Disaster Preparedness Announcement

by daniel-p 34 Replies latest jw friends

  • daniel-p
    daniel-p

    So tonight at the bookstudy the conductor started to pass around a sheet for everyone to write down their cell phone numbers. A couple old sisters were all worried about earthquakes and they were all like "megh, I got my survival supplies at J-Mart yesterday and 100 cans of peas stored in my cupboards... nyagheh..." I made a quick exit before the sign-up sheet got to me.

    I can apreciate the whole disaster thing, but if a disaster happens (out here in CA it'll be an earthquake most likley) everyone is going to be in a world of $%&, the cell phone towers will be down, and I'm sure the elders will be in just as much need of help as everyone else. And I'll be damned if I'm going to give out my personal cell numbers to a group of kangaroo-court thugs who wouldn't know confidentiality if it peed in their face.

  • blondie
    blondie

    The elders here were told they could keep a list for their purposes but not distribute lists to the rank and file. They were not to keep the lists on their hard drive but a floppy/or CD.

    There is some enterprising brother who provides free software online for online publisher's record cards (which has on it name, address, phone number) that allows the user to develop a list quite quickly.

    Good for you, for leaving early. They may hunt you down as some elders used to do regarding signing the "blood" cards.

    Good point about the cell towers being down.

    I still wonder if these lists are legal in the UK based on their Data Protection Act?

    Blondie

    "positively know the appearance of your flock"

  • blondie
    blondie

    I still think this is more an issue of the WTS with the elders and this is a kick in the butt for them.

    Blondie

  • Justice-One
    Justice-One

    My Father In Law just brought this up today. My response? ..."Hey, I guess you can't make fun of my lifestyle anymore." (A line from Tremmors.) His response was "well, we are doing it for the right reasons." ??? BTW, he said that the warning to buy supplies came from Jehovah, by the way of his servant. (Yeah, their not inspired right?)

    Well at least my wife did not feel the need to run down to the local K-Mart and buy anything. She knows that I have been collecting "Beans Bullets and Band-Aids" for more than 10 years.

  • daniel-p
    daniel-p
    he said that the warning to buy supplies came from Jehovah, by the way of his servant.

    Jehoopwah seems a little slow on the uptake sometimes.

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