[Harmless Teddy Bear]

You start with the mild and move on to the more drastic.

While in some cases money may not matter at all in others it will.

So you plan for both.

IIRC, many in the Prepper TV series were most concerned about a total breakdown of society, as well as infrastructure.

You work up to that. The goal is to get where you have the tools to adjust to most outside events. If there is an earthquake and you have no running water for weeks because half a mountain slid into the reservoir you still have water to drink because you stored it away. You don't depend on the water trucks.

If there is a very cold winter and there is a fuel shortage you have more then one way to keep warm.

Food prices rise but you have a garden and chickens.

These work for TEOTWAWKI or for more minor events.

[CorporateStepsister]

I fully agree with you about the idea of making sure that you have enough in regards to fuel, but thankfully we live in a time when we can set up pretty much everything to stay decentralized.

To me, being somewhat isolated to enable myself to be unnoticed is the main goal, so if there is chaos, the rest of the world can rip itself apart and ensure that you’re out of the fray.