BMissouri just got named the best state to run to when everything falls apart.
BAccording to who—the Missouri tourism board?
BThe Prepper Almanac posted on X. They ranked ten states for a bug-out retreat.
BI found the actual list. It's from a site called Survive Fallout.
BIt's not a federal ranking, just one website's opinion.
BFine. But the criteria aren't crazy—dependable water, usable ground, legal room to build.
BYou can find that in half the country. This is the prepper version of a travel listicle.
BThat's dismissive! People watching wildfire seasons get longer and flood maps shift are allowed to think about a plan.
BA plan is an emergency fund and insurance. Buying forty acres in Missouri is a fantasy for people with cash.
BAnd if the grid goes down for two weeks, that fantasy looks pretty smart.
BThe government's job is to keep the grid up, not to make you a homesteader.
BTell that to people who waited for federal help after the last hurricane.
BThat's exactly my point—we underfund response and then tell people to save themselves.
BNo! Some people want to not be victims. That's not anti-government, it's adult.
BI'm not mocking anyone who keeps supplies. I'm mocking a top-ten list as if it's data.
BOkay. It's a list. But Missouri's water access is actually real.
BFine, Missouri has water. I just don't think a state ranking survives contact with an actual disaster.
BFair enough. But a starting point is better than nothing.
BStarting point, sure. Now write a better post and I'll read it.
BSpeaking of actual disaster prep, Thailand's state broadcaster is out with new numbers.
BNBT World, Thailand's state broadcaster, posted on X that its government insurance program has received forty-one thousand claims.
BFive thousand six hundred approved, and about sixty-five million baht paid out.
BThat's the official broadcaster? At least someone's counting.
BHold on. I couldn't independently confirm those figures. They're the government's own report.
BThailand's dry seasons bring crop burning that leaves the air dangerous for weeks.
BThen a state-backed fund matters—private insurers priced that risk out already.
BI agree. But calling slow approvals progress doesn't help the family whose house is ash.
BYou just told people not to wait for the state. Now slow is bad. Pick a lane.
BI never said not to wait. I said don't confuse a list with a plan. Different thing.
BRight. But if the numbers are close, I want to know why most claims are still waiting.
BThe state's own numbers put it at about one in seven approved.
BThat's maybe early, but it's something.
BSomething? Under two million dollars across five thousand people is not a lifeline.
BA program like this catches fraud and verifies damage. That takes time.
BI said people should have a backup. This is the state's backup, and it's too slow.
BSo you want both—self-reliance and a faster government program.
BYou can't trash the state's speed and then say it should move faster.
BSure I can. The program exists because private insurers won't cover these risks.
BIf it's this slow, it's not progress.
BIt's progress compared to nothing. You're holding a first-year program to an impossible bar.
BA private startup doesn't get to take money from people who lost homes and sit on claims.
BNeither should the state. But the headline isn't done—it's preparing.
BLet's see what happens before the season actually hits.
BSo we agree it's not a disaster yet. We're both preppers now.
BI keep water in my car, Brian. Don't push it.
BSpoken like a true prepper.
BWater and good insurance. That's my top ten.