Report: U.S. not ready for bird flu, other disasters
Yeah, you know what we’re really not ready for? Aliens. I swear they could come along anyday and they’d be like, “Hmm…that’s a nice planet. Why don’t I crater it.” And because we lack our world magnetic shield and we keep on shelling money on useless crap like, oh, I don’t know, the space shuttle (read The Dip to find out why), they’d be free to do what they want. Can’t imagine it taking too long.
But seriously, can you be prepared for any disaster? In case you didn’t hear, it’s 9/11 today. Do you think the terrorists are going to use planes to attack us again? Do you think they’ll attack us today (hence the heightened coverage on all the networks on security, before they go back to Britney strutting lifelessly in Vegas)? Hell no. It’s trite. It’s old news. Yeah it was a spectacular success, but if there’s anything you know about a smart criminal, he doesn’t play the same hand twice. Unless you think terrorists are dumb. You probably also are wondering why we’re losing in Iraq.
So yeah, we’re not prepared for another attack. Or bird flu. Or the inevitable invasion of the Borg. Most of us aren’t prepared to have kids when we do, and as far as I know, most of them survive our “incompetence”. It’ll take a lot more than one disaster to bring us all down.
So stop fretting about what can go wrong. Stop worrying about what others might say. Scientists (and most religions) say you get one chance to live. Seize it.
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