From: black.hole.4.spam{at}gmail.com (Don Hills)

In article , "Mark"
 wrote:
>
>Other than that, you'll hear kind words from the PMs of the UK and Australia
>and if they have some specialized equipment that will help, they'll send it.
>
>That is all that's likely to happen. Perhaps our own government will bring
>that big hospital ship over to the coast and treat our citizens, but I
>wouldn't count on that either.

That's about the size of it. I think that if your Government asks for
something, they'll get it. But there isn't much in the way of basic
disaster relief supplies that you can't supply more quickly and easily from
within the North American continent. You have huge resources and a highly
developed transport infrastructure. Do you really need shiploads of
blankets, clothing, drinking water, canned food and time-expired
pharmaceutical supplies that, with the best will in the world, won't arrive
for weeks?

Looking to the future, you are going to need tradespeople. Lots of
tradespeople. Construction workers of all types. Builders, masons,
electricians, plumbers etc. Shiploads of building materials. That's where
the rest of the world will come in handy.

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