We look at prepping as just being prepared for any evenuality. We don’t think the end of the world is coming anytime soon but we are concerned about an “event” that might disrupt the normal distrubution of electricity, food, water etc for say even a year. If you can get the through the first year of an EMP, Solar Flare, etc you will have a chance.
Reading *One Second After* helped put a lot in perspective for me.
Yes, I recognize it as a work of fiction, but the author did a great job making it as realistic as possible. He obviously spent a lot of time working through what being without infrastructure and supplies would mean to us.