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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRemote Alaska to stockpile food, just in case
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Remote-Alaska-to-stockpile-food-just-in-case-3822025.php
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) Alaska is known for pioneering, self-reliant residents who are accustomed to remote locations and harsh weather. Despite that, Gov. Sean Parnell worries a major earthquake or volcanic eruption could leave the state's 720,000 residents stranded and cut off from food and supply lines. His answer: Build giant warehouses full of emergency food and supplies, just in case.
For some in the lower 48, it may seem like an extreme step. But Parnell says this is just Alaska.
In many ways, the state is no different than the rest of America. Most people buy their groceries at stores, and rely on a central grid for power and heat. But, unlike the rest of the lower 48, help isn't a few miles away. When a fall storm cut off Nome from its final fuel supply last winter, a Russian tanker spent weeks breaking through thick ice to reach the remote town.
Weather isn't the only thing that can wreak havoc in Alaska, where small planes are a preferred mode of transportation and the drive from Seattle to Juneau requires a ferry ride and 38 hours in a car. The state's worst natural disaster was in 1964, when a magnitude-9.2 earthquake and resulting tsunami killed 131 people and disrupted electrical systems, water mains and communication lines in Anchorage and other cities.
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Remote Alaska to stockpile food, just in case (Original Post)
steve2470
Aug 2012
OP
Right. I believe they are preparing for revolution. I don't want my tax dollars going to them.
southernyankeebelle
Aug 2012
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southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)1. Right. I believe they are preparing for revolution. I don't want my tax dollars going to them.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)2. Alaska DU'ers, sound like a good plan ? nt
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)3. And what is his fall-back plan if those warehouses get destroyed?
Does he think that somehow natural disasters will magically spare them from destruction?
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)4. It doesn't sound all that unreasonable to me
You're only talking about 2 warehouses that only stock enough food for 40,000 people for 4 days.