Posted on 03/16/2015 4:27:03 PM PDT by Kartographer
One of the more-interesting discussions I've had over the years on a fairly consistent basis deals with the premise of prepping -- usually initiated by someone who's talking about a bug-out location, firearms, (freeze-dried or home-grown) food or (usually) all of the above.
Let's dissect this a bit, because the word prepping or prepper describe a lot of different things -- and frankly, the more I hear about some of them the more I nod in approval at some, while smirking at others. I think it's time we have this discussion, particularly given the rather-precarious nature of our global economy (driven almost-entirely by government attempts to protect certain powerful people and institutions.)
Underlying all of this is a problem that I and others have recognized for a long time: Humans do notoriously poorly at analyzing "tail risks" and acting appropriately in the face of them. I'll just put one example out there -- the Jews during WWII. Hitler's soldiers frequently came into a town with a few dozen men armed with machine guns and rounded up thousands of people, marching them into waiting boxcars.
The decision point to either riot or get into the boxcar happened right then and there, and was irrevocable.
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Food.
I want my kids to know from where their food comes. I want my kids to see my husband and I physically hunt, butcher, plant, nurture, harvest, can, etc. If TSHTF when they are older, they will be able to feed my grandchildren because of what we’ve done.
Congressmen are the ultimate preppers. They take care of them and theirs and don’t care what voters think.
Most people that I talk to, prep for a specific event. Sometimes that is wise if the event occurs frequently enough. Tornadoes in the Midwest, hurricanes in the south east coastal region come to mind. However, I would advocate that preppers ALSO look at their world in a “loss” scenario.
What do I do if I lose:
- electricity
- shelter
- water
- clean air
- fuel
- job
- food
etc
Because disasters may come at you differently that you think. For example, a job loss may having you tap into your food reserves to feed your family. Sever weather can knock out power for several days. A gas leak or industrial fire can create poisonous fumes. It does not require TEOTWAWKI.
That’s why they fear green tip .556
The Jewish question was more complicated than that; the round-ups weren’t done by front-line combat troops, but units that followed behind them. Without any real financial means left, there was little that could be done by that point in terms of prepping; they (and most civilians) had also already been disarmed by totalitarian governments of their own prior to the arrival of any Nazis (think about it: How many armed civilians would Stalin allow in Ukraine?).
The outcome may have been different if everyone being herded onto a train understood exactly what that meant (especially beforehand); many more would have fled rather than remain.
Once that was done, I prepped for the major disasters we have here on Earth, including wild-fire and tornados.
My latest little problem, with stage IV terminal cancer, is a good example. My most important prep applied, obviously, since I'm ready to meet God, and there is no way to really prep for cancer.
I'll use the earthly stuff to get by the hard times and do what I can for my friends and loved ones.
Life could be much worse. The relationship with God is the most important prep, IMHO.
/johnny
That earthquake they’ve been promising us in the NW pretty much takes out all of the above.
Yep. Open season.
God bless you, Johnny.
Yes and in the N GA mountains there are a lot worse things than dying.
My personal opinion after 9 years of prepping is that if you can afford it just get the Mountain House freeze dried meals. They are light weight and easy to store and last 25 years. We have it all and the canned stuff you have to rotate and that’s OK if its all you can afford but you need buckets of staple such as corn meal, flour, sugar, beans, rice etc. Don’t forget dried milk and oil. Olive Oil, vegetable oil whatever but you need that also. Plenty of salt too.
M4L
Being down in FL, we prep for hurricanes. The last big one here, they were out of power for 3 weeks. Mountain House or equivalent along with tuna, beans, etc. have a small motorhome that gets us out of the way. We can be gone in a couple of hours. As to the cops bothering people, city cops are weenies for the most part, sheriff deputies won’t bother people, but you don’t want to mess with them. But they aren’t gonna round up people as opposed to those in the NE,or CA.
The writer assumes bugging out is the first choice for those with no other limitations. This overlooks considering bugging in if your location is not compromised by the emerging circumstances.
The smart Jews were the ones that used gold coins to buy their way out of Europe.
People with lots of food will starve to death if anything long-term happens.
Tastes change and menu fatigue are real.
You have to be aware of that, and prep for it, too.
/johnny
They say were overdue for a big one. The one in 1700 rearranged this area pretty good.
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