we are just a little speck, in the scheme of things. humbling isn't it? we kid ourselves we can control the weather etc. but really. all the technology in the world, if the power goes - we are back to caveman technology to survive. i think the survivalists have a point - re-learning all those basic skills, done without power, would be useful to know. in a disaster, would make life much more bearable.

just this morning, i was wondering about posting (for the flood affected people who have somewhere to live, but nearby shops are disrupted) about maybe buying packets of vegie seeds, a bag of potting mix, getting a styrofoam box, and planting some vegies - so that in a few weeks, months, you would have lettuce etc - for all the people in areas that due to the roads being messed up, supplies of fresh food will be a long time before normal supplies in shops happen again.

i didn't know if i should put it, but i remembered that people in the Great Depression and surviving the food rations in WW2, that's what they did (turn their lawns into vegie patches) in order to survive with better nutrition that they would have otherwise had, survived on non-perishables only.

and also, i would think, when there is devastation around you, to see something growing, can symbolise hope.

just a thought.