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rescuers and 50,000 units of equipment from October 4 to October 7,2016.It took 3 days to do a mock evacuation of 40 million civilians into 5000 <br /> bunkers.This was a massive civil defense exercise carried out for the first time in modern history.It is worth noting that a nuclear war scenario would not <br /> allow time to evacuate that amount of civilians into bunkers. <br /> httos://www.express.co.uk/news/world/717446/russia-evacuate-40-mill ion-people-emergency-d rill-vlad imir-putin-ww3 <br /> Hawaii General plan mentions the potential to sequester CO2 as rationale to reduce man made impacts,even though temperature levels are drastically <br /> lower now than they have been in 485 million years(see chart above) <br /> Photosynthesis activity in plants requires CO2 and only makes up 0.04%of our atmosphere.Reduction of this necessary element would have a <br /> catastrophic chain reaction and is a risk to ALL carbon based lifeforms.Several long-term studies have provided strong support demonstrating that growing <br /> crops under elevated IC0z1 can increase photosynthesis and result in an increase in yield,flavour and nutritional content(including but not limited to Vitamins <br /> C,E and pro-vitamin A).In the case of tomato,increases in yield by as much as 80%are observed when plants are cultivated at 1000 ppm[COz1,which is <br /> consistent with current commercial greenhouse production methods in the tomato fruit industry.These results provide a clear demonstration of the potential for <br /> elevating IC0z1 for improving yield and quality in greenhouse crops. <br /> httos:flacademic.oup.com/hr/article/10/4/u had026/7049409?login=fa Ise <br /> This testimony is to provide overall big picture of extinction level event(s)to instigate community emergency preparedness as part of the overall <br /> plan <br /> Increased solar radiation as a result of the earths weakening magnetosphere and polarity shift will significantly impact survivability of our community.There <br /> will be significant disruptions of the supply chain,challenges with food production,energy blackouts,and limited communications.Community preparedness <br /> for such events are not documented in the draft general plan,meanwhile many eastern hemisphere nations including Russia,Thailand,and Japan have <br /> been preparing for these events with local civil defense for years.Citizens of Hawaii county are aware of the influx of billionaires over the last 20 years that <br /> have had impact on county policy and planning.Many have taken permanent residence and hedging Hawaii island has a good chance of survivability during <br /> these changes. <br /> In light of this information,my suggestion is for our county to birth its own plan based on the needs of the community expressed in numerus testimonies and <br /> include space weather scenarios as potential hazards.County officials would be wise to form a committee of experienced personnel from various <br /> departments-including the local community members with relevant capabilities that can prioritize and draft a community plan that includes emergency <br /> preparedness that is relevant to our our island.We need to focus on independence with agricultural food production,innovative energy and building <br /> technologies and resilience thru preparation to create our own future we want to see. <br /> Mahalo for your service, <br /> Donna Thompson <br /> Kamuela,HI <br />