Hello Mr. Rawles,
I haven’t corresponded with you in quite some time;. I hope you are keeping well.
The reason I’m writing is that I’ve just received an email from a woman I used to work with who came from and went back to Bangkok, Thailand. I thought your readers might be interested (especially in the second paragraph).
“Things are getting very bad out there. They are happening on major streets of Bangkok and they are not far from my house. I can hear Helicopter flying over head and can see black smoke over the sky. This morning the red shirt terrorists have burned tires right outside one of the major hospital. It’s not far at all. That’s why I could see black smoke clearly. Soldiers are on the streets and Tanks have rolled out today. It gets ugly each day. The red shirts terrorists have burned down several buildings and looted stores and ATMs in the stores. They shot lots of people down to create fear and more tension. The soldiers are trying very hard to control the situation.
My family has stocked up supplies i.e. rice, food, water. This is in case things get worsen. Many gas stations have shutdown because no new delivery can safely come in to town.
All of the businesses located on the unrest streets have to shutdown. Subway and Sky train have shutdown for week now. – X.”
Thanks, – Greg T.
JWR Replies: Your letter and recent news articles illustrate the point that the citizens of virtually every nation need to be prepared to hunker down during times of civil unrest.