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RE: When the electricity goes out, even for a few hours, people get stupid really quick. Most ppl won't even read this and they should!
Does it bother you, that gas stations, which fuel police, fire, and ambulance vehicles, don't have any manual pumps to refuel these vehicles? There is no incentive or regulations or laws for oil companies to put them in..
It was just a couple days ago, I saw a fire truck at a regular gas station. I was astounded. Never saw that before. The reason is simple. Fire trucks don't fuel up that often, so it is quite plausible that 90% of us won't ever see one at a gas station. But that's where they get their fuel.
So even if you do have all the supplies handy. It's really horrible that emergency vehicles will run out of gas (and they have, if you research it) simply because we're not prepared for long outages.
I had never thought of the gas situation. It's horrifying to think that emergency vehicles, police cars, fire trucks, etc. could run out of gas. Ontario has had so many multi-day power outages in the last decade due to severe ice storms. I wonder now how they managed?
Good question. I don't think you want to know the answer. Whatever emergency vehicle unused in the parking lot, gets put out into service, as long as it has gas? Who even knows the answers to these questions. They get away with it, because the public hopes its under control. It really isn't.... I'm serious.