Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

Lemme see if I have this right…the Dept. of Fatherland Homeland Security get billions of dollars for their budget and the *best* thing theyve done for the average citizen is tell them to keep three days of food, water and meds on hand??? The Boy Scouts deliver the same message for lot less money.

Civil defense is a joke in this country. The North Koreans have entire underground cities..as do the Chinese. The Swiss are *legendary* for their hollowed out mountains, armed citiznery, and dedication to protecting themselves..so much so that not even Hitler wanted to drag his boots into that quagmire.

Whereas we, arguably one of the most economically and technologically advanced socieites on the face of the earth, do almost nothing to prepare our citizens for disaster and then we mock the ones that do.

In the 50’s and 60’s we actually had a budding CD program going on. Remember shelter drills in school? Remember those funky fallout shelter signs? Theres still alot of big, concrete buildings and malls out there with old rotting cases of CD gear in their basements..Ive seen ‘em!

So how would the Zero work Civil Defense in this country? Glad you asked! First off, the Bunker Tax Credit. You build a bunker in your home, yard or property that meets a minimum spec and you get a tax break. Disaster supplies would be non-taxed. Basic preparedness would be a course in schools, like ‘hygiene’ and sex-ed. On a larger scale, every state would have at least one regional base..preferably on reclaimed abandoned military bases, to stockpile vehicles, food, fuel, medical gear and the like for whatever disaster occurs. Tornado in Kansas? Teams fly into the Kansas redoubt, stock up, and head to the scene. Hurricane in Florida? Teams fly into the redoubt there, load up in the prepositioned road-clearing and cargo-hauling vehicles and head to the incident area. You get the idea.

And the cost? Not what you’d think….we have various military that sit idle most of the time, might as well use them since theyre getting paid anyway. Have the engineers get out there and refurb that old military base. Have that Nat’l Guard water-hauling unit set up a purification plant and equipment at the base, etc, etc. Tons of military gear that is past its prime can still be used quite nicely for CD programs..instead of giving old deuce-and-a-halfs to third world militaries or Canada, give them to the states for their CD programs. Same for leftover rations, generators, medical gear, buildings, etc, etc.

Then, next time theres an earthquake that sends Los Angeles toppling into the ocean all the gear is in place and ready for it.