When trouble hits, Tulsans line up to help.

Who knows if America is taking the proper steps to combat this virus? History will tell us if we overreacted or if we didn’t do as much as we could.

With the prospect of quarantines, home food supplies are a question mark. But in Tulsa, there are no food riots. Store workers are putting in overtime to get needed items on the shelves. Customers, for the most part, wait patiently to gather what they need and check out. There are not many stories of hoarding.

People are prudently buying toilet paper and hand sanitizers and other products. This is the same as when a bad storm is approaching except this is on a national scale.

City workers, firemen, policemen and EMTs are diligently laboring to help Tulsa get through this.

The result will be that the corona virus won’t be as bad as it could be.

There are some lessons here.

First, America needs to be more self-reliant and not get caught short on certain supplies because they are only manufactured overseas.

Secondly, families need to be prepared for possible emergencies. That mean lessening debt and keeping a few weeks’ supply of food and medicine in their homes. That’s just common sense.

Thirdly, even though government plays a large role in the coronavirus emergency, Americans need to be more self-reliant. If more people were able to fend for themselves, less fortunate country men would have more help available.