Post by Kel-Tec-Innovations on May 15, 2013 22:17:18 GMT -8
Do you know your neighbors?
Technology today has connected people across the globe and made communication a lot easier than ever before! With today’s cell phones, internet, and social networks, it has allowed people far away from one another the ability to stay close. The downfall is that it has created a gap with the people living closest to you. We are over-connected online and under-connected in person. According to Pew Research Center, fewer than half of American adults know most or all of their neighbors. When survey respondents were asked if they knew the names of the neighbors who live close to them, only 19% of adults said they knew all of their neighbors, another 24% said they knew most of their neighbors. This left the majority of American adults knowing only some (29%) or none (28%) of their neighbors by name. Because of this, crimes are occurring right in your own neighborhood, and no one seems to know a thing. It occurs too often where a criminal was living in a neighborhood and commits a crime and no one suspects anything, or a resident had died for weeks and no one knew. Or perhaps you have recently heard, in Cleveland, Ohio, three women were kidnapped and hidden in a residential home for DECADES and the neighbors weren’t aware of anything suspicious going on. I believe it is important to get to know your neighbors to form a sense of community and also to form new friendships, as well as to look out for each other and lend a hand when the time comes or when anything arises. Knowing your neighbors provides for a safer community to look out for one another.
Also when disaster strikes are you going to be the one man army fantasy to fend off the entire city of looters/criminals and survive doing all the task, stay up 24hour watch? etc.
I know that when a major earth quake happens or civil unrest emergency responses would take weeks if not months. Especially with all the budget cuts. The criminals will be on a free for all and make LA riots child play. In order to increase the chance of surviving I will need a group to spread out the tasks and look out for each other.
I know several neighbors already ranging from EMT, Army veteran surgeon, previous detectives, DOJ senior criminalist etc. which does increase the survivability, but having the whole neighborhood will make it even stronger.
Today I got out of the comfort zone and went out to meet neighbors and create a directory and form a group to unite the neighborhood. With all the recent break in, force entry, burglary, police force cut and increasing response time, failing economy and unemployment its getting bad. Even though its a nice neighborhood it attracts many crime elements to where there are nice things and owners with a false sense of security. I met a lot of interesting people with various professional field today. Each had their story of burglary or witnessing a crime. Just speaking to them for a few minutes got them thinking and open their eyes and wanting to form a group to curb crime.
Either it be civil unrest, natural disaster, the survivability rate of you and your family would increase when your neighbors are also prepared and work together to defend the neighborhood.
So I challenge you to meet your neighbors. I reached out to 91 of my neighboring residence on 6 different streets.
I recommend taking Stans SHTF class, tons of great information on disaster preparation and what to expect and also take SULE to practice and train to be the leader. I'm not sure I know any other establishment that offer such class and quality.
Technology today has connected people across the globe and made communication a lot easier than ever before! With today’s cell phones, internet, and social networks, it has allowed people far away from one another the ability to stay close. The downfall is that it has created a gap with the people living closest to you. We are over-connected online and under-connected in person. According to Pew Research Center, fewer than half of American adults know most or all of their neighbors. When survey respondents were asked if they knew the names of the neighbors who live close to them, only 19% of adults said they knew all of their neighbors, another 24% said they knew most of their neighbors. This left the majority of American adults knowing only some (29%) or none (28%) of their neighbors by name. Because of this, crimes are occurring right in your own neighborhood, and no one seems to know a thing. It occurs too often where a criminal was living in a neighborhood and commits a crime and no one suspects anything, or a resident had died for weeks and no one knew. Or perhaps you have recently heard, in Cleveland, Ohio, three women were kidnapped and hidden in a residential home for DECADES and the neighbors weren’t aware of anything suspicious going on. I believe it is important to get to know your neighbors to form a sense of community and also to form new friendships, as well as to look out for each other and lend a hand when the time comes or when anything arises. Knowing your neighbors provides for a safer community to look out for one another.
Also when disaster strikes are you going to be the one man army fantasy to fend off the entire city of looters/criminals and survive doing all the task, stay up 24hour watch? etc.
I know that when a major earth quake happens or civil unrest emergency responses would take weeks if not months. Especially with all the budget cuts. The criminals will be on a free for all and make LA riots child play. In order to increase the chance of surviving I will need a group to spread out the tasks and look out for each other.
I know several neighbors already ranging from EMT, Army veteran surgeon, previous detectives, DOJ senior criminalist etc. which does increase the survivability, but having the whole neighborhood will make it even stronger.
Today I got out of the comfort zone and went out to meet neighbors and create a directory and form a group to unite the neighborhood. With all the recent break in, force entry, burglary, police force cut and increasing response time, failing economy and unemployment its getting bad. Even though its a nice neighborhood it attracts many crime elements to where there are nice things and owners with a false sense of security. I met a lot of interesting people with various professional field today. Each had their story of burglary or witnessing a crime. Just speaking to them for a few minutes got them thinking and open their eyes and wanting to form a group to curb crime.
Either it be civil unrest, natural disaster, the survivability rate of you and your family would increase when your neighbors are also prepared and work together to defend the neighborhood.
So I challenge you to meet your neighbors. I reached out to 91 of my neighboring residence on 6 different streets.
I recommend taking Stans SHTF class, tons of great information on disaster preparation and what to expect and also take SULE to practice and train to be the leader. I'm not sure I know any other establishment that offer such class and quality.
