QUARANTINE ??????

Watch the movie "The Stand"...they will bring in the military, which Bush has already agreed to do, and they will close the boarders.  There will also be so many people in cars that will block the highway that you won't be able to move your car an inch.

I see the only way you can get out of town is this:  keep a constant eye on this forum, Dr. Niman's site...along with searching for news articles.  This is your only hope to find out even hours before the general public and go.  I would suggest you have things packed because minutes will count.

Google Posse Comitatus.

OK, to play devil's advocate here...if we know that there are people in Ft Lauderdale that have bf, wouldn't it be a good idea to quarantine south FL
to try to keep it from spreading.

I realize that if it's in Ft Lauderdale it's elsewhere in the country too, but wouldn't quarantine slow it down?

BTW I'm not necessarily in favor of quarantine and , I like Ft Lauderdale - I used to live there when I was a child.

Well - I think this answers the question.

"A Russian virus expert warned Tuesday that a human pandemic was highly likely and told the government to get ready.

"No quarantine measure can prevent the pandemic. It can only slow it for a few days," Dmitry Lvov, director of the Virology Institute at the Russian Academy of Sciences, said in Moscow."  (From another news thread)

The only solution is to cull the snow birds.

Sorry I have a bad habit of making jokes in the face of imenant doom.

If you take in account the incubation period and how man people travel out of our airports (so fla) I kinda see the russians point. Even the he blew it in 2004 prediction.

Hey I don't understand the distrust with the military, having been through hurricaines down here.  Those guys are great! I had one guy give me 3 WEEKS WORTH OF MRE's.

Loose,

I hope they aren't the same guys who planned levy breaks.

I'm sure there are plans on how to respond to H2H. There are whole departments if not whole buildings of people who do this type of planning. Planning is fun, but how effective it will be is another issue, ala Katrina.

If as stated above, that quarantine will slow the spread by a few days or weeks, the problems created by quarantine may not be worth the effort.

Good prepping continues to be the best plan of action. As we saw in New Orleans, it is difficult to manage large numbers of hungry, scared, angry people. It would be wise not to be in the middle of this situation since every third person will be Very sick!

Prep-On

i wouldn't even attempt to evacuate and really don't understand why you anyone would want to, unless you're trying to reach family members.

  if we prep as much as we can, why would we want to hit the road and perhaps run out of gas and put ourselves at risk for more exposure?

i, too, live in florida, but as mentioned by others, once it goes h2h, it's going to be all over the country.  i don't think there will be any getting away from it.

hope i'm wrong!

cisco

Has it occurred to anyone that the speculation of troops in Irag in the the news this week may be due to needing them here at home to deal with BF?

Also about the vaccine..yes it will be great if they do make one when this first hits,but there are only 2 major drug companies that make will make the vaccine and it will take them years to make enough to innoculate everyone that is left in the world..plus from what I have read you will need 2 shots...and the they will laso have to get past the laws governing how vaccines are made and tested....I really don,t think there will a vaccine available to the public during the pandemic..

If the US Gov resorts to using the military to enforce a quarantine, most people will be glad for some order in the chaos. 

Remember Katrina?  People were SCREAMING for the military to get involved, and were pissed that it took them 3 days to get activated in NO. 

Damned if you do - damned if you don't...

As far as vaccines - yes the military would probably get it first, since they are first responders - and probably at high  risk because of their youth and strong immune systems (Cytokine Storms therory of H5N1 viral infection)  but they also would probably be guinea pigs for the rest of us.  The military usually is...

Yes a quarantine would be good, your prepped, no one can hassle you. why not.

The military, I'd rather them than the roving gangs.

Vaccine's I don't think that we'll have to worry about that for a while.

And the Coast Guard....

 you can't let them out... they know too much

I read that some small towns set up quarantines, but in most cases they had little effect. There were actually only a few places (isolated islands) where the virus didn't hit.

Straying from the quarantine topic:  I live in a big city. When I was young I knew a man that lived thru the 1918 pandemic. He told stories how they worked 24 hours a day building coffins, and that bodies were stacked in the street waiting for pickup. I know, I've read that in articles before too, but it's a little different when you are hearing someone that lived thru it, and can watch their face as they think back to those days. Let's pray we don't have to repeat those stories to our kids.

+10000000 to our military! 

 If you a quarantined, stay there, and do not help spread death to your countryman.

 

What if the BF hits in the middle of Hurricane season.......?

If you know a hurricane is coming, GET OUT OF DODGE! I found fairly inexpensive trailers (relatively speaking) for sale at Home Depot. Large enough to put all our supplies into (enough for 5 people for six months). I would load it up and move out.  Question then becomes where to go. State Park? Relative? Hotel?Pre-arrange an exit strategy. Be prepared to move out in 15 minutes or less. We have timed ourselves and can do it in about 12minutes. That's three kids under 6, 100lb. german shepherd, food, water, diapers, fuel, all camping stuff, weapons for defense map and gone in 12 minutes! Yes, as a former Marine, I believe in drilling for the events.  Atleast this way you would have your supplies that you have prepped for with you. I do not believe that any local govt. could stop the masses evacuating due to a hurricane. Remember the pictures of the thousands of cars exiting FLA last year. I do not think Jeb or any other Gov. would stop the evacuation due to Hurrican.

Another option is to store underground waterproofed cache. All you need is a shovel and cover of darkness. I read this in a survival article. A little too much for me, but still an option. Dangerous risk as the area hit by the hurricane may not be accessible for days, forcing you into food lines (exposure). Intersting scenario. Many options.

Hope this helps.
Scott