I have said it constantly...you should assume you are on your own...prepare accordingly.

I present yet one more instance of proof.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fema-distributed-nonsense-emergency-brochures-alaska-natives

QuoteUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks linguist Gary Holton says one of the translations is a random assortment of phrases copied from a compilation of far-eastern Russian folklore: "Yupik Eskimo Texts from the 1940s."

Quote"They clearly just grabbed the words from the document and then just put them in some random order and gave something that looked like Yup'ik but made no sense," Holton told AP. He summed up the work as a "word salad."

Wow.  At first I thought the article was saying that it was just a really bad translation attempt.  Like an early marketing effort by Pepsi to sell their softdrinks in China.  Their English brand catch phrase at the time was "Come alive with Pepsi!"  But the translation to Chinese encouraged people to drink their product because "Pepsi brings your ancesters back from the dead!"

But this was just a lazy attempt by a no-doubt-quickly-fired former employee who simply stole random Yup'ik phrases from an old book.

It's like that guy in South Africa who pretended to be a sign language interpreter in front of an international audience and somehow thought no one would notice. 



 

Fucking infuriating.

The truly sad part is that this tri-fold handout likely had the usual banal advice of flashlights batteries,etc.  and urging the reader to  be sure to monitor "official sources" for information.
...which is likely to be of the same quality as the handout.

I can find some humor in it


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Gn6a3WbYwf


If not for the fact the subject is a serious one and these were likely printed at great exense.

" ᐅᐃᐃᑦ ᓇᓄᐅᕗᖅ, ᓴᓗᒃᑐᖅ."    Looks fine to me 

Quote from: flybynight on January 15, 2023, 03:57:36 PM" ᐅᐃᐃᑦ ᓇᓄᐅᕗᖅ, ᓴᓗᒃᑐᖅ."    Looks fine to me 

Mom's gonna wash your mouth out with soap for typing that. 

Quote from: NT2C on January 15, 2023, 04:14:00 PM

Quote from: flybynight on January 15, 2023, 03:57:36 PM" ᐅᐃᐃᑦ ᓇᓄᐅᕗᖅ, ᓴᓗᒃᑐᖅ."    Looks fine to me 

Mom's gonna wash your mouth out with soap for typing that. 

Your husband is a polar bear, skinny.

Quote from: flybynight on January 15, 2023, 03:57:36 PM" ᐅᐃᐃᑦ ᓇᓄᐅᕗᖅ, ᓴᓗᒃᑐᖅ."    Looks fine to me 

Not sure what language that is, but I think it says "Kilroy wuz here".

Quote from: flybynight on January 15, 2023, 04:17:34 PM

Quote from: NT2C on January 15, 2023, 04:14:00 PM

Quote from: flybynight on January 15, 2023, 03:57:36 PM" ᐅᐃᐃᑦ ᓇᓄᐅᕗᖅ, ᓴᓗᒃᑐᖅ."    Looks fine to me 

Mom's gonna wash your mouth out with soap for typing that. 

Your husband is a polar bear, skinny.

Yeah, well, you know full well what that's slang for!

Quote from: NT2C on January 15, 2023, 04:20:16 PM

Quote from: flybynight on January 15, 2023, 04:17:34 PM

Quote from: NT2C on January 15, 2023, 04:14:00 PM

Quote from: flybynight on January 15, 2023, 03:57:36 PM" ᐅᐃᐃᑦ ᓇᓄᐅᕗᖅ, ᓴᓗᒃᑐᖅ."    Looks fine to me 

Mom's gonna wash your mouth out with soap for typing that. 

Your husband is a polar bear, skinny.

Yeah, well, you know full well what that's slang for!

Don't worry it's fine. It's in a official FEMA booklet

"I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

Quote from: Anianna on January 15, 2023, 11:58:18 AMFucking infuriating.

You want infuriating?  This is what I have to deal with whenever the topic of prepping comes up on a deals site I participate in.

https://slickdeals.net/f/16385467-4-lb-1-oz-augason-farms-72-hour-1-person-emergency-food-supply-kit-20-65-free-s-h-w-walmart-prime-or-25

Quote from: Ghost on January 18, 2023, 10:54:40 AM"I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

The nine most terrifying words in the human language.

Quote from: 12_Gauge_Chimp on January 18, 2023, 03:25:22 PM

Quote from: Ghost on January 18, 2023, 10:54:40 AM"I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

The nine most terrifying words in the human language.

Except when my wife says them.  She actually does help. 

Quote from: NT2C on January 18, 2023, 09:15:41 PM

Quote from: 12_Gauge_Chimp on January 18, 2023, 03:25:22 PM

Quote from: Ghost on January 18, 2023, 10:54:40 AM"I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

The nine most terrifying words in the human language.

Except when my wife says them.  She actually does help. 

That's true.

She's probably the only government worker who can say those words and not strike fear into folks.