self contained mobile homes
         will be the structures most likely to survive a major earthquake.  
***   Large building will very likely be destroyed or severely damaged
         in a major earthquake.  
***   We suggest building an emergency, underground, county
          police, fire and medical control center in each county.    
***   Stockpiling emergency items in the large, steel, oversees
         shipping containers.   When emptied, the containers
          an be used for emergency shelters.  
***   Used school busses can be stripped of seats and uses
        as emergency structures. 

Clothing:  --  Choose clothing well made using natural fabrics such as cotton, wool, hemp and the like.   High-quality shoes and boots.   Have coats and jackets for colder weather than normal.  

Transportation:  --  Fuel for internal combustion engines could be and almost certainly will be unavailable for a considerable amount of time.   In the interim, horses, mules, oxen, and bicycles would very likely be the only means of transportation.  

This list is by no means complete.   It does, however, provide a starting point.   Readers are encourages to contact us with additional suggestions to add to this list.

When We say, "The Powers that Be," we are referring to the multi-billionaires who are the behind the scenes directors of every major event that occurs anywhere on the planet.   We have devoted a separate page to answering this question.   You can find it on the page titled:   Why?   Why?  Why?