Preppers’ PING!!
No need to prepare. Rumors of USA demise are grossly exaggerated.
Obama, the smartest person ever, is only five years into his term as Ruler of the Free World, so we have at least 20 years of absolute security to look forward to, with him making all those pesky decisions so we don't have to. The Constitution is so 18th century. Now that we have finally left that old scrap of parchment behind, there is nothing to restrain our Leader or to prevent him from doing as he knows he must for our own good.
Welcome to Obamaworld. Why bother preparing when nothing could possibly go wrong?
i have at least 1000.00,a car,working fridge,a PC and 2 cell phones.I should be ok on the way to ft.myers airport.
“52 percent do not have copies of health insurance documents”
Don’t think insurance plays a part in SHTF.
Theoretically, by this list I am well ahead of 99% on this. Truth is, I could be dead in a week after SHTF depending on how it plays out where I live.
Best the average person can do is the solid basic stuff and hope that the fickle finger of fate points at someone else when it happens.
Oh, and be well armed. If you’re are going to go down, make sure you have plenty of company.
Why do I need a first aid kit for economic collapse? Congress already puts bandaids on our economy to no avail.
I think 95% of Americans are already living in their *normality bias* stage. Completely oblivious.
“The normalcy bias, or normality bias, refers to amental state people enter when facing a disaster. It causes people to underestimate both the possibility of a disaster occurring and its possible effects.”
Nice post. The “normalcy bias” works in our favor, for it means that merchants will still respect the US Dollar (although they may charge more). Depending on the event, people will have 3 days (maybe less) to spend those dollars, before society (i.e., merchants) figure out that the dollar is WORTHLESS.
If you know that’s coming, you can STOCK UP, but you have to have the cash first (i.e., no ATMs) and be REALLY FAST about it.
No one is prepared for a total financial collapse if it happens. Nobody.
Rural America comes close, but lets pray it does not come to the point where we are tested on this.
Since we are heading into tornado season, I needed this heads-up!
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I guess I have abnormalcy bias. LOL I am always thinking of stuff that could happen, and thinking through how our plans would help us get through, and if there is something additional needed.
I think part of the problem is that when we refer to “SHTF” sorts of events we each have different ideas of what that means. There’s lots of ways for the S to hit the F. There’s different kinds of S that could hit lots of different kinds of F.
I think too many people are influenced by Hollywood ideas of post-apocalyptic America that are long on drama but light on probability.
We’ll be doing really well if we can get most people prepped for even a few weeks of self-reliance. That alone would be a huge step.