2012 – The Movie, How Does It Apply?
November 21st, 2009 | 
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Went to the movies with my wife tonight to see the block buster, 2010. I really enjoy action-adventure and special effects. From the previews this looked to be a good one, if you could say that watching the earth destroy itself could be entertaining. The 21/2 hours went by quickly. My wife dozed off in Star Trek, but this movie kept her attention, even through what might be considered the slow parts. They weren’t slow to me.
As we talked on the way home, she brought up the point, would survival techniques apply in such a devastating situation? People were instantly killed either by drowning, burning, or crushing, so emergency medical preparedness would hardly matter. Storing food, water, and shelter, unless there were parts of the center of North America left relatively untouched, would also have been a moot point. They would have gone the way of the people. Even having a pack to grab and run, there was no time to grab, just run. The wilderness itself, was pretty much toast, so plans for escaping there, and hunting and fishing for sustenance wouldn’t have worked either.
The point that I took from the movie, is the advantage of developing a mind set of always being prepared. The hero could help his family because he was two steps ahead of disaster. He observed the signs, he put clues together and he felt that things weren’t right. Preparing for the future, we need to take the same attitude. Be observant. Watch, listen analyze. There are clues right now, pointing in directions that most of us are not planning on going. Giving us gut feeling that we need to be more prudent with all of our resources. That whether we have 3 years, or 3 months, our country is in for some rocky times
Relying on those intuitions, paying attention, planning and preparing will help make us more prepared for whatever happens in the future. And being prepared will bring us better peace of mind.
If you’re interested in learning more about the 2012 phenomenon, this e-book is well researched. The author got his survival skills by being there when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans.
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I look forward to seeing the movie 2012? this weekend. The CGI looked great. Maybe the story and acting won’t be up to par for everyone but the 6 bucks I’ll be paying for the matinee…. well… I think it will be well worth the price for the big special effects alone.
Special effects were great, story wasn’t even that far fetched. But I don’t think that there is anything we can do as preppers or survivalists to prepare us for a catastrophe of that calamity, except to be alert and aware for our families as John Cusak was in that movie.