A Date That Will Live in Infamy

"The 7 December 1941 Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor was one of the great defining moments in history. A single carefully-planned and well-executed stroke removed the United States Navy's battleship force as a possible threat to the Japanese Empire's southward expansion. America, unprepared and now considerably weakened, was abruptly brought into the Second World War as a full combatant."
- http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/pearlhbr.htm

President FDR called Dec 7 "A date that will live in infamy" for the undeclared attack on Pearl Harbor. In our modern world with air planes, rockets, and missles, disaster can strike quickly and without warning. Survivalist are well aware of this and prepare accordingly. But you can also be an optimist yet still recognize the need to be prepared...

"Emergency preparedness doesn't mean seeing the world through the eyes of doom and gloom. It doesn't mean that there is a disaster looming around every corner. Having the proper disaster survival gear simply means acknowledging that the world is an unpredictable place, and that it's best to be prepared. After all, when you buy a box of Band-Aids and tuck it away in a cupboard, you don't wake up each morning certain that a loved one will suffer a cut or scrape; it just means that you have Band-Aids on hand if a minor injury occurs. The same holds true for disaster survival gear. Once you have it, you don't have to worry about it. Hopefully, you'll never need to use it, but if the need arises, you'll be prepared."
- stvnspeilberg172

Bottom Line

Preparendness is just common sense.