Individuals must take their own responsibility for the level of preparation they deem necessary for their own lives and family. Fact of the matter is that even a get away spot in the woods is not a total guarentee of safety in a TEOTWAWKI situation, nor can all afford to make such preparations. For those who do - good for you. Others, like myself need to look at prepping in a different way, to deal with the issues more likely to strike rather than the 1% probabilities.
Since you are 100% guaranteed to need food in the future, it makes sense to have a stockpile on hand, in case of tornado (my biggest threat), earthquake, job-loss, etc...
It's just prudent.
I lived on my stored food for about 2 years after the 2008 market collapse.
/johnny
Even a spare tire won’t help you if you have two flats, but I carry one any way.