[Blueflag]

You left out the worst part! to wit: “imagine a world without electricity: no Fox News, no facebook, no email, no Blackberry, no cold drinks, no heat in the winter, no automobiles, no food and no way to cook it even if you had it. It’s the end of the world as we know it (TEOTWAWKI) and you and your family are NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO READ FREEREPUBLIC”

;-)

Preparedness sadly seems to be analogous to the story of two friends being chased by a bear. They don’t have to out run the bear — one just has to out run the other.

IF the SHTF, sadly much of preparedness will be about surviving The Great Die Off and The Great Civil Disorder with your life and assets marginally intact.

Lay up your treasures in heaven.

[vanilla swirl]

you are correct. Interesting that “prepping” is becming much more mainstream now.

[cowboyway]

Zombieland Rules

1. Cardio
2. The Double Tap
3. Beware of Bathrooms
4. Wear Seat Belts
5. No Attachments
6. The “Skillet”
7. Travel Light
8. Get a Kick Ass Partner
9. With your Bare Hands
10. Don’t Swing Low
11. Use Your Foot
12. Bounty Paper Towels
13. Shake it Off
14. Always carry a change of underwear
15. Bowling Ball
16. Opportunity Knocks
17. Don’t be a hero (later crossed out to be a hero)
18. Limber Up
19. Break it Up
20. It’s a marathon, not a sprint, unless it’s a sprint, then sprint
21. Avoid Strip Clubs
22. When in doubt Know your way out
23. Zipplock
24. Use your thumbs
25. Shoot First
26. A little sun screen never hurt anybody
27. Incoming!
28. Double-Knot your Shoes
29. The Buddy System
30. Pack your stain stick
31. Check the back seat
32. Enjoy the little things
33. Swiss army Knife

[Kartographer]

To me prepping is about being self surfactant. Maybe you want to be the one on the news standing on a bridge and waiting for the ‘guberment’ to bring you cheese, bottled water, and a nice FEMA trailer, but for me and mine I make plans to take care of our needs. Sadly to many think that God only expects prayer from you, I think he makes it clear he expects those who can need to work and provide for themselves.

[Myrddin]

Heaven is forever, but it’s not going away. Life on
this side of the turf is finite. I’m aiming to enjoy
it as long as possible. Death is inevitable. There
isn’t an opportunity to resume life on this side
once death moves you down the path. The
promise of eternal life and resurrection is still an
unfulfilled one. I choose not to be careless with my
time here.