Survival w/ Family when TSHTF, page 3

I call this sensation that you are feeling the Quickening. It is very real and I did not get the sensation after coming here and reading all the crack-pot posts. I came here hoping to see if anyone else was experiencing the same thing, to maybe find an answer to what is happening. I am no closer to the truth or the answer than you are but I can share an experience that may help in your planning. A number of years back I was talking on the phone with my mother when our emergency siren went off. I paid no attention to it because I thought that it was just a test. After the siren continued for a much longer time than a test would a last I told my mom that I was going to go outside to see what was going on. When I walked outside I noticed that all of my neighbors were standing outside and looking in the direction of the siren as if it was going to suddenly reveal some additional information. None of us said anything to each other; we just stood there looking off into the distance. I told my mother that I would have to call her back because something strange was happening. After ending the call I walked up to one of my neighbors and asked him why we were just standing around looking at nothing. He gave me a very blank look and the others in ear shot turned to me with the same expression. I added, “Doesn’t that siren meant that we should be seeking shelter or moving to an area of safety?” Well this seemed to break the trance because now everyone was talking at once and everyone was wondering what it was that we were to do. One of my neighbors said since that is the siren for the nuclear plant there is not much that we can do because there is only one way out of here and they road will be so packed that no one is going to get very far. He said “If I am going to die I would rather do it at home than stuck out on a highway.” I agreed that what he said made a lot of sense. He then did something that made a huge difference in our lives that day. He invited everyone into his home for a drink. He said if we are going to die we might as well toast the end of a good life and spend what time we had left with friends and family. That was the first time I had ever been in my neighbors house and it was first time that any of us had said more than hello to each other. We spent several hours in fellowship and laughed as we found out that it was only a malfunction of the siren and not a problem with the nuclear plant. We also laughed at how right our neighbor had been when the news showed hours of reporting on how inadequate our evacuation system was because thousand of people where trapped on the highways going nowhere. I say all of this to say this. We can never adequately prepare for an unknown. There will always be something that you will forget or a situation that you just can’t plan for but if you have the love of family and a healthy connection with your neighbors and community you can get through even the darkest times.