I keep supplies on hand for about 3 weeks in case of a hurricane or some other natural disaster but I’m really not interested in figuring out how to survive in a Mad Max world. I’d just as soon die early and be with my Creator.
Me too. It just makes sense. Same reason why I keep a generator and gas handy....they don't eat or drink anything. And, the scant handful of times that I've needed to use it (ice storms), we've liked the flexibility.
That having been said..... I’m really not interested in figuring out how to survive in a Mad Max world
Me either. Lots of Freepers that have Armageddon fantasies, though. I think that they believe that it'll be sunshine and happiness, and occasionally manning the walls of their compounds to shoo away rampaging hordes of liberals that are trying to steal whatever they've hoarded.
'Tisn't as much fun as they'd like to imagine, I think. For instance, I've worked on a farm before, and IMHO,it's a whole lot easier to go to the grocery store, than to raise your own food. It's a lot of dammed hard work, just to eat. Never mind everything else that's needed to be self-sufficient. AND, to be well armed (and practiced, and able to walk sentry duty to protect what you've got), so that you can shoo away all of the miscreants.
Nope. No TEOTWAWKI fantasies here. I like modern conveniences.
We look at prepping as just being prepared for any evenuality. We don’t think the end of the world is coming anytime soon but we are concerned about an “event” that might disrupt the normal distrubution of electricity, food, water etc for say even a year. If you can get the through the first year of an EMP, Solar Flare, etc you will have a chance.
Good thing Joseph listened to God instead of just planing on keep an extra three or four weeks of food on hand.
I’d rather be around to help my kids as much as possible.