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 earthquake they’ve been promising us in the NW pretty much takes out all of the above.
I agree with both of you.
I prep as far as possible for the foreseeable disasters, things that I’ve experienced before or have seen other communities experience: power outages, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, etc. It’s important to me to be able to take care of myself and my circle as far as resources permit. I don’t have the resources to put in years of supplies, or buy a bug-out location; and I can think of so many scenarios where that would do me no good at all, anyway; and overall, the money would be spent better elsewhere.
I believe that a lot of people over-think this, through a concentration on the material aspects.
No amount of material prep can take the place of having a mind firmly set upon the Rock of Faith. There are some things you just can’t do anything about - or things that all of your ‘prep’ will not protect you from.
At that time, you need a sound, calm, mind - and in my experience, that can only come from Faith.
(By the way, in our Internet travels, we’ve discovered the Youtube channel of TexasPrepper2 - a lot of really good ideas.)
-JT