Well, yes, that’s a pesky detail. But I assume any sensible passenger on our current Titanic has contracted with a rescue service as insurance 
, in this case, being in possession of a second citizenship and passport. I have a close Jewish friend, who traces his roots far into the past. As he says, his family survived through the ages, because they always had an instinct for when things are really dangerous, and they’d flee well ahead of time and get well established elsewhere, when others still didn’t realize how dangerous things are until it was too late. The danger is always unexpectedly sudden going from “eh, the usual troubles”, to “help!”. They came to America already in 1935. All their friends who stayed in Germany and other parts of Europe, perished. They warned them, but their friends were all, “eh, we’ve seen worse, he’s just a loudmouth, we’ll survive”. By 1945, they were all dead. That mustachioed loudmouth also made promises, and people dismissed it as “can’t be serious, just talk”. Now there is again “talk” and again people are saying “nah”… when someone tells you who they are, believe them.
Anyhow, that friend visited me just this weekend, and said, he feels it’s time, his danger sense is triggered - he’s moving his family to Portugal for now. It’s like an early alarm bell, before anything is clear yet to others, he doesn’t care if people make fun of him “scarridy cat”. Another friend is making preparations for Canada. I’m staying put, but I have the option of moving to Europe at the ready. For now, I’m watching the spectacle from close up, it’s exciting to be a witness to history being made, being right in the middle to see it all. I can say “I was right there! Nobody believed it was possible! Not in America!”. America has always been the refuge from danger in other parts of the world, it’s fascinating to see, for the first time in history, the reverse process, where people are looking to flee from America to other parts of the world. This is true history in the making, an inflection point in the history of our great and wonderful nation, where future historians will point to as the key moment - very exciting.
Meanwhile, it’s been over a month and my package from India is still stuck. I’m trying to accumulate a good stash to get me through any future restrictions, as I feel customs is going to become really active, especially if insane tariffs are introduced, then retaliatory tariffs from others and so on. Better get the stuff you need sooner rather than wait until getting things through the post becomes dicey, policy can change on a dime. Mini fridge, and a stash of medication ftw.
