Living in earthquake country, a bit of prep- 3 days to a few weeks - is entirely rational.
And no civilization has survived forever. The Egyptians, Romans, Ming all had going concerns for longer than the US has been around and ‘it’ hit the fan in each case.
That said, the folks who seem eager for such a scenario, along with goldbugs and those who believe in The Rapture, are to me as big an annoyance as any other group out there. If you are *HOPING* for a scenario that involves pain or loss for your fellow human beings (regardless of their religious or political beliefs) they you are part of the problem.
It can become an obsessive hobby and pretty ridiculous, but I read once that the odds of having to fend for yourself due to a disaster of some sort, at some point in your life, are about 40 percent.
Exactly. bttt
Plus the thing to remember is that not every situation means the end of the earth. There are more things that could happen which would throw the US into a disaster of maybe only a year or two but you can still starve in that time. We are planning for that type of event which is most likely to occur. If you can feed and protect yourself for 2 years you will get through almost any eventuality.
Plus the thing to remember is that not every situation means the end of the earth. There are more things that could happen which would throw the US into a disaster of maybe only a year or two but you can still starve in that time. We are planning for that type of event which is most likely to occur. If you can feed and protect yourself for 2 years you will get through almost any eventuality.
Sooner or later there will be a hurricane and you will be without power for several weeks.
If you don't have what you need you don't get it because there is nowhere to get it.
Get hungry, get in line and let the govt hand you a case of MRE’s and a case water.
Sooner or later there will be a hurricane and you will be without power for several weeks.
If you don't have what you need you don't get it because there is nowhere to get it.
Get hungry, get in line and let the govt hand you a case of MRE’s and a case water.
Re: your post. Nice to see someone with some sense on "Prepper" threads.
Some prep = good sense. Generally, I'm prepared for the most likely castastrophe (likely weather-related, in my area), plus a little bit. I do surf through these threads once in awhile - occasionally there's a good idea or two. Other people can certainly disagree, everyone has their own definition of "reasonable".
But waking up every morning disappointed because there's another day without hordes of zombies to repel from my walled-in compound of underground bunkers? No thanks, I'll pass.
I've always wondered what these extreme preppers would do, if their worst-case scenario actually happens - to them. As in, the meteorite the size of NYC lands on THEIR bunker filled with 5 years of food, their armory, etc etc etc.
Man, that would be irony defined, right there.