Village Preps

[Mortblanc]

I live in a similar situation except there is a 2 mile long lake between the north and south sides of the community and the north side is in one county and the south side in another.

About the same mix of professions, except many of the people are retired, and we have more veterans mixed into the population, especially the retirement age population, than the British do.

While this thread on village organization seems a shock to the British it is run of the mill for the American situation. Every village has CERT groups, our rural fire brigades are all volunteer, and our search and rescue organizations are large and well trained units sometimes containing hundreds of community members. Often these community efforts are the center of social life in rural areas, sponsoring fundraising festivals, feasts and bazars.