We took a poll and these are the answers we got.
- Complacency
- Procrastination
- Time
- Cost
- Don’t know what to plan for…
- Denial
- Indifference
- The Government will be there to help me, I really don’t need to do anything.
The U.S. Government says you must be able to last at least 72 hours (3 days) on your own in the event of a natural or manmade disater before help arrives.
However, emergency managers that we talked to tell us that’s wishful thinking, to be more realistic, you should be able to last at least a week (7 days) on your own. In an emergency condition must of us couldn’t even last a day without help.
“Until we really understand why people don’t prepare, and what it takes to get that message across, then I think that’s going to be our challenge.” – Craig Fugate, FEMA Administrator.
