Do You Truly Grasp Just How Fragile Your Access To The Goods You Need To Stay Alive Really Is?

Time and again we have seen the shelves stripped bare in a matter of minutes when a natural disaster is about to pound some part of this country.<br />It happens every year.<br /><br />Do you truly grasp how fragile this system of Just In Time Inventory really is?<br /><br />I seriously doubt it.<br /><br />Ask someone who survived Katrina or Super Storm Sandy.<br /><br />They will tell you horror stories of the inability to get basic commodities and things like potable water or fuel.<br /><br />Take a couple of minutes and watch this video about the logistics of getting a bottle of drinking water to the shelves at your local market.<br /><br />Then realize they completely glossed over the roll the trucking industry has in the process.<br /><br />Damn near <i>EVERYTHING</i> you buy in this country was brought in by truck.<br /><br />Watch this and then think about where you are at if this system breaks down, again.<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Vu3o2-3uSKE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Do You Truly Grasp Just How Fragile Your Access To The Goods You Need To Stay Alive Really Is?

Time and again we have seen the shelves stripped bare in a matter of minutes when a natural disaster is about to pound some part of this cou...

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