They're "spending Hanukkah in Santa Monica," so to speak

Apparently, I'm even more naive than I thought. It had certainly occurred to me that I might outlive some of my friends, or that they might outlive me. But it hadn't really registered with me until recently that some of my friends might disappear while both I and they were still alive. Some of my friends are in such poor health that they're no longer interested in socializing. Others have moved to be near their children, so that their kids could keep an eye on them due to their health challenges. Still others have become what some call "snowbirds," buying second homes in locations that are much warmer than where their first homes are located and "vanishing" southward for at least four months every winter. (They're not exactly "spending Hanukkah in Santa Monica," but they're not spending it anywhere near where *we* live.) That's certainly the end of their annual Chanukah party. I'm having a really tough time accepting the likelihood that there are friends whom I've known for over 40 years whom I might literally never see again. 😢😢

Do "preppers" think that everyone on earth lives in a house?!!!

Those folks publishing posts and videos about how to prepare for literal disaster(s) have no clue how the rest of us live. Our apartment is so small that a soccer player could stand at the back of our living room, kick a ball through the open window at the front of our living room, and bonk some poor unsuspecting soul walking on the sidewalk several floors down on the head. (Please don't try it--we don't want to be sued.) Our bedroom is so small that I can walk from the door to the window in about 11 steps. We have neither a basement nor an attic in which to store anything, and neither a front yard nor a back yard in which to grow our own food. But they think we can miraculously find enough spare space to store gallons of water and months' worth of non-perishable food. In your dreams! How are the *rest* of us supposed to survive?!!!😢