“As far as I’m concerned, the only people with qualifications to talk about prepping are those who have survived a real disaster and learned from their mistakes. Probably 90% of the prepper information floating around out there doesn’t actually work and is a complete waste of time.”
A discerning person who hasn’t experienced an emergency, can still prepare a good way after searching and reading what others did that worked.
However, there is nothing like experience that points out errors and better ways to prepare for live saving necessities. Every hurricane that came my way, pointed out small errors I made and ways to do something better.
No two events are exactly the same. To say you can’t learn from observation, research or other peoples mistakes is ignorant.
You’ve displayed very strong knowledge on a host of subjects yet you’ve never been through a civil war have you?
So true. With TV and the Internet, you can see things that happen and what mistakes were made and with planning, perhaps avoid making those same mistakes. Knowledge is useful.
Of course, many of us have had experience with natural disasters/emergencies. However, in the USA we have been blessed with relative peacefulness on our soil for many years.
So learning by examining experiences in other countries can be useful to understand how things could develop here.
As usual, you have nailed it.