About that national emergency test. All communication was to be interrupted for 3 minutes on Nov. 8, at 11pm, pst. Didn't happen. What happened?

Prior to November 8, I announced this test twice. The first post proved to be that week's third most popular post. People were interested. This was to be the first ever, National Emergency Alert System broadcast. Why the Feds think we need such a thing, is beyond me, unless, of course, the system can be used to shut down communications for reasons that are not apparent. Then such an ability, makes perfect sense. Understand that this November 8 test, was to include the involuntary shutting down of all systems of communication; our computers, television, radio and, I believe, telephone communication. We have local systems that work just fine, to inform us of emergencies, both local and national. The central government simply does not need the ability to control access and delivery when it comes to our various means of communication -- installed under the guise of dealing with a supposed crisis.

I say, thank gawd it was a miserable failure. And, it was a miserable failure. Here, in California, I experienced no shutdown of any kind, for three minutes or three seconds. I was watching Megyn Kelly's 10 to 12 (pst) broadcast on Fox News. She noted the failure as well, as she laughed her way through the story. We live and work on separate shore lines, 4,000 miles apart; she in New York and I in California.

So where did it work? Apparently in and around D.C. and that's about it. In Virginia, close to DC, people saw Lady Gag-a; others watched as their systems simply went dark. In New York, as mentioned above, nothing happened. Ditto in the Heartland and the Northwest states. A friend in Denver experienced nothing, as well. As government failures go, this is as bad as you get.

And, they have been working on this idea since 1963, the year I graduated from high school. Geeeeesh.

Do you understand that in case of an announced national emergency, whether real or not, and a declaration resulting in the imposition of marshal law, a centralized government could do what it deemed best to accomplish its end game, and, "we the people," would be sorely disadvantaged to actually know what was happening?

I am not saying that this will ever happen nor am I saying that evil people would take advantage of such opportunities. But, I am saying that it could happen and no one can argue that point. We, the people, need to be prepared for this potential reality, at least some of us.

Use this failed effort, as a catalyst to get you off your dead backside. Make a "what if" list. . .

You know, what if your region was without electricity? What happens when the local food mart loses its cold storage capabilities? How would you store cold foods? How would you communicate with others, family and friends and those living hundreds of miles away? How would you prepare food to eat? What about a water supply? Do you have guns and ammunition adequate to protect your home from invaders, the low life who feed off local and national disasters? Warm clothing? Fire wood? Do you have an exit route in case of an emergency? And a destination? Are your cars always gassed up and ready to roll? Do you know CPR and

First Aid?

Add to this list, if you will. And take a look at the end result. Shouldn't your car have plenty of gas anyway, just in case one of the kids needs an emergency trip to the hospital? Shouldn't you have home protection? We lost our electricity for four hours, with the first rain of the fall season. We had plenty of warm clothing. We kept our refrigerators closed. We had candles and matches. What about CPR and First Aid? Do you even know that they are two very different systems of e

mergency care?

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What is the lesson learned from this idiotic national test? That, in the end, we are responsible for our own survival. If that causes (you) us to think and prepare, November the 8 was a good day.