Book Report: The Devil Never Sleeps

 What kind of weirdo reads books like this sort of for fun?

The same one who volunteers to take a two-year old on a 3 km/2.2 mile definitely-wouldn't-fly-in-the-USA night sledding track.

Good judgement is overridden by toddler snuggle/giggles.

Try to resist as I might, my ADHD often leads me down research rabbit holes. The recent Brown University shooting that involved students, although indirectly, who had already previously survived other earlier shootings was too horrifying to ignore. While gathering information, I stumbled upon an Atlantic article by Juliette Kayyen which a foot note about The Devil Never Sleeps. As my devoted blog readers know, I dabble in prepping so my curiosity was piqued. 

The basic premise of the book is that disasters are the norm not the exception. We can't just rely on Bad Bunny's masterful Super Bowl Performance to remind us that Puerto Rico, not unlike many places in the world, is woefully underprepared for the next disaster. The true audience of the book should be people in leadership positions of governments and institutions. However, clearly the leaders of the free world are not taking this message to heart. Neither are everyday people working to make ends. And so #momcivicduty and #paulworkspaigepreps

While it sounds negative to say, "There will always be disasters," a version of which I recently wrote in my application for another Mutter-Kind-Kur. The other side, "It's going to be ok" just isn't true. In disaster management, as in life, we're going for "less bad" after the unthinkable happens. This book isn't a downer. On the contrary, it's an interesting read from a perspective that we normally don't hear. Let me know if you give it a listen or read.