Interesting Times: The Long Emergency is Beginning

[liveonearth]

In LA so many people have lost their homes that they are setting up tent cities and living in mobile homes. They have nowhere to go. This is just the beginning. Imagine the large populations of America's cities without food, jobs, homes or hope, but with diseases and guns. Here it comes. And as my classmate Conan pointed out, it's the BBC reporting on it: you won't find mention of this in the US media. They're trying to keep it mum.

Comments

[hausfrauatu.livejournal.com]

Like in "Snow Crash", by Neal Stephenson.

People wandering around in motorhomes...crap.

Why I am NOT moving to an urban area. Or an arid area.

Hmmmmmmm...may have to buy a gun with the tax refund. Crap. I don't like to have them, but EVERYONE ELSE here has one. I don't want to get picked on if push comes to shove.

I am VERY nice to my neighbors.

Can I admit to feeling like an ass after Y2K?

[liveonearth.livejournal.com]

Why did you feel like an ass after Y2K? Did you think it was going to begin then? I think it was beginning, just veiled. People who are sensitive to such things have been sensing the decay for decades.