Venezuela and Natural Disasters

If you wait for the government to help, you will be waiting a long time. You are on your own: Natural Disasters.

Remind me... What were the conditions in the Superdome in New Orleans, after Katrina?

So there has been a couple of earthquakes. Venezuela is not prepared. Do you think your state, or FEMA would be?

Now, this is Venezuela which has very little on trained emergency services and up to the standard and equipment of the U.S.1 But even if they had that kind of preparation, they cannot just materialize anywhere instantly and wave a magic wand to remove tons of broken concrete slabs to get people out.

Do your preps include tools? I have a couple of crowbars, I keep thinking I should be a Halligan bar, what the firemen use, but the quality examples are expensive. And I don't live in Earthquake country.

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U.S. Attacks Venezuela, Captures Maduro

The US Military invaded Venezuela, and Captured Maduro in about 3 hours this morning. Or maybe it started before midnight, but however you look at it, it didn't take very long.

Several people - most people? - have been writing something about this. Here is The Other McCain as a first step. BREAKING: U.S. Strikes Venezuela UPDATE: Maduro Captured, Trump Says

Wow. The regime is over in Venezuela.

The man is dedicated to journalism. Either that or he is just one of those insane morning people, because he was posting this stuff at 5 AM.

Went to bed early Friday, woke up at 3 a.m. and checked my phone to discover that the U.S. military is striking Venezuela:

OK, so I have been known to check my phone in the middle of the night.

Go read his post. He has a complete - as much as possible due to "Fog of War" - timeline.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove has US Captures Maduro In Overnight Operation

In which he asks how the Democrats will respond.

Now we await the moonbats to go moonbat over this. Oh, and this

There is also a bit of speculation on "next steps."

There are more blog posts, and social media is, of course, on fire.

As the legacy media and left-wing politicians condemn the arrest of Maduro, this is how ALL of Venezuela feels… pic.twitter.com/uA7GkXO3WR

— Inevitable West (@Inevitablewest) January 3, 2026

Venezuela Prepares for War. Or Something

From Stephen Green, the Vodkapundit, at PJ Media we get the following. VIDEO: Venezuela Is Training for World War III and I Can't Stop Laughing

So, another great way to prepare your military for combat with an American aircraft carrier strike group and assorted stealth jets is by firing fake rocket-propelled grenades off a rooftop and into a busy metropolitan area in broad daylight.

I wish I were kidding, but we have the video.

According to an X post, it was part of an effort by Venezuela to conduct military training.

“Military” and “training” are punching way above their weight in that post.

Obama and Company decided to end the Monroe Doctrine, which has lead to China, Russia, and Iran seeking footholds in the Western Hemisphere. Now we are trying something new. Or old. Whatever.

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