Mass Migration
I have never seen so many tired, hungry people in my life. The past two days have shown a never ending stream of families, stragglers migrating north west towards the sea, hoping for a place to settle and survive. Where once our hill was spotted with few agri-fugitives like myself, it seems that something has driven the masses out of the city and towards the “outside” lands.
For the past few days I have been helping these people set up camp, sharing what food I have to spare, listening to their stories of hardship and loss. These are the generation exiles I have heard about from the caravans. Some of my “neighbors” have come to help as well, although there have been whisperings that many are going to lock their homes for fear of theft and looting from the refugees. Todd is leaning in that direction, concerned for our own survival and our safety, but I cannot seem to be a party to that. Some of the refugees have small children. How can I turn my back on those who are so defenseless and in need?
A few days back, some caravaners were talking about maverick organizations popping up to address our need for sustainable food beyond the individuals and for localized relief teams trying to provide solutions for the mass migration of refugees. I need to accelerate my progress to gain access to these multiple points of information, aggregate them so I can learn and build a solution for this community and pray that we can form an ecosystem that can take care of itself. Despite what my neighbors are saying, we are becoming a refugee city. The sooner we get that and start working together, the better off we will be. So my quest begins…
September 28, 2019 at 3:37 pm
Good luck!! My fingers are crossed for ya.
ReDs have been spreading here lately, and i don’t what’s gonna happen if a relief team doesn’t arrive here soon. I think we’ll just build a team with whoever-able-to-help, and God helps us.
September 29, 2019 at 3:49 am
Jorge,
The thought occurred to me yesterday that some of the refugees could be harboring the virus. How will we know? There wasn’t any evidence of external signs of infection — just tingling extremities. I need to watch the super threat video again. I think we will need to form a local relief team too. How many areas do you think one team could service?
October 1, 2019 at 12:05 am
ReDS is actually a bacterium: an air-borne critter as indestructible as cryptosporidium.
You might be getting confused with the bacteriophage virus those Russian ‘open pharmers’ released in Pakistan.
It sounds bad over there… worse than when the Darling basin turned to an acid bath. At least there weren’t *that* many people displaced.
October 1, 2019 at 8:39 am
Tony,
Bad news about ReDS. The Russians was using a virus to fight it. The problem is that viruses are known to mutate and get stronger — quite unpredictable. I re-watched the quarantine video but there doesn’t appear to be outward evidence of ReDs until it is too late. How will we know its upon us?